Bob Thompson’s Right-Sized Beauty at The Lawn of Glen Abbey Has Me Thinking

I will be completely upfront with you. If you don’t buy this house, I just might sweep it up!

We happen to be in the crosshairs of Old Father Time — we are getting older, but our house and property are not shrinking like our brain cells. We have covered the beautiful community of The Lawn at Glen Abbey many times, and I have been in many a home in that lovely little enclave plus the fabulous Glen Abbey next door. Both are some of the best Dallas neighborhoods.

And I absolutely adore the house at 38 Elk Stone Drive.

This is the most perfect home for aging but active (and fun!) Boomers to “settle” into. Actually, it’s pretty great for anyone. The square footage at 4,715 is ideal and you have four lofty bedrooms, including a decked out primary suite that rivals any 7,000 square foot hunk.

Plus it’s built by Bob Thompson, one of my favorite home builders who actually also impressed my hard-to-impress hubby. The quality just abounds.

Few Builders Respect SUV’s: Bob Thompson DOES

First of all, one of the biggest things we have noticed in some zero-lot line homes lately is a lack of respect for larger autos. The garages just don’t fit the cars. Some of the tight turn ratios would yield me a new bumper every day of the week. (My husband now drives every Realtor insane by insisting on pulling both our cars into all garages to test.) We custom built our home and have a 30-foot wide garage, mostly because of my driving skills. The home at 38 Elk Stone passed the Dr. Evans garage test with an A+.

The entrance is gracious, and the home does not seem that down-sizey. Not at all. There is a gracious foyer and staircase, exquisite wainscoting, and stunning white oak floors that extend throughout.

The gourmet kitchen is equipped with top-of-the-line appliances and an oversized marble island with a breakfast bar plus tons of storage, including all the way to the ceiling. (Hey, we Boomers have a lot of stuff and our kids don’t want it.)

Downsizers Need Offices, Too

So many zero-lot line homes built in the late ’90s or early 2000’s had no idea we would all be working from home. This home has a study, with custom-built cabinets and bookcases.

Then Bob stole one of my ideas and created a second living area in the outside veranda with a built-in grill, a small sparkling pool and water feature, plus motorized insect screens to screen out critters. This is your second living area, and the grandkids/hubby can eat all the popcorn and spill all they want out here while watching TV.

The primary is generous, the primary bath fabulous, as is the generous laundry room. Upstairs three bedrooms will hold guests or my California kiddos and they can slip their mochi and matcha into a little upstairs wet bar.

Doodles or Elk?

I don’t know. Maybe I can invest in a Doodle treadmill and grab this house. If you want to see the epitome of what a downsizer home should be, run up to 38 Elk Stone off Keller Springs Road, in between the Wagging Tail Dog Park and Glen Abbey.

The only thing that confuses me is the name of the street: wherefore art the Elk?

Kim Bedwell of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Real Estate has listed 38 Elk Stone for $2.75 million.