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.

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…

Let There Be Light Like These 3 Fabulous Homes

By Shelby Skrhak / June 14, 2020 /

Address: 921 Evergreen Drive in Prosper 6 bedrooms, 6 baths4,768 square feet$935,000 The fixtures in this house! Starting with the dining room, this pair of small cylinder chandeliers have a beautiful diffusing effect that adds contemporary drama and filtered light to the space. Then head into the kitchen and find this pair of pendant lights…