I’m sure you’re already well aware that school is about to start. I mean, if you’ve managed to ignore the commercials, advertisements, and the groans of youths heard all over the state, keep doing what you’re doing. If you’re frantically trying to figure the whole back-to-school rigamarole out, the last thing you want to do is worry about your daily commute to and from your kids campus.
Luckily, the folks at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty have pulled together a great list of homes within shouting distance of great schools. Put a contract on one of these homes and enjoy a few extra minutes of shut-eye as you’ll live within blocks of your child’s school.
Walk to St. Thomas Aquinas or top-rated Stonewall Jackson Elementary School from this new JLD Custom Home with four bedrooms, sleek finishes, hand-scraped hardwoods downstairs, and plenty of storage. Listed by Gia Marshello for $749,900 and is open Aug. 23 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
301 Sir Georges Court, Southlake
Live close to schools in this Southlake beauty with everything at your fingertips to entertain, including five bedrooms and three covered sitting areas outside overlooking the pool and waterfall. Listed by Carol Russo for $997,000.
At this 2.4 acre landmark estate in one of Dallas’ most picturesque neighborhoods, students can access Ursuline Academy through a gate in the property’s back fence. Listed by Ginger Nobles and Susan Baldwin for $7,950,000.
2102 Cedar Elm Terrace, Westlake
Walk to Westlake Academy from this Lake Flato Hill Country five bedroom contemporary home on one acre next to the golf course and a pond. There is ample indoor and outdoor entertaining space with private pool, fire pit, fishing dock and putting and chipping green.
Cross the street to Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts when you live in this 5,105-square-foot high-rise home with three bedrooms and three full and one half baths, a study, custom closets, and a media room. The home has two very spacious terraces totaling 1,104 square feet. Listed by Faisal Halum for $4 million.
3620 Princeton Avenue, Highland Park
Armstrong Elementary School is just a hop, skip and a jump from this exceptional four-bedroom Tudor designed with a chef’s kitchen, a master retreat, a home office, and many built-ins. Listed by Michelle Wood and Tiffany Jackson for $2,625,000.
3110 Cornell Avenue, Highland Park
This updated family home has plenty of space in the remodeled chef’s kitchen and living areas for everyone including a short walk to Armstrong Elementary. Listed by Trey Bounds for $1,895,000.
This spectacular Mediterranean on a spacious lot in a most desirable North Dallas has four bedrooms and a gourmet kitchen with commercial-grade appliances. The master suite has floor-to-ceiling windows that look out to a lovely treed backyard with an outdoor fireplace and covered patio. It’s a short distance to St. Mark’s School of Texas, too. Listed by Maria Orr and Chari Singleton for $1,479,000.
President and CEO Robbie Briggs independently owns and operates Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty with six offices in Dallas, Lakewood, Uptown, Ranch and Land, The Ballpark and Southlake. For more information, see briggsfreeman.com.
