Tag: Suburb Sunday

11/10/19 9:00am

Frisco’s Chapel Creek Blends New Construction with ’00s-Era Mansions

North of SH 121 and east of the Dallas North Tollway, the Chapel Creek neighborhood in west Frisco has a rare blend of both established homes first built in the early 2000s and brand new, custom-built homes on remaining lots available. Many of the 13 homes now listed for sale in Chapel Creek are from the 2000s, which reflect the very traditional, European-inspired aesthetic popular at the time. But the mix of custom homes ranging from approximately $850,000 to $3.25 million is built by a variety of custom builders, which is a nice change of pace from single-builder neighborhoods that can look too homogeneous. And sometimes just a paint job will make the difference in getting a 6,000+ square foot home for under $200 a square foot. This neighborhood, close to The Star and minutes away from Legacy West, is well-established with lush trees, landscaped grassy areas, and a wooded creek.

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Bristol Place

Address: 6251 Bristol Place, Frisco

5 bedrooms, 5.5 baths
6,931 square feet
$1.35 million
Listed by Ben Wegmann of Rogers Healy and Associates

Located on an interior lot of a cul-de-sac, this 2007-built home by George C. Fuller Custom Homes has a classic timeless appeal with its brick and stone exterior. Inside you’ll find hand-scraped floors, vaulted ceilings, six fireplaces, and extras like a wine cellar and fully equipped media and game room. Yes, it’s got some of the original faux finishes on the walls and ceilings, but it’s just paint. Open floor plan and soaring ceilings give this home a great place from which to make it your own. (more…)

Assist-2-Sell, Ben Wegmann, Bluffview Drive, Bristol Place, Chapel Creek, Connely Drive, Darling Homes, David Bush Realtors, Foreclosure, Frisco, George C. Fuller Custom Homes, Kevin Sayre, Paul Curtis, Rogers Healy and Associates, Suburb Sunday

10/20/19 9:30am

Among the Largest Suburbs in the Metroplex, Lewisville Has Rich History and Like-New Homes

Anne Berlin, Castle Hills, Compass RE Texas, Ebby Halliday - Willow Bend Plano, Ithaca Place, Keller Williams Realty Dallas Preston Road, lewisville, Round Mountain Circle, Sally Esposito, Sandon Smith, Suburb Sunday, The Lakes Blvd

When the Denton County city of Lewisville was officially incorporated in 1925, the government’s first ordinances regulated medicine shows and set speed limits for automobiles at 18 mph. But it’d already been a bustling town with a gristmill, several cotton gins, and two saloons. With many of its original structures still standing, downtown Lewisville, called Old Town, bustles today with shopping, dining, and entertainment venues, including a 1.5-acre urban park and the Medical Center of Lewisville Grand Theater. Today the city has approximately 106,000 residents, one of the largest suburbs we’ve covered in this Suburb Sunday series. Here are three great homes we found in Lewisville that could be perfect for your family.

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10/13/19 9:00am

Suburb Sunday Takes Us to Kennedale Full of Family Homes to Love

Ebby Halliday Arlington, Jennifer Patterson, Keller Williams Realty Arlington, Kennedale, Nyjul Mckeel, Pinnacle Realty Advisors, Suburb Sunday, Suzanne Key

Kennedale has really good dirt. Known for mineral-rich land and a long-running brickyard that thrived on ideal soil for making bricks, Kennedale is home to about 8,000 residents who appreciate the quaint bedroom community’s proximity to Mansfield, Arlington, and Fort Worth. The southeastern Tarrant County city is named for a Kennedy — a settler named Oliver Kennedy who purchased land at a mineral well nearly 140 years ago. For this week’s Suburb Sunday, we dug up some good dirt on three great homes ranging from $450,000 to $223,000.

