Valerie Jarvie

Need a Sunny Getaway? Dart Realty Launches Cayman Islands Kimpton Seafire Resort

By Valerie Jarvie / January 10, 2017 /

That arctic blast made me long for a warm beach with a tropical breeze! Time to head for Seven Mile Island, named by Travel and Leisure as “The Caribbean’s Best Beach.” The destination I am longing for? The Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa, Grand Cayman, the first new hotel in the Cayman Islands in a decade.…

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Boot Ranch Ups Amenities, Housing Options With New Developments

By Valerie Jarvie / December 2, 2016 /

Lucky me (Lucky I?) was invited to be a guest at Boot Ranch in Fredericksburg this past month, to learn details of news from the 2,000-acre luxury residential development and private golf and swim club set in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. We’ve written about Boot Ranch before. On the agenda now: an introduction to…

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At The Start of the Texas Hill Country Sits a Ranch Worthy of a Modern J.R. Ewing

By Valerie Jarvie / December 1, 2016 /

Forget Southfork — if J.R. Ewing were for real and among us, this would be where he’d want to live. Because, no doubt, while the oil market is depressed, he would be diversified into (what else?) tech. This cool ranch 90 miles outside of Dallas (with plenty of room for a heliport) at the very beginning…

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Alys Beach Offers More Top-of-The-Line Townhomes

By Valerie Jarvie / November 14, 2016 /

News from Alys Beach, the stunning Florida Panhandle luxury home and vacation rental community inspired by the traditional architecture of Bermuda: a new phase of custom three- and four-bedroom rowhouses is scheduled for construction with an estimated completion date of Spring 2019. The new project, called Clermont Courts, mimics the design of Caliza Courts, the first phase…

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A Preston Hollow Listing with Hockey History: First Mike Modano, Now Tyler Seguin

By Valerie Jarvie / October 19, 2016 /
Tyler Seguin Home

Oh my Stars! Here’s a listing that got my attention: 6424 Mimosa Lane, hockey phenom Tyler Seguin’s home!  It’s just your average 24-year-old sports superstar’s 7,250-square-foot abode, and a typical gig for the listing agent, Julie Provenzano, broker associate with Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate, who’s become something of a superstar herself as the official real estate…

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