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Builder Stephan Sardone Puts Lake Highlands Abode on the Market

By Joshua Baethge / November 9, 2018 /

Builder Stephan Sardone recently put his Lake Highlands home up for sale. The 3,700-square-foot home at 10219 Linkwood Drive features five bedrooms, four baths, and countless unique amenities. “As builders, we tend to go overboard on our own homes,” Sardone said. “I don’t think there’s much like it anywhere else in Lake Highlands.”

Dallas Builders Association Honors Best of The Business at ARC Awards

By Joanna England / August 31, 2018 /

The Dallas Builders Association held its annual ARC Awards gala on Aug. 18 at the Westin Galleria Dallas, and we’re pleased to see so many wonderful builders and firms get recognized for their hard work! The awards, presented in partnership with Centricity this year, are held each summer to recognize building excellence by associate members,…

Build-to-Suit with Bella Custom Homes Takes Custom Design to a New Level

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2018 /

Stacy Brotemarkle comes by her passion for homebuilding through a deep family history. Her grandfather and father were builders, her grandmother in real estate, and her uncle an architect. “My mom has a picture of me at two years old sitting on a stack of plywood on one of my dad’s job sites,” Brotemarkle laughs.…

Avant Group Brings Fresh Ideas to Bolivar Listing

By Joanna England / July 23, 2018 /

When I first saw The Avant Group‘s latest completed Midway Hollow home, I was fascinated. The small-batch builder does a fantastic job of building homes that feel so much more expensive than their sub-$1 million prices, with fantastic finish-out and smart home packages that add so much value to their contemporary aesthetic. But this new…

S&R Development Builds Preston Hollow Success Story

By Amy Dobson / July 11, 2018 /

We have more proof that CandysDirt.com Approved Builder S & R Development Inc. can build and sell a home faster than we can write about them. This Preston Hollow house went on the market and was under contract in under ten days. “There were several on the market at the same time. But this was…