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Aerial view of the estate at dusk inside the Vaquero Club, the tile roof at the center of the neighborhood

Inside the Vaquero Gate

Fire on three sides.

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$4,485,000

Vaquero Club · Westlake, Texas

4
Bedrooms
3 full · 2 half
Baths
4,157
Square Feet
0.56
Acre
3
Fireplaces
3
Car Garage
2005
Built
21231992
MLS Number

A guard-gated estate inside the Vaquero Club, in Westlake, Texas.

1712 Post Oak Place  ·  Vaquero  ·  Westlake, Texas

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The Estate

Some houses announce themselves. This one waits for you to arrive.

A private courtyard holds fire on three sides, under a wood-beamed arched ceiling that carries the whole house. Four bedrooms, 4,157 square feet, half an acre laid out around a resort backyard most people only rent for a week. Inside the guard gates of Westlake's Vaquero, homes rarely open. This one is open now.

The private entry courtyard at dusk, a central stone fountain and iron-and-glass entry doors

The Courtyard

Sit here before you go inside.

The approach opens onto a private courtyard where multiple fire features come up at dusk and hold the space in a low, moving light. This is the room the house is built around, and it is the one you will remember on the drive home. The guard gate you passed on the way in fades the moment you reach it.

The family room with a curved wood-beamed ceiling, white porcelain-and-limestone fireplace, and sliding glass to the pool

The Family Room

Step in and look up.

A wood-beamed arched ceiling runs the length of the room, the beams doing the work a flat ceiling never could. At its heart, one of the home's three fireplaces, faced in porcelain and limestone, cool stone against warm fire. The scale is generous without being loud. The materials were chosen once and chosen well.

The chef's kitchen appliance wall: dual Wolf ovens, a Miele built-in coffee system, subway tile

The Chef's Kitchen

Nothing here is decorative.

Built for people who actually cook, and for the ones who arrive early to watch. Dual Wolf ovens, a Sub-Zero that disappears into the cabinetry, a Miele coffee system set into the wall so the first cup of the day starts here. The island gives you room to prep for two or plate for twenty. Everything earns its place.

The primary suite with a suspended cone gas fireplace and floor-to-ceiling glass to the backyard

The Primary Suite

The suite is its own weather.

Floating walnut nightstands, grain running warm against the wall. A gas fireplace suspended off the floor, flame held at eye level from the bed. The proportions are calm. You wake up in a room designed for the last hour of the day and the first, and it shows.

The primary bath with a freestanding soaking tub beneath a ring chandelier and wave-textured tile

The Primary Bath

A place to start slow.

Continue through to a bath that behaves like a private spa. Stone underfoot, light handled with care, storage that keeps everything out of sight. Most mornings will begin here whether you planned them to or not.

The circular media room: a genuinely round space with a domed ceiling, curved band of windows, custom curved blue-velvet seating, and the aerial view of the estate on the projection screen

The Circular Media Room

The best seat you own.

A circular room, purpose-built for the film. The screen is concealed and motorized, gone until you want it, then down and glowing in seconds. Curved walls wrap the seating so the sound sits right and the outside world stops at the door. Turn it off and it is a beautiful room. Turn it on and it is the best seat you own.

The backyard fire-pit lounge at dusk, a lit stone gas fire pit, wicker sectionals, putting green beyond

The Backyard

The vacation you stop taking.

Roughly 1,800 square feet of the reason people buy in Westlake. A chilled pool for the months that run hot, a waterfall feeding it, two outdoor kitchens so no one has to leave the party to cook. A fire pit lounge for the long end of the evening and a putting green for the morning that follows. It is already at the back door.

The curved marbled staircase and the first-floor office beyond a glass-and-iron arch: walnut waterfall desk, coffered ceiling, sputnik chandelier

The Rest of the House

The parts that add up.

A first-floor office. A dining room, a breakfast nook, a wet bar. A smart-home system that stays out of the way. And a three-car gated garage, side-facing, with an epoxy floor, built for someone who keeps cars they care about.

Built in 2005, custom, and kept to a standard the photographs only begin to show.

The Community

A house is only as private as the land around it. Here, the land is guarded.

Vaquero is a guard-gated community in Westlake, and the gate is staffed, not automated. Inside it: a golf course, tennis, a lake for fishing, a community pool, a playground, and sidewalks that invite the walk rather than the drive. It is the kind of place people move to once and stay. The address carries weight in this part of Texas because the club behind it does.

Westlake itself is quiet by design and central by geography — minutes from State Highway 114, roughly half an hour from DFW International — close to everything and insulated from most of it. Living here is less about what is nearby and more about what is kept out.

Aerial of the estate at twilight, the Vaquero golf course and community on the horizon
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The Membership

The rarest thing this house can offer is not in the house.

The Vaquero Golf membership may transfer to the buyer from the current owner. You step directly into the club, past the standing list, into a place that ordinarily asks its members to wait years for the privilege. This is the part of the offer that cannot be built, renovated, or replaced. Money cannot skip this line. This sale can.*

*Membership transfer at the owner's election; purchased directly from, and subject to approval by, the Vaquero Club. Not included in the sale of the home.

The Film

The photographs are honest. The house moves.

The full narrated tour — approximately fifty seconds, with sound.

Susan Mathews, Allie Beth Allman & Associates

Susan Mathews

Allie Beth Allman & Associates

817-653-0200 · susan.mathews@alliebeth.com

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