Dallas Celebrity Real Estate: Pat Summerall’s Southlake Spread Listed for $3.8

Former pro football player and beloved celeb sports commentator George Allen “Pat” Summerall — who doesn’t know that voice! — has a gorgeous spread on White Chapel Road that just screams “Texas rich”. In fact, producers of the upcoming “Dallas” TV reboot need to take note: Summerall’s spread would be the perfect Gen X Southfork. I have always made a point of driving down White Chapel Boulevard when I am in Colleyville or Southlake because, A, I love the name of the street and B, the homes are stately mansions set waaaaay far back on huge spreads — Summerall’s is 5 plus acres– all gated and fenced in with those long, pretty driveways. Sometimes you can even see a few horses trotting around. It just evokes images of Giant and nods to a grand way of Texas living.

And now it’s available for under $4 million!

Summerall’s home is 8590 square feet and features 7 bedrooms, 7.2 baths, mucho architectural details, and breathtaking views of a private lake and the gorgeous countryside. The lot is fairly well treed. Built in 1996, it has a huge oversized formal dining room¬† designed to accommodate large dinner parties — if those walls could talk! — and a formal living room with marble flooring, a dramatic curved staircase, and a wall of windows overlooking the pool and grounds. The “great room” is truly great — grand in size, but warm and inviting with a cathedral wood beamed ceiling, stone walls & fireplace, black out shades so it can be a media room or theater, and of course beautiful views. The huge gourmet kitchen has intricate moldings,¬† hearth over the range, large island, & a separate office that serves as management central for the estate. The master suite is very Hollywood-esque — a¬† fireplace, built-ins, luxurious spa bath with his/hers walk in closets, double multi head shower, jetted tub, and marble heated floors (a must have in Texas) & granite everywhere. There are so many views and so many open spaces I have no idea why they bothered with all the fancy draperies because you could stand in front of those windows buck-skin naked and no one would see save the woodpeckers. There’s the downstairs study/library with wood paneling, shutters, built-ins; a home gym with full bath and steam shower — well planned, this is where you want the steam shower, not in the master where it heats up the room for the other occupant. There’s a guest suite so large and spacious and totally complete I fear a homeless person could stow away in here for weeks. Upstairs 3¬† uniquely designed bedrooms, each with full bath, and a game room with walk in wet bar. Now on top of this there is also a full apartment perfect for mother in law suite or nanny’s quarters with a full kitchen, 2 bedrooms, large living area, and utility room all its own. (And we wonder how Arnold Schwarzenegger got into trouble!)¬† The grounds are just stunning — the listing brochure calls it 5 acres to 9.99 acres, and I could not pull a number from TCAD. But you’ve got the grounds, the pool and spa, the landscaping, even a putting green and sand trap right there on the grounds. As if that’s not enough, there’s a private lake with bridge and fountain. So picturesque, you could get get married here… and then live happily ever after. Honestly, for $3,899,900, you are getting it all just minutes from a D/FW escape route to your second home.

Pat Summerall