Acres of Astro Turf Invade Preston Hollow
Oh God, think I’m going to be sick. This is the house I wrote about months ago, 8787 Jourdan Way, you pass it on Douglas heading north from Northwest Highway to Walnut Hill. I used to drive carpool on this street. Months ago Dr. H. Doug Barnes started building a $9,460,500. behemoth stucco Palm Springs-style mansion here, plastering huge, ominous signs all over the place — KEEP OUT! PRIVATE PROPERTY! PROPERTY UNDER SURVEILLANCE!!! And the best: NO PHOTOS, NO CAMERAS (because we might actually want to duplicate this home, yes). So I packed up my dogs one sunny weekend and tried to take them over there for a walk. Was stopped by a huge security guard, a former defensive tackle no doubt. He asked me to leave and leave fast because the owner was on the premises. Do you know how hard it was to peel myself out of there? I called his office the next day, he never called me back. I so wanted to ask for a tour and why he was re-creating a Florida hotel in Preston Hollow. Would an ocean soon follow?
Please note: Dr. Barnes, I’m told, did not make his great fortune from doctoring but eyeglass ty-cooning. Here I thought everyone was doing Lasik!
Update: Thanks to the reader who snapped and sent these in — huge hugs! This home was also listed in D Magazine’s Most Expensive Homes issue — surprise, surprise!
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I dig the pretentious, ostentacious attitude…NO PICTURES!! Ha! It’s like, “Look at me and my really big mansion! Look look! I’m rich, I’m popular, I’m wasteful, and you’re not. Now, because that’s not enough, I’m going to make up stupid rules for the lesser rich and definitely the poor! Buahhahahhahaha!!!”
This house is covered with cheese and now they have the lawn to go with it. And the no photos signs…yeah, like anyone would want to replicate something like that. They’re pretty full of themselves. Lots of money and no class.
drive by this house every day, I really dont get what all the privacy BS is about…there are bigger, “badder” homes in Dallas who dont have all the “stay away” signs
I was just reading an article about how a lot of this artificial turf is toxic..
From a secret source…included in the master suite there is an elevator that takes up to the “salon” area complete with massage, pedicure, barber chair, and fake spray tanning machine. Most of the floors are made from slabs, dining room features a secret door that opens by remote to reveal…what else…a disco! Garage wall feature imported paint from Ferrari to match the car collection…we’re in Monte Carlo now! There is a long list more, but my lips are sealed…