Fort Worth Dirt
If Fort Worth’s tony Monticello neighborhood was on a homebuyer’s shopping list, there’s plenty of gorgeous homes to consider. If that same homeowner wants a one-story home in that same fashionable zip code of 76107, then good luck. Like looking for a four-leaf clover — it’s not impossible to find, but it ain’t gonna be…
Dallas voters will begin casting early ballots next week in a $1.25 billion bond election to address, among other things, affordable housing options and homelessness. Out west, city leaders are kicking around a Fort Worth bond election to address a similar crisis in Cowtown. Relying on private investors to create affordable housing has been the…
For your consideration is a 2,600-square-foot, three-bedroom, three-and-one-half-bathroom townhouse in a coveted Westside location in the Monticello neighborhood. Welcome to Casa Blanca, a gated community built in 2005 with 22 Mediterranean-style units centered on a lovely landscaped courtyard. Twenty years have allowed trees to mature and given the development a cohesive continuity. Townhouses are built…
This is the third time I’ve paid a visit to Clover Lane since I began writing for CandysDirt.com and each time I have been struck by the ever-enduring appeal of this quiet little street. Along with Clarke Avenue, its perpendicular appendage, it practically constitutes a separate neighborhood in Fort Worth’s Westside. As I’ve mentioned before,…
I’m going to try something different with this one, because let’s get real, we’re all in it for the pictures. No one is shoving people out of the way to read “the picture” I paint with my words; you know? But since I do have some odd obsession to overexplain – probably stems from childhood…
