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Kevin Jonas Lists Texas Home

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The married Jonas Brother, Kevin Jonas is making a real estate move. Housing Watch reports that Jonas, also known as K2, and his wife Danielle, have listed their Westlake, Texas mansion. The mansion is in the Vaquero development, which we've checked out before, baseball player Mark Teixeira's home there is still on the market.

Housing Watch reports Vaquero was originally developed by Discovery Land Company in 2002 and is home to golfers Ben Crane, K.J. Choi, and Todd Hamilton. Baseball player Vernon Wells is also building a home there. The Jonas home was built in 2004 and the the couple bought the home last year soon after their wedding.

The three-bedroom home is on .71 acre that includes an outdoor kitchen and a pool and spa with fountains. French doors open up to courtyards with multiple fountains and water features including a lily pond. The home has an open floor plan with soaring ceilings. It's very luxurious but the home has a bad case of the beiges. Dark wood, stone, wrought iron and granite countertops contribute to the faux Tuscan feel.

There aren't many personal details in the home but it does have some lovely features including a media/screening room, a climate controlled wine room and a study with coffered ceilings and built-in wood cabinets and shelves. The home is on the golf course and comes with a $175,000 golf membership is included in sales price. It is listed at $2.2 million. Check out more pictures including a shot of Kevin Jonas's study complete with guitars and personal memorabilia at the property website.

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Mark Teixeira Remodels In Texas, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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Today's estate is one we've seen before but I can't resist a good before and after story. The first time we saw the Texas home belonging to Yankees baseball player Mark Teixeira was in 2008. Back then the home in the gated Vaquero community was listed at $5.75 million and the first baseman was playing for the Braves. Flash forward to now, he's a Yankee and the home has had a bit of a renovation and is back on the market. Nothing major appears to have been done, a few color changes, an overall sprucing up, some much-needed lawncare, better listing pictures and voila, a much more appealing home.

The Vaquero development offers residents a Tom Fazio golf course, swim center, fishing ponds a fitness center and a clubhouse. The house itself has four bedrooms and is nearly 7,000 square feet. Teixeira and his wife purchased the home in 2005 for $3.99 million. The home has a nice negative-edge pool with a nice outdoor entertaining area. The master suite has a gas fireplace and a large patio with an infinity-pool style hot tub. One of the nicest features is that the home theater opens directly out to the patio which has a fireplace, seating area and bar. The home is now listed for $4.55 million.

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Teixeira in Texas, Estate of the Day

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The Real Estalker Mama was a little harsh on this one but I don't think the Westlake,Texas home of baseball player Mark Teixeira is all that bad. Especially if you are a golfer. It's located in the posh Vaquero development which offers residents a Tom Fazio golf course, swim center, fishing ponds a fitness center and a clubhouse. The house itself has four bedrooms and is nearly 7,000 square feet. Teixeira, who is a first baseman, used to play for the Texas Rangers but currently plays for the Atlanta Braves (he recently signed up for a one-year contract so he will be there a while longer. He and his wife purchased the home in 2005 for $3.99 million. His Texas home has a bit of that dreaded modern Tuscan look going on but it really isn't terrible. It's got a nice negative-edge pool with a nice outdoor entertaining area. Sure it's a little stodgy and Pottery Barn catalog-like but it seems like a home that looks like it would be on MTV Cribs and many people would find it charming. Not my taste perhaps, but not bad at all. As the Real Estalker Mama did mention, the couple did show admirable decorating restraint when they could have really could have ridden the train to tackytown. And even though the library has a staircase in it, the wood-paneled walls are delightful. It is listed at $5.75 million.

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