1712 Post Oak Place · Vaquero, Westlake

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 entry courtyard at dusk: flagstone paving, a carved stone sphere fountain, an iron-and-glass front door glowing warm beneath an arched stone loggia.

Arrival & 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.

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.

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.

Dining

A long dinner spills outside.

Off the kitchen, a dining space that reads formal when the occasion asks and easy when it doesn't. Close enough to the courtyard that a long dinner drifts out toward the fire without anyone noticing the walk.

The office: a circular paneled turret room with a coffered ceiling, a sputnik chandelier, a walnut desk, teal glass display cabinetry, and curved windows to greenery.

Office & Stair

A room with a door that closes.

Quiet, private, wired for the way work actually happens now, positioned so the household moves around it rather than through it. The kind of room that makes staying home feel like a choice rather than a compromise.

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 spa primary bath: a white sculptural freestanding soaking tub beneath an iron ring chandelier and an arched window, wave-textured white stone walls, and a pebble-tile floor.

Spa 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.

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 resort at dusk: a chilled courtyard pool with a bubbler fountain glowing blue, the U-shaped house wrapping around it, loungers and umbrellas, a moon in a lavender sky.

Backyard Oasis

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 Walk

Room by room, in the order you would tour it.

Every frame, front gate to back garage. Swipe through each stop; tap any photograph to open it full.

Arrival & Courtyard

Aerial view of the full estate at dusk, tile roof and circular turret wing, motor court and stone entry path, with the golf-course fairway beyond. — The estate from above at dusk, the fairway beyond.

Front elevation at dusk: a stone-and-stucco two-story façade, an iron-and-glass entry, sculpted agave and yucca xeriscape, and an uplit flagstone walk. — Stone-and-stucco façade, uplit at dusk.

The entry courtyard at dusk: flagstone paving, a carved stone sphere fountain, an arched stone loggia, and the iron scrollwork front door glowing warm. — The private courtyard, fire and stone.

The entry vestibule looking in: a linear fire-on-glass fireplace set into a raw stone slab wall, flagstone floor, and an iron-and-glass door open to the great room and pool beyond. — Fire on glass at the threshold.

The entry hall and sitting area: white plaster walls, light wood floor, a carved wood leaping-horse sculpture, a sunburst chandelier, and sliding glass to the courtyard. — Interior arrival, glass to the courtyard.

The Living Core

The living room: a sculptural curved wood-plank ceiling with cove lighting, a teal sectional, a backlit television over a white fireplace, and a wall of glass sliding open to the pool. — The wave ceiling, glass open to the pool.

The family room in full: the sweeping wood wave ceiling, a teal sectional on a blue abstract rug, a white fireplace, blown-glass wall art, and an open sightline to the kitchen. — The signature ceiling, room to room.

The family room from another angle: the backlit television wall, white fireplace, teal sectional, abstract art, and glass to the courtyard at right. — Living core, courtyard at right.

A living space with a pale wood-plank ceiling and a folding glass wall fully retracted onto the courtyard pool and stone columns, a green velvet sofa in the foreground. — The walls disappear onto the pool.

An open-plan view: the kitchen island in the foreground opening to the wave-ceiling family and dining rooms beyond — the whole living core in one shot. — How the living core connects.

The kitchen head-on: a gray shaker island with a book-matched stone waterfall counter, white perimeter cabinetry, a decorative pierced gold ceiling panel, and glass-front uppers. — Chef's kitchen, gold ceiling panel.

The kitchen from the side: the gray island and gold ceiling, a panel-front refrigerator, the double wall ovens and built-in coffee system, and lit glass upper cabinets. — The appliance wall.

The kitchen looking toward the breakfast nook: the gray island and gold ceiling, with a sightline to the stone-slab-wall dining and its chandelier. — Kitchen into the dining.

Appliance detail: stacked Wolf double ovens, a microwave, a Miele built-in coffee system, and a warming drawer set into white cabinetry with a stone backsplash. — Dual Wolf ovens, Miele coffee.

The breakfast area: a crystal drum chandelier, a blue-and-copper stone slab feature wall, a built-in banquette with cream cushions, a round wood table, and French doors to the courtyard. — Breakfast, the copper stone wall.

The dining looking back toward the courtyard doors: the crystal chandelier and round table, glass doors framing the pool loggia, and a sightline down the length of the house. — Dining, out toward the loggia.

Office & Stair

The curved staircase with book-matched stone risers and a glass rail, viewed from the hall, with the office visible through a glass wall beyond. — The turret stair, stone risers.

Primary Suite & Spa Bath

The primary bedroom: a patinated-copper panel headboard wall, floating walnut nightstands with suspended pendants, a black suspended gas fireplace, and a sliding glass wall open to the pool and cabana. — Copper headboard, suspended fireplace.

The primary bedroom head-on: the copper headboard wall centered, twin suspended pendants, framed art, a gold-accent credenza, and a wood-plank ceiling. — Symmetry at rest.

The primary bedroom toward the glass: a freestanding black cone fireplace, curtained French doors and a sliding wall opening onto the pool and cabana at dusk. — The suite opens to the resort.

