Loving the Location, Lower Price, and Local Celeb Owners

Here is a celebrity home in Dallas that can be swooped up for a tab bit over one million dollars and is as loaded, if not more so, than it’s pricier brethren. In fact, you had darn well better take a look because… well, because!

First of all, location with a triple capital “L”: Caruth Hills. Yes, you are in Dallas but you are just west of Boedecker and south of Northwest Highway in a quadrant I have christened “Perfection”. Why? Well, think about it: Northpark Mall is almost walking distance (when it’s not 100 degrees out, OK) and if you need to run to Tom Thumb or The Container Store, it’s five minutes. Central is super close, and the Dallas North Tollway is only a little further west. Then there is Preston Center, my favorite intersection in Dallas. Yes, it needs improvements, and they are coming, but Preston Center is home to Sprinkles, R&D (which is basically my second office), Taco Diner, hair salons, Tootsies, retail, Houstons, and we haven’t even yet crossed Preston to the west side. This is an area we are focusing on for a move should we ever sell our fabulous homestead because of the proximity to all highways and Presbyterian Hospital. With apologies to the Walkable Crowd, we still need to get around Dallas in a car, especially if you have a grand baby in East Dallas.

But on a nice day, you really could walk to Barnes & Noble from 7525 Villanova!

The house: a vintage 1953 brick ranch taken down to the studs in 2007, and thoroughly remodelled. I love the hand-scraped hardwoods, in fact, when Joseph and Beverly Raimonde Pitchford are not looking, I may just steal them: the dark coffee tone is just what my heart desires. Yes, this is the home of Joseph and Beverly, he of Crescent Real Estate Equities fame, she of Briggs-Freeman Sotheby’s top agent fame. The master and mistress of the house are both real estate pros, so you know you are getting blue chip. The home was re-done to perfection with honed marble, stainless gourmet appliances and a farmhouse sink in the kitchen, and a ramped -up downstairs master suite with full view of the luscious yard. The master is huge at 17 by 13 feet, and the spa bath with separate tub and huge shower shimmers in honed limestone and marble, a Ritz Carlton replica.  There are four bedrooms total, three down, with three full and one-half bath, and a private 4th bedroom on the second level which makes the perfect guest room, adult kid bedroom, or quarters. Adjacent to this bedroom is a media room-playroom that could also be an office or home theater. Unbelieveable that the home is just over 3677 square feet! The .17 yard has no pool yet, but plenty of room for one. Asking is $1,050,000 reduced from $1,125,000. Really, this home is a breath of fresh air that is going to be swooped up in three, two, one…