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Lake Highlands Estates Contemporary Tops Our Weekend Open Houses

By Leah Shafer | December 15, 2016 |

Every Thursday, in our CandysDirt Open Houses of the Week column, we round up the most promising and beautiful open houses. These are properties with unusual features and great looks in Dallas (and the ‘burbs from time to time). This week, our houses range in price from $244,700 to $999K. You’ll find a range of properties, from the renovated contemporary pictured…

Stunning Preston Hollow Custom Home Built by Douglas M. Jones

By Karen Eubank | December 15, 2016 |

New construction just keeps getting better. The Metroplex has some of the best home building talent in the nation and this stunning Preston Hollow custom home is a perfect example of the caliber of that expertise. Douglas M. Jones Custom Homes has created a magnificent transitional mansion at 4309 Woodfin Drive in the Rockbrook Estates…

Drama in 3500 Block of Beverly Drive in Highland Park

By Candy Evans | December 15, 2016 |

Update 4:00 pm: Very sad to report that the man, who was an intruder, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. When police arrived on the scene, the intruder refused to surrender.  SWAT was called and they were able to evacuate two people from the residence from the roof.  Then when SWAT entered the home, they…

Feast Your Eyes On This North Stonewall Terrace Tudor With Its Spot-On Renovations

By Leah Shafer | December 15, 2016 |

We’ve found a completely adorable, carefully renovated East Dallas Tudor for our Thursday Three Hundred and you’re going to be inspired. Located at 5814 Palm Ln. in North Stonewall Terrace near East Mockingbird Lane and Greenville Avenue, this cottage has all the personality and character of a Tudor built in 1945. But it also has myriad updates making it more…

Diplomat Moving Forward … With What? Pink Wall Mystery Continues

By Jon Anderson | December 14, 2016 |

It was just over a month ago that surveyors were spotted measuring the Diplomat condominiums in Pink Wall turf.  Today we see an Alpha Testing drilling rig seemingly gathering core samples to test for new foundations. The Diplomat continues to be mum about what’s going on.

Resident Wins Preston Tower Lawsuit; HOA Responsible for Damages

By Jon Anderson | December 14, 2016 |

About a week ago I wrote about a lawsuit filed by an owner at Preston Tower against the HOA and Intercity Investments (ICI).  The case came about after a catastrophic flood in the building resulting from a blown water booster pump on the penthouse level that sent water cascading throughout the building. It was decided…