Historic Home

As Developer Peels Back The Layers of Sheetrock, a 150-Year-Old Log Cabin is Revealed in Flower Mound

By Joanna England / August 17, 2015 /

What a cool story out in Flower Mound, where developer Curtis Grant was beginning the demo process at 4801 Quail Run, a home he purchased that was sold as you’re average 1970s traditional. Here’s the description from listing agent Jeannie Seth: Rare opportunity! Original 1970 home added entire 2nd attached home in 2003, perfect for…

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Friday Five Hundred: Cherish The Historic Details in This Downtown McKinney Prairie-Style Home

By Joanna England / August 7, 2015 /

Historic districts are some of my favorite neighborhoods. When my husband and I first moved in together, it was a Craftsman bungalow in Junius Heights that set the scene for some of our first days and weeks as a married couple. That huge, open front porch was a great place from which to meet our…

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There’s Something Irresistible About This Dashing Dilbeck in Kessler Park

By Joanna England / June 10, 2015 /

Normally our High Caliber Home of the Week is a sleek, modern design, but there’s something absolutely irresistible about this Kessler Park home designed by the great Charles Dilbeck that we absolutely had to feature it. The woodwork, the masonry, the gorgeous fireplaces and unique spaces, winding paths and romantic bedrooms — all of these…

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The House on Gaston With The Yellow Door: Historic Home With French-Carribean Style

By Joanna England / May 22, 2015 /

When Vlora Alberga bought the home at 5638 Gaston in 2006, she had been living in Dallas just a year, scouring the city for the right home. When she walked inside this stucco clad 1920s Mediterranean revival, the pigeons that had taken roost descended upon her. To say it was a fixer-upper would be a…

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Friday Five Hundred: Sweet Tudor on Sarasota Circle Shows How Posh Hollywood Heights Has Become

By Joanna England / July 18, 2014 /

Yes, yes, this is another glorious home from Alex Roostaei, a young and driven Allie Beth Allman agent. In fact, you’ll be surprised to hear that this amazing Realtor is marketing another property on the same street as one we featured from him earlier this year. Roostaei, who sold 1115 Sarasota Circle in February just…

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