Walnut Hill Lane

Broker Babble: What’s YOUR Definition of Tender Loving Care? Dallas Real Estate Noose…

By Candy Evans / July 9, 2012 /

God, this place is cheap: $29,500 for a condo over in Vickery/Meadows, south of Walnut Hill Lane. 5815 Phoenix Drive, two bedrooms, two baths, no pool but a private hot tub!!! (I am so psyched!!!) HOA dues are $280 a month (WTF?)  1175 square feet at 5815 Phoenix Drive. It’s very close to Presby and…

Monday Morning Millionaire I: Falling in Love With a Falls Road House in OPH

By Candy Evans / June 11, 2012 /

For some reason, when I saw this home, I said out loud: “This is perfection”. I was talking about the price, of course, at $2.7ish, the location, but also thinking 5814 Falls Road was a home designed for the true needs of a family, especially one with twins. First of all, it was built in…

Big is Apparently Very Back: Re-Visiting The Stephenson Compound on Walnut Hill Lane

By Candy Evans / May 16, 2012 /

Champ d’Or is sold and Richard Malouf is getting 30,000-plus square feet, so mega square footage must be back in style. More proof that big is back when it comes to the uber rich building homes in Dallas real estate. And if you cannot find a lot big enough for your dream mansion, you just buy several and tear down whatever the hec is on them. Voila, dream compound!Readers have been emailing me, asking me who is building what appears to be a compound of homes on Walnut Hill Lane, Old Preston Hollow, south side between Hollow Way and Meadowbrook.

Friday Four Hundred: This House is So Charming It Ought to Have It’s Own Reality Show — Real Houses of Preston Hollow

By Candy Evans / March 16, 2012 /

Forget those rich broads — Diane, Lisa, Rhonda, Tiffany and Desiree. This home is so dang cute, IT should be the star of its own show. We could call it The Real Houses of Preston Hollow. I know when you think Preston Hollow, you think about all the estates lining Park Lane, about Randall Stephenson’s family fortress over on Walnut Hill Lane, and those 7800 square foot McMansions crammed onto the lots east of Preston. But this is the REAL Preston Hollow …

Ask The Tax Doctor: Does Living on a Busy Street Guarantee That My Property Taxes Will Be Lower?

By Candy Evans / February 16, 2012 /

Dear Tax Doctor: From reading the recent post, the one about the guy building a compound on Walnut Hill Lane, it seems that you can get a tax break from living on a busy street. Someone else also told me this recently. We want to lower our property tax burden and get a smaller house. I am…