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Brown Jordan, Dwell With Dignity and IFDA Help Fight Furniture-less-ness, Homelessness in Dallas

By Candy Evans | November 7, 2011 |

I never leave home without my Duxiana travel pillow. I am in Costa Rica, a beautiful third world country with some of the poorest residents in the world. Today, en route to a nature preserve, we drove inland and I saw typical Tico housing, some incredibly poor homes. Two bedrooms, maybe a bath, a wash…

Austin Waters Report: Hot Sales, Cool Designs in Carrollton

By Candy Evans | November 3, 2011 |

Remember when I told you about Austin Waters up in Carrollton? I’m hearing the development is selling like hotcakes and in fact, has sold out of their models, these gorgeous little numbers you can see in this cool video. They call it “The Texas Hill Country” up in Carrollton – Darling Home’s Villas at Austin Waters. A friend…

Hot Property: Daylon Pereira Rules Uptown Real Estate

By Candy Evans | November 3, 2011 |

CD: So Daylon… How long have you been selling real estate? DP: I’ve been in Real Estate for about 7 years. I cut my teeth on a conversion development (Crescent Hieghts). We converted The Renaissance on Turtle Creek, which is still the largest condo devlopment in Texas. I’ve been working as a licenced agent for almost…

Candy Sale of the Week: Hibernate on Hibernia and Live Happily Ever After

By Candy Evans | November 3, 2011 |

Update: This home has been on the market 8 days, re-priced, received 4 good offers, 3 above list price…   I love this house! It reminds me of the Oak Street area of Chicago’s Gold Coast as you meander toward Rush, or the elegant brownstones of NYC and San Francisco. But this home is right here in…

Loving Me Some Lakewood: Gaston Charmer Grabbing Me With A Music Room in the Guest House

By Candy Evans | November 3, 2011 |

In a word, ahhhhhh! This updated Lakewood stone Mediterranean sits on a DEEP 237 foot lush lot that you will never get out of your mind. The home was built in 1939, ergo the charm and character of a by-gone era, but renovated with a deft touch by a very talented owner. You get arched doorways, tiled floors, wood and moldings. You also…

Clean Lines, New Construction, Close In, What Am I Smoking? Classic Urban Homes

By Candy Evans | November 1, 2011 |

This post is for our friend ML, who wrote asking why in the bezonkers you cannot find a decent, clean-lined home in Dallas around $500,000 that doesn’t send you to the vomitorium with a stomach full of turrets, medallions and hand-troweled Old Worldliness. Yeah, remember they also had syphilis is the Old World! I present a home by…