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.

Splurge Versus Steal in Richardson: Fixer Upper or Fixed Up?

By Shelby Skrhak / February 27, 2022 /

This week’s Splurge vs. Steal takes us to Richardson, where you’ll find two great properties for sale. One is updated and move-in ready and the other is a real fixer-upper. So, which would you choose — the open concept Splurge or the fixer-upper Steal? The Steal Address: 13 Grant Circle, Richardson I love a home…

Fall in Love With This Shorecrest Beauty

By Shelby Skrhak / February 25, 2022 /

This week’s Inwood Home of the Week, sponsored by Inwood National Bank, takes us to Lakemont Drive in the ever-popular Shorecrest neighborhood of Dallas. This lovely neighborhood of 1950s-built homes is nestled in the shadow of Bluffview near Love Field, where large lots, beautifully mature trees and landscaping, and natural amenities are the norm. Bachman…

Hop to This Allen Home That’s Popular on Zillow

By Shelby Skrhak / February 18, 2022 /

This week’s Inwood Home of the Week, sponsored by Inwood National Bank, takes us to Allen — somewhere we don’t visit all that often here on CandysDirt.com. I know of Collin County cities, Plano gets a lot of the attention for its corporate headquarter corridor and Celina mades headlines for its jaw-dropping population growth, but…

Live High on the Hill of Kessler Park’s Evergreen Hills Road

By Shelby Skrhak / February 16, 2022 /

Never has a street name been so perfectly descriptive. This week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans takes us to one of Kessler Park’s most iconic streets — Evergreen Hills Drive. A spattering of towering evergreens marks their territory along the hilly and winding streets of this…

The Sweetest Junius Heights Home Has a Sweet History

By Shelby Skrhak / February 16, 2022 /

The Sweetest Home should accompany the sweetest history behind it. This unique home, nominated by listing agent Bess Dickson of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty and voted one of 2021’s The Sweetest by the editors of CandysDirt.com, certainly fits the bill. In the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s, this beautiful little Mission Revival was home to…