Perry-Miller Streiff Group
Northern Heights is a surprising little neighborhood. It’s an area enveloped by a verdant landscape with one side home to a conservation district with charming bungalows and Tudors from the 1920s. However, when you cross Abbott Avenue, you enter a contemporary world of duplexes and townhomes backing up to the Katy Trail. The homes in…
Read MoreBud Oglesby built this custom classic Modernist home in 1985. It’s a beautiful example of how less really is more. We generally don’t regard the 1980s in Dallas as a decade of architectural inspiration. Oglesby was one of the stellar exceptions. He embraced simplicity of form and materials. His thoughtful consideration of how light enters…
Read MoreSay the name “Berkshire Hathaway” and there’s an instant click of recognition with whomever you’re talking to. Say the name “HomeServices of America,” and most likely, you’ll get a blank stare. But that’s okay because HSoA is actually the nation’s largest real estate company, based on closed transactions. And as the umbrella company for the…
Read MoreWe’ve become accustomed to a crazy real estate situation. For two years, it was almost as if you could mumble about selling in your sleep, and there would be a line of people outside the door at sunrise. When you can’t leave your house, much less go on a vacation, real estate is the one…
Read MoreWhen Landon Smith first saw his client’s contents for the sale he was being consulted for, he panicked: This was no routine estate sale. He had never seen so many designer shoes in one person’s home, some never worn. The contents he was being contracted to sell would require an unusually large space — as…
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