Year: 2024
Developers like Builders of Hope CEO James Armstrong are trying their best to provide affordable housing in underserved areas, particularly in southern and West Dallas. The federal programs available for such projects — the Single Family Home Ownership Development Program and Land Transfer Program — are costly and restrictive, developers told members of the Dallas…
There are a lot of remodelers out there. Some are bad, some are good, and some are so good that they’re special. That last part describes 5West Homes. What makes them so special? Well, for starters, they’re a husband-and-wife team — Ken and Ann West. They started 5West after a series of home renovations. Ann…
If you’ve ever tried to Konmari or Marie Kondo your life, you know this dilemma well. There’s a dress, or a book, or even more guilt-inducing — your grandmother’s ring that once looked so elegant on her dainty fingers, but it’s not right for you so it sits in a velvet box. We’re all guilty…
E.G. Hamilton may not be a household name for many, but you’re undoubtedly familiar with one of his most iconic projects — the creation of NorthPark Center. But this edition of the CandysDirt.com Architect Index, featuring the works of E.G. Hamilton, focuses on just two homes. Of course, Hamilton was much more prolific than that,…
For those of us in real estate, our brains never really take a break from thinking about homes. And people. And finding people homes. As life returns to “normal” after the holidays, just know that while you were lounging in your jammies for 7 days straight (except for that time you ventured out to get…
