Nostalgic Look Back at 9338 Meadowbrook: Anyone Remember the Chateau that Burned on Strait Lane? Dallas Real Estate News
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This is a real blast from the past: Dave Perry-Miller sold 9338 Meadowbrook recently, listed at $6.795, with sales price undisclosed, though I hear it was fairly close to asking. Something about this house made me have deja vue. I dusted off some old notes to get us the very interesting history of this home.
It was 1997, Bill Clinton was president, and George and Dominique Perrin had just sold their not-yet-complete, 45,000-plus-square-foot Strait Lane estate to Dallas real estate investor John Lau for about $8.5 million. Note to self: find out what John is doing these days. The following year, Lau sold Strait Lane to Jean Boulle and the whole thing burned to the ground. Allie Beth Allman sold the Perrins a fair sub, the exquisite Preston Hollow home of Drs. John Bell and Toni Grant Bell at 9338 Meadowbrook, asking $6.9. (Sale price: undisclosed.) The sales number floating in 1997: about 6 millionish. The 18,000-square-foot estate at the corner of Meadowbrook Drive and Dentwood Drive had been on the market just two months. Allie Beth called it the finest house in Dallas. John Bell was the former CEO of Bell Packaging Corp. Toni Grant was a west coast radio psychologist who pre-empted Dr. Laura Schlessinger, remember her? Meadowbrook had 130-year-old, 2-inch-thick pine floors imported from Louisiana, a 2,000-square-foot master suite with all the necessities (a steam shower and a dry sauna), and three huge bedroom suites with many reading nooks. There was also a complete executive suite with its own entrance and a third-floor exercise room. Outside, there’s a guest house, tennis pavilion, and a Swimex pool that creates its own rapids for stay-in-place laps. We are sure the Perins added much more to this estate, which only make me want to get my eyeballs inside that door and into the wine cellar…
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Candy – In 1997 Bill Clinton was president.
Candy – In 1997 Bill Clinton was president.
Yes yes you are right, thanks Jeff! I was thinking about Obama and the president he most reminds me of…
Yes yes you are right, thanks Jeff! I was thinking about Obama and the president he most reminds me of…
Candy, this was fun to read. We forget some of the drama for which we have had up front seats in this glorious city!
Candy, this was fun to read. We forget some of the drama for which we have had up front seats in this glorious city!
Thanks Sheila! I value your support and am honored to have you reading. When can we do lunch and I will try to post more "real estate nostalgia"!
Thanks Sheila! I value your support and am honored to have you reading. When can we do lunch and I will try to post more "real estate nostalgia"!
Thank you for the mention…however Toni Grant did not "pre-empt" me…she preceded me in radio. I am still broadcasting, after over thirty year span, on SIRIUS XM STARS 107. And the house is very pretty. drl
Thank you for the mention…however Toni Grant did not "pre-empt" me…she preceded me in radio. I am still broadcasting, after over thirty year span, on SIRIUS XM STARS 107. And the house is very pretty. drl
Dear Dr. Laura — thanks for the correction! Glad to know you are still broadcasting and reading this blog! Send us photos of your home!
Dear Dr. Laura — thanks for the correction! Glad to know you are still broadcasting and reading this blog! Send us photos of your home!
I have driven by this house it is beautiful. I remember when the Strait Ln. mansion was burned…it's been over 10 years, wow it seems like yesterday!
I have driven by this house it is beautiful. I remember when the Strait Ln. mansion was burned…it's been over 10 years, wow it seems like yesterday!
Yes, it does seem as if it was yesterday.
Congrats to Dave, he doesn't miss a beat!
Yes, it does seem as if it was yesterday.
Congrats to Dave, he doesn't miss a beat!