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Billy Martinez
Welcome home! 859 Azalea Street in Garden Oaks is a neighborhood favorite. It has been featured on two Garden Oaks home tours and sits on a nearly 14K square foot corner lot with sweeping views. This 1945 original exudes the charm Garden Oaks is known for. The home boasts native gardens galore, a tropic oasis in back, and a towering Live Oak that is a direct descendant of Austin’s famous Treaty Oak tree.
Welcome to 859 Azalea Street. You approach the house along a winding walkway that is imprinted with flora and fauna from the property itself, ranging from pinecones to magnolia leaves.
You are greeted with a bright and sunny interior. This home's architecture features the fireplace as a distant focal point that warmly welcomes your guests in the winter. Imagine a large spray of flowers gracing the handcrafted mantle in the spring.
Entering the first living area, you are embraced by light on all sides. This space can be used as a dining area or smaller living area. A set of French doors lead to the backyard oasis.
Another view of the light filled living/dining area. 
Recently refinished golden oak flooring gives these rooms a special glow.
A “bonus room” can be used as an office, meditative space, or whatever your heart desires. This room features views of both the back yard oasis and the front yard grand magnolia trees.
The front living space opens to the custom kitchen, which features hand crafted solid alder wood cabinetry. The kitchen window opens to the expansive side yard gardens laden with birds, squirrels, butterflies, bees and other wildlife.
The alder cabinets were handcrafted by a well-respected craftsman and artist who restores many of Galveston’s historic and famous structures. He put much love and care into his work, selecting each cabinet front to showcase wood grain and detail. The kitchen was designed to bring the outside in, so that the interior of the house embraces and reflects its natural surroundings.
Some of the kitchen cabinets feature antique glass fronts from the craftman’s personal collection.
The counter tops are beautiful soapstone, and reclaimed oak hardwood floors were recently installed. The flooring for all rooms was carried into pantries and closets, including this beautiful reclaimed oak which is in the pantry.
The kitchen leads to the den, a larger living space in the back of the home. The stone fireplace is the focal point of the den. This was built to bring the outside into the home.
Recently installed travertine floors complement the fireplace and reinforce the concept of bringing the outside nature into the home.
A new set of French doors open into the luxurious back yard and provide beautiful views.
This vintage bath features the 1940s original tile and even the original medicine cabinet and lighting for a special connection to history. It is a full bath that includes a shower, and a playful animal cut out.
The primary bedroom at the top of the stairs boasts beautiful views of the magnificent magnolia trees and the expansive front yard. 
The primary bath is bright and sunny. Stained glass art captures the afternoon sun and splashes the room with color.
This original 1940s tub invites luxurious baths. The vintage cast iron tub has recently been refinished and updated with new hardware. The bath also features the original 1940s tile.
Hallway leads to light and airy secondary bedrooms. 
The home features many design details and décor elements from when it was constructed in the 1945.
The first guest room overlooks the back yard oasis, offering views from two sides and bringing morning sunlight in.
Additional secondary bedroom could also be used as an office. It offers views of the side yard expansive gardens and pathways. It is also close to a home where many generations of squirrels have raised their families, which is a special experience to enjoy from this room.
Built in 1945, the house features beautiful architectural details as part of its original design.
This yard is a certified wildlife habitat. Filled with native plants, shelter and a source of fresh water, this home brings the outside in so that you can enjoy the flora and fauna from nearly every room in the house.
The back yard features a cocktail pool that doubles as a hot tub; outdoor kitchen; pathways; and a stream.
The outdoor kitchen and bar is inviting for entertaining guests or just for weekend bbq with the family.
The outdoor kitchen and bar was crafted with carefully selected stone. It is a combination of moss rock, river boulders, and flagstone for an artistic presentation that carries inside the home. It is an art piece itself.
This backyard oasis is perfect entertaining and already has a hot-cold water hook in case you would like to install an outdoor shower.
This home is appointed with artistic detail inside and out.
A fresh water stream has been installed which serves wildlife and affords the opportunity for outdoor rooms in the back yard oasis.
Stone work blends with growing greenery everywhere on this nearly 14K square. foot property.
The den opens to the back yard and affords lush tropical views.
