# Alden Place: Lot Value, Restrictions and Who Buys Old Houses Here

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## The question this page answers

What is a lot worth in Alden Place and can it be redeveloped?

## TL;DR

Alden Place land is appraised at a median of $114 per square foot across its lots on the builder pattern (HCAD 2026 roll, read 2026-10-13). A restricted or historic lot goes to a different buyer at a different price, so your deed and the City's maps decide what can be built.

- Lots on the builder pattern: 56 (HCAD 2026 roll, read 2026-10-13)
- Median lot size: 5,000 sq ft (HCAD 2026 roll, read 2026-10-13)
- Median year built: 1932 (HCAD 2026 roll, read 2026-10-13)
- Inside a City minimum-lot-size designation: 0 percent (City of Houston Planning layers, read 2026-10-13)
- Deeds: Not researched; check your deed (deed research, 2026-10-14)

## The answer

Your lot in Alden Place is appraised at a median of $114.0 per square foot across the subdivision's builder-pattern parcels (HCAD 2026 roll, read 2026-10-13). No parcel here sits in a City minimum-lot-size block (City of Houston Planning layers, read 2026-10-13), and we have no deed finding.

## Key facts

- Candidate lots on the pattern: **56** (Harris Central Appraisal District, 2026 certified roll dated 2026-10-11, read 2026-10-13)
- High-scoring lots: **23** (Harris Central Appraisal District, 2026 certified roll dated 2026-10-11, read 2026-10-13)
- HCAD land value, neighborhood code E. W. CAVE/FAIRVIEW/ALDEN PL: **$114 per sq ft median, $114 to $115.10 (25th to 75th percentile)** (Harris Central Appraisal District, 2026 certified roll dated 2026-10-11, read 2026-10-13)
- Median lot size: **5,000 sq ft** (Harris Central Appraisal District, 2026 certified roll dated 2026-10-11, read 2026-10-13)
- Median year built: **1932** (Harris Central Appraisal District, 2026 certified roll dated 2026-10-11, read 2026-10-13)
- Share inside a City minimum-lot-size designation: **0% (0 lots)** (City of Houston Planning Department ArcGIS layers, read 2026-10-13)
- Historic contributing houses: **0** (City of Houston Planning Department ArcGIS layers, read 2026-10-13)
- Deed restrictions: Not researched; check your deed. Confidence: low (deed research, 2026-10-14)

## What this means for you

Alden Place has no City minimum-lot-size block and no historic parcel in the data, so the open question is your deed. We found no deed finding for the subdivision. A deed that allows it can make a lot attractive to a builder. A deed that limits it changes the buyer and the price. Send us the address and we put the public facts for your lot beside the figures below.

## The streets and the houses

Streets the HCAD data lists in Alden Place include W Dallas St, W Pierce St, W Clay St, W Polk St, W Saulnier St, W Bell St and Dallas St (HCAD 2026 roll, read 2026-10-13). The subdivision's builder-pattern parcels sit in 77019 (56 parcels) (HCAD 2026 roll, read 2026-10-13). A builder-pattern parcel is a lot of 4,500 to 20,000 square feet that is vacant or holds a house built in 1975 or earlier worth at most 40 percent of its land, with no permit issued since 2022 (HCAD 2026 roll, read 2026-10-13). Alden Place has 56 of them (HCAD 2026 roll, read 2026-10-13). The median year built is 1932 and the median lot is 5,000 square feet (HCAD 2026 roll, read 2026-10-13). [Hyde Park Main](https://htxsellmyhouse.com/neighborhoods/hyde-park-main/) is the other 77019 subdivision with its own page. We found no published platting date or developer for Alden Place (neighborhood stories research, 2026-10-14).

## Land value by HCAD code

HCAD appraises land by neighborhood code. Alden Place spans one code in this data (HCAD 2026 roll, read 2026-10-13). Each line gives the parcels, the median land value per square foot and the 25th to 75th percentile range. Where the range is a single figure, HCAD appraises the whole code at one rate.

- **E. W. CAVE/FAIRVIEW/ALDEN PL:** 56 parcels, median **$114.0** per square foot, 25th to 75th percentile $114.0 to $115.1 (HCAD 2026 roll, read 2026-10-13)

The median across the subdivision is $114.0 per square foot (HCAD 2026 roll, read 2026-10-13). HCAD's figure is an appraisal for tax, not a sale price.

## What restricts a lot here

**Deed.** The planning research has no deed finding for Alden Place: restrictions on file and whether the deed bars townhomes are unknown, the data records a minimum lot size as none found, and confidence is low (deed research, 2026-10-14). None found does not mean none exists. Ask your title company for the recorded restrictions or search the Harris County Clerk's real property records.

