Kristen Martin

This Swiss Avenue Historic Prairie Home Can Make All Your Dreams Come True

By Karen Eubank / July 6, 2024 /

If you’ve ever dreamed of living on Swiss Avenue, that dream can now be a reality. We’ve found you a historic, fully renovated Swiss Avenue Prairie home for under $800,000. It’s hard to believe, right? But what most people don’t realize is that Swiss Avenue has homes that are not gigantic multimillion-dollar mansions but are…

This Little Forest Hills Cottage Is Chic As, Well, You Get It

By Nikki Barringer / November 5, 2022 /

Little Forest Hills has forests, hills, funkiness and this exquisite little remodel from Kristen Martin. It’s a stunner.

The Dirt Keeps Turning at The Bluffs at River East

By Seth Fowler / November 3, 2020 /

Last week’s Tarrant County Tuesday article revisiting Rivercrest Bluffs inspired us to visit another newer neighborhood in Fort Worth and check on its progress — The Bluffs at River East. Early in 2019 we introduced you to a new development of 51 single-family homes that is part of a Fort Worth Urban Village initiative to…

Exquisitely Remodeled Junius Heights Craftsman Tops Our Dallas Open Houses

By Leah Shafer / December 29, 2016 /

You would think not too many people are having open houses this weekend, and you’d be correct! But we still managed to find five outstanding properties for our CandysDirt Open Houses of the Week column. Every Thursday, we pick five fabulous Dallas open houses you shouldn’t miss. This week, our houses range in price from $337,680 to $1,349,900. You’ll find…

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…