Dee Evans

Big City in the Country: This Modern Farmhouse Hits the Mark

By Shelby Skrhak / April 30, 2022 /

If you didn’t see that verdant, roaming landscape in this photo’s background, you might swear this modern farmhouse — the style du jour — was located in Preston Hollow. But this 5,865-square-foot home is located on 1.78 sprawling acres in the Rockwall County city of Heath. Heath is a community of more than 8,100 residents…

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Want to Live in a Hot Oak Cliff Neighborhood? Keep It Cute In Kessler Plaza

By Nikki Barringer / May 25, 2021 /

Kessler Plaza is a hot little neighborhood over in Oak Cliff, but aren’t they all at this point? MAYBE. But yes, they all are.  But this one is extra cute, walkable, we’ve yapped about it before, but the listing is NEW. And it just had a steep price reduction ($30,000!!!). It’s a little cottage, it’s…

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Three Listings That Are As Rockin’ As Their Front Porches

By Candy's Dirt / October 3, 2020 /

If you subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, you may have seen the recent story on the revival of the front porch. Not that they’ve ever really gone out of style per se, just that we got away from them with the advent of the white box home and our intense love of outdoor living…

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We’re Startin’ Something New for Suburb Sunday and It Begins With Three $300K Homes

By Shelby Skrhak / January 12, 2020 /

We’ve featured nearly every Dallas suburb from Addison and Arlington to Westlake and Wylie for our Suburb Sunday column, where we tackle one north Texas suburb at a time, looking into its history and essence of Metroplex living, and then highlighting three feature-worthy homes from different price points. In fact for most of 2019, you…

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Just 30 Minutes from Downtown Dallas, Find Enchantment on this 14-Acre Heath Property

By Candy Evans / March 29, 2017 /
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I’ve found the perfect antidote to the stress of city living, and it’s just 30 minutes from downtown Dallas! The lakefront property at 1 Candlelite Trail in Heath sits on the shores of Lake Ray Hubbard. On its more than 13 acres, you’ll find two fully stocked ponds, plenty of room for horses, a barn, and 5,500 fully irrigated…

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