Address: 1005 Oakridge Court, Kennedale

4 bedrooms, 3.5 bath
3,302 square feet
$449,900

Suzanne Key of Ebby Halliday Arlington has listed this nearly one acre treed lot, a custom 1985-built home that’s waiting for someone to update with their style make it their own. The living area, which has a brick fireplace and masonry box flanked by two sets of built-ins, has vaulted ceilings and railed overlook from the second floor. The adjacent kitchen has granite countertops, tile backsplash, and black appliances including cooktop, oven, built-in microwave, and dishwasher. A beautiful office space has a wall of windows overlooking the dramatic backyard with a large wood deck that steps down to an in-ground pool. (more…)

09/29/19 9:30am

You’ll Want to Come Home to These 3 Plano Houses After a Long Workday

Ashington Drive, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty Texas, Cindy Joseph, Fathom Realty, Kentucky Drive, Kirk Scott, Linda McConnell, Plano, Runnin River Drive, Suburb Sunday, The Michael Group Real Estate

Plano has plenty of superlatives like the safest city, the best place to live, and best place to buy a home in America, but the Collin County city has another interesting superlative — #2 hardest-working city in America according to Kempler Industries. Actually, six of the country’s 10 hardest-working cities are in North Texas, including Dallas #3, Grand Prairie #4, Garland #6, Irving #8, and Arlington #9. If you work hard, forget about playing hard… You want to rest and relax hard. Here are three beautiful Plano houses that make relaxing after a long workday easy to do.

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09/22/19 9:40am

Farmersville Abuzz With New Homes, Developing Land, and Homes Under Contract

For this week’s Suburb Sunday, we took a look at MLS-listed homes in Farmersville, the far east Collin County town near Lake Lavon. This town of 3,000 residents seems like it’s strapping in for growth from the future Collin County Outer Loop, a designated freeway that will loop Preston Road in Celina, east to US 75 near Melissa, curving down to Farmerville near SH 78 and landing south near the Collin and Rockwall county lines.

Searching for properties to feature, we read a lot of agent buzz about “excellent investment opportunities” on ag-exempt land near the future Outer Loop and soon to be completed US 380 expansion. For one 123-acre lot listed for $3.08 million, the listing agent Shinn Team of Farmersville Real Estate Company writes, “Take advantage of this opportunity to be a part of the growth of Farmersville.”

Indeed by the looks of the homes on MLS, there are nearly more homes pending contract than there are existing homes for sale. Of the approximately 150 listings on MLS, about a dozen are large acreage lots for development, 30 are new construction homes going up, and another 50 are pending contract or contingent. While Collin County suburbs are no stranger to growth, it seems like Farmersville is looking attractive to more people seeking large lots and a rural vibe to suburb living. (more…)

Collin County Outer Loop, Daniel Fainshtein, farmersville, Farmersville Real Estate Company, Re/Max Town and Country, Redfin Corporation, SH 78, Shinn Team, Stephenie Barker, Suburb Sunday, US 380, Willow Lane

08/25/19 9:30am

Suburb Sunday: 3 Allen Homes in the $400s

The city of Allen might be best known for its 18,000-seat, $60-million-dollar stadium of controversial grandeur like we’ve never seen before, but it’s not even the biggest or most expensive in Texas. Those respective credits go to the 1976-built Memorial Stadium in Mesquite, which seats 19,400 people and Katy ISD’s Legacy Stadium, which cost $70.3 million to build. But Allen’s top-rated schools are just some of the compelling reasons why 100k people call this central Collin County city home.

Long before it was incorporated in 1953, the original township of Allen was a bustling railroad business district. In 1918, the Houston and Central Texas Railroad built a freight and passenger depot which still stands today as the Allen Heritage Center and Depot Museum. Just as population grew with the development of that railroad station, Allen blossomed again when U.S. Interstate 75 was built in 1960 and brought residents north of Plano. For this week’s Suburb Sunday, check out these three Allen homes we found all in the $400,000 range.

Suncreek Home Full of Upgrades

Address: 712 Baldwin Court, Allen

5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths
3,492 square feet
$454,900

Nika Arastoupour with Rogers Healy and Associates is hosting an open house for this 1999 Drees-built home from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25 in southwest Allen. The one-owner home has more than $50,000 in recent upgrades, including fresh paint, master bath remodel, kitchen remodel including high-end quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, and a farm sink, and a new roof. It’s located in highly-rated Plano ISD in the Suncreek neighborhood of Allen, where the median listing price is $450,000. (more…)

Allen, Baldwin Court, Bel Air Drive, Bungalo Homes, Fairwood Drive, Hunter Fendley, Leonard Thomas, Nika Arastoupour, RE/Max Dallas Suburbs, Rogers Healy and Associates, Suburb Sunday

08/18/19 9:15am

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