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If I had a dollar for every time I have said, what Uptown needs is a decent grocery store, I’d be able to buy Tim Heddington’s condo over at the Ritz. Well now it’s happened: last night I got a press release from my darling friend Karen Lukin telling the world that the Austin-based grocer…
When you buy a vacation home, you want it to be an escape, right? Maintenance and upkeep can be a wet blanket on second home ownership, though. So why not aim for something with excellent management that’s more like staying at a five-star hotel than a vacation home?
When you consider a move to the suburbs, what are the amenities you look for? The people asking themselves this question tend to be young families with school-aged children. I’d estimate the top reasons are great schools, more room, a safe environment, and a peer community. While the outer suburbs are gaining new residents and…
CandysDirt.com talked recently with Ben Jones, Senior Vice President for Allie Beth Allman & Associates, which markets luxury properties primarily in the Park Cities, Preston Hollow and Lakewood areas. The 20-plus year real estate veteran has his own team, Ben Jones Real Estate Group. He is one of the most sought-after agents in the Dallas…
We get four more years of President Obama, so in celebration, I pulled this four-bedroom, 4848 square foot home in Hunters Creek in Frisco for your post-election viewing comfort. Did you get that connection there, 4848 square feet? First of all, this home is one of the most attractive Tudor mini mansions I have seen…
Back in May we reported on the Dallas Arboretum’s attempt to add a parking lot on Winfrey Point. Residents in the nearby Emerald Isle neighborhood balked at the idea and organized several protests outside the arboretum’s gates, just as the Chihuly exhibit was opening, too. It was quite the foofaraw. Turns out, though, that White…
