Dilbeck
When Realtors Laura Ladner and Susanne Burt asked me to write a Tarrant County Tuesday of their new listing on Simondale Drive in Fort Worth, after looking at the photos of the home I thought, “Wait a second, I’ve already written about this home!” Nope. In 2017 Tarrant County Tuesday featured an enchanting home designed…
Charles S. Dilbeck, for you newbies to Dallas, was a prolific and eclectic architect in Dallas from 1935 to 1969. In a 1979 interview with urban planner Alan Mason, he said he was the first architect to develop a true Texas ranch house. While his peers O’Neil Ford and David Williams were besotted with the Hill Country…
No matter the move you might make, it still probably wasn’t as epic as the one the original Charles Dilbeck home that sits at 1 Paigebrooke made. You see, Paigebrooke is a five-lot subdivision in Westlake that was developed by former mayor Scott Bradley, who named the subdivision after his daughters, Paige and Brooke. But…
By Donovan Westover Special Contributor My heart sank when I learned my favorite Charles Dilbeck-designed house had burned to the ground. An exterior appliance started the 2016 blaze, which quickly spread throughout the 9,000-square-foot house replete with acres of 55-year-old wood shingles, wood siding, and wood ornamentation. I was super sad for the loss to…
If a home is lingering on the market, one of the first strategies a Realtor will employ is the “price improvement.” It’s not a bad idea, as conventional wisdom says that if a home hasn’t sold, it’s a combination of some other factor and it lacking a price to match its desirability. But in some…
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