Montserrat Real Estate
Believe it or not, but there once was a time when the bustling neighborhood of Montserrat in Fort Worth was just pasture land. I know because I was there. In a million years I never would have imagined that the privately guarded neighborhood would quickly become one of Fort Worth’s distinctive residential developments. The success…
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Modern architecture is always on its soundest footing when it rests on classical foundations. This Montserrat modern, perfect in its unornamented simplicity, does possess a timelessness in which we can detect the proportions and disposition of ancestors, with precedents stretching back to the Roman villa suburbana. One of Montserrat’s strong suits is its inventory of…
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Gated communities in general — and Montserrat in particular — often get a bad rap as the locus of the over-the-top, lavish McMansions. And it’s true there is a little bit of everything in Montserrat, from turreted fairy tale castles to splashy modern spreads. But houses can aspire no higher than the taste level of…
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To tell you the story of Montrachet, we begin with the story of Montserrat, its neighbor: 215 acres of God’s green earth on Fort Worth’s west side along historic Mary’s Creek. Montserrat is one of the most successful real estate stories in Tarrant County. Don Siratt was a well-known Fort Worth businessman, a self-made man,…
Read MoreMajestic, may be a bit of hyperbole, nevertheless from the stone paved drive to the gabled, turreted roof the 9156 square foot 5 bedroom, 5.2 bath, house at 9517 Bella Terra, featuring four fireplaces and an astonishing 8-yes-8 car garage, certainly gives the impression of baronial scale and splendor.
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