Honestly, sometime in the very near future we will look back and say “Remember when you could buy a luxurious house in a near in-town location for a mere $250 a square foot?”
Fort Worth will for many, be a missed buying opportunity like Brooklyn in New York or, nearer to home, Kessler Park in Dallas. Remember when Austin was one of the lowest cost housing markets? No? I date myself.
Our listing in River Park is ideally situated.
Near Ridglea Hills to the west, it is positioned along the corridor of all of the new and exciting developments hugging the Trinity, like Waterside, Clearfork, and Trinity Trails. This house, in a similar neighborhood in Dallas, would set you back at least double the listing price. Unfortunately, this stellar listing is already pending, as some other buyer out there was wise to the home’s value.
The area is truly thrilling, having the excitement of the new that Near North Dallas must have experienced in the late 1960s when NorthPark Center was being constructed with the concurrent residential development boom. One of the most salient and salubrious features of this part of Fort Worth is the quality and polish of so much of the new construction. This River Brook Court house was built in 2006.
The lovely traditional façade hardly prepares the visitor for the glamorous sophistication of the 3,200 square foot, four bedroom, three-and-one-half bath, residence’s interior. Definitely camera ready. And Instagram and shelter mag ready. I asked Gwen Hammons, the listing agent, who the talented interior designer responsible for the bespoke ambience. The very professional effort is, apparently, the work of the gifted owner, who sadly, wishes to remain anonymous. Her accomplished passion for color and interior decoration are patently apparent.
On the ground floor, one of the principal binding elements is the scintillating pewter on walls and trim and attractive paper on the ceiling of the foyer. The gray is a perfect foil to set off the here and there bold colors such as the striking orange of the dining room chair upholstery.
The living room is the consummate, confident, polished eclectic mix. A fashionable Warren Platner chair, acrylic coffee table atop a zebra rug, and a sexy Hollywood Regency buffet share space in the pewter living room. A Hunt Slonem bunny peers in from behind a Murano lamp.
The kitchen is pretty straight forward but needs to be considered in the context of the suite it anchors. Nothing to complain about. Quartz counters, double ovens, a nice gas cook top in the center island that overlooks the enfilade of casual dining and den.
Style even in the informal dining area.
I’m fairly certain that the chairs are classic, timeless McGuire. The informal living area is a study, a study worthy of study, in restrained color management. Subtly tonal, one wall sports decorative paper with a Chippendale style mirror over a console table.
The retro pink in the primary bedroom is picked up in the marble of the adjoining bath. Ditto retro cafe curtains over the bath. The whole house is a textbook example of ransacking the past and reassembling elements in a new and fresh way.
The low maintenance back yard has a pool with spa and recently added outdoor kitchen. The property is located in a gated community. Annual maintenance is $1175.00 per annum. The house has been on the market seven days and is already status-pending.
Gwen Hammons with Phelps Realty Group, LLC has priced 2836 Brook Court, which is pending, at $825,000.
