The Cottage
Availability: May 8, 2025
Lease Terms: Annual (Summer Sublet Allowed)
Per Student Cost if 6 people: $925
Per Student Cost if 5 people: $1010
Parking: 4 off-street spaces
This is a stunning large English Style yellow/orange brick garden property. Bright, beautiful, thoughtfully-restored 1930’s Riverside Terrace home with six bedrooms, three full bathrooms, fully-furnished kitchen, spacious living areas, original hardwood floors. Each room features a large Oriental handmade rug.
Interesting fact: Beyonce's childhood home is only 2 houses away on the same block.
The property is fully fenced on all sides with a sliding remote controlled driveway gate. Up to 4 cars can be parked inside the gate. It is kid friendly and provides a secure backyard with stout play equipment under a pecan tree.
The house has the highest speed internet currently available.
Details
The Space
The house has been thoughtfully and completely renovated to suit modern tastes without compromising its original character. The result is a sunlit home filled with original details, art, artifacts, antiques and hand-woven rugs.
Downstairs is perfect for groups to gather or spread out—it’s open enough for everyone to socialize across the dining, living and kitchen, but not so open that you can’t find a quiet reading nook in other parts of the house.
The living room flows into the hearth of the house, a fully-stocked kitchen, dining table that seats eight, with a large TV. Google WiFi insures that every room has excellent high speed internet.
The kitchen features all stainless steel appliances, including a four-burner gas cooktop with externally vented range hood, an electric oven, a refrigerator, and dishwasher. It’s fully stocked with small appliances, including a microwave, Cuisinart coffee maker, cooking utensils, pots, pans and bakeware.
Bedrooms
All six bedrooms have comfy hotel-quality mattresses, white linens and mid-weight down alternative comforters. There’s a ceiling fan and shades in each room. The bedrooms have blackout blinds to help you get a restful night in a dark room when you wish to sleep-in.
Each bedroom has one queen bed and a desk and chair. The desks and chairs were selected by the current residents who are Rice students.
There are three full bathrooms, one on the ground floor and two on the second floor.
Bathrooms are stocked with large bath sheets, hand towels and washcloths.
Laundry
Outdoor
There are Washer and Dryer located in the utility area on the first floor.
The first floor front patio area has chairs for outside seating.
The first floor also has a large deck overlooking the backyard.
There’s space for up to four cars behind the gate, and street parking is readily available.