Friday Five Hundred

Friday Five (Okay, Six) Hundred: Gorgeous East Kessler Contemporary Feels Like a Treehouse Without Having to Pester Dad to Build One

By Joanna England / August 31, 2012 /

Jenni Stolarski and Robb Puckett are a regular dream team. You can just feel the excitement and enthusiasm radiate off of them. The two Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s agents are passionate about Oak Cliff and the beautiful homes inside one of the most popular resurgent neighborhoods in Dallas.

Friday Five Hundred: Vickery Place Craftsman is Super Charming and Now Almost $35K Cheaper!

By Joanna England / August 24, 2012 /

This week’s Friday Five Hundred is a special one. Honestly, I am so shocked this absolutely adorable M Streets Arts & Crafts bungalow at 5410 Vickery is still on the market. While it was a good deal when it was priced at $549K back in April, it is now an out-and-out steal at just $515K!

Friday Five Hundred: With Some TLC, This Oak Lawn Diamond in The Rough Can Be a Real Gem

By Joanna England / August 17, 2012 /

When Erle Rawlins Jr. and his wife purchased an old laundry business on Congress Avenue, his goal was to take the building and turn it from a cavernous commercial property and into a true townhome. This was in 1934, when most people were trying to find their financial footing after the stock market crash of 1929.

Rawlins was a business-savvy man — a Realtor, natch — and he knew a thing or two about architecture. So he set out on this project with the help of Earl Hart Miller, and what they ended up with is this amazing 3,000-square-foot home around which high-rises and a bustling neighborhood was built.

Friday Five Hundred: Kessler Park Cutie Has 8 Million Nooks to Enjoy a Cup of Joe With a View

By Joanna England / August 10, 2012 /

In my journey to the center of 75208, I have stumbled across the most improbable house.

You see, most houses I find end up having one or more things I can really nitpick about. Maybe it’s an ugly master bathroom, or perhaps it’s outdated wallpaper. Sometimes it’s even an update that feels so out of place that it grates me. But Kessler Park’s 1232 Lausanne Ave., marketed by the amazing Hewitt & Habgood Group, has none of those things. It is like a double rainbow emanating from a unicorn’s nether regions: A house with such personality that it feels like there is nothing missing from it.

Friday Five Hundred: Need Some Extra Income? This Perry Heights Home Has a Garage Loft That Will Rent in a Snap!

By Joanna England / July 6, 2012 /

I know it looks petite and unassuming from the front, but inside 4423 N. Hall St. is a spacious, elegant home with a huge garage loft, too! When most people are looking for a home, income property doesn’t often cross into their radar. You’re looking for someplace to live, right? Not someplace for you to…