A seemingly inconspicuous home in east Fort Worth shows that you never really know what kind of wild-and-crazy stuff is going on inside a house - and not to judge a building by its exterior.
The four-bedroom, five-bathroom house at 1809 Carl St., four miles east of downtown Fort Worth, recently hit the market for $745,000. At first glance, it looks like many homes in the area. But a peek at the interior photos shows why it's attracted lots of attention on the Zillow Gone Wild Facebook page and Twitter account.
Called a fusion of “ultimate” party house and “coolest” investment property in its Zillow listing, the home seems to be built around an indoor, ground-heated swimming pool complete with slide and diving board.
Additional party house highlights include:
- An outdoor kitchen
- An outdoor shower
- A hot tub
- Air hockey and pool tables
- Astro turf from TCU’s field
- Party lighting
- Enough parking for a tour bus
- Multiple indoor and outdoor entertaining areas
The home, built in 1940, features 7,179 square feet of living space on less than half an acre of land. The property includes the main four-bedroom house plus a loft-style studio back house with a hot tub and underground wine cellar.
Thousands of commenters on Zillow Gone Wild shared their thoughts about the unconventional home. Several of them compared the house to game shows, '80s department stores, and frat houses.
“It’s like an '80s department store and a game show had a baby. I’m overwhelmed and it was only pictures,” one critic wrote.
“This house screams frat house decorated with the entire contents of a furniture warehouse going out of business sale,” another critic commented.
Some commenters said the house had less than innocent undertones.
“There’s $700,000 worth of coke in that green carpet around the pool, guaranteed,” one commenter said.
Another commenter wrote, “Part Dave and Buster’s, part 1980s drug lord. I LOVE IT.”
Other, nicer comments noted the house’s bright, fun colors and the appeal of an indoor swimming pool.
Lance Blann of Dave Perry Miller Real Estate, who has the listing, says the house’s owner is a single, older, fun gentleman who wanted to create a “cool, eclectic” bachelor pad-esque space.
When he first listed the house in early August, Blann expected it to receive more attention than it did. He says many people were interested in visiting the house and filming TikTok videos, but he didn’t get any serious prospective buyers and the attention soon dwindled.
But since the listing was shared in Zillow Gone Wild on December 1, Blann has received an outpouring of calls.
Blann speculates that the house has two target audiences: sports fans who love to host parties, or maybe a multigenerational family. Since the back house is a studio apartment, it could potentially host grandparents or in-laws while the main house could host parents and their kids.
One of his first visitors to the house was a woman who says she grew up there, Blann says. The woman told Blann that her father built the house and enclosed the swimming pool because he was tired of leaves falling in it. Blann says the house’s current owner bought the house and began renovating it about two years ago.
Several Facebook users asked in Zillow Gone Wild whether the house will be available to rent rather than buy, but Blann says the answer is no — the current owner is only interested in selling his party house.
Photo courtesy of Dave Perry Miller Real Estate
The heated indoor pool has a slide and a diving board.
