East Dallas

Location Is Prime With This Wilshire Summit Traditional, Updated and Move-In Ready

By Leah Shafer / October 27, 2016 /

If a fabulous East Dallas location is on your future home checklist, make time to see our Thursday Three Hundred, near East Mockingbird Lane and Skillman Street in the Wilshire Summit neighborhood. The home at 4217 Concho St. sits just 2.6 miles from the west shores of White Rock Lake and 5.4 miles from downtown Dallas. It’s close to…

Get Ready for Spectacular Views on The Shelby Residences’ New Rooftop Deck

By Candy Evans / October 26, 2016 /

The Shelby Residences offers sleek, chic urban living in East Dallas’ University Crossing neighborhood. It’s about to get even better with the unveiling of their new rooftop deck during a fall social on Thursday, Nov. 10, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Take in the stunning downtown Dallas views from this newly completed space, with multiple…

Dallas Porchfest Celebrates Art and Music in Peak’s Addition Open Air Porches

By Leah Shafer / October 14, 2016 /

This Saturday, celebrate art and music on the open-air porches in Peak’s Addition neighborhood at Dallas Porchfest. From noon until 8 p.m., neighbors, musicians, and artists will roam from porch to porch in the 4700 block of Swiss Avenue in East Dallas, between Carroll and Fitzhugh avenues. Musicians will play at designated times, while other festivities…

Dallas Realtor Breathes Life Back Into Old Dallas Homes, One Flip at a Time

By Leah Shafer / October 10, 2016 /

When some people look at an old house in disrepair, all they see are its problems. But for one Dallas Realtor, old Dallas homes are all about possibility, instead. Kristen Martin says she’s a kindred soul with old houses, getting to know them, even naming them as she restores, repairs, and renovates them to a state…

Fall Home Tour Season: Here Are Six Tours You Don’t Want to Miss

By Joanna England / September 20, 2016 /

You may be thrilled about pumpkin-flavored everything to hit the shelves, but us here at CandysDirt.com are over the moon about the return of fall home tour season. Yes, we’ll still hit up a Starbucks for our annual pumpkin spice latte, but nothing quite says “autumn is here!” to us like traipsing through other people’s…