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This Mediterranean-Style Home in Preston Hollow Is a Vision of Luxury

By CandysDirt | September 12, 2019 |

You can’t help but feel like a VIP when you drive through the gates of the exclusive Los Arboles community in Preston Hollow, and once you arrive at this prestigious driveway, you’ll be completely blown away.  The Mediterranean-style masterpiece looks like it belongs on the coast of Italy or Spain, so once it’s yours it…

This Arlington Split-Level Is Like Living in a Treehouse

By Shelby Skrhak | September 12, 2019 |

Chauncey Pham of Phamily Realty Group in Denton gave us the heads up on our CandysDirt.com Facebook group to a really pretty flip she and her husband completed at 1705 Woodbridge Court in Arlington, and apparently, others fell in love with it as much as we did. In just six days, this 1986-built split-level home listed…

A Stevens Park Estates Cottage With Charm For Miles

By Joanna England | September 12, 2019 |

While there have been a few newer builds in Stevens Park Estates, we’re thrilled that so many of its original cottages remain. And this listing from Dave Perry-Miller’s Ged Dipprey is a fantastic example of the charm and beauty of this North Oak Cliff neighborhood. It’s no wonder why we’re calling this carefully updated Stevens…

Dallas City Council Ends 30-Month PD-15 Saga With 240-Foot Height

By Jon Anderson | September 12, 2019 |

Dallas City Council unanimously passed city staff’s plan for PD-15, which compromised on height, topping out at 240 feet. Some small changes were made to the plan. The general wisdom is that any city council vote requiring a supermajority due to opposition will be a nail-biter. And while certainly many a nail was chewed to…

A Home for Aging In Place, Right in Your Own Neighborhood

By Candy Evans | September 12, 2019 |

When is it the right time to think about aging in place? I recently visited my last living uncle in St. Petersburg, Florida. My uncle is 99 and in amazing health.  His wife, age 96, is not in such good health and is confined to a hospital bed at home. They are living with my…

Oil and Gas Magnate T. Boone Pickens Has Died

By Joanna England | September 11, 2019 |

Self-made oil and gas billionaire T. Boone Pickens has died, according to multiple reports. Pickens, who founded Mesa Petroleum and BP Capital, was 91 at the time of his death.  Pickens made a name for himself as a businessman and a philanthropist, and was often quoted that his purpose on earth was “to make money…