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The two acre property in the Crespi Estate includes a pool with a slide. The mansion is being marketed as “Casa de Ondas.”<\/p>\n
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A sliver of Preston Hollow is home to some of Dallas\u2019 most expensive home listings. The area gained yet another multimillion-dollar listing at the end of August.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A home dubbed Casa de Ondas was listed for $45 million<\/a> in the Crespi Estates, a gated area within Preston Hollow.\u00a0<\/p>\n The home marked the third on a tract formerly owned by an Italian count to be listed for a price over $14 million. The area has become a hotspot for some of Dallas\u2019 most expensive home listings.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n What is the history of the area?<\/p>\n The Crespi Estate started out as just one property, spanning 25 acres.\u00a0<\/p>\n The original estate was built in 1938 for\u00a0Pio Crespi, a wealthy Italian count who moved to Texas to oversee his family\u2019s cotton business.<\/p>\n The home remained in the Crespi family until 1997. Subsequently, the property was\u00a0owned by former Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks, banker Andrew Beal and developer Mehrdad Moayedi, according to previous reporting from\u00a0The Dallas Morning News.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Crespi Estate is back on the market with a new $64 million price tag.<\/p>\n PhotographyBySpross<\/p>\n When Moayedi owned the property, about 10 acres of the then 25-acre property were split off to build a group of mansions, creating the Crespi Estates.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The property\u2019s original mansion at 5619 Walnut Hill Lane has been owned by a trust affiliated with the Edwin\u00a0L. Cox<\/a> family since 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n What mansions are for sale?<\/p>\n The original Crespi Estate is Dallas\u2019 most expensive home listing, with a price tag of $64 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n The mansion\u00a0returned to the market in February after a $60 million listing in 2023 and a $47 million listing in 2024 that didn’t include extra acreage north of the home.<\/p>\n The 27,000-square-foot limestone mansion includes a primary suite that is 3,000 square feet and has 14-foot ceilings. The home\u2019s other features include two wine cellars, a sensory deprivation tank, a panic room, a pool and a 19-seat theater. Pogir Pogir and Diane DuVall-Rogers of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty have the listing.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Related: Dallas’ priciest home hits market again with $64M price tag<\/a><\/p>\n A mansion marketed as Casa de Ondas, meaning \u201cHouse of Waves\u201d in Spanish, is the enclave\u2019s newest listing.\u00a0<\/p>\n Casa de Ondas, at 5547 Walnut Hill Lane, has a waved\u00a0roofline, 5,000 square feet of covered terraces and garden space. The 13,900-square-foot home also includes an underground speakeasy, a golf simulator, a pool with a slide and a four-car garage.\u00a0<\/p>\n The home is being sold by the Everett family. Scott Everett is the CEO of S2 Capital<\/a>, one of Dallas-Fort Worth\u2019s largest apartment owners. The sellers decided the custom home was more space than they needed, said Alex Perry of Perry Wisdom Barrett Narosov, a real estate team at Allie Beth Allman & Associates.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n When entering “Casa de Ondas,” visitors pass a tranquil water lily pond and enter the home under a waved roofline.\u00a0<\/p>\n Stephen Reed<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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