4524 BELCLAIRE AVENUE - HIGHLAND PARK
$1,995,900
MLS 11395920
Even though it seems to be becoming an oddity, some builders and home restorers remain committed to retaining the elegant architectural fabric of Dallas' premier neighborhood -- a city all in itself -- Highland Park.
It's one I definitely support, having personally owned and adaptively restored more than seventy-five classic homes throughout my adult life.
When my clients bought this home, built in 1925, they did so because all of the homes of their neighbors had been kept in the charming character of Highland Park's French streets. But as they more closely studied and surveyed the interior remodeling and the updating that would be required, they decided to take a giant leap of faith!
The tore the home down, leaving only the strong pier and beam foundation that had held the original structure for nearly eighty-five years. And they saved every brick, all of the fine thick-plank hardwood flooring, and on and on, so they could put that newly created puzzle back together again.
Then with a bit of a redesign and the adding of several hundred additional square feet, they had prominent Park City's builder, Steve Hughes, get his crews out there to rebuild it.
But this time with insulated walls, new wiring and plumbing, not to forget super-dooper heating and air conditioning, and fine double-pane windows with tight casings, a kitchen that would accommodate commercial range, warming drawer, and on and on.
I want you to see the results:
Four bedrooms, four and one-half baths, and lots of generous flowing living space make up the sum of 4,724 square feet. And there's an over-sized detached two-car garage that's been structured so that a game room, servant's quarters, mother-in-law apartment, or whatever can be easily added on top.
BILL CHERRY, REALTORS
DALLAS - PARK CITIES
Our 45th Year
214 503-8563
Hi Bill... this one looks like a winner to me! Good luck with this listing.
Good pictures, you will sell it I am sure.