Jon Anderson

An award-winning columnist, Jon has earned silver and bronze awards for his columns from the National Association of Real Estate Editors in both 2016, 2017 and 2018. When he isn't in Hawaii, Jon enjoys life in the sky in Dallas.

Help Habitat for Humanity, Minimize Landfill Chow and Ease Your Taxes

By Jon Anderson / March 3, 2017 /

Sometimes it kills me to watch HGTV.  Eager beaver renovators gleefully rip through their home with sledgehammers ablaze without a thought that some of what they’re splintering could be reused instead of in a landfill. Sure your old cabinets aren’t spankingly trendy and the appliances aren’t stainless, but for someone without, they’re precious. When I…

Renovation Tricks: Expensive Tastes Simply Require More Planning

By Jon Anderson / February 28, 2017 /

When it comes to renovation, there’s no substitute for planning.  As a serial renovator, my flavor of planning might be called “hoarding” by the uninitiated. You may recall back in October 2015 I wrote about some interesting bathroom fittings. Two of which were the Hansgrohe Starck Axor V faucet and the Dornbracht Deque faucet.  I…

Fore! and Away: 4782 Byron Circle Brings Water to the Golf Course

By Jon Anderson / February 24, 2017 /

Please join us for our multi-home Staff Meeting open house event up in Las Colinas on March 9 at The Enclave.  For those just tuning in, this is the first time we’ve had a simultaneous, triple open house tour of over $7 million in real estate. In case you missed homes one and two you can…

Fore! and Away: Double-Lot 4774 Byron Circle Has Classic Style, Space to Roam

By Jon Anderson / February 22, 2017 /

Sitting on roughly a half-acre, this home has plenty of space for kids or grandkids to roam. It’s definitely a luxury in this property within the gated Enclave community in Las Colinas.  If you’re just checking in, this is the second of three we’re featuring as part of our March 9 Staff Meeting event at the…

Athena Double Unit Bows in at $1.1 Million: Are Preston Hollow Prices Coming to Pink Wall?

By Jon Anderson / February 21, 2017 /

The Athena is an odd duck of a high-rise.  Built in 1966 by the same Hal Anderson who developed Preston Tower, the Athena was originally marketed as a luxury property.  The units are large — four center 2/2 units with 1,543 square feet and four corner 3/3 units with 1,899 square feet (there are a…