Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson is CandysDirt.com's condo/HOA and developer columnist, but also covers second home trends on SecondShelters.com. 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.
The first installment of this transformation story can be found here. Aside from the hard-dollar utility bill savings, this overhaul delivered other benefits to residents as well as uncovered some interesting history. Temperature Control In 21, the building at 3883 Turtle Creek, units on one side froze in winter while the other side baked in…
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I met with members of the HOA board representing 3883 Turtle Creek Boulevard, otherwise known as “21,” as well as Worth Ross, the owner of their management company. If you’re blind or haven’t driven by recently, you may not know that 21 has, in recent years, undergone some very dramatic changes to the exterior of…
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Built in 1961, Cole House at 3321 Cole Avenue is a full-on, midcentury swankfest. From the second you walk in the door you’re convinced all that’s missing is Dick Van Dyke falling over an ottoman. I decided to walk down to Sunday’s open house when I read “studs” in the agent’s description. That is, in…
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The Sorano, inconveniently built in 2008 on the eve of the real estate bubble, is located at 4111 Rawlins St. in Oaklawn. Looking like it’s been hosed-down in orange buttercream, it’s curb appeal hampers what would have been an appealing development. Coming online as the recession was gaining steam wasn’t the best of christenings. Originally…
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There’s a new design term percolating over from Europe called “broken concept.” I think of it as open concept 2.0. If the point of open concept is to remove all dividing walls to combine multiple rooms, Broken Concept is about achieving openness while retaining some separation. Think of it as a halfway point between individual…
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