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Buying a home during the summer has certain advantages, because you can see the house functioning under conditions you’ll want to know about when you’re living in it. This week, I asked our home inspectors for their thoughts about things home buyers can pay particular attention to during the summer. Is there a difference between…
This week’s Highlight Home of the Week, sponsored by Dallas mortgage broker Lisa Peters of Cardinal Financial, takes us to the up-and-coming neighborhood of Maple Heights, where there is close-by everywhere and this is your comfort place, even if you technically share a wall in the same place. I’m swear I’m not Dr. Seuss. Just…
I have reached a point in my life where some things are abundantly clear. The heatwave we are currently enduring does nothing positive for 55-year-old menopausal women. Our clubhouse is located in the dairy section of your local Sam’s. You will find us all just standing there finding sweet, sweet relief as the chillers blow…
The Dallas City Plan Commission last week greenlit a mixed-income housing development within walking distance of the Walnut Hill DART Station. The Asana Partners project calls for up to 1,740 apartments and the redevelopment of an area desperate for a facelift. Watch the full discussion on zoning item 8 at the Aug. 3 CPC meeting…
More than 50 years ago, millionaire Ben H. Carpenter had a vision for his family ranch in what we know today as Las Colinas. In 1968, when the plans for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport were announced, he knew North Texas would be forever changed, and so would the family’s enormous ranch at Hackberry Creek. In…
Editor’s note: The Lakewood home was demolished in November 2023. If you know the work of architect Clifford Hutsell, you know the homes he designed are architectural works of art with a healthy dose of whimsy. If you don’t know, we’ll give you a quick primer. Inspired by his 1929 visit to California — specifically…
