Timeless Irving Hackberry Creek Home Combines Beauty and Function

What more can you ask for than a beautiful, move-in ready home in one of DFW’s most coveted master-planned communities for a very competitive price? That’s what we’re exploring with today’s Highlight Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters, Senior Loan Officer with First Horizon.

First, the neighborhood: Hackberry Creek in Irving offers beautiful vistas, meandering creeks, and jogging and biking paths. There are unique playgrounds, picnic facilities, and there is even a 9-hole miniature golf park! It’s hard to describe the feeling, but when you purchase a home in a gated community, you are enveloped in an exceptional lifestyle with an almost instant social life. 

“I think Hackberry Creek is the prettiest neighborhood in Irving,” said listing agent Phillip Murrell. “You get the golf courses, lovely mature trees, and fabulous houses.”

The home is truly move-in ready: its timeless traditional aesthetic has been given all the necessary updates to make it feel fresh and ready for today’s buyer. Murrell and his team do their own make-ready treatments on his listings whenever possible, together with his “secret weapon,” contractor Victor Ortiz. “I’ve found that when I am able to make these updates — new flooring, lighting, whatever the home needs — it works. The home will sell in just a week or two,” Murrell said. “If you can be the best quality home on the block for a competitive price, that’s going to be a house people want to buy.”

This home has a new porcelain tile backsplash, antiqued bronze hardware and lighting, a new fireplace surround, and all new lighting downstairs, among other upgrades already completed by the owners.

When you enter through the stunning front door with two-story glass windows, to the left is a formal dining room, and to the right is a private office that could also be used as a sitting room. Both rooms, as well as the foyer have these beautiful arched, front-facing windows that fill the spaces with light. The rich hardwood floors run throughout the first floor.

The living room surrounds the kitchen, creating distinct seating areas ideal for entertaining and cozy days and nights at home. Outdoor views are prime here, with both shade trees and plenty of light shining through. The fireplace is a picturesque gathering spot in a space large enough for big groups but just right for the family.

This kitchen is worthy of the “heart of the home” moniker: light and bright and surrounded by lots of seating and living space. Natural stone countertops perfectly complement the sparkling white backsplash and fresh white cabinetry, as well as the stainless steel 6-burner gas stove and appliances in this generous kitchen.

This friendly breakfast nook is awash with light and the best spot for a quick meal, or to step outside for morning coffee on the porch.

Head upstairs to find four bedrooms and another office. You could easily have two people working from home in this spacious home, without them being right on top of each other!

The primary is a lovely, relaxing retreat with a corner seating area overlooking the yard, and an enviable bathroom with a marble-topped dual vanity, frameless glass shower, and spa tub.

Outdoor living is a retreat all its own, with two separate decks and pergolas and a jacuzzi hot tub for ultimate relaxation — and isn’t it the perfect time of year to take advantage of that!

If this lovely home and neighborhood is calling your name, you likely aren’t the only one, so you should act fast!

Compass Real Estate’s Phillip Murrell has 2212 Southern Oak listed for $750,000.