Sunnyvale

In Rural Sunnyvale, You’ll Find Lovely Well-Priced Homes on Acreage Lots

By Shelby Skrhak / February 3, 2019 /

The small rural town of Sunnyvale in Dallas County has a pretty fascinating history, as the amalgamation of the four towns of Hatterville, Long Creek, Tripp, and New Hope in the 1950s. A storm in the 1920s wiped out the most prosperous of these towns, New Hope, where shops, stores, and an annual fair called…

Sunnyvale Stunner In The Falls Has Room To Spare — Inside and Out

By Bethany Erickson / September 29, 2018 /

We don’t get to talk about Sunnyvale as often as we’d like, but this week’s Saturday Seven Hundred in the highly sought after neighborhood of The Falls is an expansive home just perfect for a family and for entertaining. How great is The Falls? It’s rural enough to promise spacious lots and homes, but close…

Embattled Dallas County Schools Superintendant To Retire

By Bethany Erickson / March 8, 2017 /

Embattled school transportation provider Dallas County Schools may have been able to continue its relationship with Dallas Independent School District, but as early as this morning it seemed its superintendent could be the most recent casualty of a recent spate of very bad news. DCS, which provides busing for Dallas, Carrollton/Farmers Branch, Highland Park, Irving,…

A Gentlemen’s Ranch, a Storm Shelter, and Asses (Donkeys) 12 Miles from Downtown Dallas

By Candy Evans / June 19, 2013 /

Here is a chance to live like you are getting away… without really getting away. You can do it on this amazing country estate in Sunnyvale that comes on 16 acres with a stocked pond, rolling terrain, and asses in the backyard.

Yes, asses, as in donkeys.

Oh and guess how much your total property taxes are? $8000 in U.S. dollars. That’s because 15 of the total 16 acres are ag exempt. Don’t you just love ranches?