Friday Four Hundred

No Need for Half a Million for This Custom Benbrook House

By Joy Donovan / August 15, 2025 /

In a market where a cookie-cutter house often comes with a premium price tag, here’s a house that’s a little like a cold front in August. It’s unbelievable, welcomed, and exciting. The home at 9008 Reata West Dr. in Benbrook is a rare find. It’s a custom garden home, loaded with extras. Priced at $475,000,…

Peacocks and Park Are a Few Perks of This Pair of Houses in East Oak Cliff

By Joy Donovan / July 11, 2025 /

Here’s a deal for a family that wants to live not with each other but walking distance from each other. Or maybe besties who know better than to be roommates but have an idea that sharing happy hour on a weekly basis could be fun. Even better, if these house hunters happen to like peacocks,…

Raise a Glass to This Junius Heights Bungalow

By Joy Donovan / June 27, 2025 /

If only the walls of the house at 5818 Worth St. in Dallas could talk. It stands there, a cute little 1920s bungalow, in the charm-filled historic neighborhood of Junius Heights. Yes, built in 1920s, the year Prohibition began in the United States of America. You know, that’s the time when alcohol was illegal here.…

Downsizing to $500K Without Leaving Colleyville? It’s Possible Here

By Joy Donovan / May 23, 2025 /

Here’s some news. Living the good life in Colleyville is possible for under half a million bucks. Yes, it’s true, even in this North Texas suburb known for its grand palaces. The proof — Take a look at this luxurious condominium priced at $499,000, located in the Villages of Colleyville. It’s the perfect solution for…

A Fort Worth Midcentury Modern for Under $500K? Run for These Hills

By Joy Donovan / May 16, 2025 /

Simplicity, sleek lines, big windows, geometric forms, open floor plans, minimal walls. Add ‘em up and you got yourself a Midcentury Modern house. That and more like the low-pitched room, the wood elements, and connecting the interior to the exterior, make 3912 Eldridge St. in Fort Worth a textbook example of Midcentury Modern’s appeal. Homebuyers…