Candy Evans

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

Truck Literally Dumps on Preston Road

By Candy Evans / August 28, 2015 /

I thought this was interesting. Up at Preston/Royal we are finally recuperating from the road repair that blocked off at least one lane for several months. I came home from Maine and PRESTO, they were done. But now comes the landscaping topsoil for a home under construction on the corner of Preston and (I think)…

Forestwood Development Update: Neighbors Negative, Back to Drawing Board

By Candy Evans / August 28, 2015 /

It’s not over, but once again a neighborhood is squawking about the same things we hear so often with re-zoning and new development I should really create and market a NIMBY PACKET: Logo: Name of development with a red line slashed through it. Put on yard signs and plant them in every yard all over…

Inwood Home of the Week: Gaston Terrace C Street Beauty Gets an A+ for Awesome!

By Candy Evans / August 27, 2015 /

I always told our kids that, in our family, C’s were not acceptable. This was an A or B house. (Call me an early Tiger Mom!) But I may have to tweak my  House Rules for this angel of a new home at 7243 Casa Loma, in  the C Streets.

Lee Kleinman Has Called Another Neighborhood Meeting for Neighborhood Input on the Transwestern Project

By Candy Evans / August 26, 2015 /

See this room? On Thursday night it will be Dallas City Councilman Lee Kleinman up at the podium, leading yet another neighborhood discussion on the proposal that Transwestern has made for 3 acres Behind the Pink Wall, aka the northeast intersection of Northwest Highway and Preston Road. This comes because and because and because. I…

Best Builders in Dallas: a Look at the Spaces that Scooped Up Those ARC Awards Last Week!

By Candy Evans / August 25, 2015 /

As we told you last week, the Dallas Builders Association each year honors the work of its members, some of North Texas’ top building and remodeling talent, with an Oscars-like celebration of glamorous dress and beverage. They put on the Ritz for the annual ARC Awards ceremony. And of course, half of those winners are my…