Texas Christian University came to Fort Worth after a fire destroyed its Waco campus in 1910, and TCU says the city won it with 50 acres, $200,000 and the promise of streetcar service. The streets south of 2800 South University Drive filled in over the next few decades. The Westcliff neighborhood’s Census tract has a median build year of 1949, and 757 of its roughly 1,640 homes date from the 1940s alone. Half of the occupied homes there are rented. We work for the people who live in these houses and for the people who own them, from repairs to full replacements. Call 817-290-3373.
For the household living in the house, the big decisions are usually cooling and hot water. ENERGY STAR advises having heating and cooling equipment evaluated by a qualified contractor once it is more than 10 years old or stops keeping the house comfortable. If the evaluation points to replacement, we quote a new central air system sized by a load calculation for that house, with a written price and financing available.
For the owner renting it out, hot water carries a legal edge. Texas Property Code section 92.052 requires a landlord to make a diligent effort to repair a condition once a tenant who is current on rent gives notice, and it names one condition specifically: a device that fails to supply hot water at a minimum of 120 degrees Fahrenheit. When the old tank cannot be saved, we handle water heater replacement with the permit pulled.
Some calls cannot wait for business hours. A burst supply line under a tenant’s sink at midnight goes to our 24/7 emergency plumbing line.
Three numbers describe the Westcliff tract. Eighty percent of its homes were built before 1960. Utility gas heats 57% of them, so gas is the usual winter fuel. And about one home in nine sits in a building of two to four units, mostly duplexes and fourplexes.
Closer to campus the stock is older still. In the small tract that takes in TCU itself and part of Bluebonnet Hills along Wabash Avenue, the median build year is 1938, and roughly a third of the homes are in two- to four-unit buildings.
TCU requires its first- and second-year students to live on campus, and the rest of the rental market around it runs on leases. For a landlord, the weeks between tenants are the best time to replace a tired system, before the next lease starts and the house is occupied again.
The city’s neighborhood registry shows how tightly these blocks fit together. Westcliff West sits on Westcliff’s western edge and Bluebonnet Hills on its eastern one, with Frisco Heights, University Place and University West closer to campus. Most of it shares the 76109 ZIP code.
Just northwest of Westcliff is Tanglewood, where we look after larger homes with multi-zone heating and cooling. About two miles south, past South Hills, we also serve the 1960s streets of Wedgwood, where the city is replacing water and sewer mains.
Owners, tenants and property managers can all book with us, and most calls get a same-day appointment. Call 817-290-3373 or book online.
Under Texas Property Code section 92.052, the landlord must make a diligent effort to repair a hot water device that fails to supply water of at least 120 degrees Fahrenheit, once the tenant gives notice and is current on rent. We work with owners and landlords across the TCU area.
About 80%. Census estimates put the median build year at 1949 for the tract holding Westcliff, and the 1940s and 1950s together account for roughly 70% of its homes.
Utility gas. Census figures show gas heating 57% of occupied homes in the Westcliff tract and electricity about 40%. We repair both kinds of system.
Have it evaluated first. ENERGY STAR’s line is 10 years or a house that is no longer comfortable. We price the repair and the replacement side by side so you can weigh them against the lease calendar.
Same day appointments across Fort Worth & Tarrant County. Fully-stocked trucks, friendly uniformed techs, upfront flat-rate pricing, call now and we’ll be there.
Monday to Friday: 7 am to 6 pm
Saturday: 8 am to 3 pm
Sunday: Closed
Emergency line answered 24/7: 817-290-3373
License #: TACLB00028662E | M46192 | TECL-38309
