If there was ever a time to rent a Preston Hollow traditional home, it’s December. Take heart if the boss has pulled the rug out from under you and told you to get to Dallas immediately because you’ll feel right at home here.
That feeling of familiarity a traditional home offers is always essential, but never more so than during the holidays. This one is so darned all-American you’d think you’ve entered a movie set. In fact, it’s very similar to the home used for the film Father of the Bride.
That’s no doubt because both are beautifully restored historic houses. However, this Preston Hollow traditional home is a couple of decades younger with a build date of 1936. A few years ago, it was updated by noted Dallas architect Wilson Fuqua who knows a thing or two about making historic homes live beautifully for our needs today. A key tenant of his firm is honoring and enhancing historic architecture with classic techniques and current technology. He hit his usual home run here.
I always think about how proud former owners would be to see their homes beautifully preserved and updated. This traditional home was once the family abode of Dr. Arthur G Schoch, the former head of dermatology at Southwestern Medical School.
The two-story traditional home has the center hall floor plan that works so well for separating public spaces from private ones. With 5,429-square-feet, five bedrooms, five bathrooms, and a powder bath, there is plenty of room for a large family. And this is one of the great neighborhoods to be in for families because you are in one of the country’s best private school corridors. The neighbors are hard to beat, as well. You’ve got Mark Cuban practically next door. Well, one of his many properties in the neighborhood is next door, so you never know when you’ll see our favorite shark out for a stroll.
“It has everything you need,” Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s listing agent Ashley Akin Pearl said. “The neighborhood is quiet and private, there is so much space for a family, and you have a great yard and a pool to keep the kids happy!”
Ashley has 5902 Averill Way listed for lease at $13,500 per month. If you want to feel truly at home in a residential lease for the holidays, it does not get better than this!
