Fort Worth Westside
All right let’s get this out of the way — though built in 1952, this Midcentury Rivercrest spread has been lavishly reworked and updated. While purists may decry the updates, there is no denying that the transformation has been beautifully managed with striking spaces and deluxe finish-out. Still preserved is the orientation of the residence,…
Read MoreThere’s Ridglea — a solidly affluent neighborhood with immaculately manicured lawns and largish comfortable dwellings — and then there is super-fancy Ridglea. Several years ago, on a whim, I took a detour on the way to Ridglea Village down Curzon Avenue and discovered an unknown-to-me enclave of Ridglea as elegant as anything Rivercrest or Westover…
Read MoreListings in coveted, secluded, Westover Square seldom come to market and it’s easy to see why. I mean who would want to sell? This gated community at the edge of Westover Hills, mostly developed in the 1980s, is a secure enclave of admirable houses with near-zero lot lines requiring minimum owner upkeep, with an association…
Read MoreIt’s only hours old, but this stylish Ridglea Hills listing nestled between Ridglea Country Club and Luther Lake is a near-perfect family home, recently updated and absolutely move-in ready. Built in 1997, the 4,500-square-foot, four-bedroom, four-and-one-half-bath house presents an imposing if somewhat minimalist countenance to the street. The façade is fairly traditional in form but…
Read MoreFor many, Crestwood conjures the image of a dignified neighborhood of older houses with regal old oak trees (some in the middle of the street). And although a great many Crestwood houses have pre-war pedigrees, there are a fair sprinkling of modern new builds that we have singled out on these pages — and some…
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