Are you looking for a cool, quirky house with serious income potential? I have just the property for you in funky Little Forest Hills! This home perfectly captures the neighborhood’s unique vibe and its unofficial slogan: “Keep Little Forest Hills Funky.”
Even before White Rock Lake was filled in 1914, the undeveloped farmland and hunting grounds that surrounded it drew hunters who built cabins in what we know today as Little Forest Hills. By the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps had begun to develop White Rock Lake into a park, and the neighborhood started attracting more people who wanted a lake cottage.
Fast forward to the 1980s, and an eclectic artistic crowd had discovered funky Little Forest Hills. It was normal to see colorful slag glass encased in wire acting as a fence or a driveway and yard outlined with vintage bowling balls.
Fortunately, many of the original cottages have been saved, expanded, and updated.
When David Overton spotted the clean architectural lines and big windows of this funky Little Forest Hills cottage, he was intrigued. He wanted a pier and beam house because he’d grown up in one, so the nostalgia factor was important…