A Highland Park French Country Mansion With an Outstanding Provenance

This French Country mansion in Highland Park is an excellent example of what separates one beautiful home from another. It’s simple. A good builder with a stellar reputation makes all the difference in the world.

A good builder understands how to create a timeless home.

Rusty Goff, the owner of Goff Custom Homes, built this French Country mansion in 2001. It looks as if it was completed last week.

Goff has been building in the Park Cities since 1991, so he knows a thing or two about his client’s dreams and expectations. He also thoroughly understands site challenges. Collaborating with the best architects, structural engineers, landscape architects, and interior designers, he creates dream homes that clients fall in love with and that last.

And now you have the opportunity to own one in the best location in Highland Park.

Goff brought in Granbury stone to grace the exterior of the 4,899-square-foot home and added hemlock timbers from the northeast to add warmth in the family room and kitchen.

Always a forward thinker, Goff also built a screened porch with a fireplace before screened porches became a necessity in Dallas.

There are four fireplaces in this four-bedroom, four-bathroom French Country home, as well as a powder bath and a home office with beautiful views. It’s perfectly sized for a family, and of course, you have access to the excellent Highland Park ISD.

This French Country mansion is one of the best locations in the neighborhood, commanding the corner of Belclaire and Lomo Alto. If I had to compare Highland Park to a chocolate truffle, this location would be the creamy hazelnut filling!

You can walk half a block to Flippen Park, dubbed the most romantic park in Dallas. The gazebo, fountain, reflecting pool, and beautifully landscaped grounds here have been the location for more prom, engagement, and bridal photos than I can count.

Dave Perry-Miller’s Laura Michelle has 4500 Belclaire Avenue listed for $2.95 million. It will be open on Sunday, August 22, from 2 to 4 p.m.