Preston Hollow
This is the third installment of a new column here on CandysDirt.com, Splurge vs, Steal (read the last one here). We’ll be looking at properties that offer something in common, but have a big difference in their asking price. As any Dallasite knows, 75230 is one of the most luxe zip codes in the city. This coveted area includes…
In 1951, when Dallas was still learning to embrace the midcentury modern design movement, oilman Grady Vaughn, Jr. commissioned architect Robert Goodwin of Goodwin & Cavitt to design his waterfront dream home in what we now call the honeypot of Preston Hollow. The home is 9,500 square feet with six bedrooms, seven and a half baths, several…
Last week I got to thinking about flooding in southern Preston Hollow, particularly behind the Pink Wall and Northwest Highway … and it struck me. There was a solution to area flooding staring us in the face since March. Preston Place condominiums lot. You see, currently we all know existing drainage can’t handle large, fast…
Character — it’s what is missing in so many homes today. Sure, we love Agreeable Gray walls with white trim. You cannot go wrong with those choices, but if you want to create a bit of character, color helps. When we spotted this Preston Hollow family compound at 5134 Kelsey Road with some bold…
It’s often challenging to bring you homes in lower price points, because they fly off the market before we can write about them. There’s a different challenge with properties in the luxury category. There are so many beautiful houses priced at over $1 million in Dallas that we often have a hard time choosing. However,…
