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.

Find Reasons to Smile Gazing Out the Window of This Lakewood Home

By Shelby Skrhak / March 20, 2020 /

Before we reached out to listing agent Marlis Rossetta of David Griffin and Company Realtors about this week’s High Caliber Home of the Week sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, we peeked at the Google Streetview and instantly saw one HUGE selling point. The sharply pitched roof, charming archway door, and board-and-batten wood…

Bella Custom Homes Can Help With Post-Storm Remodel Projects

By Shelby Skrhak / March 17, 2020 /

Drive the Preston Hollow neighborhoods hardest hit by last year’s tornadoes and you’ll still see blue tarps dotting these Dallas roofs. Those blue tarps might as well be symbols for the renovation headaches that homeowners face when getting their rebuild project started. We reached out to one of our CandysDirt Best Builders, Tony Visconti of…

This Dallas/Carrollton Starter Home Flew Off the Market Twice

By Shelby Skrhak / March 17, 2020 /

Here’s proof that buyers are looking for more affordable homes to purchase. This week’s Inwood Home of the Week sponsored by Inwood National Bank is a listing by Bobbie Jo Glover of Compass that attracted a lot of attention both times it was on the market. Now, typically when we write about a home, it’s…

Three Great Richardson Heights Homes Just Popped Onto MLS

By Shelby Skrhak / March 15, 2020 /

These three homes in Richardson Heights all popped onto the MLS Friday within minutes so we’ll take that as a sign that this week’s Suburb Sunday should feature this popular neighborhood that’s long been a favorite here at CandysDirt.com. The west Richardson neighborhood established in 1950 is full of affordable, renovated midcentury homes that are…

Santa Monica With a Pool? It’s Possible on San Mateo

By Shelby Skrhak / March 14, 2020 /

Most homes in the Hollywood Santa Monica neighborhood in East Dallas are tiny Tudors and traditionals that hover around 1,400 square feet, but this 1940-built home on San Mateo Blvd. has 1,803 square feet on a 9,295 square foot lot. And get this, it’s got a pool. Britt Lopez of Paragon Realtors calls this a…