Joanna England
Joanna England is the former long-time executive editor and a founding editor at CandysDirt.com.
When Winnetka Heights was still full of crumbling rentals and dilapidated structures, Diane Sherman saw the beauty in the North Oak Cliff neighborhood. A resident of Winnetka Heights since 1979, Sherman was one of the vocal proponents of the city measures that would make Winnetka Heights a verified, protected historic district. Sherman’s not one to…
Scott Felder Homes has been trying to get its $100 million single-family project at Legacy West off the ground since October, but it took Republic Property Group‘s help to get it done. The Dallas-based developer just closed on the 12-acre property that will accommodate 127 new homes ranging from 1,900 to 3,600 square feet, complete with rooftop…
For years, Oak Cliff was a neighborhood where you could score a great deal, with so many well-built Craftsman, Prairie, Tudors, traditionals and midcentury moderns on amazing lots going for a fraction of what one might pay up north or out east. Nowadays, if you want to find an amazing deal in Oak Cliff, you…
Welcome to a brand new series on CandysDirt.com called “Five Questions With …” in which we will feature all the amazing real estate industry professionals outside the broker and agent circles. Title professionals, inspectors, remodelers, stagers, appraisers, loan officers … the real estate industry is rich with different trades and perspectives, and we want to…
[Editor’s note: A version of this story was originally published in the May 2012 issue of enLIGHTenment. Reproduced with permission.] Bruce Graf has had his share of unusual requests such as a bedroom that incorporates a wood porch and screen door; and an outdoor patio cover designed to look like a giant butterfly. In fact,…
