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.

Before the Bulldozer, Former Tenants Goodbye to Lake Highlands Village

By Shelby Skrhak / May 6, 2022 /

Lake Highlands residents are sentimental about their beloved landmarks.

Big City in the Country: This Modern Farmhouse Hits the Mark

By Shelby Skrhak / April 30, 2022 /

If you didn’t see that verdant, roaming landscape in this photo’s background, you might swear this modern farmhouse — the style du jour — was located in Preston Hollow. But this 5,865-square-foot home is located on 1.78 sprawling acres in the Rockwall County city of Heath. Heath is a community of more than 8,100 residents…

What’s The Secret Sauce For a Perfect Lake Home Community? At Long Cove, It’s Amenities

By Shelby Skrhak / April 28, 2022 /

Long Cove, the 1,200-acre luxury lake community at Cedar Creek Lake, is right where you want to be.

Sandwiched Between Dallas Country Club and SMU, This University Park Home Is All About Location

By Shelby Skrhak / April 23, 2022 /

Driving down Granada Avenue in University Park, you can’t help but notice the cornucopia of types and styles of homes. There are single-family one-stories from the ’50s, townhomes, duplexes, and quadplexes from the ’70s and ’80s, some Mansard styles, ’00s transitionals, and ultra-modern homes built in recent years — all within two noncongruous blocks that…

Go Green: Elephant Trunk Moving Supplies Provides a Reusable Alternative to Moving Boxes

By Shelby Skrhak / April 22, 2022 /

This Earth Day, try thinking outside the cardboard box for moving supplies. That’s what John and Mollie Hancock, a former middle school teacher and Ebby Halliday real estate agent respectively, did when they founded Elephant Trunk Moving Supplies in 2015 from their Plano home. Together with their daughter Chloe Hancock, who is also an agent…