Unless you have been living under a rock, you all know that the Obama’s are moving from their Chicago Georgian Revival into the White House today. But you may not know that George and Laura Bush will soon be calling Dallas, TX home.
The single-story, light-red brick house on Daria Place in Dallas’ Preston Hollow neighborhood, sits on 1.13 acres and offers 8501 square feet of living space. The property was purchased for $2.07 million. Built in 1959, the home has been improved with a detached garage (1150 square feet), servants quarters (896 square feet), and a storage building (240 square feet). According to Zillow, it has a wet bar and fireplace too.
The home is close to President Bush’s new offices in downtown Dallas (3 miles away – nice commute!) and close enough to their beloved ranch in Crawford, TX. They just received approval to install gates to block off the street for security purposes.
What do the neighbors’ think? Tim Hicks, who owns a 29,000-square-foot mansion valued at $32.3 million next door and is the owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars, is very happy. “If he moves next door, we’d love it,” Hicks wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press. “The Secret Service would make the neighborhood safer!”
Other neighbors include billionaire businessman Boone Pickens, Republican donor Harold Simmons and recently retired Exxon Mobil Chief Executive Lee Raymond, according to property records.
Photo of home from G.J. MCCARTHY/Dallas Morning News and The Smoking Gun.com
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Great post. You know that Bush was a part owner of the TX Rangers at one time, didn’t you?
I used to live in Dallas. I guess Geo. wants to live close to his friends. It’s a beautiful neighborhood, Texas style.
It’s a little bit bigger than what I am used to living in…
You don’t use apostrophes for plurals. Very, very poor grammar.