Tuscan Manse May Set New Price Bar for Lake Forest With Elevator, Dumb Waiter, and Midtown Urban View Even in the Master Closet

New listing with Allie Beth Allman’s Keith Conlon: 6944 square feet in the gated, chi chi-est portion of already chi chi gated Lake Forest. Lake Forest Estates. The home at 12258 Creek Forest Drive was built in 2011 by well known Dallas home builder George Lewis, has its own pool and a magnificent view of the lakes at the old EDS campus. (Water views in Dallas? Oh so rare.) But it also has something else that I think makes this house cross a market threshold: you can see the office buildings running up the Central/Forest corridor. They are gleaming and gorgeous, and give this gated suburban-looking home an urban vibe. This home is symbolic of a turn our city is taking: we are a city, and 7000 square foot estate CAN live near high rises, even enjoy their view. Yes, there is a greenbelt, a running trail, an HOA, and the home is sited on a .34 acre lot. But it’s a total lock and leave that never lets you lose site of the fact that Dallas is very much a growing, pulsing city 24/7 even when you live 8 miles north of downtown.

And at $3.8, this home may very well be setting a new pricing thresh hold for Lake Forest. The house next door had been priced at $3.8, says Keith, but this one just has way more jam packed in. So it’s $3.9. $561.64 a square foot.

No kidding. Not only is this home loaded and spacious and king of the party flow with the open floor plan, there is a view from every room overlooking the private pool, putting green, fire pit and lake. Sliding glass doors open from the main living areas to the back porch where you can enjoy the pool and outdoor fire pit. There are also electric screens so you can screen the whole area in, creating another protected living space.

Having just returned from Florida where they have been enclosing pools and patios for yeas, christening them “Florida Rooms,” I hereby christen all the screened in patios and pools in Texas “Texas Rooms”. We sure need them to keep those skeeters at bay!

The home has a huge great room, two living areas, and a beautiful decked-out kitchen with center island curved on one side.

The master bedroom on the first floor is big enough for a family of four, with a sitting area and balcony. Master bath is quite spacious. I have seldom seen a master closet with a view, have you? There are three bedrooms upstairs and an extra 570 square feet of ripe storage space. There is a second master on the first floor. With the elevator (great for luggage!) and dumb waiter in the dining room, this home could take you from Beetlejuice to Beet Juice!