East Dallas

Our Dallas Open House Roundup Features 5 Stand-out Properties On the Market

By Leah Shafer / January 28, 2016 /

The weekend approaches, with lots of open houses in the Dallas area. We’ve found five stand-outs for our weekly round up of open houses, ranging from a Royal Park contemporary to a Hollywood/Santa Monica Tudor. They range in price from $275K to $767,700. Let us know if you’re planning on visiting any and what you think!

Friday Four Hundred: It’s Flipping in Lochwood With Winning Results

By Joanna England / January 22, 2016 /

I am constantly amazed at how fast some homes in East Dallas neighborhoods are selling. Apparently, this great success is also catching the attention of investors who are buying up properties thirty or forty years into their lives and turning them at a breakneck pace. So, you’ll start to see more and more homes like…

Bike to White Rock Lake From This Newly Listed, Updated Claremont Midcentury Home

By Leah Shafer / January 12, 2016 /

One of East Dallas’ quaint neighborhoods has a cute midcentury home that’s just gone on the market. The house at 8335 Banquo Dr. in Claremont is 1,511 square feet of 1959 charms and new renovations, like a a redesigned open floorplan with modern amenities. It’s a 2-2 with hardwood floors, fresh paint, refinished hardwoods, recessed lights, and a totally new…

From the Archives: Lake Highlands Estates Home Has Custom Features, Vintage Charm

By Leah Shafer / December 31, 2015 /

Editor’s note: This post was originally published Sept. 24, 2015, and features the incredible design work of Summer Riggins. You can read the profile we later wrote on her here. Some home renovations go halfway, updating a few spots here and there. Today’s Thursday Three Hundred is not that kind of reno. The owners of…

From the Archives: Phenomenal Buckner Terrace Reno Goes Under Contract in 3 Days

By Leah Shafer / December 29, 2015 /

Editor’s note: This piece originally ran March 24, 2015, and highlights the gorgeous work of Barton-Graham Home & Design Firm. We subsequently wrote a profile of them here and featured another renovation of theirs here. If you want to see what an incredible renovtion can do for a house, look no further than the 1960s…