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.

Cozy Up to This Picture-Perfect University Park Family Home on Villanova

By Shelby Skrhak / March 4, 2019 /

Rogers Healy has another great luxury listing for us at 3837 Villanova in University Park that’s walking distance to Preston Center and in the center of all that’s Park Cities. This updated transitional-style home is a roomy 4,214 square-feet with four bedrooms, four bathrooms, and one half-bath. It sits on an oversized 75 x 150-foot lot,…

Austin Waters Estate Among the Beauties in Carrollton

By Shelby Skrhak / March 3, 2019 /

For this week’s Suburb Sunday, we head to Denton County… er, Dallas County. No, Collin County. What county is Carrollton located in? All three, actually. As the 23rd most populous city in Texas, Carrollton is a vibrant town of industry, retail, and residential with a historic downtown that’s booming with a healthy rail-transit system. Come…

A Bent Tree Contemporary That’s Full of Wood and Windows

By Shelby Skrhak / March 2, 2019 /

I want this house. I know all us writers at CandysDirt.com could say that a few times a week, but this home at 5414 Harbor Town Drive in Bent Tree is so crush-worthy that I’m fighting the urge to stop writing and start moving.  A classic contemporary nestled on a half-acre lot, this 4,921-square-foot home…

This Northeast Dallas Contemporary Is Priced to Sell

By Shelby Skrhak / February 28, 2019 /

For this week’s Thursday Three Hundred, we’re in the Woodbridge neighborhood in northeast Dallas for a beautiful 1980-built four-bedroom, three-bath contemporary home listed by Brian Weast of Keller Williams Rockwall. This 2,831-square-foot home located at 12132 Larchgate Drive is listed for $335,000, a pretty tidy savings since it was first listed at $380,000 and great value for other similarly-sized and…

Swapping Pet Tales with Glazers Realty, the First Pet Friendly Brokerage

By Shelby Skrhak / February 25, 2019 /

The agents at Glazers Realtors have long helped home buyers and sellers in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area, but there’s something that really sets them apart: their love for four-legged creatures. It began with founder and animal lover Steven Glazer, who launched the Dallas-area pet-friendly brokerage in 2001. Before making Dallas his home, Steven spent…