There’s a house up in Allen that has a fresh coat of paint on the exterior and a fresh stain on the fence. How do I know? I was polled to help pick the color. It’s a traditional home, but there’s no need to cover up that rich red brick with a slap of white paint. Instead, the owner painted the wood, trim, and garage with Iron Ore from Sherwin Williams. File that away in your future colors because it’s a fantastic deep gray with brown undertones. (As opposed to blue undertones which are literally the bane of my existence.)
Room to Splash AND Social Distance
This is an entertainer’s house, and it always has been. Now the family has always been the host to family and friends, but they really upped their game immediately after moving in…in March 2020. Not sure if you remember that time, and I’m kidding because who could forget? The world shut down and we were all in a mandatory quarantine.
The saving grace? This enormous backyard with an enormous pool that’s not only filled with trees but backs to a greenbelt with even more trees. It provided more than enough space to gather at a safe pandemic distance.
Back then, pools were the absolutely hottest commodity going. In fact, it was easier to buy a house with a pool than a pool for your house.
A Gathering Space
This really was the perfect place to shelter in place. The interior is equally spacious with plenty of room for a family of four to spread out and minimize driving one another insane.
Eventually, the pandemic faded, and real life resumed and since then, this home has continued to be the place to gather. With an impressive kitchen that opens to the family room, it makes it easy to cook while keeping up with the conversation, the game, or the kids doing their hot-lava-across-the-couch-cushions thing.
There’s also a bedroom with its own bathroom tucked downstairs for out-of-town guests. Like I said, this home was made to host.
Zen Out With Treetop Views
There’s a flex space upstairs that the wife used as her home office. She spent many hours looking out in the backyard as a meditative space. It’s so calming and relaxing. Actually, the backyard is what initially drew her to this house. She literally pulled up a map of the suburbs and started following greenbelts and selecting homes that backed up to it. This one just happened to be the winner.
Coldwell Banker’s Joanne Bryan has 1629 Roma Lane in Allen listed at $705,000. An incredible price for a 3,365 square foot home with four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and the backyard of your dreams. Not to mention a fireplace in the primary and a closet so big, my wardrobe just squealed.
If you’d like to tour, you’re welcome to stop by the open house, Saturday, Sept. 30 or Sunday, October 1 from 10 a.m. to noon.
