Fort Worth

Fort Worth Friday: Duplex Conversion Creates Delightful Double-Faced Home in Arlington Heights

By Eric Prokesh / December 18, 2015 /

  Ah, titillating ambiguity! This home at 800 Virginia Place in Arlington Heights is just such an agreeable experience. Glimpsed  from a casual drive-by, the house could be mistaken for new construction — but was in fact built in 1936. Does it front Virginia or 7th Street? On a corner half-acre lot, the result of an adroit up/down duplex to…

Fort Worth Friday: A Ryan Place Rehab With Stained Glass Gets Help From Renovation A-Lister

By Eric Prokesh / November 27, 2015 /

What are the punch list essentials to take a house from long-term rental to a near immediate sale? Northern Realty Group agent Lisa Logan was presented with just this dilemma. Of course, it’s helpful if the listing is in Ryan Place, where demand remains insanely strong and inventory persistently low. Here is another useful stroke – have…

Fort Worth Friday: Historic Villa Exudes the Mystique and Magic of Mistletoe Heights

By Candy Evans / October 23, 2015 /

by Eric Prokesh Splendidly sited, on a high Mistletoe Heights bluff, this historic house was built in 1919 for the legendary Waggoner family of Waggoner ranch fame. It was first owned by Anne Waggoner. The hipped roof, Prairie Style Villa with its strong horizontals and gratifying symmetries, presents a formidable facade to the street. A…

Fort Worth Friday: Palm Springs Swank in the Heart of Westover Hills

By Candy Evans / October 9, 2015 /

by Eric Prokesh Sitting on one of the highest points of desirable Westover Hills, is an alluring three bedroom, four and a half bath,  mid century modern beauty that evokes Sinatra era Palm Springs Swank. Oh, and the rock.

Fort Worth Friday: a Mira Vista Modern Marvel by Norman Ward

By Candy Evans / October 2, 2015 /

by Eric Prokesh One of the reasons Fort Worth’s eye-popping 50% growth in population in the last 20 years has been absorbed with relative ease, unnoticed by many, is the large number of developments built on newly available land. Such is the community of Mira Vista – the result of a significant land purchase in…