A two-car garage lies on the southern edge of the 13,885 square foot lot.
This beautiful tiger marble boulder demarcates the front gardens with the driveway.
This is the view when you enter your driveway – the side yard fronting Alba Street with lush greenery including native plants that attract and support pollinators and shade gardens.
The native plants support pollinators, attract biodiversity and pull tremendous amounts of rain water deep into the soil, which is good for the land and for the environment. Additionally, these plants sequester more carbon compared to other plants.
These native plants not only attract pollinators such as butterflies, but they help foster biodiversity which is good for the neighborhood, city and planet!
If you know Memorial Park’s Clay Family Eastern Glades, this may look familiar to you. This yard conversion was inspired by Eastern Glades and uses many of the same plantings. This landscape is Gulf Coast Native Prairie, which is the most sustainable in times of drought, hurricanes and freezes. It also attracts pollinators, sequesters rain water and CO2, and fosters biodiversity.
This landscaping is good for the butterflies, bees, birds and the planet!
Special touches such as garden sculptures will convey with the home.
This garden structure creates a beautiful focal point for the side gardens and a great vista for hours of wildlife watching out the kitchen window. Wildlife frequent this structure.
Welcome home to 859 Azalea in Garden Oaks, your urban paradise.Garden Oaks JEWEL! 859 Azalea Street, an iconic GO home, has been known for its grand celebrations; Halloween Happenings; & costumed bear topiaries that have brought happiness to the entire neighborhood for almost 30 years. Warmth & charm exude from this 3-bedroom, 2-bath urban oasis made for entertaining. Bathed in natural light throughout with views of beautiful & expansive grounds from every room, it features hand-crafted kitchen cabinets, green soapstone countertops, 2 living areas and golden hardwood floors. Complemented by travertine floors, the cozy den boasts a beautiful stone fireplace & opens to the backyard paradise. 13,885 sq ft lot give this property its lush & nature-centric quality which include a cocktail pool with waterfalls, a wandering stream & plenty of pathways that wind through butterfly & bee filled wildflower gardens. Complete with a unique outdoor stone kitchen/bar, this rare corner lot on one of the most desirable streets in Garden Oaks is calling you home!
| District: | Houston ISD |
| Elementary School: | Garden Oaks Montessori   Good | |
| Middle School: | Black Middle School  Excellent |  |
| High School: | Waltrip High School  Average | |
| Tax Year | Cost/sqft | Market Value | Change | Tax Assessment | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $306.59 | $584,053 | 0.68% | $584,053 | 7.60% |
| 2022 | $304.53 | $580,124 | 15.56% | $542,809 | 10.00% |
| 2021 | $263.52 | $502,000 | 11.90% | $493,463 | 10.00% |
| 2020 | $235.49 | $448,603 | -10.28% | $448,603 | -10.28% |
| 2019 | $262.47 | $500,000 | 5.93% | $500,000 | 5.93% |
| 2018 | $247.77 | $472,000 | 0.00% | $472,000 | 0.00% |
| 2017 | $247.77 | $472,000 | -6.72% | $472,000 | -6.72% |
| 2016 | $265.62 | $506,000 | -2.69% | $506,000 | 9.52% |
| 2015 | $272.97 | $520,000 | 23.81% | $462,000 | 10.00% |
| 2014 | $220.47 | $420,000 | 4.61% | $420,000 | 4.61% |
| 2013 | $210.76 | $401,500 | 10.00% | $401,500 | 10.00% |
| 2012 | $191.60 | $365,000 | $365,000 |
2023 Harris County Appraisal District Tax Value |
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|---|---|
| Market Land Value: | $537,413 |
| Market Improvement Value: | $46,640 |
| Total Market Value: | $584,053 |
2023 Tax Rates |
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|---|---|
| HOUSTON ISD: | 0.8683 % |
| HARRIS COUNTY: | 0.3501 % |
| HC FLOOD CONTROL DIST: | 0.0311 % |
| PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY: | 0.0057 % |
| HC HOSPITAL DIST: | 0.1434 % |
| HC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: | 0.0048 % |
| HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE: | 0.0922 % |
| HOUSTON CITY OF: | 0.5192 % |
| Total Tax Rate: | 2.0148 % |
