Adlene Neely Dealey

Adlene has been a real estate writer for the better half of a decade, but only recently came to CandysDirt.com to write our Wednesday WTF column. Have a doozy of a listing not fit for public consumption? She wants to see it.

With a Little Imagination, This Space Could Be a Blessing

By Adlene Neely Dealey / November 6, 2019 /

As I perused the back catalog of Wednesday WTF features, I realized one thing: WTF must sometimes mean Wonderfully Thrilling Features, because there have been some very nice homes indeed. And this week’s WTF is one of those — a space that with a little work could be a real, shall we say, blessing.

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When The Things Go Bump in the Night – and Day

By Adlene Neely Dealey / October 30, 2019 /
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The Wednesday WTF has long been known to bring on the most questionable of homes, but have you ever had a listing where things go bump in the night — even to the point of calling in “spiritual advisers?”

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You Should See What’s In the Bloody Basement

By Adlene Neely Dealey / October 23, 2019 /
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After an eventful weather day like Sunday’s, sometimes I wish my home had a basement, something that’s a rarity in Dallas homes. But then I read about poor Nick Lestina and realized, that no, I do not wish to have a basement anymore. I’ll take my chances with the linen closet. How did Mr. Lestina’s Iowa…

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Pick This House for the Pun Potential? Gnome, Sweden’t

By Adlene Neely Dealey / October 16, 2019 /
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Do you like gnomes? Do you feel like seeing a gnome or three and maybe learn about Sweden? No matter, you will after we’re done with you today. Today, we travel to Sweden, and not just Frisco or Grand Prairie Sweden, but Sweden-Sweden.

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Well, Unique Is One Word For It, We Suppose

By Adlene Neely Dealey / October 9, 2019 /

Church conversions — well, done church conversions, that is — are always fun. Move the pews out of the way, take advantage of the stained glass and the high ceilings, and really create something unique. Or, you can create something really, really unique.

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