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By Brenda MasseSpecial Contributor In a competitive market, you may not be able to negotiate every little thing you want, but you still need to go into a home purchase with an understanding of your future expenses, especially on the 5 major areas of the house: foundation, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and roof. In our experience, home…
Whitefish is a nature lover’s dream, situated on the edge of Glacier National Park in northwest Montana. It’s a renowned ski destination, it’s privy to gorgeous views of Whitefish Lake and the surrounding Rocky Mountains and there’s a charming town center with local shops and no “big-box” chain retail. Our Splurge vs. Steal this week…
I remember the moment we first saw 5511 Park Lane. We were shopping for a new home in 1989, a bigger footprint than our 3,000-square-foot ranch on Melissa Lane. We combed our favorite neighborhood, the honeypot of Old Preston Hollow, which we had fallen in love with the first day we stumbled upon it. The…
Bruce Wilke has lived in Dallas’ Hillcrest Forest neighborhood for 38 years and says he’s not opposed to new development in the LBJ/Preston Hollow area. The president of the neighborhood association said he does, however, have a problem with noise, cut-through traffic, incompatibility, and the precedent that would be set by the construction of seven-story…
What were you doing in 1907? Probably nothing yet as that would make you around 115 years old. Here is what was going on in the world in 1907 Meanwhile in Fort Worth, the Gunhild Weber House was the first home built in a subdivision called Swastika Place (not referred by that name much these…
This adorable Austin Stone Cottage is located in the Dells District of Oak Cliff. If you’re not familiar with the Dells District, don’t worry Heritage Oak Cliff is. They can tell you all about it or in the spirit of summation, I’ll do it here. Developed in the late 1920s by Mr. Irwin, the Irwindell…
