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Why Pay Your Mortgage When You Can Make This Kessler Plaza Cottage Do It For You?

By Karen Eubank / June 7, 2025 /

Driving around one day, I stumbled upon Kessler Plaza, one of the cutest neighborhoods in Oak Cliff. It’s located right next to Ravinia Heights and features adorable Austin stone cottages like this one. It’s also one of the few neighborhoods in Dallas that is still affordable. I was thrilled when I came across this 1940…

Let Your Tale Unfold in This Stonewall Terrace Storybook Cottage

By Karen Eubank / December 7, 2024 /

Start your next chapter in this picture-perfect Stonewall Terrace storybook cottage. It’s charming, completely remodeled, and with something we all want now, an accessory dwelling unit! There’s even a storage shed that could be the most adorable studio, home office, or playhouse. This is so much more than a home. It’s a flawless little compound…

Small, Modular Homes Offer Simplicity and Savings, Says Fort Worth Builder

By April Towery / September 12, 2022 /

Homeowners who want to expand and prospective buyers looking for a livable space they can afford are struggling in the current market, but there’s an option that could change the game, according to Eric Robb, president of Turn Key Fabrication. Robb builds 400-square-foot homes in a Fort Worth factory and delivers them to the owners. …

Olive Talley: Want to Preserve The Character of Your Neighborhood? Oppose Elimination of Single-Family Housing

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / August 25, 2020 /

By Olive TalleySpecial Contributor If you live in a single-family neighborhood in Dallas, enjoy it while you can. It may not last.  We now face an outrageous and inexplicable push to eliminate all single-family home zoning in the city. If Dallas City Councilman Chad West, the chair of the Housing and Homelessness Solutions and his…

Dallas Answers Granny Flats Before Asking The Right Questions

By Jon Anderson / August 24, 2020 /

Back in 2018, Dallas enabled Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), also known as Granny Flats – essentially a second unit on the same lot as a single family home (but not a duplex, heavens no, not that!). At the time, I thought it was a great step to undo 80 years where such units were banned…