Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
Few months ago, I wrote up 11040 Tibbs, right down the street from me, gorgeous 5696 square foot home built in 2009. The property started as a lot attached to the home next door, who then sold and parceled off the .70 acres. It has five bedrooms, five and a half baths, four living areas, a beautiful outdoor living area with waterfall and pool, 21 foot ceilings, hand-scraped wood flooring, travertine tile, granite counters, chef’s kitchen with abundance of storage, master with sitting area with walk in closet that wraps around to a study with shelves.. I said that Holland picked up this number for $935,000 — a home run!
I know a couple of people, it seems, who were on that miserable Carnival Cruise Ship “Triumph” that turned a party boat into a nightmare because of a fire in the engine room. Dallas City Center agent extraordinaire Vicki White — she sold Belle Nora — her assistant Karen Peeler and friend Kim Hext were on board for…
That’s why, I guess the folks promoting this nice little ranch in Van Alystyne, Texas put this guitar crooner on the website for the ranch. Like, front and center. Five bedrooms, four and a half baths, this place is billed as 30 acres of a horse rancher’s paradise with an executive home, pool, hot tub, riding arena, stables, bunk house, and will only set you back $899,995.
OK, I have to show you this. FORBES slide show of the best places to get married, huge stupendous mansions such as the Oheka Castle & Estate, in Huntington, New York, where Chelsea Clinton got married. The mansions are truly glorious, though I feel the M Mansion, up off Frankfort Road here in Dallas where my son…
A reader writes: Dear Candy: Thinking about selling my house. I have been told that inventory is incredibly low on my type of house: 6600 square feet, built in 07, area 11 (North Dallas), price probably $1.45 – $1.49. So the dilemma…. I really need to wait until this September so that I will have…
