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Ghosts Need Not Apply: This Junius Heights Former Boarding House Offers Protection

By Karen Eubank / March 29, 2025 /

Junius Heights has been a coveted neighborhood since its inception in 1906. Developer C.H. Munger sold 200 lots in about 45 minutes. Advertised as the “choicest residential section of Dallas,” not much has changed except the housing prices. Notably, Junius Heights features the largest collection of Craftsman homes in the southwest, but it’s also got…

A Vickery Place Tudor Revival Cottage With a BIG Surprise

By Karen Eubank / October 1, 2024 /

When Compass Realtor Gayle Schneider said, “Karen, you really have to see this one to believe it,” I flew out the door. First, I believed her. Second, her listing is a Vickery Place Tudor Revival cottage on Goodwin Ave. and that is where I spent my 20s. I have great memories of that street and…

Rare Junius Heights Historic Spanish Eclectic Exemplifies Why Demolition is Never The Answer

By Karen Eubank / April 4, 2024 /

Whenever you hear, “That house needs to be demolished,” I offer up this adorable historic Spanish Eclectic as a shining example of, “NO IT DOES NOT!” Unfortunately, it takes a historic district designation to prevent demolition because most of us are severely under-educated and under-informed when it comes to preserving historic homes. As one of…

Cobalt Homes Brings Stylish FAR + DANG-Designed Project to W. 9th Street in The Bishop Arts

By Joanna England / January 10, 2024 /

Cobalt Homes has brought a new townhome development to one of the most desirable areas in Dallas, and it’s the opposite of the quickly constructed, cookie-cutter projects you’ve likely seen proliferate in the region. “Buyers are getting something that has a much higher quality finish-out and much more architecturally significant compared to other things on…

Buy Into a Real Community With This Move-In Ready Sparkman Club Estates Home

By Joanna England / January 28, 2022 /

I do love that Sparkman Club Estates has become this wonderful nook of ranches that has wooed generations of Dallasites. And what’s not to love about this arboreal enclave in Northwest Dallas? “I love the sense of community this little neighborhood offers to Dallas,” says Compass Dallas agent Anne Platt. “Sparkman Club Estates, one of…