Anyone looking for a tree-mendous house should tap the brakes at 1428 Bluebonnet Drive in Fort Worth’s charming Oakhurst neighborhood.
The house is built on a hill, which makes the property’s trees a stunning focal point and an outdoor-lover’s nirvana with its well-established perennial landscaping. Those perennials and the automated sprinkler system have made this property a past winner of yard-of-the-month honors, too.
“When you’re in the kitchen, it feels like you’re in a treehouse,” said listing Realtor Liz Crosby with Keller Williams Realty. “It just has a treehouse vibe.”
Outdoor living here includes a canopy of trees.
Party Place
Anyone who prefers to live in an adult version of a treehouse needs to be aware this house comes not only with an outdoor kitchen, but also an outdoor half-bathroom. With this greened-up combination, an outdoor garden party practically throws itself. The new owners could find themselves sipping coffee at sunrise and grilling past sunset on one of two decks.
The party possibilities are multi-level.
When the backyard feels like a lush resort, this split-level home’s interior might be a secondary consideration, but this one has a list of reasons this Friday $500,000 house is a must-see for home shoppers. In its 2,413 square feet of re-imagined living are four bedrooms and three full bathrooms, in addition to the outdoor half-bath. Anyone who tends to procrastinate on laundry just might turn over a new leaf because of the home’s custom laundry room.
The kitchen of this house, built in 1961, has been updated for today’s lifestyle.
The living room includes a view of the trees.
The number of windows brightens the house.
Ode to Oakhurst
Built in 1961, the house could be a great spot to put down roots because it has been carefully tended through the years with multiple upgrades, which included insulation added to the rafters. In 2024, a new full HVAC system was installed, along with mini split units to help regulate the temperature, perfect for personalized climate control. That same year brought fresh high-end carpet and crisp new baseboards throughout the home, and in 2022, the roof was replaced. Eventually North Texas will cool down, and for the nights when it’s too cold to stay outside, a gas direct-vent fireplace was added in 2019.
One more asset this property boasts is its Oakhurst location. This tree-lined neighborhood is a designated Historic District just minutes from downtown Fort Worth. It was developed in the 1920s during the city’s oil boom and now homeowners love the area for its stately trees, vintage charm, and skyline views from some streets.
“A lot of people don’t even know about Oakhurst,” Crosby said. “Unless you live there, you don’t really go through it. It’s not a pass-through neighborhood, and it has all these trees. It’s special.”
Wow Factor
This house, though, is a stand-out in an outstanding neighborhood.
“The homeowners have given it the wow factor,” the Realtor said. “The pictures don’t even do it justice. The character of this house is unseen in Fort Worth or really all of Texas. You walk into what you think is all the house, but it just keeps going.”
Potential buyers can see it for themselves this weekend at an open house both Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m.
Liz Crosby of Keller Williams Fort Worth has listed 1429 Bluebonnet Dr. for $499,999.