Builders, Take Note: More Modern Urban Homes Like This One, Please!

 

If you want an example of what builders should be constructing for today’s buyer, Realtor Ed Murchison says you should check out this Josh Nimmo-designed, Alan Kagan-built modern urban home on Deere Street.

 

“This property represents what many buyers really want in an modern urban home, yet so few builders are building,” Murchison said.

 

That’s reason enough to make 4532 Deere Street our High Caliber Home of the Week sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, but there’s a bonus: a good-sized, private yard! 

“This single-family attached — we used to call them duplexes — only shares a garage wall with it’s twin and offers all the benefits of a single family house including a small, low-maintenance yard,” Murchison said. “And there are no HOA fees!”   

 

Already I’m thinking that this home is perfection, as what city dweller has time to devote on yard maintenance? Also, it’s perfect that there isn’t a whole lot to take care of in the backyard since there are no HOA fees. So already, on the outside of this two-bedroom, two-full-and-one-half-bath, two-story, 1,885-square-foot home in what’s now generally called East Village. It’s just to the east of Cityplace, and down a block from Dallas ISD’s Alex Spence Talented and Gifted magnet school. It’s walkable, close to transit, and within biking distance of West Village, Knox Henderson, and historic Old East Dallas.

 

And if you thought the exterior was great, wait until you see inside.

 

“This home is the perfect backdrop for the owner’s extensive art collection,” Murchison said. A lot of that has to do with the 10-foot ceilings, art lighting, museum-finished walls, and indirect light offered by the windows traversing the base of the walls in the public areas of the home. The floating staircase is artful, too, and divides the main entertaining area from the open and bright modern kitchen. I love the polished concrete floors — another modern, low-maintenance finish — and the white cabinetry with wood accents all around. It’s both sleek and grounded.

 

My second favorite thing about this home is the open office space on the landing. It’s absolutely perfect for those of us who work from home. It’s accessible and bright, but because it’s on the second story, it’s still private. The treetop views are serene, and the hardwood floors add a bit of warmth to the modern finish-out. 

 

Both bedrooms are upstairs, and the second bedroom features an en-suite bath. The master, which is a sizable 16 by 13 feet, features a master bath with dual vanities and skylights.

Every room in this home is beautiful and bright, with low-maintenance finishes inside and out, so we weren’t surprised to see that this property, listed for $540,000, is already pending. Murchison is right — homebuilders need to take note of this modern urban home’s quick sale and start building more of these creative, low-maintenance, single-family attached abodes.