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I have always been a sucker for castles. Perhaps it is because as a child I loved the movie Cinderella. The cute little mice who served as Cinderella’s hype team while also helping with the dishes and the mopping, they always kept her hopping … It was a happy ending with Cinderella riding away with…
Every week, the detail-oriented folks at Green Scene Home Inspections will give CandysDirt.com readers an education in inspection. Want to see what they see? Tune in for “Upon Closer Inspection.” If you’re in the real estate biz, you may be aware that the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC), which is the governing body over real…
Staying at home during the pandemic left many in Dallas with considerable time on their hands. Instead of learning macrame, one Preston Hollow teen turned lockdown into an opportunity to fulfill a passion project. Jack Drake, a student at Trinity Christian Academy and longtime Preston Hollow resident, spent the summer of 2020 researching the neighborhood…
Coppell was once a tiny farming village settled by French and German immigrants. The transformation to a sought-after upper-middle-class family suburb was spurred by the Dallas Fort Worth Airport opening in 1974. By the 1980s, Coppell was one of the hotspots of the Metroplex. The 2010 census put the population at 38,659. Although the size…
Cottage-core lovers — sit up and take note. Your English Tudor cottage with a secret garden is for sale. This home is routinely the talk of the neighborhood — dubbed the Garden House — and there are plenty of reasons why this Oak Cliff home is getting noticed. The owner has been there for quite…
It’s mid-September. Labor Day has come and gone. The pumpkin spice latte has returned to Starbucks. Summer is on its way out and autumn is settling in– even if the high temperatures haven’t caught the memo yet. This week’s Splurge vs Steal features two cozy three-bedrooms in Stowe, Vermont, one of America’s most iconic destinations…