The spa bath wide: a long stone-topped dual vanity, wave-textured white stone walls, matte-black wall-mount fixtures, and a freestanding sculptural soaking tub on a pebble floor. — Dual vanity, textured stone.

The freestanding soaking tub head-on: a white sculptural tub beneath an iron ring chandelier and an arched window to green trees, wave-textured stone walls, and a pebble-tile surround. — The freestanding tub, arched light.

Additional Bedrooms

A secondary bedroom: a teal three-dimensional geometric accent wall, a tray ceiling, an upholstered bench, a French door to a balcony, and a hardwood floor. — Guest room, geometric wall.

A secondary bedroom: a sculpted wavy plaster accent wall behind a tufted upholstered bed, a tray ceiling with cove light, and an en-suite door. — Guest suite, sculpted plaster.

A secondary bedroom: a tufted linen sleigh-style bed, blue and green striped drapery on two window walls, and a mirrored nightstand. — A traditional guest room.

Media Room

Backyard Resort

The courtyard pool at dusk from the far end: the central pool with a bubbler fountain glowing blue, flanked by loungers and umbrellas, the U-shaped house wrapping around it, a moon in a lavender sky. — The oasis at dusk.

The courtyard pool centered at dusk: a long reflecting pool running straight to the stone-columned loggia and lit great room beyond, floating orbs on the water, twin roof wings mirrored. — The reflecting pool, mirrored wings.

The courtyard pool and raised spa at dusk: the pool in the foreground with a tiled spa and fire bowls, an arched loggia and balcony above, and warm interior glow. — Pool, spa, fire bowls.

The covered pool passage: pool water flowing beneath the stone-columned loggia with a rain-curtain water feature, arches framing the outdoor lounge and kitchen beyond. — Water beneath the arches.

The covered outdoor lounge at dusk: a timber pergola with a hanging rattan chair, a large sectional, a stone fire and coffee table, and the rain-curtain feature and pool at left. — The outdoor living room.

The outdoor lounge with a lit fire table: a herringbone wood-look deck, wicker sectionals, a square gas fire pit ablaze, a pergola, a hanging egg chair, and a green lawn beyond. — The fire pit lounge.

The poolside cabana lounge at dusk: a teak-tone deck, chaise loungers, a pergola with curtains and a hanging egg chair, and stone steps up to a bar with an iron-grille niche. — Cabana lounge, resort feel.

Poolside from under a cantilever umbrella at dusk: the pool, the raised spa, a covered bar and kitchen cabana with a grille, loungers, and the arched loggia. — Wide across the resort.

The pool, spa, and fire terrace at dusk: a multi-level travertine deck, a tiled spa with LED fire-color water, a stepping-stone spillway, umbrellas, and a bar cabana under a peaked roof. — The terraced water and fire.

An outdoor kitchen and bar cabana: a peaked wood-slat ceiling, a backlit onyx-stone bar wall, wicker barstools, a built-in grille, and a picture window into the primary bedroom. — One of two outdoor kitchens.

The backyard putting green at dusk: a professional-grade multi-hole green with flags, a lit stone retaining wall, magnolias and palms, and the house glowing at left. — The putting green.

Garage

The Vaquero Address

One of the hardest addresses in Texas to reach.

The club runs a waitlist measured in years, and behind the guard gate the roster stays closed to almost everyone who wants in. Owning here places you at an address most cannot join by asking. To sit inside the gate at all is the rare part, and it is the part this sale puts within reach. Ask us about the path to membership and what it involves. We will walk you through exactly how it works.

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.

Location

Westlake, behind the Vaquero gate.

The Vaquero community sits between North Pearson Lane and Davis Boulevard in Westlake, minutes from State Highway 114 and roughly a half hour from DFW International Airport. The neighborhood is guard-gated; the map locates the community approach.

Vaquero is a private, guard-gated community. Access is by appointment through the gatehouse; the pin marks the community, not a public through-gate route. Susan will arrange your entry for a private showing.

The Community

Vaquero, Westlake, Texas 76262

Nearest Highway

State Highway 114, minutes away

To the Airport

≈ 30 minutes to DFW International

Private Showings

Schedule a Private Showing

Homes inside Vaquero rarely open. Leave your details and Susan will arrange your visit through the gate.

Susan Mathews

Allie Beth Allman & Associates

P817-653-0200 Esusan.mathews@alliebeth.com

Fire onthree sides.

Sit here before you go inside.

Step in and look up.

Nothing here is decorative.

A long dinner spills outside.

A room with a door that closes.

The suite is its own weather.

A place to start slow.

The best seat you own.

The vacation you stop taking.

Room by room, in the order you would tour it.

Arrival & Courtyard

The Living Core

Office & Stair

Primary Suite & Spa Bath

Additional Bedrooms

Media Room

Backyard Resort

Garage

One of the hardest addresses in Texas to reach.

Westlake, behind the Vaquero gate.

Schedule a Private Showing

Fire on
three sides.