The Lawn at Glen Abbey

Bob Thompson’s Right-Sized Beauty at The Lawn of Glen Abbey Has Me Thinking

By Candy Evans / July 24, 2024 /

I will be completely upfront with you. If you don’t buy this house, I just might sweep it up! We happen to be in the crosshairs of Old Father Time — we are getting older, but our house and property are not shrinking like our brain cells. We have covered the beautiful community of The…

The Most Requested Home Features According to Hawkins-Welwood’s John Hawkins

By Daniel Hightower Smith / January 15, 2021 /

Hawkins-Welwood is more than a prolific Dallas home builder. Celebrating 60 years in operation this year, they’re a de facto repository of the city’s residential past, possessing in-depth knowledge of housing trends simply because they’ve built out many of them. Their trailblazing The Lawn at Glen Abbey, located just east of Glen Abbey, is a…

No Handshakes, But Plenty Of Soap At Dallas Open Houses

By Amy Puchaty / March 19, 2020 /

Despite coronavirus concerns, Dallas open houses are still on. In fact, real estate agents across the metro are taking every precaution to safely hold them open. Two Reasons For Dallas Open Houses: Buyers Are Out, Rates Are Low “Buyers are out,” says listing agent Piper Young with Piper + Brown Group at Compass, who is hosting…

64 Fawn Wood Drive, The Lawn at Glen Abbey: 4099 Square Feet of Downsize-able Tranquility

By Candy Evans / October 2, 2018 /

We have been drooling over the Lawn at Glen Abbey now for about a year, long enough for the good folks at Hawkins-Welwood to finish up another astonishingly gorgeous home for us to consider as the perfect “downsizer” specimen. Bonus brownie points: it’s 4099 square feet of luxury living. The master and study are on…

Fawn Over The Lawn at Glen Abbey: Manageable Luxury for Smart Sizing

By Candy Evans / June 12, 2018 /

I have always been a fan of Glen Abbey, that gated, pristine collection of luxury estates developed on what was once the secluded ranch home of Clint Murchison Sr., a famed Texas oil magnate and philanthropist. Cowboys connection: Clint Murchison was the father of Dallas Cowboys co-founder Clint Murchison Jr. Glen Abbey was created on…