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.

Rare Fully-Detached Townhomes Are What Set Swiss Ave Crossing Apart From Others

By Shelby Skrhak / October 23, 2019 /

The single-most striking fact about the new townhomes going up at Swiss Ave Crossing is that they’re single-family detached homes. Yes, a detached townhome with no shared walls! Centre Living Homes, the custom home builder behind Richardson’s CityLine, Bishop Arts, and the Cedars south of downtown, is halfway complete with the single-family home community called…

The Developer Behind Hip NOVEL Bishop Arts Is Now Leasing NOVEL Deep Ellum

By Shelby Skrhak / October 22, 2019 /

Coming off the success and rave reviews of NOVEL Bishop Arts, developer Crescent Communities is now leasing NOVEL Deep Ellum, a new 7-story living and entertainment complex at 2900 Canton Street near Malcolm X Blvd. The new building that replaces a block-long one-story industrial building will be home to 231 one- and two-bedroom rental apartments…

Among the Largest Suburbs in the Metroplex, Lewisville Has Rich History and Like-New Homes

By Shelby Skrhak / October 20, 2019 /

When the Denton County city of Lewisville was officially incorporated in 1925, the government’s first ordinances regulated medicine shows and set speed limits for automobiles at 18 mph. But it’d already been a bustling town with a gristmill, several cotton gins, and two saloons. With many of its original structures still standing, downtown Lewisville, called…

On Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Fall Open House Tour, Sip in the Luxury of These Million Dollar Homes

By Shelby Skrhak / October 19, 2019 /

Now, this open-house tour takes things to a whole new level. Tomorrow, October 20, Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty is flinging open the doors to almost 200 homes across North Texas — from Fort Worth to Dallas to Southlake to Lakewood. The prices swing, too, from $229,000 to more than $9 million — proof that it’s not just all…

Architect-Designed Travis St. Townhome Has a Backyard Oasis You’ll Never Want to Leave

By Shelby Skrhak / October 19, 2019 /

Imagine enjoying gorgeous weather like this in the backyard oasis at 4021 Travis Street, a two-bedroom 2,271-square-foot contemporary townhome designed by AIA award-winning architect Frank Welch. This 1971-built townhome is nestled in the heart of uptown near the Katy Trail and the West Village in the Schoellkopf Suburban Heights. As stunning as the backyard garden…