Milk Bath Hair Spa

Milk Bath Hair Spa completed a 1,000-square-foot interior renovation at 12456 Memorial Drive in Houston. The project involved converting a former retail space, previously occupied by Nimble Fingers, into a beauty shop with a designated B-Use. This non-structural alteration was registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) in June 2023. The estimated cost for the work was $72,000, which equates to $72 per square foot. The project was privately funded on private land for private use.

Sylvian Enterprises INC served as the owner and developer of record for this renovation. Douglas Works, PLLC was the design firm of record, responsible for the architectural plans. Laura Fulkerson was the registered accessibility specialist associated with the filing. The construction start date listed in the TDLR filing was August 2023, with a scheduled completion date of December 2023. The TDLR closed the project file in December 2023, which marks the end of the accessibility review process for this construction.

Project Context and Scale

This renovation is smaller and less costly than the median renovation project in Harris County. Among 38,922 registered renovation filings in the county, the median estimated cost is $250,000 and the median size is 4,000 square feet. The cost of this project is below the county median for its type, falling in the bottom quarter of registered filings. The scheduled build window of 122 days is longer than the county median of 92 days, though the cost per square foot is close to the county median of $80.

Douglas Works, PLLC has one other TDLR-registered project in Houston, the M-K-T project, with an estimated cost of $400,000. That project is noted as having inspection complete. The site at 12456 Memorial Drive is located in ZIP code 77024. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey five-year estimates for this ZIP code indicate a population of about 37,647 and a median household income of $142,039. The area contains approximately 18,599 housing units, with a median owner-occupied home value of $1,164,400. The site is outside the FEMA 1-percent-annual-chance floodplain, designated as zone X.

Third-party directories list Milk Bath Hair Spa at this address. A listing on Birdeye displays customer reviews for the business. Moovit app data identifies nearby bus stops, including Memorial Dr @ Benignus Rd, which is 79 yards away. CityOf.com lists the business in its directory of beauty salons in Houston. These external mentions confirm the location and business name but do not provide construction status details beyond what is recorded in the TDLR filing.