Old Preston Hollow

Luxe Tour: Patricia Stampley’s Magnificent Mediterranean on Falls Road is Open Sunday, April 24

By Candy Evans / April 19, 2016 /

It seemed as if, during the turn of the 21st Century, every builder under the sun wanted to try their hand at designing a Mediterranean. What we ended up with was a bunch of half-done, mish-mash homes that all sort of look the same. It gave the style a bad name, that’s for sure. But…

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That Markdown on Tom Hicks Property is the Second Reduction With Less Land: From $98 Million Now to $60 Million

By Candy Evans / October 6, 2014 /

Alan Peppard reported Sunday on something I have been meaning to tell you: The Tom Hicks Crespi Estate on Walnut Hill Lane has been reduced in price, somewhat. As Alan reports, the Hicks have decided to sell their estate with less land for less money: 10 acres, and 42,500-square-feet of the most luxurious living in Dallas…

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The Leppert Listing: Who Else Would Market a Former Mayor’s Home Than a Former Mayor

By Joanna England / July 31, 2012 /

From what Candy has said, and from the photos we’ve seen, former Dallas mayor Tom Leppert’s home is just the kind of place you’d expect the Preston Hollow-living former head honcho of our fair burg.

And who else would Tom and Laura choose to sell their home than Mary Poss? It’s really perfect, says Cody Baker on the Ebby blog, considering that Poss was a Dallas City Council member for eight years and was once acting mayor, too.

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Weekend Open House Nirvana: As Long As You Have to be in Hot Dallas, Go Check Out The Country Club. Hottest Bargain in Old Preston Hollow

By Candy Evans / August 20, 2011 /

Attention sharpest real estate shoppers: opportunity is knocking big time for a wise real estate investor over here at 9422 Alva Court, in the honeypot of Old Preston Hollow. In fact, I feel like I am having deja vue: we bought in Old Preston Hollow when the market was about as low as it is…

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