Colorado Springs Real Estate Facts & Fun

What a cute house.  From the moment you pull up the appeal begins.

A completely redone home with great attention to detail.  The interior is very well done and offers a quaint living room with french doors out to a side patio and yard.   The open floorplan to the kitchen brings light & bright into every room.

Hardwood floors flow throughout and the arch entry into the kichen, with its beautiful tile floors and brick accents, shows the character found here.  With one bedroom and one bath in 872 square feet with a garage it is a great find for a small home.

The bedroom continues to bring the cottage look & feel to life and has an ajoining office to it.  The completely redone bath includes a tub, shower and vessel sink. 

Incredibly well priced at $148,000 it is an amazing opportunity and will not on the market for long. 

Homes near downtown in Colorado Springs are popular not only because of the location but also because they are, for the most part, older homes that have the orignal character and charm of a unique floor plan, built ins and huge trees in the yard.

This 3 bedroom, 2 bath find is a great house in the East End Addition of Colorado Springs.  Located in the central area of Colorado Springs it offers some hard to find amenities including a large master bedroom and a huge yard.

In addition, the new vinyl windows, stucco exterior, hard wood floors and built ins are some of the great features found in this Colorado Springs home.  The large kitchen offers plenty of room to expand into just about whatever you might want.  Downstairs you will find a family room or "man cave" with a fireplace. 

French doors take you out back to the patio and big yard offering plenty of room for fllowers, gardening and fun.  The garage is accessed off the alley offering ease & flexibility when needed.

Pikes Peak is framed by the living room window.  The main level laundry is a nice feature and also has great storage.  Priced for the market at $229,900.

Tucked in the Southwest area of Colorado Springs with the Front Range mountains behind you and immersed in a pine scented forest (which is actually more of a rarity in the Colorado Springs city limits) there is a gorgeous new home that has changed my mind about good deals being available in a new home.

Quality is apparent as you enter the small community of Bella Collina (about 15 minutes South of the Broadmoor Hotel) with just one cul-de-sac of homes.  Intimate and beautifully set among the pine trees the house is tucked back off the street with a nicely done driveway up to it and plenty of parking.

The builder, High Country Homes, specializes in high end custom homes but perhaps an even better fact to tout is the number of repeat customers they have.  I wonder just how many builders have customers calling saying we loved you so much the first time we want you to build us another home?  

Back to the house.  With 3500 square feet and custom features in every room you will not be disappointed.  Pella Windows, hand troweled and faux painted walls/ceilings, wood beams accent the ceiling in the living room, custom trim work, beechwood plank floors (finished locally in Colorado Springs), granite countertops, wrought iron balusters, knotty pine doors and a 3 car garage.  With these upgrades and 4 bedrooms, 3 baths for $629,900 it is a great find.

From January 2, 1012 through today, the Southwest area of Colorado Springs includes School District 12 (Cheyenne Mountain) February market report to date includes 66 total properties with at least 4 bedrooms, 3 baths and a 3 car garage built in 2001 to date:

                     * 57 Active Listings priced from $439,500 to $3,850,000

                     * 5 Under Contract properties from $415,000 to $1,200,000

                     * 4 Sold properties from $785,000 to $1,600,000

Located on the West side of Colorado Springs and just at the base of Pikes Peak, Manitiou Springs is a must have community for many looking to buy homes in the Pikes Peak region.  Manitou appeals whether the love of the outdoors and access to hiking, biking and climbing is important or being able to walk downtown to restaurants, coffee shops or a local bar.

Sometimes a house comes along that is unusual and full of character, quality and charm.  The following is this and more.  Sitting on just under 1 acre the privacy here is like none other.  With a hacienda look as you drive up and well cared for grounds the appeal starts from the outside and draws you in.

Walking through the front door into the impressive two story entry that is bright, beautiful and richly detailed with trowled walls, tile floors and an impressive staircase windnig up to the upper level.

