Fort Worth Friday
“Multiple Offers. Please submit all offers by 9pm Wednesday 28th.” So begins the listing for this home on Meadowbrook Drive. And why not? In this super-seller market with record-low inventory, a 1924 vintage four-bedroom, three-bath house with mature trees and a deep setback from the street priced at under $140 per square foot was bound…
A more accurate description would be “old San Antone meets old Fort Worth” because this venerable 1927 house, built by illustrious San Antonio architect Atlee B. Ayres has been home at one time or another to members some of Fort Worth‘s better-known families including Moncriefs, Armours, and Penns. Ayres, a Colombia University-trained architect, moved to…
I hope that headline was an attention grabber. One tends to remember the ’70s as the decade of laminate walnut paneling, avocado appliances, and shag carpeting. And yet several buildings of distinction got built. Think Skidmore Owings & Merrill’s John Hancock Center in Chicago. And we needn’t go that far from home. Fort Worth’s own…
Because we have written about a great many homes in our almost 10 years here at CandysDirt.com, we sometimes get to see a property twice. When a home changes hands, a buyer may choose to personalize the property in a great many ways, updating paint and fixtures, and even remodeling a few rooms. Sometimes, though,…
Many a week, it truly is a wrench to find inspiration to write or find a special listing worthy of attention. And then some lucky weeks, a property so unique comes to market that, not to write about it, would be a grave sin of omission. Set back from the street in lush and tended…
