The House....

The house is an 1860 sqft Milton Ryan designed home built in 1952. It's a split level mid-century modern home that has most all of the living and kitchen areas on a slab foundation and all of the bedrooms and bathrooms on a pier and beam setup. The home sits on a corner lot at the end of Morningside Drive in Terrell Hills. Terrell Hills is a city within San Antonio located just north of downtown.

The house is designed in a "U" shape facing the street with a center courtyard. It has a carport that enters from the side street with a small storage space in front that currently houses the washer and dryer. The house has a pool in the backyard with a deck.

When you enter the front door you are standing in the living / dining area, it's all one big open space from the front door into the kitchen. All of the ceilings in the house are exposed (no insulation either, makes for a high electric bill). The entire courtyard area is surrounded by windows.

As with any home in Terrell Hills foundation problems are not out of the ordinary. The house has settelled a little and there are some noticable movement in the kitchen cabinets. I had a foundation company come check it and it's only out of level a little and they told me they couldn't justify taking my money to fix it (good news, that would cost around $9K). Most of the items that show movement can be fixed with a little work.

The Pier and Beam side of the house has all wood floors, three bedrooms and two baths. As with most homes in this era, the master bath is not connected to the master bedroom (nothing a hole in the wall can't fix).

Here are some pictures that I've collected on the inside....