The kitchen layout and amenities are any cooks dream with plenty of room for entertaining, access to the outdoor patio and built-in bbq grill through french doors, a bar for seating as well as a custom seating area around fireplace.  Wall oven, gas cook top, hickory cabinets, granite countertops and stamped concrete floors are some of the features you will discover in this beautiful Manitou Springs home. 

The bedrooms are all nicely sized and each has a special touch with it.  The master bedroom is a retreat unto itself with not only a sitting area in front of the fireplace but another wing side that is very well laid out for private space or an additional office. 

With all the views in the area the outdoor living options are plentiful with just under an acre of land, private patio, covered deck and the outdoor grill and refrigerator.  An exceptionally rare amenity is the 5 car garage (heated) that is a dream even for HGTV. 

For more information on this home or a specific housing request in the Manitou Springs or Colorado Springs area contact Kelly at 719-226-0126.

Colorado seems to bring with it the desire for mountain livng with the big caveat of being close to, or commutable to, Colorado Springs.  Heading West out of Colorado Springs, the only highway access to the mountains is Highway 24.  Hwy 24 takes you to the quaint mountain town of Woodland Park.  With several "suburbs" in the area, mountain homes can be found for all types of needs.  Well built Colorado homes with privacy, forest and live water are few not only because of the geographic area but also because properties with a creek, stream or pond are rare and highly sought after. 

There are 34 current listings of homes for sale on an acre or more in Woodland Park.  Of these 27 acre active with a median price of $399,900 and a high price of $1,999,950.  Two of the 34 properties are sold and 5 acre under contract.

Woodland Park not only offers access to Colorado Springs but also offers a mountain living environment with gorgeous views of Pikes Peak and the outdoor recreation many are looking for.  From hiking  to trails to fishing in reservoirs and a lot of national forest in the area there is a plethera of fun in the immediate area.  You will also find great restaurants for breakfast, lunch, casual dinner and fine dining.  Businesses in the area support

Mountian homes can be found here on city lots, small acreage, gated communities or ranch living.  The market continues to be active due to demand for mountain homes commutable to Colorado Springs.  Click here for A beaiutiful Woodland Park home on acreage with water.

If you have been looking in Colorao for a house on acreage with water, have  you come to find out that it is not as easy as one would think?

Here is a very unusual find for Colorado property.  A Woodland Park area house (less than 30 minutes to Colorado Springs) that offers a beautiful home on 12 acres of land with a private trout pond and year-round creek running through the property. 

Tucked at the back of a dead-end road the driveway meanders through a forest of trees to the house.  Looking down the valley is the meadow with a small playhouse tucked at the base of a huge pine tree and the trout pond that in the winter, is used for ice skating and ice hockey. 

As you walk in the entry the quality craftsmanship and design immediately present themselves in the warm and inviting living room. Directly off the entry is a main level office with a wall of windows along with the living room and two sided fireplace into the dining room.  The main level master bedroom's crown molding and private master bath suite offer privacy with main level living.

I love the house & property because they are both custom and hard to find.  If you like to entertain (inside and out) the house & acreage are perfect. The kitchen is filled with custom Cherry cabinetry, a center island and Corian and tile counter tops. There is a very nice size mud room leading to the laundry room just off the kitchen for easy access from the garage.  The private deck off the dining room is a great place for BBQ.  Completing the first floor is a laundry room and 1/2 bath.

Downstairs the walk-out basement makes easy access to the outdoors and all windows are above garden level bringing the outside in.  Here you will find three spacious bedrooms one of which is an outstanding office/study.   A second full bath and huge storage room are also located on the lower level.

Additional features include radiant hot water heat, custom woodworking, several copper accents around the house, and a fantastic workshop that is a great find. There is an oversized two car attached garage with workshop. The 12 acres are unique with the creek and pond but there is more.  There are two additional paid water taps available allowing the new owner to build two more mores on the property. 

This house is conveniently located off of Hwy 24 giving great access to not only day to day living amenities but weekend fun for skiing, fishing and hiking as well.

Click the link to see a slide show video tour of University Dr., Woodland Park, CO.