Tucked away in a quiet corner of North Dallas, 6174 Preston Creek Pl. isn’t your typical suburban house. Closer to the likes of a hunting lodge, the home and backyard sprawl across a nearly-1-acre lot. While it may not be to everyone’s taste, listing agent Chris Hickman says, “it’s really refreshing from the typical white box.”
It has easy access to U.S. 75, I-635, and Dallas North Tollway, but the lot is private and unassuming with plenty of trees obscuring what’s to come. From the street, the 7,786-square-foot 25-year-old house looks more like a cottage in the woods, Hickman says, “like the setting grew up around it.” And that setting is really the focal point of the property.
There are multiple koi ponds throughout the front- and backyards. Like a resort, there’s plenty to do out back, thanks to several fire pits, a gazebo, a sport court, putting green, hot tub, and a luxe lagoon-like pool with a grotto and slide. All around the lot, there are stone walkways, courtyards, and built-in seating done by Original Landscape Concepts. “The stone work all around this property is amazing,” Hickman says. Beyond, the turfed yard and lush greenery provide privacy and an escape from neighbors. “That yard and the landscaping—you can’t recreate that,” he says.
Inside, the house has all the amenities you’d expect from a hotel in the mountains of New Mexico or Colorado. The main house has a large primary suite, three secondary bedrooms, several flex spaces, a library, screened porch, and a dramatic great room with double height ceilings and space for living and dining rooms. “You can have a huge party or entertain a huge group of people, but the warmth of it makes it feel very intimate,” Hickman says of the great room. The main house also has a large kitchen, natch, with lots of counter space and a large utility room with space for additional cooking prep.
Detached from the main house are two two-car garages and a pool house that’s worthy on its own as a weekend vacation spot. Currently used as a pool house, the guest quarters are like a playground, Hickman says. “It’s set up like a cool, fun house.” There’s a wine room, full bathroom, and a living room that mirrors the main house’s great room. The pool house also has a gym that could be converted into a bedroom, separate entrance, a private patio, and a covered porch by the pool. “It has everything you could imagine that you would want in your pool house,” he says.
The throughline between both houses is the rustic design. The property has an Old World feel with painted tile details, pine floors, Dutch doors, coffered ceilings with antique wood beams, and several stone fireplaces that transport you away from the city.
Many of these features were custom for the previous owners, who built the house in 1999. But the exteriors were added by the current owners. Hickman appreciates that all the additions fit the original style.
“The current owner has added to and kept the feel of the house,” he says, “and not tried to turn it into something that it’s not.”
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