Older buyers planning their retirement moves are getting a much-needed break from the stock market this week… but they’ll also find a break waiting at a 55-and-older community wrapped by an 18-hole Arthur Hills golf course, where you can see a 2,500-foot ranch plan today full basement and 3-car garage included–at a cost-per-foot of $144.
With ranches priced from the low $300s and some 2-bedroom “duos” from $269,900, Heritage at Todd Creek in Thornton has gone through five sales in the past month, during a year when you may imagine yourself having a hard time putting together a retirement purchase.
Some buyers are actually getting a jump on retirement, according to Mike DeNuzzi, sales consultant at Heritage. “Thirty to 40% are still working,” he told me during a tour, followed by lunch at Todd Creek’s own Creekside Grille in the clubhouse. (You can get a 2-for-1 lunch coupon for the Grille for touring today–good now or on a return).
Another surprise: Buyers are from all over — Littleton, Parker, Loveland – not just the northern suburbs. “For an active adult community with golf, we’re pretty much the only game in town,” DeNuzzi added. On the chilly day I visited, foursomes were still out shooting, then gathering for lunch afterward.
The $15 million clubhouse also has tennis, aerobics, club rooms (from karaoke to Texas hold’em), indoor pool, and another outdoors that’s designed as much to lure grandkids as residents. “This is a much better facility for entertaining grandkids,” said Lennar director of sales Jennifer Kimball, adding that Heritage attracts 30% of its buyers from out of state…wanting to move close, but not TOO close, to their kids.
That’s all part of the formula that Lennar had working at Heritage at Eagle Bend near Parker, which closed out this year. “We took everything that was working and applied it here,” Kimball added. Included in that recipe: the course…well equipped clubhouse…and a very low homeowner fee, currently $145/month for everything but golf.
…And reasonable prices on those big ranches. “When they see the models, they love them,” said DeNuzzi, who’ll be joined by Pam Warner and C.W. Vaughn today. On the tour: two ranches that can deliver soon, both on the 1st fairway…each around $50,000 lower than you could have found them last year. (You can ask about a reserved-seat seminar Oct. 24 that covers a buy-out program on your older place, or how to buy on a reverse mortgage). Take I-25 north past 120th, another six miles to Hwy 7, then east 5.5 miles to Yosemite.
WHERE:
Heritage at Todd Creek, active-adult community on Arthur Hills golf course, 2-or-3-bedroom ranches; buy-1-get-1-free coupons for Creekside Grille today (1-per-group, non-residents only). 8585 E. 152nd Lane, Thornton; take I-25 north past 120th, 6 mi. to Hwy 7, head east 5 mi. to Yosemite, and south.
PRICE:
From $205,000 (1 left), duos from $269,900, single ranches from low $3s
WHEN:
Today, 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.
PHONE:
720-685-0873
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