Glen Heather is as Green as can be!

A little before Scotch 80's came another neighborhood at the South East corner of Oakey and Rancho. It was called Glen Heather. There's a big mix of styles, but the most impressive thing is the number and size of the trees. Huge Evergreens abound, as well as lots of Mulberry, Olive and of course Palms of every type.

The earliest homes of the 204 total were built in 1955 and 1956, and 1959. They were hard core mid-mod! I'm not sure what happened that no homes were built for 3 years, then group of 1959's and then they started up again in 1962 and 1963 to finish out then neighborhood. There seems to be a gap of a few years until 1961 and 62, when we started to see some Cinderella Ranches, and some regular ranches, In the 70's and 80's we started to get the assorted add-ons, expansions, conversions and other things people have done over the years, just as in most of the Vintage Vegas Neighborhoods.

Always, they been considered the little brother of McNeil and the nearby distant nephew of the Scotch 80's. A few of the homes are severely noise challenged by the adjacent I-15, but most of the homes are as peaceful as you'd hope.

Our friend Liz Thompson from Desert Realty has a probate sale FIXER UPPER, that is the lowest price home I've seen in GH in years. It's 260,000 for a 4/2/2 with 1762 sf. It's seriously "cosmetically challenged" but certainly fixable with out getting upside down in a neighborhood that usually starts at 300k for smaller homes. I had it as the "dump of the week at 299,000 before they dropped the price so severely.

Now it's the Deal of the week.

The Highest priced sale this last year, out of 10 sales was 419,000. Currently there are 13 on the market, There's one home under contract. The price spread for the currently available listings is 260k to 569k.

the DUMP of the week!

takes us over to the west side of Vintage Vegas. One of the greenest neighborhoods is "GLEN HEATHER" which sits in the South East corner of Rancho and Oakey. There's a mix of "mid-mods", ranches, ramblers and a few other styles all built in the early to mid 50's.

We found the lowest priced home for sale at 299,900. It's a true cosmetic fixer. The roof and AC are newer, but the inside and landscape needs lots of help. Our friend Liz from Desert Realty has given us permission to feature it. Can you say "bargain"? It's a 3/2/2 with covered patio, and some features worth saving like the 3 way stone fireplace, and the tourquoise original tile bathroom.

She tore down the monument sign in Glen Heather

No, it's not as terrible as losing an historically or architecturally significant building, but for over 50 years there was a monument sign and planter at Oakey and Rancho announcing the name of "GLEN HEATHER ESTATES".

Yes, it was on her lawn, but the city had an easement for it, and she just ignored it and tore it down. The city and the neighborhood are FURIOUS! as are we here at VeryVintageVegas.

Stupid crap like this can not be allowed to happen. The Glen Heather neighbors are planning a protest vigil (date and time to be announced), and want to have the city rebuild it and charge the homeowner.

If anyone has a "before" photo, we'd love to have it. please email it to jack@unclejack.com