Living in Tanglewood, Fort Worth

Three things worth knowing first

Tanglewood’s school zones, boundary and HOA rules, with the source for each.

The greenbelt trail connects to the wider Trinity Trails. The Tarrant Regional Water District’s own published trail data treats “Overton” as a named branch of the Trinity Trails, with its own trailheads at Foster Park and Kellis Park, meeting the Clear Fork mainline near Bellaire Drive South. That connects Tanglewood to a trail system TRWD measures at more than 100 miles.

Questions people ask about Tanglewood

Questions about Tanglewood schools, the HOA, the boundary and teardowns.

Does a Tanglewood address mean my child goes to Tanglewood Elementary?

Not automatically. Fort Worth ISD opened Overton Park Elementary in August 2020, paid for by the November 2017 bond, and it took the southern and western portion of what had been the Tanglewood Elementary attendance zone. Tanglewood Elementary went from 902 students in 2019-20 to 426 the year Overton Park opened — and Overton Park's own first year was 472, which is 898 between them against 902 the year before. That year was also the first pandemic school year, so the drop at Tanglewood could look like families leaving. The second campus's number shows they did not: the students moved to the new school. Both campuses are rated A by the Texas Education Agency and both sit in the Paschal feeder. To find out which one a specific house is zoned to, check the district's own School Finder before you write an offer.

Is there a homeowners association in Tanglewood?

Not a mandatory one, for most of the neighborhood. The Tanglewood Neighborhood Association is voluntary: its bylaws open membership to every resident, set dues by a committee vote, and contain no assessment obligation, no lien power and no architectural control committee anywhere in the document. Separately, a small enclave — Tanglewood Park Homes, roughly sixty lots resubdivided out of Block E — is a genuine mandatory property owners' association with a management certificate on file with Tarrant County and the State of Texas. Those are two different things. And deed restrictions can run with the land independently of any association, which is why the title commitment for a specific address — not this page, and not the registry — is what tells you which rules apply to the house you are buying.

Where does Tanglewood actually begin and end?

The association publishes, as its boundary of record, an official City of Fort Worth map of the Tanglewood neighborhood organization. Approximately: Mockingbird Lane, with its north-east corner at Colonial Avenue on the north; Preston Hollow Road down to Bellaire Drive South, with Harlanwood Drive inside the line on the east; the Overton Park greenbelt, and west of it a third pocket bounded by Arborlawn Drive on the west; and Ledgeview Drive, near Fox Hollow and Ranch View Road at the southern end. It is not a simple rectangle: the area is two lobes joined at the Overton Park greenbelt, with a third pocket on the far side of the park. The map shows which streets are in the neighborhood. For an individual lot line, you need a survey.

Are the tennis courts a private neighborhood amenity?

No. They are two public City of Fort Worth courts at the north end of Overton Park, inside a public park that is open daily from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and reservable through the city's own system. Kellis Park, at the southern end of the same greenbelt, adds more tennis and pickleball.

Why are so many houses here being torn down instead of remodeled?

Because no zoning rule prevents it. Tanglewood carries no historic preservation zoning, so a mid-century house can lawfully come down, and Historic Fort Worth added the neighborhood to its endangered list in 2013 over that pattern: single-story 1950s homes giving way to two-story new builds out to the lot lines. The neighborhood is also fully built out, so no new lots are coming. If you are weighing a house here, we can price changing it against building new while your option period is open.

Can 6th Ave Homes tell me what a remodel would cost before I buy?

Yes. We are a design-build company and a brokerage in the same building. If you are weighing a Tanglewood house that needs something — a primary suite reworked, a kitchen opened up, a second story added — our designers and builders can put a number on the work while your option period is still open and you can still change your mind. An agent alone can tell you what the house is worth. Our builders can tell you what changing it would cost.