The Bush Home: Going Contemporary?
We were just discussing this: tastes in homes are leaning to contemporary. You can see it in the new homes – Austin meets Santa Barbara — and I will tell you I have not seen a turret under construction south of LBJ now for awhile. Which is why it doesn’t surprise me at all to hear that Sarah Perot was showing contemporary Preston Hollow homes to Laura Bush about a month ago, including homes by Lionel Morrison. Gosh, maybe they were down the street from me on Northaven, trotting through Darren Kozelsky’s contemporary white-bricked manse due for completion in December. Now it makes sense: yesterday, while I was touring Mark Molthan’s Luxe Showhome, after talking to Ross Perot Jr., I overheard someone say that Ross wanted to bring Sarah over to see the house. Maybe she’s helping her “good friend” find a home in Dallas. Come to think, The Creeks of Preston Hollow would be the perfect place for the President and Mrs. Bush to buy. The lots are large and it’s seriously gated. A Houston bud tells me the President’s parents, George and Barbara, live on a cul de sac in Houston and the street was gated off (with neighbor approval) for security. Is it a pain to live next door to them, I asked? Not at all, he said. The neighbors love the extra security that kind of blankets everyone behind that gate.
Maybe they even get a discount on their home insurance?
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Uh, Candy, the builders have not kept up with the blogs and are STILL building turrets here in UP. There is one under construction on one of the 4400 (maybe it’s 4200 or 4300) blocks next to the tollway. When I take my evening walk I’ll memorize the name of the street. I think it’s on Purdue.
Maybe turrets are a good thing considering the financial climate these days. A peasant revolt might be brewing.
As it should be!
shhh! they’ll hear you…
and I’m not finished digging my moat. or building my fortress wall.
I can see them in something modern–but more along the lines of a “Texas Modern” (see Doug Newby’s website for details). Maybe something like Erin Mathews’ listing on Northaven?
http://www.mathews-nichols.com/properties-detail.asp?id=266