"It’s awe-inspiring. You walk in and it takes your breath away it’s so gorgeous," said Jim Walsh, Allie Beth & Associates sales associate. "It is almost 14,000 square feet."
It’s a mansion so massive that it took five years to build.
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A newly built mansion perched on the highest point of North Texas is waiting for the right buyer. The southern Dallas County home took five years to build and is listed for $9.85 million. (Published July 26, 2019)
The home features three floating staircases custom built to maximize usable living space.
Two floating staircases flank the main front entrance of the house. Both were shipped to the site from a manufacturer in Chicago.
A hand-painted dome capping the dramatic entrance to the mansion took one year to complete.
The gourmet kitchen is equipped with Wolf and SubZero appliances and quartz counters.
Even the kitchen sink comes with a view.
The third floating staircase is found...in the kitchen. It surrounds the breakfast nook surrounded in glass with views of Joe Pool Lake.
On the second floor, above the kitchen, is the game room.
The game room opens to a Juliette balcony that looks down on the home's great room.
The great room faces west toward Joe Pool Lake.
The backyard cabana features an outdoor kitchen and bath.
Nestled in the lower level of the pool is a sunken fire pit accessible by a stone bridge.
Fire sconces line the pool and its two beach entries.
The master bedroom measure 20 by 16 feet with a glass-walled seating area overlooking the pool.
The master bathroom has a spa shower with body sprays and separate vanities.
The master closet has a chandelier and clothes racks that are accessible by a pull-down handle.
Don't feel like using stairs? Take the elevator.
Control buttons for the home's elevator.
The media room.
The dog room has drawers that pull out to reveal stair steps.
A peak out an upstairs window of the front courtyard.
The house has six garages and a separate garage for an RV or boat.
The property features eight bathrooms and two half-bathrooms.
A kid's room comes with four built-in bunk beds and an ensuite bathroom.
If you look close, you can see downtown Fort Worth.
The downstairs dining room has a view of the pool and Joe Pool Lake.
The wine storage room, like nearly every room of the house, has its own climate control system.
The second-floor in-law suite has its own kitchen.
A close-up look at some of the wood flooring in the house.
The house is full of different styles of wallpaper. This lines an upstairs hallway.
"Clearly, this is for the upper echelon of the world," Walsh said.
The $9.8 million price tag could be worth it for the view, which overlooks much of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
"We are perched on the highest point in the entire Metroplex," Walsh said. "You can see all the way from downtown Fort Worth across the [AT&T] Stadium… all the way to Las Colinas. You believe you own the Metroplex."
The dramatic entryway has a hand-painted dome that took a year to create.
The builder used the view as his muse, and Walsh said this house on the hill truly puts you in a Texas state of mind.
"Truly, you are the king of the hill," he said. "If you want that Texas bravado to say 'I've got the biggest, I've got the best, I've got the most incredible view there is in the entire state,' this is it."
The pool alone cost $1 million to build and took a year to complete. The home has eight bedrooms, eight full baths, three floating staircases, a large game room, media room and a safe room.
"Even in the dog room, you have a drawer that pulls out for your dog to step up in to the bath," Walsh added. "Yes, in fact, I discovered a whole new bathroom the last time I showed it that I hadn’t seen before."
Nestled in Cedar Hill in the Lake Ridge area, Walsh says this home is proof that the high life is still strong south of Interstate 20.
"You can have a beautiful mansion in Southlake, in Preston Hollow or Highland Park, but you cannot have this view anywhere else in the Metroplex," Walsh said.
