Second Shelters
T. Boone Pickens may be a legendary Texas oil and gas executive, and a huge force behind wind energy, but there are no windmills on his Preston Hollow estate in Dallas, Texas. There are gardens, sculpted and manicured French gardens that will make you think you are in Versailles so much that “mais oui” will roll right off your tongue! He is now selling his Dallas estate in the heart of Preston Hollow for $7 million. And it is not listed in MLS. The home was built in 1996, but then when T. Boone and his wife, Madeleine bought it in July, 2005 for about five million, it was redone to the max. And I do mean the max. From a four bedroom home with a master on the first floor, it was taken to a three bedroom home with an expanded second floor master. In fact, the new master bathroom is so large it features a writing desk — what a splendid idea! The new master closet is larger than most starter homes.
We love Tom and Laura Leppert’s home over there on Alva Court in the honeypot of Preston Hollow, listed with Mary Poss, but now comes a slightly sexier competitor to the field. Mmmmmnn. Dave Perry-Miller has just listed 9434 Alva Court, asking a cool $7 million. And honestly, this has to be the sexiest, most romantic…
It was the sip heard round the world when U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio took a quick water break during his rebuttal to President Obama’s State of the Union address last night. Of course, as people tweeted and posted post-mortems of the garish gulp, it came to light that Rubio is selling his West Miami two-story…
It was the sip heard round the world when U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio took a quick water break during his rebuttal to President Obama’s State of the Union address last night. Of course, as people tweeted and posted post-mortems of the garish gulp, it came to light that Rubio is selling his West Miami two-story…
Don’t you just love it when you know WHAT’S IN THE SAUSAGE? Even better, how much it all cost? We all can price shop for that pair of shoes or dress online, but we have no clue what home repair services should cost – until it’s too late and we’ve been (to put it nicely)…
