Urban Second Homes

Thursday Three Hundred: Empty Nesters Dream Home on Cole by Diane Cheatham

By Candy Evans / March 29, 2012 /

Update 3/29: Dang, this one is sold leased! This hot market is making my job even harder! Do not tell me we do not have gorgeous, sleek, affordable contemporary housing within steps of everything you need — well, the Katy Trail, Knox shopping, and some of the city’s best restaurants. You tell me a lie…

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Candy Sale of the Week, Two: I Told You This House Was Going to be More Than Wonderful, and It Is!

By Candy Evans / October 28, 2011 /

I posted a few shots from this house last summer, when I was first made aware of it’s awesomeness. The young builder is Leo Savino, who is building in the Park Cities under his company name, Significant Building & Construction, with the frenzy of a blue norther.  Well, now she’s all dressed up and ready for…

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Austin Waters: A Darling of New Urbanism In Carrollton in for $240,000. Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / July 17, 2011 /

I have just heard about what everyone is calling “The Texas Hill Country” up in Carrollton — Darling Home’s Villas at Austin Waters. A friend who is downsizing tells me she is looking at a 2,600 square foot home there in the mid-$200,00o range that has blown her away: low maintenance, great  finish-out, and beautiful architectural…

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Spelling Manor Sells & The Palomar Rises: Who Says The Kids Aren’t Buying Real Estate?

By Candy Evans / July 15, 2011 /

Who says the kids aren’t buying real estate? Candy Spelling closed on Spelling Manor, the most expensive real estate transaction in southern California and probably the U.S., the buyer rumored to be Petra Ecclestone, heiress to the Formula One racing empire and daughter of British billionaire Bernie Ecclestone.  Petra is all of 22 years old, by the…

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Dallas Celeb Real Estate: Where Jon Voight Slept in Dallas — 1505 Elm

By Candy Evans / March 18, 2011 /

From Midnight Cowboy to best grandpa ever! Whenever and wherever he slept at 1505 Elm, the proud grand pappa had the photos of his grandchildren on every wall to keep him company.

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