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Welcome home to Lochwood and treehouse living. Designed and built by celebrated Dallas architect Donald Speck as his personal residence in 1961, this mid-century modern, architecturally significant treasure features period details that have been preserved with intuitive updates. This home starred in a 1960s sci-fi film and was recently featured on the White Rock Home Tour. Thoughtfully restored in 2024, this is a rare chance to own a true piece of Dallas architectural history. Set across five levels on a .27 acre corner lot beside the protected Lippitt Branch greenbelt, the home lives like a treehouse. Walls of panoramic windows, six sets of sliding glass doors and two creek-facing balconies bring the canopy inside, and the soundtrack is birdsong, just minutes from White Rock Lake. Speck's signature details remain the star: exposed ceiling beams, a sloped roofline, soaring stone walls and open-tread staircases with cable railings that connect each level. The restoration layers in bold personality with a 3D 1960s cinderblock feature wall in warm orange, sculptural hex tile, custom walnut-tone cabinetry, quartz counters, brass fixtures and a GE Cafe appliance suite in white and gold. The primary suite opens to a private patio and features a spa-worthy bath wrapped in deep blue hex tile. The 2024 restoration took much of the home to the studs with a focus on comfort and efficiency: lifetime shingle roof with radiant barrier decking and a 5 year workmanship guarantee, closed-cell spray foam insulation ...
+ Read More| Listing Id: | 21396574 |
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| List Price: | $975,000 |
| Property Type: | Residential |
| Property Sub Type: | Single Family Residence |
| Status: | Active |
| Bedrooms Total: | 3 |
| Bathrooms Full: | 2 |
| Living Area: | 2,226 |
| Unexempt Taxes: | $19,480 |
| Lot Size Square Feet: | 11,630.5200 |
| Lot Size Acres: | 0.267 |
| Architectural Style: | Mid-Century Modern |
| Waterfront?: | No |
| City: | Dallas |
| County Or Parish: | Dallas |
| Subdivision Name: | Lochwood |
| Postal Code: | 75218 |
| Year Built: | 1961 |
| Accessibility Features Yn: | No |
| Accessory Unit Sf: | 195 |
| Accessory Unit Type: | Other |
| Accessory Unit?: | Yes |
| Appliances: | Dishwasher,Disposal |
| Association Type: | None |
| Attached Garage?: | Yes |
| Basement Yn: | No |
| Bathrooms Total Decimal: | 2.00 |
| Bathrooms Total Integer: | 2 |
| Consent for Visitors to Record: | Audio, Video |
| Construction Materials: | Block, Stucco, Wood |
| Cooling: | Central Air |
| Covered Spaces: | 1 |
| Directions: | Please refer to GPS |
| Dock Permitted?: | No |
| Easements: | None |
| Elementary School: | Reilly |
| Elementary School Name: | Reilly |
| Exterior Features: | Balcony, Private Yard |
| Fencing: | Wood |
| Foundation Details: | Slab |
| Garage Height: | 9 |
| Garage Length: | 20 |
| Garage Spaces: | 1 |
| Garage Width: | 14 |
| Garage?: | Yes |
| Green Energy Efficient: | Insulation |
| Heating: | Central |
| High School Name: | Adams |
| Interior Features: | Cable TV Available, Decorative Lighting, Eat-in Kitchen, High Speed Internet Available, Multiple Staircases |
| Lake Pump Yn: | No |
| Levels: | Multi/Split |
| Listing Terms: | Cash, Conventional |
| Room Count: | 6 |
| Lot Features: | Adjacent to Greenbelt, Corner Lot, Few Trees, Landscaped, Sprinkler System |
| Lot Size: | Less Than .5 Acre (not Zero) |
| Lot Size Area: | 0.2670 |
| Lot Size Units: | Acres |
| Middle School Name: | Robert Hill |
| Multi Parcel ID: | No |
| Municipal Utility District?: | No |
| Notice Surveillance Devices Pres: | None |
| Number Of Dining Areas: | 2 |
| Number Of Living Areas: | 2 |
| Number Of Parking Spaces: | 1 |
| Parking Features: | Garage, Garage Door Opener, Garage Faces Front, Garage Single Door |
| Patio And Porch Features: | Deck |
| Pool?: | No |
| Possession: | Closing/Funding |
| Postal Code Plus 4: | 1833 |
| Property Attached?: | No |
| Restrictions: | None |
| Roof: | Composition |
| School District: | Dallas ISD |
| Security Features: | Smoke Detector(s) |
| Senior Community Yn: | No |
| Smart Home Features Appor Pass Y: | 0 |
| Soil Type: | Unknown |
| Special Taxing Entities: | 0 |
| Structural Style: | Mobile Singlewide w/Land, Single Detached |
| Transaction Type: | For Sale |
| Utilities: | City Sewer, City Water, Electricity Connected, Individual Gas Meter, Individual Water Meter |
| Vegetation: | Grassed |
| Will Subdivide: | No |
| Year Built Details: | Preowned |
Listing Courtesy of: Dave Perry Miller Real Estate
Listing Agent: Renee Barfoot
214-572-1400
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