Patty Williamson
The most time-consuming part of writing Fort Worth Friday is finding homes and topics that will resonate with readers. That’s why I welcome the direction offered by sites like Realtor.com, which offers up listings they think I will like based on previous searches. However, this help does come with a downside. In “Recommended Homes,” I…
Someone once told me that you weren’t really playing in the big leagues if you couldn’t shift through all five gears of your standard sports car on the drive to your house, which is why I chose the above for my first image of 405 Canyon Creek Drive. This property, which was built this year…
Your Fort Worth Friday correspondent likes to stay on top of the market, so I’m happy this week to bring a great listing only hours old. And it’s in my own beloved Ryan Place, within walking distance of my house. I confess to being a being a full-on neighborhood chauvinist, but Ryan Place has such…
It’s great when a builder gets it right. For a moment I thought that this brand new listing was a remodeled ’40s-era bungalow. The author of this 2013 build resisted the relentless, knee-jerk “highest and best use” mantra — in other words, “let’s build a monster on a small lot” — and instead built an…
Ever on the look-out for the weird, wonderful, and one of a kind, I stumbled on this rather sublime Monticello modern rework which has passed through the hands of owners with a flair for design. The previous owners brought this three-bedroom, two-and-one-half-bath residence at 3433 West 4th Street up to its current impeccable state. It’s…
