Fort Worth Dirt
Another year of Tarrant County Tuesday is coming to a close. In the words of the Grateful Dead song, “What a long strange trip it’s been.” I hope you have enjoyed reading about the homes, neighborhoods and issues I’ve presented in this weekly blog for 2017. It has been my utmost pleasure helping to showcase…
Have you noticed that many Christmas-themed movies or TV shows always feature a traditional, Colonial Revival home for the holidays? Why is that? Maybe I have been forced to watch too many Hallmark Channel specials over the past few weeks, but it certainly seems that the home style of choice for holiday movies is the…
Ever on the look-out for affordable and appealing housing in an attractive neighborhood, I ventured into the Westcliff Addition. Westcliff is rather vast, extending from the area around TCU south to Interstate 20. Closer to TCU, houses can get a little pricy, selling for $500,000 or more. But if you are willing to go farther…
If you know Old Fort Worth, then you know Simondale Drive. Located near Colonial Country Club and TCU, this elegant street is one of the foremost streets for elegant homes in all of Cowtown. It’s not just proximity to so many private and privileged areas that makes Simondale Drive sought after. It’s the way the…
I had begun preparing a post on a beautiful lock-and-leave townhouse in a quiet circle of Monticello. Sold. Today. More evidence that desirable properties in good locations below $600,000 are still moving quickly. Above $1 million, that is another story. Some houses I have covered in the year or more since I have been writing…
