Candy Evans

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

R.I.P. 10300 Strait Lane: 1971 – 2015

By Candy Evans / August 31, 2015 /

Comes word that the tear down of the Bud Oglesby home at 10300 Strait came sooner rather than later. In fact, she is gone, her body laid to a fitful rest somewhere in Lewisville …

Boos, a Scolding by Lee Kleinman: Preston Hollow East Makes it Clear How They Feel About Transwestern’s Project at Ground Zero

By Candy Evans / August 28, 2015 /

Update 6:34 p.m: Lee Kleinman tells me that the Rudners sent flowers to his office staff. Now that’s the Preston Hollow way! If the last meeting in Fellowship Hall at Park Cities Baptist Church was leaning more towards conciliation, it was back to square one Thursday night. This was a different group, a crowd comprised…

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.