Candy Evans

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

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.…

Halloween Horrors: Thank God This Home (and Hitler’s Cousin) Was Taken Off The Market

By Candy Evans / October 31, 2011 /

  The good news, it’s off and we don’t have to be subjected to the fright of touring it. Bad news, it may come back on and that photo in the study is supposed to be of Hitler’s cousin. Eevn worse: more than 11,000 square feet on Lakehurst was listed for $3,499,999. Good Lord. Just makes…

Ask Candy: Toxic Turret Syndrome & Major Tuscan Devil Real Estate Drama. Help Find a $500K Home That Won’t Make This Woman Sick!

By Candy Evans / October 31, 2011 /

Dear Candy, I am experiencing some big real estate drama. Here is the deal: my husband and I are looking to buy a house in the $450-$550K range. But if I see any more interior columns, big medallion tiles, hand “troweled” walls or dark purple paint, I may vomit. We have been looking in Colleyville…