Realtor News

Welcome to the Neighborhood: Thoughtful Housewarming Gifts from a Cautious, Enabling Preston Hollow Mother Are the Latest Rage

By Candy Evans / December 11, 2012 /

Full disclosure: I bought a carton of cigarettes, Natty Light and Cheerios as a Housewarming Gift! Now it’s the latest rage… As we have been telling you, those boys who love to build and remodel homes are moving into Preston Hollow, my ‘hood. And I could not be more deeeelighted! If Sunday night was any…

What Makes Kari Schlegel Kloewer Love Real Estate? Homes Are So Much More Than Bricks, Mortar and Stone…

By Cynthia Stine / December 11, 2012 /

Newlywed and recent Cox School of Business grad Kari Schlegel Kloewer has a lot going on. A lot! Although still in her 20’s, Kari is already an accomplished Realtor. She and The Perry Allegra Schlegel Real Estate Group closed over $38 million in luxury home sales this year and she was named Best of 2012…

A Look Inside The Most Talk-About House in Highland Park!

By Candy Evans / December 10, 2012 /

Updates, 12/11/2012: Dave Perry-Miller agent Emily Bright Durante tells me this home was designed by Architect Doug Hildinger – he being part of Sky Modern team who did that fab modernist development in Kessler Woods. Lighting designer was Dennis Jones and kitchen floors are pure porcelain. Bye-bye granite: kitchen countertops are quartz with a laminated drop edge 1-1/2.…

The Never-Ending Home Search: How Jo England Became Obsessed With Real Estate

By Joanna England / December 10, 2012 /

Shopping for a home can be nerve-wracking. When you’re actively looking for a home, most often you’re dealing with a deadline, a budget, and an unrealistic wishlist. It’s hard, trying to make concesssions with your spouse and trying to compromise on what is a need and what is a want. Our home search was no…

Building With the Boys: How Building a Home is, Honestly, Kind of Like (Really Great) Plastic Surgery

By Candy Evans / December 10, 2012 /

Here we go, part V or VI, I’ve had too much Pinot Noir to count. More on the new house saga over there on Azaela with Justin Kettler and Tim Loecker, who are still delightfully together even after and tell us why building is very much like plastic surgery: Windows:  We are convinced windows can…