Old Abilene houses, opened up again.

Jon and Niki Grant buy them, renovate them, and sell to families.

Call (325) 261-3855

Historic Sayles to Canterbury Trails

Buy one, sell us one, or stay a while

It's pretty simple. We're in the business of finding homes and buying homes, then making them better serve the families of today.

Sell your house to JGN

Brentwood Ranch, a long brick ranch house with a curved front walk across the lawn

We find homes and buy homes. When it's one we know we'll love working with, we often make a cash offer, and Facebook sellers know us for a quick close.

How selling to us works

Buy a finished JGN home

Grand Avenue kitchen with a white island, pendant lanterns and patterned tile behind the range

Custom cabinets, quartz countertops, designer tile and the original character kept. Tell us you're looking and we'll follow up when the next one is ready.

Homes for sale

A house you'd love us to renovate first

An empty Green Acres living room with wood floors and light from two windows

Found a place with great promise and potential? Send it over. We're open to buying it, updating it, and selling it to you once it's done.

Send us the house

The lake house

The lake house from the back lawn, a covered porch under big oaks with the lake behind

Come stay with us at the lake house vacation rental: a covered back porch, a lawn under the oaks and the water a few steps past the fence.

Ask about a stay

Design and consulting

Close view of the Elmwood kitchen island, a gray base with an X brace under a white top

Weighing tile, cabinets or a layout for your own place? Email us your situation. We'd love to help if we can.

Email your situation
Everything we do

Seven houses, one at a time

Sold.

Every house we buy gets a name, a plan and a lot of demo. These are the ones that have already gone to their next owners.

Walk through every project

  1. Elmwood

    Sold

    Elmwood

    Pulled the porch out for a sitting area and vaulted the roof over it. Open living and dining inside.

  2. Grand Avenue

    Sold

    Historic Sayles area

    Kept the original wood floors. New roof, windows, furnace and an electrical upgrade.

  3. Brentwood Ranch

    Sold

    3 bed, 2 bath

    Several walls came down. A neighbor fell for it and bought it once it was finished.

  4. High Meadows

    Sold

    Abilene

    Custom cabinets, stainless appliances, new roof, windows and sod.

  5. Mid-Century Farmhouse

    Sold

    Abilene

    Tall ceilings, granite counters and shiplap accent walls in the bathrooms.

  6. Weavers

    Sold

    Canterbury Trails

    4 bed, 2 bath, quartz counters and a wood plank accent wall in the kitchen.

  7. Green Acres

    Sold

    Abilene

    Three old additions torn down. The solid wood front door saved.

  8. Green Meadows

    Coming soon

    Elmwood creek side lot

    Shiplap, big windows onto the trees and the creek, a pergola and a brick fire pit out back.

Green Acres after the renovation, the saved solid wood front door with a wreath between two shrubs

From Niki's Green Acres post

The front door we saved

Green Acres had been hodge podged together for many years, with three different additions that all had to be torn down. The demo was extensive. It also had a gorgeous solid wood front door with all the character, so the door stayed, and the finished house went to a young and growing family.

See the other housesRead the blog

Grand Avenue, High Meadows, Green Acres

Grand Avenue from the front walk, white siding, cedar shutters and an orange front door
High Meadows entry with board-and-batten siding and a covered front porch
Green Acres living room with a painted white brick fireplace and wood mantel
Grand Avenue kitchen island with a farmhouse sink and pendant lights
High Meadows back lawn under shade trees

Walls come down, charm stays

Once we find a home we know we'll love working with, we get to the fun part.

Elmwood's open kitchen and dining room with a gray island and globe pendants
Walls come downOpen concept living and dining at Elmwood.

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houses on our project list marked Sold, with Green Meadows coming soon.

Patterned gray and white tile behind the Grand Avenue range
Custom tile added
Lake house bathroom with a shiplap wall, a wood vanity and round mirror
Accent walls
Brentwood Ranch range wall with a stainless range and white cabinets
Appliances updated

“We love finding old homes and dreaming up all the possibilities for how we can make them better serve the families of today.”

Jon and Niki Grant

Floors replaced, custom cabinets, quartz countertops and chic lighting, and anything else we can dream up that makes the house perfectly functional and cozy. Meet Jon and Niki.

Selling, buying, or just curious?

Or email nikigrant89@gmail.com

We're happy to visit. Send us your information and a line about the house, and Jon or Niki will be in touch. When we find a home we know we'll love working with, we often make a cash offer.

How exciting! Submit your information and we'll follow up about the houses we have finished or coming soon.

We're open to working with homes that have great promise and potential. Send us more information about the house and we will be in touch.

Not at this point. We are focusing on the renovation of our flip and rental properties.

Email us your situation at nikigrant89@gmail.com. We'd love to help if we can.

Visit our blog and follow JGN Properties on Facebook and @jgnproperties on Instagram for the latest updates.
  • Historic Sayles
  • Elmwood
  • Canterbury Trails
  • Brentwood
  • Green Acres
  • High Meadows

Got a house in Abilene?

If you're ready to purchase or sell a home, we'd love to hear from you. Mail reaches us at P.O. Box 6813, Abilene, TX 79608.

(325) 261-3855