“O” Homes
This is a home I thought I’d never find in the gated enclave of Lake Forest: 7107 Lake Edge. The home is a contemporary Mediterranean on a double half-acre lot. I did not know those existed in Lake Forest, the ground zero of zero lot line nirvana. The 2006-built home got a ceiling to baseboards…
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I remember the moment we first saw 5511 Park Lane. We were shopping for a new home in 1989, a bigger footprint than our 3,000-square-foot ranch on Melissa Lane. We combed our favorite neighborhood, the honeypot of Old Preston Hollow, which we had fallen in love with the first day we stumbled upon it. The…
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[Editor’s Note: While the CandysDirt.com team takes a hot minute this holiday season to recharge the ol’ Energizers, we’re serving up our very favorite stories from 2021. Enjoy!] Candy: One of the best things about this year has been the Real estate market. It was fast and furious, agents working 24/7 if their bodies would allow it, reams…
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It is always exciting to revisit a home a few years after her birth. In fact, it’s kind of like seeing how a baby has grown after the first time you held her. Most of us watched the birth of this unique home at 5020 Elm Hollow Drive — well, her unveiling, I guess —…
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We have not had an “O” Home in a very long time because, frankly, we’ve become a bit jaded. Well, I’ve become jaded. That is until I saw this spectacular French chateau in Audubon Place. Whenever George Bass, owner of George Bass Stage & Design, calls me and says, “You really need to see this one in person,”…
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