Southern style Homes in Dallas

Southern style:

The Southern style home is popular in Dallas for obvious reasons. It was developed to ease the hot and humid Southern climate. These homes usually include design elements that take meant to facilitate natural air flow to allow for the breeze to flow throughout the house. Hence the predominance of elevated living levels, wrap around porches and large shutters to keep out the sun.

Mediterranean style

Dallas is in the midst of the McMansion trend sweeping the nation. Many of these homes are in the grand Mediterranean style, and in Texas, this means these are some pretty sizeable houses!

Traditionally these homes have a focus on outdoor spaces, such as patios, courtyards, and verandas to allow for cooling breezes to move through the home. Given the size of many of these homes in the Dallas area today, cooling responsibilities are taken over by high-powered air conditioning systems, but even the Dallas McMansion in the Mediterranean style still incorporates various outdoor spaces.

When it comes to home styles, Dallas is representative of the main styles of the Southwest. Even as new development increases throughout the Dallas area, these classic home styles prevail, and we think that’s the way it should be in the Big D!