This Casa Linda Home Hits the Sweet Spot

This week’s Inwood Home of the Week, sponsored by Inwood Bank, takes us to coveted Casa Linda Estates, where this 1953-built three-bedroom sits waiting for its new owners. Am I personifying a home? You bet. Actually, I’m going to call her Linda, ala the second most popular girl’s name in 1953.

Listing agent Jenny Capritta of RE/MAX DFW Associates tells us this home — ahem, Linda — is located in a perfect little heavily-treed pocket of Forest Hills in east Dallas.

“This midcentury home is great for people who want to entertain outdoors, plus it has great access to White Rock,” Capritta says. “It’s like having a park-like setting in your own backyard.”

Speaking of the backyard, enjoy a gorgeous wooden deck with built-in seating for outdoor dining or retreat to the graveled firepit just in front of the powered 14×14 workshop with a/c. Between this large backyard and the deep setback front yard, you’ve got nearly one-third of an acre to call your own.

Inside the freshly painted home, you’ll have fun arranging your furniture. Just inside, a wide-open foyer continues into a formal living and dining area with a wood-burning fireplace. But don’t let the chandeliers limit your thinking for uses of the space. These formals leave all kinds of possibilities because they’re open floor plan and flow beautifully into one another.

Just beyond the formal dining, a second living area features a vintage wooden dry bar with a buffet and glass display cabinetry and two sets of double French doors that lead to the backyard deck. On the other end of this large living room, easy access to the renovated kitchen that features stainless steel appliances, an island cooktop, refaced cabinets, and high-quality exotic granite.

Located just off the kitchen, there’s a good-sized sitting room that’d be a perfect breakfast room with bumped-out French doors that access the grassy yard. What a peaceful place to take your coffee in the morning.

Our girl Linda has three bedrooms, two baths, and 2,264-square-foot, but feels a whole lot bigger. The primary suite has an extended closet area with floor-to-ceiling windows. If you fancy a bigger bathroom, I’m sure something can be done there.

Additional updates include new travertine floors, windows, and shutters, plus a new roof and garage doors.

Jenny Capritta of RE/MAX DFW Associates has listed 9816 Angora Street for $575,000.