John Hawkins

Should North Texas Homes Be Built For Single-Digit Weather?

By Candy Evans / February 18, 2021 /

I grew up west of Chicago on what was once raw prairie land and cornfields. The area was later filled in with housing stock after World War II. Nothing fancy: a 1950s bungalow with two bedrooms, one bath, living area, dining nook, kitchen, and a porch where my mother had a wringer washer when I…

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The Most Requested Home Features According to Hawkins-Welwood’s John Hawkins

By Daniel Hightower Smith / January 15, 2021 /

Hawkins-Welwood is more than a prolific Dallas home builder. Celebrating 60 years in operation this year, they’re a de facto repository of the city’s residential past, possessing in-depth knowledge of housing trends simply because they’ve built out many of them. Their trailblazing The Lawn at Glen Abbey, located just east of Glen Abbey, is a…

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Dallas Luxury Builder Hawkins-Welwood Presents The Metairie in Southlake

By Shelby Skrhak / September 6, 2019 /

Dallasites know the quality and prestige that comes with building and living in a Hawkins-Welwood home. The longtime Dallas homebuilder has been building custom homes in the Park Cities, Preston Hollow, North Dallas, and Plano for more than 60 years. The award-winning company is in the planning stages of a new development in Southlake — The Metairie, which…

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Hawkins-Welwood Homes & CandysDirt Want to Show You Right-Sizing at 31 Abbey Creek Way

By Candy Evans / December 7, 2018 /

We don’t just want to show you 31 Abbey Creek Way in North Dallas, Hawkins-Welwood Homes’ brand new, easy-living model at the beautiful Lawns of Glen Abbey. We want to show you how to right-size — how to build a home with everything you want and need on a tighter footprint— at a CandysDirt exclusive expert…

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Meet John Hawkins, Principle at Hawkins-Welwood Homes

By Candy Evans / August 15, 2018 /

If you have lived in Dallas or North Texas for more than six months, chances are you have been inside a Hawkins-Welwood Home. Hawkins-Welwood homes are everywhere, stretching from the Park Cities to Plano to Frisco and soon, Southlake. The company is also delving into luxury high rises: Hawkins-Welwood Homes has created the amenity areas…

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