Tanglewood is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Houston, TX. For the last 50 years it has been one of Houston’s most exclusive and desirable neighborhoods. Tanglewood has a outdoor feel to it, due to its tree-lined streets. English and Mediterranean style homes sit amongst evergreen landscaping. Each home site was planted with two large oak tress plus three oaks added on every corner. As a result, Tanglewood is now one of Houston’s most beautiful wooded areas. The neighborhood was once even rewarded as one of the five best-planned neighborhood subdivisions in the country!
Some of the finest schools in Texas are located in Tanglewood. One such school is St. John’s School, acclaimed by the New York Times to be the “best school in Houston.”
Real estate in Tanglewood is premium. Tanglewood homes are mostly single family homes with media appraised value of over $1,000,000 and are known for their oversized lots that average well over 16,000 square feet. Tanglewood properties are among the most expensive in Houston. The median selling price for a home in the neighborhood is $2,234,500.
Tanglewood is also very nice by foot and it’s easy to do your errands or go to your favorite restaurant like this. Near Uptown Houston, Tanglewood is within a close commute to dining, shopping and entertainment. Tanglewood contains over 300 restaurants, bars and cafes offering all types of cuisines. The nearby Galleria shopping center features stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Gucci and even has an ice rink and swimming pools. Memorial Park has a nice golf course and is a beautiful place to relax. Excellent food is available at eateries like Houston’s. Texas Beer Bus tour awaits those who want to explore breweries, wineries and distilleries in a fun, safe way.
It is also recommended to visit the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center or the Water Wall.
Tanglewood is an upscale neighborhood that offers convenient access to Houston’s dining, shopping, nightlife and entertainment. Near enough to Houston’s business districts while remaining withdrawn from the bustle of the city, Tanglewood is a peaceful, laid-back neighborhood. It is one of the wealthiest and diverse communities in the country, and it happens to be home to some very influential people in the United States, from Houston Texans players to CEOs to U.S. presidents. President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara lived in the Tanglewood area, owning three houses there. This tucked-away, beautifully-landscaped neighborhood of luxury homes and oak tree-lined streets is one of Houston’s finest neighborhoods.
The neighborhood of Tanglewood is home to some of the best schools in the area. Zoned within the Houston Independent School District, Tanglewood has some National Blue Ribbon and multiple award-winning schools. Briargrove Elementary School and Grady Middle School are among the top-rated schools in the area.
Neighborhood elementary schools include Briargrove Elementary and Briarmeadow Charter School. The neighborhood middle school is Grady Middle School, and the high schools include Lee High School, Westside High School and Lamar High School. Although all Tanglewood high school students are zoned to Lee High School, they can choose to attend Lamar or Westside instead. T.H. Rogers High School is an alternative kindergarten through 12th grade school that offers a gifted and talented program for K to 8th grade students as well as programs for multiply-impaired and deaf students. There are three Catholic schools, one Islamic school and two non-sectarian private schools in the area.
Housing in Tanglewood is made up of around 1,144 homes divided into 15 sections. Tanglewood homes are built on large lots with winding, old oak tree-lined streets. Homes is this neighborhood include attached homes and single-family homes. Usually built in the traditional or contemporary-modern style, these homes offer up to seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms.
Most original houses in Tanglewood are rambling ranch style houses on large lots. Newer houses are two-story English-style brick and stone houses and Mediterranean stucco style houses with clay tile roofs.
Homes range in size from 551 to 65,304 square feet of living space. Average homes have four bedrooms and 4.2 bathrooms with 3,882 square feet of living space. Average lot size is 16,390 square feet.
Tanglewood also has luxury apartments, including Overture Tanglewood, Astor Tanglewood Apartments and Marquis at Tanglewood. There are also several townhomes in the Tanglewood area.
Tanglewood homes for sale range from two-story English-style stone and brick homes to French chateaus and Georgian mansions. There are currently 54 homes for sale in the area that have a median list price of $2,234,500 and a price per square foot of $377. Homes in Tanglewood spend an average of 92 days on the market.
The average sold price was $1.6 million in December 2018, up 18.4% from 2018. The average sold price per square foot in December 2018 was $358, down 13.3% from the last year. Tanglewood homes appreciated 59% over the last ten years. The neighborhood’s land value per square foot rose by 10% in just one year. The median sold price has consistently risen since 2010, rising six to nine percent year to year since then. The Tanglewood housing market recovered significantly well from the real estate market crash.
The Tanglewood neighborhood, centrally located near Uptown Houston, offers a myriad of things to do. For people who like shopping, the Galleria is the right destination for upscale shopping. The Galleria has hundreds of shops and an indoor ice skating rink. There’s more great shopping at Post Oak Plaza and up and down Westheimer Road. The Uptown area offers an endless number of restaurants for fine dining. Diners can choose from upscale restaurants like Houston’s and Chama Gaucha Brazilian Steakhouse or go more casual at eateries such as Kenny & Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen, Caracol or Pappas. Gerald D. Hines Waterfall Park is a perfect place for a picnic, and the Houston Arboretum is a great place for an afternoon walk. For those who like nature and camping, Sam Houston National Forest is just up Interstate 45.