Joanna England

Joanna England is the former long-time executive editor and a founding editor at CandysDirt.com.

Are You Prepared For Extreme Weather? Here Are 6 Important Tips For Sheltering in Place

By Joanna England / June 16, 2015 /

  I grew up north of Houston in a town that straddled Interstate 45 – the preferred thoroughfare for hurricane evacuation from the Bayou City — just a few hundred feet from the San Jacinto River. From an early age, my brother and sisters learned that, while the high winds from a hurricane can pose…

Lakehurst, Seneca Listings Make HGTV Ultimate House Hunt

By Joanna England / June 15, 2015 /

What kind of home really evokes “Dallas luxury” to you? This is not a rhetorical question, folks! We really want to know because there are two amazing, multi million-dollar Preston Hollow estates competing for the most votes in the HGTV Ultimate House Hunt contest. Both 6326 Lakehurst and 5139 Seneca are in the competition’s “Curb…

Original Details and Flawless Updates Make This Hollywood Heights Home a Hot Ticket

By Joanna England / June 12, 2015 /

When Dallas City Center Realtor Britt Lopez sent me a link to her newest Hollywood Heights listing, I knew we had to have it on the blog because it was absolutely love at first sight. Ya’ll already know that I’m not the craziest about Tudors. They’re cute, but a lot of times they fall into…

How to Succeed in Real Estate: Cathy Browne Says You Can Capture a Neighborhood With Know-how and Service

By Joanna England / June 11, 2015 /

We’re not even shocked anymore about Cathy Browne’s latest home under contract, 2016 Glenmere in Allen’s Custer Meadows. The home wasn’t on the market longer than a week before it was snapped up, Browne said. But get this, that’s only one of the three listings Browne has in the neighborhood. The two other properties she’s…

There’s Something Irresistible About This Dashing Dilbeck in Kessler Park

By Joanna England / June 10, 2015 /

Normally our High Caliber Home of the Week is a sleek, modern design, but there’s something absolutely irresistible about this Kessler Park home designed by the great Charles Dilbeck that we absolutely had to feature it. The woodwork, the masonry, the gorgeous fireplaces and unique spaces, winding paths and romantic bedrooms — all of these…