Trey Thurmond, College Station , Texas Homes

It seems that there is almost a wreck a week, sometimes more on the section of Hwy 6 in Texas between Bryan-College Station and Hearne. The goal to help prevent this is to eventually have the highway to be divided all the way north to Waco. I am sure this will help cut down on fatalities but in the meantime I am sure there will be many more. We have already seen friends lose their daughter on this stretch.

Many of the accidents involve large tractor trailer rigs like this one that I came on last week. There is a small car you can't see ( that is behind the yellow Truck) that looks like an accordian. Also I had just past another accident on Hwy 6 that shut down both lanes for hours when a pedestrian was run over by a Rig. Recently I got behind a gravel haul truck that almost hit me . He was doing 90 mph with a full load. How would you like to get hit by That!!!!

Texas needs to hurry up and finish the construction on Texas HWY 6 .

I have been intrigued by petrified wood ever since I was a small boy growing up on the outskirts of town. I would wander the pastures and find bits and pieces of the rocks, and stuff my pockets with them, many of which would end up in mother's washing machine. We had a local museum and I would take boxes of the stuff to them (as if they needed any) . To a 9 year old petrified wood was an Indiana Jones type discovery. Later in life I got to visit the Petrified wood forest in Arizona. I thought I was in petrified wood heaven! http://www.shannontech.com/ParkVision/PetForest/PetWood.html

Then later I married a gardener that likes petrified wood more than me, and she asks me to bring home every piece I find when we are hunting or fishing or just exploring. I have always wanted to sell a petrified wood home. We actually have quite a few in this area, but haven't been fortunate yet to list a home covered with the handsome rocks.

Recently I listed a wonderful custom home belonging to a couple who have been farmers and ranchers for many years. http://activerain.com/blogsview/1187137/-college-station-texas-style-home

They have a gravel mine on their property where they lived at before, where many petrified pieces and have been recovered, some being the size of a Volkswagen. The home they listed with me is in town, but that didn't stop them from using trailers and tractors to get some wonderful huge petrified logs delivered to their current residence. They are willing to leave these wonderful landscape objects with the property for the new owners. My favorite is this one which they use as a planter. What a conversation piece. Talk about eternal! Also they built in a neat petrified wood insert above the fireplace mantel that really sets off that wall as well.

Planter at circle driveway

Insert above fireplace

For information on homes and land for sale in college Station Texas trey@txcyber.com

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Milam F. "Trey" Thurmond, Broker, CRB, GRI. For all your real estate needs in Bryan-College Station , and Aggieland Texas .....including Residential, Land, Investments, and Property Management Services. Now is a great time to buy or sell real estate. Call or email me today and I will get right to work to meet your real estate goals.

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3600 Hwy 6 South , Suite 100
College Station, Texas 77845
(979) 694-8844 -110 979-229-8465 cell

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I had done an earlier post about how we had finally decided to put in a water well on our home place here in RobertsonCounty. Well they finally completed the well this week and it went 475 feet deep. We put an over-sized pump on it and it really pushes the water through!Hopefully this will help in watering all the gardens and grass and save a few bucks on buying city water. In this economy every cent counts. We haven't tested the water for bacteria but will. If safe we may connect to the home itself. If you are considering a water well be prepared to spend between 7 and 14 thousand. Our original plans were for a Windmill ...but the costs were absurd. Maybe another day we will re visit that.

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Located just Minutes from College Station, Texas and Texas A and M University, this custom, Austin stone Texas style home features a host of uniqe amenities and quality construction.

Nestled among large oak trees a meandering creek traverses the property on one side and is an ideal palate for landscape enthusiasts. A handsome bridge crosses the creek leading up to the home.

The interior features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2 living, 2 dining, and a large office-study located above the garage. The fabulous kitchen is a cook's dream place. Large picture widows surround the granite counter tops and offer a wonderful view of the natural setting outside the home. The army sized pantry is as large as a small bedroom.

The den includes a petrified wood decorative insert above the antique barn beam mantel. Exiting on to the back porch you will discover the ceiling constructed of antique barn beams and siding.

This charming country estate includes hand scraped hickory floors, tall ceilings, unbelievable storage, a large utility room with work sink, a mudroom, and more. Outside includes a low maintenance veggie garden and a great site built tool barn. Gentleman farmers and gardening ladies will love this special country showplace!

Asking $ 525,000 www.treythurmond.com

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Milam F. "Trey" Thurmond, Broker, CRB, GRI
Classic Realty Associates
3600 Hwy 6 South , Suite 100
College Station, Texas 77845
(979) 694-8844 -110
Cell: (979) 229-8465
Fax: (979) 694-2299
trey@txcyber.com