Dallas real estate

Inwood Home of the Week: Run for the (Lakewood) Hills To Catch This New Contemporary From JLD Custom Homes

By Candy Evans / September 5, 2014 /

Jeff Dworkin has done it again. The master home builder, and current president of the Dallas Builder’s Association — you cannot spell his name without “w-o-r-k” — builds high quality homes generally east of Central, usually in the 3500 to 4500 square foot range with luxury finish outs. But Jeff is really known for getting you in…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Kings Highway Cutie is a Great Opportunity to Live Small

By Joanna England / September 2, 2014 /

It’s really, really hard to find a home for less than $300,000 in some of the more desirable North Oak Cliff neighborhoods. Some of them need a lot of TLC, others are prime tear-down candidates. And then there are homes like 928 Lausanne. This adorable little cottage in Kings Highway could be such a super…

Leland Burk Buys Highland House Site in Preston Center from Crosland

By Candy Evans / September 2, 2014 /

Well this was a shocker: former City Council candidate Leland Burk has purchased the Preston Doctor’s Center building on Westchester, the one where Crosland Group was planning to build a luxury high rise called the Highland House. And the plans have been withdrawn along with the re-zoning request. In his article, Dallas Morning News reporter…

An Italianate Villa in Preston Hollow That Doesn’t Sink the Ship

By Candy Evans / August 27, 2014 /

Having just returned from Maine, I was OD’ing on Italianate design, as it was the preference of many a ship’s captain for his grand home. We sure have a lot of Italianate design in Dallas, too, sometimes, I think, too much (eeck!).  The style was one of the most popular Victorian-era housing styles from the…

Keller Williams Urban Challenges Me to the ALS ICE Bucket Contest, and I Accept!

By Candy Evans / August 27, 2014 /

Thank you, Keller Williams Urban. Since I’m in Maine, we really don’t need an ice bucket: we have one outside the front porch called The Atlantic Ocean: 65 degrees. I have only tip-toed in because it’s so cold, but here I am going in the water to swim all for you Keller Williams Urban guys…