When Erin and Bob Moser launched married life a decade ago in Wash Park, they noticed their neighborhood wasn’t delivering an ‘intangible something’ that they had hoped to find in an urban community: tighter relationships with neighbors. So with their first-born in the car seat, they set off looking for something better…and today you can come see what they found.
The Mosers, who now have three boys roaming on bikes and trikes through Heritage Hills in Lone Tree, are so ensconced in the neighborhood that last year they sold their first Heritage Hills home to buy a larger, newly completed custom home down the street.
“We’re willing to pay a premium to be in a neighborhood where people look out for each other,” says Bob Moser, a vice president at Oppenheimer Investment Management. “You don’t get that in Wash Park.” Seven of the couple’s closest friends today, Erin Moser notes, just happen to live in Heritage Hills…close enough that they’ve carried out weekenders in the mountains together, even a California getaway.
You’ll get a feel for that today when Craig Penn with Heritage Marketing (he’ll have the coffee on in his show home) points out some new custom homes…including three that have limited-time mark-downs, as much as $200,000 off. They’re priced from $999,000, all located near a footbridge to parks and a Douglas County elementary school.
You’ll see the security gate that Moser says had something to do with creating the “everybody’s friendly” atmosphere. …Also the trail system, the very popular community pools, Lone Tree Light Rail Station for heading to ballgames and performing arts, and nearby Park Meadows and its 40 restaurants, favored by residents for nights out.
All of this, Penn adds, has helped Heritage Hills buck the down market…garnering 10% of Douglas County sales in the million-plus range in 2009, 50% in the closer-in areas that are minutes from DTC and Inverness. Last year, he adds, values actually increased by 9% here; and four new custom homes have sold since Thanksgiving.
You might also find a neighbor to tell you about the social scene: guys’ golf groups, ‘Women Who Wine’ evening get-togethers, and lots of kids’ events. How tough is it to move down I-25 after living in a hip area like Wash Park? “It was like a bridge for us,” Moser recalls. “I wasn’t willing to shut down and live at ChuckE Cheese; but we needed a better lifestyle fit.”
From Lincoln Avenue west of I-25 take a right on Heritage Hills Circle.
If you go…
WHERE:
Heritage Hills, 4-and 5-bedroom custom homes, some price-reduced as much as $200,000, coffee today. 9680 S. Shadow Hills Circ., Lone Tree; take I-25 south past 470 to Lincoln Ave. exit, west 1/3-mile to Heritage Hills Circ., right turn to Heritage Hills Pkwy thru gate, follow signs
PRICE:
From the high $900s
WHEN:
Today and Sunday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
PHONE:
303-706-0466
