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Presidential House Hunt
If the Bushes are happy to live further out of downtown Dallas, agents point to Preston Hollow and Bluffview as the neighborhoods they should consider. Before becoming governor, when Bush worked as an owner of the Texas Rangers, the family lived in a one-story fieldstone house in Preston Hollow, a wealthy neighborhood northwest of the city. (Other residents include Mark Cuban and Roger Staubach.) It's familiar territory and also a place where the Bushes might get enough land to create a walled property, which could make life easier for their security detail. The same is true at Bluffview, another upscale neighborhood farther from the city with rolling terrain (it was once a dairy farm) where buyers get slightly more for their money.
Dave Perry-Miller, a Dallas broker with an office in Preston Center who specializes in upscale properties, says he has two properties in the $3 million to $6 million range that aren't listed on the open market but would be quite suitable for the Bushes. For that money in Preston Hollow, he says, buyers would find properties ranging from an acre to an acre and a half, with a house ranging in size from 8,000 square feet to 12,000 square feet. "If what they've lived in in the past is any guide to the future, [they'd want] a property that's handsome and attractive but not ostentatious," Perry-Miller says.
Seale pointed to three suitable properties in Preston Hollow and Bluffview ranging in price from $3.29 million to $4.995 million. NEWSWEEK's favorite is the cheapest of the trio, located at 5140 Seneca Drive. It features four bedrooms, four full (and two half) baths and a three-car garage. It's situated on 1.9 acres down a tree-lined driveway that offers privacy and protection. It has a pool, a chain-link fence and a game room in its 6,084 square feet, but most importantly, it has the one feature that the 43rd president will absolutely demand in his next home: an exercise room.
Daniel McGinn is a national correspondent at NEWSWEEK and the author of "House Lust: America's Obsession With Our Homes."
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Posted By: RO in Reno @ 08/07/2008 12:48:31 PM
Comment: Comment: "Auslander, as required by law, Bush divested all of his oil assests before he took office. As did Cheney and all the members of Bush's cabinet. They haven't profited from the rise in oil prices. You are an idiot."
All Bush and Cheney had to do was move owner ship of their oil interests to a family member or they could use the Enron method of using numbered accounts rather than names. If you think Bush and Cheney has not benefited than perhaps you would explain how Cheney's income in 2006 was 1.6 million and in 2007 it was 3.2 million. And that doesn't take into account KBR who moved their office to Dubai and the profits are deposited in secret accounts in the Cayman islands.
If you think Bush and Cheney have not profited handsomely then I have a few bridges to sell you, most are fixer uppers but affordable.
Posted By: Gorgegirl @ 08/06/2008 6:32:23 PM
Comment: Well, I'm sure that in a few more months there will be a lot more foreclosures that they can go through to see if they are suitable for their tastes.
Posted By: nimodahooligan @ 08/01/2008 5:17:57 PM
Comment: who really cares where he lives? i dont, and i really dont want to hear about how much it costs or where the scecret services are sleeping. hes using money he basically robbed america of.
and as for this...
Posted By: spiveyjt @ 07/31/2008 11:20:29 AM
Comment: Auslander, as required by law, Bush divested all of his oil assests before he took office. As did Cheney and all the members of Bush's cabinet. They haven't profited from the rise in oil prices. You are an idiot.
you sir are an idiot.
if the bush regime hadnt changed so many laws to protect they're people i might give that comment credit. they have very very very protected investments that we will never know about. why do you think bush likes hanging out with the saudis? laws dont apply to politicians, that is something that history has shown. very few powerful politicians ever feel any heat. they're kids dont have to go to war, they all get into good schools regardless of intelligence (bush), they all can cheat taxes both legally and illegally because they are protected. hes in the same tax bracket that he gives such a big break to. AAAHH DUUUHHH....that house was practically paid for right out of my pocket, the last eight years of my working life. why are you attempting to defend a president that screwed so much up? why defend someone who only within the last year talks of l"leaving his legacy"? why defend a man that cares not about your privacy rights, your civil liberties, or your economic stress? yeah thanks bush for that great stimulus check, really helped me for ohhh, say 1 car payment and a trip to the grocery store!! thanks!! great way to stimulate!! 2 faced, stubborn, arrogant, babbling, cant think for himself crook. i dont care about seperate parties, liberals, socialists, democrats, or republicans, every politician has lied in one way or another to reach a seat of power. bush doubly so...
so really, who cares where he rests his head? im just happy its not in the white house anymore...