Candy Evans

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

Urban Planner Alexander Garvin on Four Tenets of Successful Urban Planning

By Candy Evans / January 30, 2015 /

I don’t know about you, but when I have to make a pretty vital decision, I try to get as many opinions as possible. As many educated opinions from people far smarter than I. Maybe we need to do this on the Trinity Parkway/Tollway/Parkway? Thursday night in New York City (where I am attending Inman…

Dallas Home Builder Tatum Brown Snags Best of Houzz!

By Candy Evans / January 29, 2015 /

Tatum Brown Custom Homes, a CandysDirt approved homebuilder, has received not one but TWO Best of Houzz 2015 awards in Design and Customer Satisfaction. WE think this is wonderful, but it’s even better: this is the second year that Tatum Brown Custom Homes has received both awards and even the company’s third year running to…

Dines & Kraft Park Hugger in Greenway Park With Screened Sleeping Porch is Millennial Perfection

By Candy Evans / January 29, 2015 /

I was sitting at dinner last night here in New York City with a man who lives in 1600 square feet with a family of four in the heart of Portland, Oregon. Very much a millennial, he told me that he and his wife made several conscious decisions when they bought their home: they wanted…

Cris Craft Home in Urban Reserve Available, Awesome, Gets National Ink

By Candy Evans / January 29, 2015 /

Really, it’s one of Dallas’ most unique new homes. I’m talking about Ed Murchison’s listing at 22 Vanguard Way, otherwise known as the Chris Craft House, designed by architect Vince Snyder. The home is named after the famous boat company that immortalized hand-crafted wood boats because interlocking wood beams under the home’s long, vaulted ceiling,…

A Dog Park in North Dallas Instead of a Library?

By Candy Evans / January 29, 2015 /

City councilman Lee Kleinman and and Jennifer Staubach gates are looking to turn an unused piece of green space at the corner of Forest Lane and Nuestra into a temporary dog park. But the City won’t pay for it, so they are seeking commercial or private funding. That vacant lot also happens to be the…