This Casa Linda Forest Midcentury Modern ranch hits the market on Monday, but you’re getting an exclusive sneak peek today. Not only is the neighborhood a hidden gem, but Sharon Hodges and her husband Stanley Duren have made spectacular updates to the house.
You may have heard of Casa View Shopping Center, but I’m betting that’s all you know about this area in East Dallas. It was not even a part of Dallas proper until 1945. It’s also not just one neighborhood. No, there are five subdivisions here with over 400 homes. We have Casa Linda Forest, Lindenwood Park, Westglen Park, Buckner Boulevard Estates, and Sherwood Glen Estates. There’s even a single house dubbed the Slovacek Addition, just to keep you on your toes!
Developers designed Casa Linda Forest around two creeks and some greenbelts, devising an abundance of cul-de-sacs. Given the massive mature trees here, they made the environmentally conscious decision to build around them. It’s an ideal setting, so you rarely see homes go up for sale here.
Hodges and her husband discovered this home in 2008, and by her own admission, they will have a hard time of it when it goes on the market on Monday.
“Of all the homes we have owned, this is my favorite,” Hodges said. “The Midcentury Modern style and the trees attracted us to the neighborhood. It’s a beautiful property, we have lovely neighbors, and it’s been a joy to live here, but it’s just time to downsize.”…