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Energy Efficiency and Low Maintenance Homes Are Here to Stay, Says David Gross Fine Homes Founder

By Amy McDonald Loftis | October 24, 2014 |

David Gross, President of David Gross Fine Homes, got his humble beginnings in Pennsylvania, going into rundown neighborhoods with his father and grandfather and seeing a need for restoration. This led to him to becoming interested in historic preservation in Philadelphia at a young age. Upon moving to Colorado years later, he pursued his passion…

Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week: Gorgeous Thoughtfully Remodeled Tudor in Kessler Park Has Class and Value

By Joanna England | October 24, 2014 |

We are so excited about all of the cool home tours coming up, with the Preservation Dallas “Grounds For Preservation” Home Tour this weekend and the AIA Dallas Tour of Homes Nov. 1-2. (Don’t forget to enter our drawing for the AIA Dallas Tour of Homes, because we’re giving away three pairs of tickets to…

Gorgeous Sparkman Club Traditional Feels Modern Inside, Has Epic Pool Outside

By Joanna England | October 24, 2014 |

I love how this home blends texture and style so effortlessly. From the front of this home in Sparkman Club Estates, you would think that it’s just your average 1960s traditional ranch. A rambler with perhaps a few updates, but nothing dramatic, nothing special. Of course, that’s where you’d be absolutely wrong! Surprises are behind…

Cattle Barons Ball This Year Had Some Hot Real Estate…INSIDE Some Hot Real Estate

By Candy Evans | October 24, 2014 |

I was lucky enough to attend Cattle Baron’s this year, Saturday night, my date for the night being the beautiful frauline Bernadette Schaeffler. We had a blast! We had a ball! We saw so many people I lost track of my iphone pics as the night wore on and the Vodka and water flowed. (And…

Classing Up: Townhomes at the Intersection of Inwood & Forest To Be Replaced, Redeveloped (YEAH!)

By Candy Evans | October 24, 2014 |

8:38 a.m. This post has been updated. I say it’s about time: the northwest corner of Inwood and Forest, known as “Forest Wood”, is going to get a much-needed facelift. Wait, strike that: try a major gutting from the ground up. Yep, those 1974 rental townhomes are about to go far away, replaced by sturdier, prettier,…

Owner of Ebola Halloween House Says If You Don’t Like It, Go Swim in a Lake

By Candy Evans | October 23, 2014 |

Thanks to  Naheed Rajwani at the Dallas Morning News for digging down into the owner of the home that has created the most sensational Halloween display in Texas, and in maybe the whole world: He is James Faulk and from what Naheed writes, Faulk totally had Ebola on the brain when he put up the biohazard decorations…