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.

Prestonwood Estates Contemporary Offers the Best of Dallas with RISD Schools

By Shelby Skrhak / June 22, 2019 /

Simone Jeanes of Allie Beth Allman and Associates has listed this 4,099-square-foot contemporary at 16011 Ranchita Drive in Prestonwood Estates for $799,000, recently dropped $26,000 in price. This four-bedroom, four-bath home in popular Bent Tree is a modern entertainer’s dream, centrally located in a FABulous Dallas neighborhood with Richardson schools.

5 Great Reasons to Call Enchanted Hill Home

By Shelby Skrhak / June 21, 2019 /

Enchanted Hill, located within the master-planned community of Castle Hills in Lewisville, is a guard-gated enclave of estate homes with a 24-hour attendant surrounded by the lush fairways of The Lakes at Castle Hills private country club and golf course. Custom home sites in Enchanted Hill are available from the $300s with custom homes from…

Fitzhugh Townhome Has All the Benefits of Homeownership With Prime Location

By Shelby Skrhak / June 20, 2019 /

If you’re tired of paying East Village rent, maybe it’s time to consider an East Village mortgage with ridiculously low HOA dues and all the benefits of homeownership. This fab two-story, three-bedroom townhome at 2206 Apollonia Lane has 1,910 square feet with a two car garage, HOA-covered lawn maintenance, and tons of room to entertain.…

Contemporary Doesn’t Have to Be Cold, Says Architect Enrique Montenegro

By Shelby Skrhak / June 17, 2019 /

When some people think of contemporary homes, they think of a stark white box with a white interior — perhaps like the Rachofsky Residence by Richard Meier in Preston Hollow – essentially an art-museum-house-hybrid. Enrique Montenegro, a principal at SHM Architects, says contemporary is really anything that’s not traditional in architecture, but it’s not necessarily…

Princeton Is Home to Competition Ski Lake Homes, A Tiny House, and Country Living

By Shelby Skrhak / June 16, 2019 /

You gotta love the variety. Something I love about writing Suburb Sunday every week is finding hidden gems throughout the Metroplex and learning something new. For example, I’ve learned the Mesquite’s Big Town Mall was the first air-conditioned mall in the country. Grand Prairie was a booming aviation community during World War II. Last week…