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.

Contemporary Lake Highlands Patio Home Shines for This Week’s Tuesday 200

By Shelby Skrhak / June 4, 2019 /

For this week’s Tuesday Two Hundred, we found this Lake Highlands patio home at 9646 Baseline Drive that’s a great lock-and-leave option for downsizers and frequent travelers, listed for $265,000 by Mitchell Sanders of Robert Elliott and Associates.

There Are Nice Homes and a Nice Life in Relatively New Northlake

By Shelby Skrhak / June 2, 2019 /

In a Metroplex with cities such as Southlake and Westlake, doesn’t it make sense to have Northlake? But as north Texas cities go, this Denton County town along I-35W is relatively new. It was incorporated in 1960, but by 1970, Northlake still only had 20 residents. The building of Alliance Airport a few miles to the…

See This Remodeled Lake Highlands Home That’s Almost 4K Sq Feet of Stunning

By Shelby Skrhak / June 1, 2019 /

Kelsey Faires of Rogers Healy and Associates gave us the heads up to this newly remodeled two-story Lake Highlands home with nearly 4,000 square feet of contemporary style for $869,000. The 1964-built home with five bedrooms, four and half-baths, and 3,965 square feet was taken down to the studs for this complete remodel that includes…

Walk to Dinner and Drinks From This West Plano Home for Only $315K

By Shelby Skrhak / May 30, 2019 /

Russell Rhodes of Berkshire Hathaway PenFed Realty Texas has listed this 1985-built, completely updated home near Park and Preston in Plano for only $315,000. The 1,878-square-foot home at 4561 Early Morn Drive has three bedrooms, two baths, and is located in highly-rated Plano schools with walkable retail. This home is located in my first neighborhood as…

Here Are Three Fun Facts About Mesquite and Three Homes to Match

By Shelby Skrhak / May 26, 2019 /

Hey, here are three fun facts about Mesquite: One that you knew, one you probably didn’t know, and one you definitely didn’t know. First the obvious fact, State Legislature designated Mesquite as the Rodeo Capital of Texas. A lesser-known fact, Big Town Mall was the first air-conditioned shopping mall in the U.S. And fact three…