**City minimum lot size.** 0 of the 56 parcels sit inside a City minimum-lot-size designation (City of Houston Planning layers, read 2026-10-13).

**Historic status.** The City layers flag no contributing structure or landmark among the 56 parcels (City of Houston Planning layers, read 2026-10-13).

## Who buys here and the two ways to sell

With no City block limiting a split, Alden Place is a subdivision where a builder may look, once the deed is read. The median lot is 5,000 square feet (HCAD 2026 roll, read 2026-10-13). Our [teardown page](https://htxsellmyhouse.com/sell-a-teardown-lot-houston/) shows how HCAD values compare with asking prices and reported sales.

**We buy it.** HTX Sell My House makes you an offer and closes with you.

**We take it to the builders for you.** One builder gives you one number. We bring your lot to the builders buying in this subdivision, you take the best offer, and you sign one contract, once. You see the buyer's name in writing before you sign.

You can also list the house with an agent. If that nets you more, we tell you so. Get at least two numbers before you decide.

## Terms in plain words

- **HCAD.** The Harris Central Appraisal District, the county office that appraises every property for tax. Its land value is an appraisal, not a sale price (HCAD public data downloads, read 2026-10-13).
- **Builder-pattern parcel.** A lot where the land is worth much more than the old house on it. The exact test, with its figures, is under "The streets and the houses" above.
- **City minimum lot size.** A City designation that prevents lots from being divided below a set size (City of Houston Planning brochure, read 2026-10-14).
- **Deed restriction.** A private rule recorded against a subdivision, a section or a single lot. Your own deed shows which ones reach your lot (deed research, 2026-10-14).

## Questions people ask

### What is a lot worth in Alden Place?

HCAD's median land value across the Alden Place subdivision's builder-pattern parcels in Houston is $114.0 per square foot, with the middle half between $114.0 and $115.1 (HCAD 2026 roll, read 2026-10-13). That is an appraisal, not a price.

### Can a builder put townhomes on my Alden Place lot?

No City minimum-lot-size block covers the Alden Place parcels (City of Houston Planning layers, read 2026-10-13). We found no deed finding (deed research, 2026-10-14), so your deed is the open question.

### Is Alden Place deed restricted?

We do not know yet. Our research has no deed finding for Alden Place: whether restrictions are on file is unknown, and confidence is low (deed research, 2026-10-14). None found does not mean none exists, so check your deed.

### How do I find the deed restrictions on an Alden Place house?

Ask your title company for the recorded restrictions, or search the Harris County Clerk's real property records for your subdivision (Harris County Clerk, public records, read 2026-10-14).

### When was Alden Place built?

The median year built across Alden Place's builder-pattern parcels is 1932 (HCAD 2026 roll, read 2026-10-13). We found no published platting date or developer for Alden Place (neighborhood stories research, 2026-10-14).

### How do I sell an old house in Alden Place?

You can sell to us, let us bring a builder, or list it. We call within one business day of your form and tell you which route looks best.

## Sources

- [HCAD public data downloads](https://hcad.org/pdata/pdata-property-downloads.html), 2026 certified roll dated 2026-10-11, read 2026-10-13
- [City of Houston Planning, Special Minimum Lot Size layer](https://mycity2.houstontx.gov/gisweb02/rest/services/HoustonMap/Planning_and_Development/MapServer/13), read 2026-10-13
- [City of Houston Planning, Minimum Lot Size and Minimum Building Line program](https://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Min-Lot_Size-Min_Bldg_Line.html), read 2026-10-14
- [City of Houston Planning, minimum lot size brochure (PDF)](https://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Neighborhood/docs_pdfs/MLS_Brochure.pdf), read 2026-10-14
- [Harris County Clerk, public records](https://www.cclerk.hctx.net/PublicRecords.aspx), read 2026-10-14
- HTX Sell My House planning research, deed restrictions by subdivision, 2026-10-14 (public sources linked where they exist)
- [City of Houston Office of Preservation](https://www.houstontx.gov/planning/HistoricPres/), read 2026-10-14
- [City of Houston, Certificate of Appropriateness](https://www.houstontx.gov/planning/HistoricPres/certofapp.html), read 2026-10-14
- HTX Sell My House planning research, neighborhood histories, 2026-10-14 (no platting date or developer found for Alden Place)

## About this page

- Page for people: https://htxsellmyhouse.com/neighborhoods/alden-place/
- Written by Susan Bouchard, co-owner, HTX Sell My House
- Last updated: 2026-10-14
- HTX Sell My House, Houston, Texas. Owned by Susan Bouchard and Alex Bouchard.
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