Winter Storm

Upon Closer Inspection: What You Need to Know About Water Damage

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / March 3, 2021 /

Every week, the detail-oriented folks at Green Scene Home Inspections will give CandysDirt.com readers an education in inspection. Want to see what they see? Tune in for “Upon Closer Inspection.” During the past couple of weeks, a lot of homeowners have been dealing with different types of water damage caused by the extreme winter weather in…

Emergency Home Repair Program Available to Low-Income Dallas Residents

By Tommy Cummings / March 1, 2021 /

Help is here for Dallas residents whose homes sustained damage from the recent winter storm. The city’s new Emergency Home Repair Program was approved by the Dallas City Council last week and affected residents can now apply. The program will grant eligible low-income Dallas residents up to $10,000 per household for home repairs associated with…

In Real-Estate Parlance, ‘Location, Location, Location’ Does Matter in Power Outages

By Tommy Cummings / February 18, 2021 /

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, certain neighborhoods have withstood the power outages and kept their lights on. Why? According to an update Wednesday, ONCOR said that customers near critical facilities are one of the reasons that certain neighborhoods might not experience rotating outages but controlled outages. ONCOR said that based on the load reduction required…

Without Power, This Old House Has Made Me a Weather Refugee Again

By Karen Eubank / February 18, 2021 /

In 2019 I wrote a post on why I love my historic neighborhood. This week has made a lot of us realize what we don’t love about them. When I bought my home in 1990, Hollywood Heights had just become a conservation district. I had no idea what that meant for a homeowner, and neither…

Inspecting The Damage: Dealing With The Aftermath of Extreme Winter Weather

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / February 17, 2021 /

Every week, the detail-oriented folks at Green Scene Home Inspections will give CandysDirt.com readers an education in inspection. Want to see what they see? Tune in for “Upon Closer Inspection.” Well, we never thought we’d see the day, but Snowpocalyse 2021 is here, and now that we’ve all made the requisite jokes about Texans in winter…