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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.” With Spring comes all kinds of new life from grass, trees, and flowers (POLLEN), to all sorts of animal life like bunnies, chicks, birds, and BUGS.…
Hollywood Heights, one of Dallas’s earliest residential neighborhoods, is full of classic Tudor architecture. You couldn’t ask for a better example than 6926 Vivian Avenue, an especially well-preserved specimen. Phillip Murrell of Compass has listed this High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, for $549,900. Built in 1935,…
In a worth-watching, first-of-its-kind move, Evanston, Ill., will try to offset years of discriminatory housing policies and practices by making reparations available to eligible Black city residents. The unique program in the north shore Chicago suburb home to Northwestern University is believed to be the first of its kind in the U.S. and could be…
By Duke Loper of Hobert Pools & Spas The state of the pool construction industry has been dramatically affected by COVID. While more and more homeowners are looking to add a pool to their backyard and enjoy the benefits of relaxing staycations mere steps from their back door, it’s essential to understand that building one…
If you have $5.5 million in American dollars or bitcoin, you can have this waterfront Lake Austin home that includes a shaman and a feline touch, according to the listing for the property, which is for-sale-by-owner. And y’all, this is the fizziest FSBO that ever FSBO’d, making it a perfect option for the Wednesday WTF.…
Once again, Dallas-Fort Worth’s suburbs earned high rankings in a liveability list. In Niche’s recent rankings of its 2021 Best Cities to Live in America, Dallas and Fort Worth didn’t exactly dominate. Dallas ranked 84th out of 228 cities. Fort Worth ranked 115th. Conversely, Plano ranked seventh and Richardson 12th. Irving is 41st, Denton 54th,…
