Shelby Skrhak

Shelby Skrhak is executive editor of CandysDirt.com and producer of the Dallas Dirt podcast. She loves covering estate sales and murder homes, not necessarily related. As a lifelong Dallas native, she's been an Eagle, Charger, Wildcat, and a Comet.

Centurion American Developing Villages of Hurricane Creek in Anna Along US 75

By Shelby Skrhak / June 28, 2020 /

Plenty of northern Collin County growth has landed along the Dallas North Tollway in cities like Frisco, Prosper, and Celina, but U.S. 75/Central Expressway is the next hot spot for northern growth. The city of Anna has given the green light to Farmers Branch-based Centurion American to build Hurricane Creek North, a residential development along…

Revel in Wide Open Spaces in This Wylie Home

By Shelby Skrhak / June 27, 2020 /

Here on CandysDirt.com, we cover a lot of Dallas homes on the market, but more and more sources we talk to say the suburbs are where it’s at. Terry Tremaine, 2020 president of MetroTex, the largest Realtor association in North Texas, believes COVID-19 life will send many tried-and-true Dallasites out of denser urban areas and into…

These 2 Sherman Luxury Homes Would Go For Double in Preston Hollow, Easy

By Shelby Skrhak / June 21, 2020 /

We’re hearing the same thing over and over — rural homes and properties with acreage are becoming hot commodities as Dallasites look for more wide open space to live, work, and play. Second homes are flying off the shelves, and many are becoming primary homes. And yes, the next golden area of development is closer…

You Can See Forever From This Lake Lewisville Beauty

By Shelby Skrhak / June 21, 2020 /

Since social distancing doesn’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon, we may as well fully embrace it, right down to our housing choices. So how does 4,303 square feet on 1.1 acres in Sunrise Bay at Lake Lewisville sound right about now, and for well under a million at $749,950? Oh yeah! Now that…

Here’s Your Chance to Get Into Sought-After Park Cities Townhomes

By Shelby Skrhak / June 17, 2020 /

Homes in Park Cities Townhomes don’t become available very often and that’s because they have something that many other Dallas-area townhome communities don’t: an architect behind them. David Dillard of D2 Architecture designed the 1.7 acre gated community of 36 townhomes, including this week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters, at…