Candy Evans

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

Viva Two Buck Chuck! Trader Joe’s Coming to Walnut Hill and Central: I THINK I Told You So…

By Candy Evans / May 21, 2012 /

I am just so darn giddy with excitement, I had to go search and see if I really did tell you this, and I DID!!!, last November when Central Market was under construction at Preston Royal. I had heard from a reliable source that Trader Joe’s was going to plant its second or third Dallas store…

Open House Extraordinaire: Make It a Preston Hollow Weekend

By Candy Evans / May 18, 2012 /

Two fabulous open houses this weekend you will not want to miss! Recall when I made you drool over 11442 East Ricks Circle? Ivy league sensibility plus for $2.7? Homes in this totally fab neighborhood almost never come on the market, what with it’s acre lots, trees, creek, and secure winding streets. Well, that baby…

Friday Four-Five Hundred: Kessler Wood-y Midcentury Says ’54 Was A Very Good Year

By Candy Evans / May 18, 2012 /

This Kessler mid century of 2391 square feet has had more than $70,000 of improvements poured into it since last seen on the market in , including a salt water pool! (That probably soaked up most of the moola right there.) Built in 1954, you have authentic architectural details including formals, fully equipped updated kitchen…

A $7.9 Million Vacation Home Versus Barton Creek in Austin: I’ll Take 40 Years of Reservations…

By Candy Evans / May 17, 2012 /

Not that every vaca home has to cost this much, but when you get right down to it, would you rather pay $7.9 million for a fancy-pants second home and staff to maintain it, cater to your every whim, or would you rather just stay at, say, Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin? I…

How About a Spa 24/7 for a Vacation Home? Living at Austin’s Barton Creek Resort & Spa Is Life Just Like That

By Candy Evans / May 17, 2012 /

You know that feeling when you sink into a wonderfully padded (and warmed) massage table, the scent of Hill Country lavender in the air, relaxing soft music that takes you away from life as you know it for 50 blissful minutes? Wonderful, isn’t it? Recently, we stayed at the Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin…