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.

Stretching your Renovation Pennies: Sometimes Great Deals Are a Click Away

By Jon Anderson / July 22, 2015 /

  Has slobbering over all the house porn on CandysDirt.com gotten you fired up to redo your bathroom or kitchen? Do you swoon for Gaggenau clutching a Hotpoint purse? I know I sure do, so what’s a boy or girl to do? Read on of course, read on…

Quartzite Countertops May be Gorgeous, But There’s Something Your Stone Dealer Isn’t Telling You

By Jon Anderson / July 17, 2015 /

This story has since been updated here, here and here. Please read. By Jon Anderson Special Contributor There are many options for countertops, ranging from bog-standard Formica and tile to stainless steel, slab glass, concrete, marble, granite, manufactured quartz and now natural quartzite. The minimum one expects from a countertop is durability. Many would think…

Great Gulf Dallas Pearl: It’s Gorgeous and It’s a Rental, But I Have Potty Peeves

By Jon Anderson / July 15, 2015 /

I was close when I wrote about this building on Fairmount near Turtle Creek a few weeks ago. At the time, the City of Dallas had posted online a site plan for the building that had some details, but it took a trip to City Hall (not in handcuffs) to look at the drawings. I…

Erasing the Past Won’t Make it Go Away — Why we Shouldn’t Remove Statue of General Lee From Park

By Jon Anderson / July 10, 2015 /

Last night, a coward was busy in Lee Park trying to put forth their agenda of erasing the past – or more likely trying to “go viral” on the Internet. Somehow emboldened by recent events surrounding the Confederate flag’s removal on everything from state capital buildings to The Dukes of Hazzard‘s own General Lee, someone…

Why Wait? Here’s The Preston Center Traffic Plan – NOW

By Jon Anderson / July 10, 2015 /

As CandysDirt.com readers (and likely most all of Dallas) know, Councilwoman Jennifer Gates formed a task force to hire a consultant to tell them how bad traffic and parking are in the Preston Road and Northwest Highway area. Granted the scope of the project is much larger (see map), but this intersection is where the…