Allie Beth Allman
Update 12:00 pm: this item has been updated to reflect today is not Father’s Day, it is next Sunday: we are getting a head start! Our own Pierce Allman was named Father of the Year at the 42nd Anniversary Father of the Year Awards Luncheon this past week, one of three to receive the honor.…
When buyers select a single-family home, one of their criteria is of course, price, but there are other measurements of a successful home. Yes, to an extent, location is dictated by costs, but the personality of a neighborhood isn’t. There are blocks that regularly socialize and those where anonymity is expected. A lot of single-family…
Lakewood is a neighborhood that’s hard to leave. It’s also one that’s hard to get into — at a price point south of a million dollars. So, when this charming Lakewood cottage at 6910 Wildgrove Avenue popped up in our email, there was a flurry of excitement here at CandysDirt.com.
A few years ago, Susan and Clay Phillips were looking for a bigger house. Their young family was growing, and they didn’t want to leave the neighborhood. When they spotted this gorgeous 1948 M Streets English Tudor at 6359 McCommas Boulevard, they knew they had found their next home.
Lakewood is one of those neighborhoods that offers that small-town, know-your-neighbors experience. Finding a house here, however, is not always easy. Finding one under a million, that’s move- ready, is even harder. But we’ve done it! Our Friday Five Hundred, at 6926 Kenwood Ave., is a sophisticated Lakewood midcentury home that has been beautifully remodeled.…