Year: 2024

Tour These Open Houses in Cities With Policies Rooted in Tree Preservation

By Joy Donovan / January 18, 2024 /

Trees, it seems, are more valued than a strip of restaurants or luxurious houses in some cities. Like the Lorax, who speaks for the trees? As it turns out, several North Texas cities have come down on the side of our favorite atmospheric oxygenators in the past year, making decisions ranging from zoning decisions to…

Original Details on This Junius Heights Prairie-Style Will Make Vintage Home Lovers Swoon

By Joanna England / January 17, 2024 /

We’ve spotted a trend in historic neighborhoods where people maintain the beautiful architectural details on the outside, but render the era unrecognizable inside. To find a home on the market in places such as Munger Place or Junius Heights with vintage chandeliers and tile is extremely rare. However, David Collier at David Griffin & Co.…

How to Use Your Home Inspection Report

By Brenda Masse / January 17, 2024 /

Unless you’re building a home from the ground up with an unlimited budget, there will inevitably be a few things about the home you purchase that you wish were different, or that you have to fix. When it’s time for the home inspection, it’s important to know how to use the information this tool provides.…

Garage Flamingos And Spicy ‘Terminator’ Art Make This Nevada Home a Keeper

By Mimi Perez / January 17, 2024 /

There is a funny story behind this week’s column. The featured listing was sent to me by three different people. The first was from our illustrious Publisher Candy Evans. She simply texted me the link. I looked at the first photo, which had flamingos painted on the garage door. If I had a garage door…

Dallas Business Owners Monty And Sarah Bennett Donate $25K to Westmoreland Skate Park 

By April Towery / January 16, 2024 /

Dallas businessman Monty Bennett isn’t counting on bond funds to ensure that the Westmoreland Skate Park becomes a reality. The founder and CEO of Ashford Inc. hospitality real estate company and his wife, Sarah Zubiate Bennett, donated $25,000 this week to the Oak Cliff park amenity.  Monty Bennett, who also serves as publisher of The…