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The Not-So-Great Down Under: A Day in The Crawl Space

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / August 26, 2020 /

Every week, the detail-oriented folks at Green Scene Home Inspections will give CandysDirt.com readers an education in inspection. Want to see what they see? Tune in for “Upon Closer Inspection.” Pier-and-beam foundations are pretty common in the North Texas area, in neighborhoods with older homes. When you have a pier-and beam foundation, you have space —…

Think You’re Ready to Remodel? ML Interiors Shows What You Need to Know

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / August 25, 2020 /

By Michelle LynnePresident, ML Interiors Group Are you ready to remodel? Stay-at-home guidelines changed the way we live and work. Being home has a whole new meaning in comparison to this time last year. We’re not just living, eating, and sleeping at home anymore. We’re also working at home, exercising at home, relaxing, and being…

Olive Talley: Want to Preserve The Character of Your Neighborhood? Oppose Elimination of Single-Family Housing

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / August 25, 2020 /

By Olive TalleySpecial Contributor If you live in a single-family neighborhood in Dallas, enjoy it while you can. It may not last.  We now face an outrageous and inexplicable push to eliminate all single-family home zoning in the city. If Dallas City Councilman Chad West, the chair of the Housing and Homelessness Solutions and his…

Which Northern Dallas Suburbs Are Still Diamonds in The Rough?

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / August 24, 2020 /

By Daniel Hightower SmithContributor The coronavirus pandemic has set in motion a work-from-home experiment on a large scale, liberating urban dwellers to consider farther-flung suburbs for a home base. Being close to inner-city downtowns is not as meaningful as it once was, leaving some considering which northern suburbs of Dallas have the most value for…

Sense of Humor a Helpful Trait for These Home Inspectors

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / August 19, 2020 /

Every week, the detail-oriented folks at Green Scene Home Inspections will give CandysDirt.com readers an education in inspection. Want to see what they see? Tune in for “Upon Closer Inspection.” It’s important to maintain your sense of humor in any job, especially in these trying times. This week, the friendly folks at Green Scene Home Inspections…