Carrollton
I’d buy this week’s Highlight Home of the Week, sponsored by mortgage expert Lisa Peters of Cardinal Financial, for the fireplace alone. Like a small spaceship that’s landed in your living room or a wide-mouthed monster looking to eat you whole, this cone freestanding fireplace is a fantastic holdover of the 1960s in this 1971…
If you’re a homeowner in North Texas, we’d like to begin this week’s column with a trigger warning: this post contains mention of foundation problems. We know. They suck, they’re expensive, and nobody wants to talk about them. But, look, if you own a home here — or you’re going to — it’s simply the…
Have you ever driven by an eyesore property and thought about how it could be repurposed into something great? It’s in a perfect location; it just needs a little TLC. That’s exactly what happened to Richard Robson, who regularly bicycles the Green Trail and Blue Trail to downtown Carrollton. The home at 1300 Francis St.…
Attention Carrollton residents: Shaquille O’Neal is your new neighbor.
This week’s Inwood Home of the Week, sponsored by Inwood National Bank, takes us to a lovely little area near historic downtown Carrollton. When this charming cottage was first built in 1946, the Dallas County town boasted nearly 100 percent homeownership. That was at the beginning of a feverish housing boom, when homebuilders like Fox…