If You’re Looking for a Country Home (Like Everyone These Days), This East Texas Ranch Fits the Bill

More and more, we keep hearing from brokers and agents that business is booming for second homes and country ranch properties outside of Dallas. So when Steve Grant of Steve Grant Realty reached out about featuring a ranch home on 381.5 acres in Palestine, it came as no surprise when he told us he’s been busier than ever.

“It’s surprising the number of people we’ve had from Dallas and Highland Park inquiring about properties and land by the lake,” Grant says. “Now I know I’m biased, but the area around Lake Palestine and Lake Athens — it’s pretty down here.”

Pretty, indeed. Grant has listed an amazing property at 14874 FM 315, about 90 minutes southeast of the Metroplex along Highway 175, for $2.25 million.

With 381.5 acres of East Texas beauty, this Anderson County property has rolling hills, wooded landscape, and a 1.5-acre fishing lake with duck marsh and pond. If you’re an equestrian, there are approximately 60 acres of pasture for horses, plus a 2,400 square foot shop building with full electrical and plumbing.

The main residence is a 2006-built home with four bedrooms, three baths, two half baths, and 4,900 square feet over two stories.

All eyes go up when you walk into the open living area with wooden cathedral ceilings and cross timbers overhead. That is, until you catch a glimpse of the floor to ceiling wood burning fireplace inlaid with boulder-sized river rocks.

Overlooking the living room, the gourmet kitchen is made special with shiplap ceilings, antique-finish cabinetry, and contrasting center island with a baker’s rack overhead and a built-in warming drawer. Stainless steel appliances include refrigerator, double oven, gas cooktop, dishwasher, and trash compactor.

Choose to dine at the kitchen breakfast bar, casual dining nook looking onto rolling pasture, or the dining room that has beautiful antique pressed tiles on the ceiling and board and batten walls.

Now that we’re all working at home, there is plenty of space in this home to do so. The wood-paneled study features coffered ceilings, hand-scraped wood floors, and built-in, lighted cabinetry. A kitchen desk with shelves and drawers could be a great central hub for the household or homework spot for kids. Or get creative upstairs in the fully-decked craft room with walls of cabinetry, corkboard, a built-in desk and island, and wet bar for easy cleanup.

The home has a downstairs master suite with coffered ceilings and luxuriously appointed bathroom with standalone shower, corner tub, dual vanities, and sizable walk-in closets. Three more bedrooms and an oversized game room help round out the features of this nearly 5,000 square foot main residence.

In addition, this Palestine property has a 1,700-square-foot guest quarters with three bedrooms, two baths, and a kitchen.

You can enjoy a country lifestyle in this amazing home with acreage in close proximity to historic Palestine, Athens, and Tyler, each with their own unique area amenities, shopping, and recreational opportunities.

For more information about 14874 FM 315 in Palestine, visit SteveGrant.com. Contact Steve at 903-675-3503 or email [email protected].