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.
Driving past at 25 mph, this University Park home looks like many of the new transitionals you’ll find replacing outdated homes in this neighborhood. But a closer look reveals these are two single family attached homes (duplexes you’d call them back in the day) with deep narrow floor plans full of modern conveniences. Diana Stewart…
Read MoreIf you’re looking for townhome living in Oak Lawn without the shared walls or superfluous stair climbing, you might want to jump on this listing by Phillip Murrell of Compass RE Texas, featured as this week’s High Caliber Home of the Week sponsored by Lisa Peters. Built in 2018 by David Weekley Homes, this three-bedroom,…
Read MoreSerene is how best to describe the lush backyard of the home at 7131 Greentree Lane in White Rock. Located in desirable Green Cove Estates, this four-bedroom, four-bath home with 4,400 square feet is situated on a 0.7 acre lot and listed by Lee Lamont of Coldwell Banker Lakewood/NE Dallas. The homeowners built this backyard…
Read MorePlenty of northern Collin County growth has landed along the Dallas North Tollway in cities like Frisco, Prosper, and Celina, but U.S. 75/Central Expressway is the next hot spot for northern growth. The city of Anna has given the green light to Farmers Branch-based Centurion American to build Hurricane Creek North, a residential development along…
Read MoreHere on CandysDirt.com, we cover a lot of Dallas homes on the market, but more and more sources we talk to say the suburbs are where it’s at. Terry Tremaine, 2020 president of MetroTex, the largest Realtor association in North Texas, believes COVID-19 life will send many tried-and-true Dallasites out of denser urban areas and into…
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