Candy Evans

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

Candy Sale of the Week: Hibernate on Hibernia and Live Happily Ever After

By Candy Evans / November 3, 2011 /

Update: This home has been on the market 8 days, re-priced, received 4 good offers, 3 above list price…   I love this house! It reminds me of the Oak Street area of Chicago’s Gold Coast as you meander toward Rush, or the elegant brownstones of NYC and San Francisco. But this home is right here in…

Loving Me Some Lakewood: Gaston Charmer Grabbing Me With A Music Room in the Guest House

By Candy Evans / November 3, 2011 /

In a word, ahhhhhh! This updated Lakewood stone Mediterranean sits on a DEEP 237 foot lush lot that you will never get out of your mind. The home was built in 1939, ergo the charm and character of a by-gone era, but renovated with a deft touch by a very talented owner. You get arched doorways, tiled floors, wood and moldings. You also…

Clean Lines, New Construction, Close In, What Am I Smoking? Classic Urban Homes

By Candy Evans / November 1, 2011 /

This post is for our friend ML, who wrote asking why in the bezonkers you cannot find a decent, clean-lined home in Dallas around $500,000 that doesn’t send you to the vomitorium with a stomach full of turrets, medallions and hand-troweled Old Worldliness. Yeah, remember they also had syphilis is the Old World! I present a home by…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Austin Stone Charmer Is Calling Me To Play House on Kenwell

By Candy Evans / November 1, 2011 /

I LOVE ME some Austin stone on this Shannon Estates cottage at 6547 Kenwell. Close to Dallas North tollway, Park Cities, shopping & restaurants. Kitchen has updated cabinetry, the g-word (granite counters) & stainless appliances. Large living room has a fire place that actually burns wood and a charming arch way to kitchen. The updated baths have travertine…

Highland Park West Dream Cottage is Oh So Carmel, For Oh So Less: $550,000 NOT in MLS

By Candy Evans / November 1, 2011 /

This house is so darn cute, I couldn’t hold it until Friday’s Five Hundred. Maybe I’ll clone it. Chef’s kitchen, hardwoods, screened in porch. Yes, it’s small and cozy, but does this home not just make you want to snuggle up with a book and blanket in front of the fire? Completely re-done in 2009.…