Friday Five Hundred

Stunning 101-Year-Old Kings Highway Craftsman Marries History With Stylish Updates

By Joanna England / March 3, 2023 /

In some historic neighborhoods, the interiors of Craftsman, Prairie, and Tudor homes can be a mixed bag. Many of the structures in the Kings Highway Conservation District in North Oak Cliff were built between 1910 and 1930, and though many of them have been remodeled and updated, it’s rare to find a property that takes…

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This University Terrace Midcentury Has a Garage Big Enough For Your Jacked-up Truck

By Nikki Barringer / December 9, 2022 /

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty agent Bess Dickson has a listing in University Terrace that’s as charming as she is. University Terrace is an often-overlooked little gem of a neighborhood in East Dallas. It’s tucked off Northwest Highway, in between Mockingbird and Abrams. Dickson pointed out that this home is a true midcentury and the…

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Finding an East Dallas Home With a Pool is Easier Than You Think

By Joanna England / November 11, 2022 /

If the pandemic taught us Dallasites anything, it’s the importance of having access to water in the summer. Pool memberships, trips to more temperate climates, and bids for backyard pools (especially East Dallas homes with a pool) were the name of the game as North Texas residents tried to escape the heat while not getting…

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There’s Way Too Much to Love in This Oak Cliff Tudor

By Nikki Barringer / September 16, 2022 /

Check out the Tudoriest Tudor over in Oak Cliff. It’s in the officially titled “Daniels L.O. Jr.” subdivision and we all know it SHOULD be L.O. Daniels, but no one really asked us. Speaking of not asking … who was L.O. Daniels? Well, his full name was Lark Owen Daniels, and according to Heritage Oak…

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For Less Than $550K You Can Get Plenty of Space Plus a Pool in Garland

By Joanna England / July 29, 2022 /

Some of my Millennial friends have been buoyed enough by the recent spate of price reductions to reenter the market. That’s saying something, considering that many of them have already tried at least twice and have turned back to apartment living after months of submitting offer after offer only to lose out to cash buyers.…

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