A Timeless Traditional Never Goes Out of Style

Finally! A timeless traditional luxury home is on the market that checks every box and is truly what luxury buyers want.

We’ve had enough uber-modern new construction and way too many outdated multimillion-dollar homes on the market. It’s a relief to find a house that really looks like a home.

First of all, you cannot beat this location, which is in the heart of Preston Hollow.

Second, this beauty has six bedrooms. Do you know how hard that is to find in this city? There are four upstairs and two, including the principal suite, downstairs. This is what luxury buyers need in a family home now. It also has a traditional layout with formals flanking the entry.

After all of our togetherness over the past two years, we now understand why architects designed homes this way.

Everyone needs to have a private space to curl up in and read or just think. You cannot do that with parents, four kids, and a dog doing six different things at multiple noise levels in an open-plan home and hope to remain sane for long.

This 7,942-square-foot timeless traditional home was built by Hawkins-Welwood Homes, an award-winning leader in the luxury industry with over 60 years of experience.

Appropriate updating is critical to the survival of any home. We see far too many beautiful houses that are simply demolished when it would have only taken a little TLC to keep that original character intact. That’s what happened here. The phenomenal Nickey Oates, who has been named a D Magazine Best Builder more times than we can count, purchased this home as a personal residence. 

“Nickey bought it in 2014 and did a fantastic job remodeling it,” Allie Beth Allman & Associates listing agent Simone Jeanes said. “He did a comprehensive remodel, adding a slate roof and a pool, reconfiguring the kitchen, and updating the bathrooms.”

It’s no secret that great luxury houses have been few and far between for the past year. To find a classic, traditional home under a canopy of heritage trees with a country feel is almost unheard of today.

What is my mantra? If you can buy a home a builder has chosen, sign a contract immediately.

Simone Jeanes of Allie Beth Allman & Associates has this timeless traditional home at 6114 Waggoner Dr. listed for $3.5 million.