Candy Evans

Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.

Dallas Tornado Help: Charmer on Glenwood With Sunroom For $4,600 Per Month

By Candy Evans / October 29, 2019 /

It’s a little south of Preston Hollow at 4319 Glenwood Avenue, but this original home with updates throughout will embrace you and yours until your home is repaired. Large rooms and beautiful yard, open patio and sunroom. Big plus: three-car carport with storage closet. There are three bedrooms, three full baths, and 3,036 square feet.…

This is the Spirit of Preston Hollow Right Now

By Candy Evans / October 28, 2019 /

I got around a bit more today with the streets clearing, and of course, like you, cannot believe the devastation. But I had to share this photo, 7715 Some Street wiped out by last week’s twister. Question: why don’t we name tornadoes like we do hurricanes? Names would add another layer of information to the warnings,…

Dallas Tornado Help: JanMar Home is Open, Spacious, Furnished, And For Rent

By Candy Evans / October 27, 2019 /

Allie Beth Allman & Associates sends us this fabulous, furnished rental: $14,000 per month. Available immediately: 3848 square feet, four bedrooms, three and a half baths, open and spacious rambling ranch home with second story and great topography located at the end of a quiet and private Jan Mar cul-de-sac in an area called Buffalo…

After Tornado’s Destruction, Preston Hollow-Area Rentals Are Filling Quickly

By Candy Evans / October 25, 2019 /

With so many homeowners displaced by the EF-3 North Dallas tornado, rentals in the Preston Hollow area are leasing up. The tornadoes that devastated the northern stretch of our city Sunday night — the National Weather Service has confirmed a total of 11 in North Texas — will set a new record as the costliest…

Lobello Estates Hit Hard by Sunday’s Tornadoes in North Dallas

By Candy Evans / October 25, 2019 /

I’m still unable to get into the area, but I continue to get reports that Lobello Estates, home to some of the area’s most expensive and expansive homes, was hit particularly hard during Sunday’s storms. A friend who lives on Lobello Drive sent me these photos of her natatorium. “Large anodized aluminum beams still standing,…