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This Weekend’s Dallas Open Houses Promise Happy Days of Real Estate Hunting

By Leah Shafer / November 19, 2015 /

The Dallas housing market this week offers some particularly beautiful homes, many of which have open houses this weekend. We’ve rounded up five that would make for a great visit. They range in price from $217,000 to $949,000, and include everything from a stately traditional Prairie in Munger Place to a Lakewood Contemporary by Durham Builders. Let…

Durham Builders Create Modern Marvels with East Dallas Santa Barbara Development

By Leah Shafer / October 23, 2015 /

East Dallas has a new modern enclave near White Rock Lake, with three houses built, and four more planned. The Santa Barbara development, near Mockingbird Lane and W. Lawther Drive, creates a style that fuses native Texas materials with California-style architecture. The result is marvelous, something that’s being called “this-century modern.” “When we were doing the original…

Larger-Than-Expected Hollywood Heights Tudor Offers Vintage Style, Quirky Charm

By Leah Shafer / October 15, 2015 /

Across America from around 1890 to 1940, European-trained architects helped create a homebuilding trend influenced by Old World styles. These people brought the eclectic, asymmetrical Tudor revival style to the U.S. In Dallas, there are several pockets of these beautiful solid masonry homes, with steeply pitched gable roofs, elaborate decorative stone and brickwork, and oversized fireplaces. One of the largest is in…

Once Upon a Tudor — Dines and Kraft on Westlake is Open on Father’s Day

By Karen Eubank / June 20, 2015 /

It’s not often you can snap up a flawless Dines and Kraft Tudor in Lakewood. One of my favorites hit the market this month and it’s a storybook charmer. Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate’s Henda Salmeron has 6914 Westlake Avenue listed for $999,000. A few years ago I was writing about cute laundry rooms — yes,…

Dog Parks Are an Unlisted Amenity In These 5 DFW Neighborhoods

By Leah Shafer / June 9, 2015 /

Your four-legged friend is part of the family, and what pup doesn’t love a great dog park? But how often do you see a nearby dog park listed as a feature in a residential real estate listing? We think that unfair to Fido, so we’ve rounded up five of the best dog parks in DFW to…