Shelby Skrhak

Shelby is Associate Editor of CandysDirt.com, where she writes and produces 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.

Great Home, Great School: Plano Whiffletree Home Full of Custom Touches

By Shelby Skrhak / August 31, 2018 /

Plano’s popular Whiffletree neighborhood has the perfect blend of well-built 1980s and 1990s homes, mature landscaping, and some of the best schools in highly-rated Plano ISD. For our continuing series on great homes located within great school zones, here is a contemporary two-story, nearly 3,700-square-foot, four-bedroom home for $569,000. This home, located at 3617 Snidow Drive,…

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5 Steps to Stop Keeping Score and Start Living Your Life

By Shelby Skrhak / August 24, 2018 /

How do you measure the moments that add up to a day? Consider this thought by Ellen DeGeneres: “I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness – and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day, I’m a human trying to make it through in this world.” We’re all…

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Great Home, Great School: Allen ISD Home Waiting for Your Big Family

By Shelby Skrhak / August 23, 2018 /
Waterford Way

Continuing our series on great homes in great school districts, this north Allen two-story home is spacious, commuter-friendly near Sam Rayburn Tollway and zoned in one of the top-rated elementary schools in the highly-rated Allen school district. It’s up to task to contain a large family, with five bedrooms, four baths, and 4,513 square feet…

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Plano Collinwood House Could Move Next Month to Future Haggard Development

By Shelby Skrhak / August 17, 2018 /

The Plano Collinwood House could move as soon as September to its new preservation spot as the new owners make plans for the 19th century home. And while very preliminary, those plans could include mixed-use development along the Dallas North Tollway with retail, high-density housing, and the Collinwood House as its unique centerpiece, Clint Haggard tells CandysDirt.com.…

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Great Home, Great School: Far North Plano and Frisco ISD for Under $500k

By Shelby Skrhak / August 16, 2018 /

There are two very good reasons why you’d want to purchase a home in this far north Plano neighborhood. No. 1, you’re looking at Plano addresses because you want something a little more established with trees that actually provide shade. And, No. 2, you want your kids to attend one of the best elementary and…

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