Williams Trew Real Estate
Collinwood Avenue is a bit of a mixed bag. Some buyers, tempted by comparatively bargain prices while seeking a prized Westside address abutting Westover, bought houses here in the 1990s and early aughts and razed them to build larger homes. Well, prices have risen considerably and there isn’t much of that sort of activity anymore.…
Last week Tarrant County Tuesday told you about a home project in the historic Fort Worth neighborhood of Fairmount that was priced just so a new owner could obtain the property and, with a little elbow grease and imagination, transform the home into another historic gem in the neighborhood. The response was tremendously positive. Longtime…
I hadn’t expected to be back on Samuels Avenue after only one week. After researching and briefly documenting its former glory as Fort Worth’s first premier neighborhood, I took a drive down the avenue to get the lay of the land. Needless to say, there have been a few changes in the past 120 years.…
You know a property is special when you don’t even have to say the address to people. Just tell them the name and people know what you’re talking about. It’s sort of like famous people with one name — Madonna, Pelé, Jordan, Beyoncé, Bono, Cher, Prince — you don’t even have to say their last…
Texas gained its independence more than 175 years ago, but the influence of its Spanish roots still captures our romantic imagination and inspires architectural tributes to that past. I have, from childhood, been enamored of the idiom and after many years have finally fetched a Texas Spanish style abode of my own. Come on in!…
