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Remodeled Bungalow in Kessler Plaza Is Fresh and Fun

By Shelby Skrhak | May 2, 2019 |

Located in the shadow of Sunset High School in Kessler Plaza, the updated bungalow at 2703 Alco Avenue has a funky little outside and a lotta fresh inside. The 1,703-square-foot three-bedroom, two-bath is listed for $375,000 by Kayaneh Wood and Brian Davis of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International. The homeowner Sabrina Combs gave us the scoop…

Saturday is Almost Here: See You at the 505 Ranch Club!

By Candy Evans | May 2, 2019 |

While we’re already hot on 505 Ranch Club at Cedar Creek Lake, you can find out why this community provides the very best of lake living this Saturday: stay tuned. 56 private, waterfront home sites meander along the lake, dotting a 505-acre shared ownership ranch. (Insiders say the total house population may only top 40…

Celebrate Oak Cliff’s Turner House at Derby Day Fundraiser May 4

By Joanna England | May 1, 2019 |

It’s hard to live in North Oak Cliff and not know about the stately white manse in Winnetka Heights that hosts the Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts. The Turner House, a beautiful modified Prairie Foursquare home built in 1912 for Winnetka Heights developer J.P. Blake, has become something of a cultural epicenter for North…

Stevens Park Village: One of Dallas’ Most Hidden Neighborhoods

By Deb R. Brimer | May 1, 2019 |

Stevens Park Village may be nestled off-the-beaten-path between Colorado Boulevard and the edge of North Oak Cliff, but the amazing Dallas skyline is in plain sight from hilltops in the hidden neighborhood. That’s one of the many advantages that villagers enjoy. The location, just a stone’s throw from Interstate 30 and downtown, is another one.…

Lute Riley Sells Penson Property on Armstrong Parkway for $500K Less Than He Paid for It

By Candy Evans | May 1, 2019 |

It’s one of the most beautiful lots in Highland Park, and the home upon it was a critically acclaimed Midcentury Modern masterpiece. Keyword: Was. However, it may very well be again. On September 27, 2016, the famed Penson house at 3756 Armstrong Parkway sold at auction for a cool $4.95 million. People at the auction spotted a…

Dirty Dancing Listing in Australia Both Hilarious and Awful

By Bethany Erickson | May 1, 2019 |

More than a few people sent me this week’s listing from Australia, which (in the grand tradition of the Wednesday WTF) is borderline NSFW but only if you work in like, a church or a kindergarten or maybe one of those towns where dancing is sinful. For the rest of us, it’s probably just ridiculous.…