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In the countryside of north Westminster, Huntington Trails has everything needed to lure buyers to new homes…big home sites, large trail corridors leading to lakes…new shopping and dining nearby, and top rated Legacy High School, a mile away. But to actually SELL a luxury home in this market, including getting buyers to put their older place up for sale, builders have to do better than that — something D.R. Horton (six luxury sales since April 1) will show you at their ‘Chamonix’ ranch model at Huntington Trails, west of Huron on 144th.
Adrienne Cannon is one of those buyers that could easily have waited. She had a nice, decade-old house in Rock Creek, but was ready for a nicer setting and newer features. “I was either going to buy, or stay in my home and drop a bunch of money into the kitchen, which would have made it overpriced for the neighborhood,” she recalls.
D.R. Horton’s Brian Schroeder and Trina Kloss showed her a choice of luxury ranch plans with standard 3-car garage, each of them offering a trademark ‘7-Diamond Kitchen’ – absolutely radiating pizzazz with a 36-inch recessed gas cooktop, decorator hood, counter-depth GE Profile fridge, double oven, tile backsplashes, wine cooler, cabinets with bump-ups, and self-closing drawers with glides. “Buyers tell us they’re nicer than what they see in custom builders’ million dollar homes in Huntington Trails,” says Schroeder.
Cannon liked the setting – right around the corner from Orchard Town center with Rock Bottom, Happy Sumo and other dining; close enough to her job site on 120th Avenue’s high-tech corridor that she could bike to work – but she needed to see more. (Her August move will be her seventh, four of them new homes, so she has lots of experience working with builders). “I’ve never been as impressed,” Cannon said. “They seem genuinely interested.” To test the point, she talked with D.R. Horton about the 2,482-foot ‘Delaware’ ranch plan and whether she could get a reading room designed near the entry (they made it happen using space from an optional 4th-car garage bay). “The other thing that sets them apart was when I went to design center; I’ve never been offered so many choices,” Cannon added. “It almost felt like building a custom home.”
You can tour the Chamonix and see other large ranch and family-sized plans, all with the 7-Diamond Kitchen and a new option for a ‘7-Diamond Spa Bath, at prices way below the custom homes that surround them, from $428,950, one ranch ready soon at $516,798. Take 144th west from I-25 one mile, past Huron, to Huntington Trails Parkway, then south to 142nd Circle.
If you go…
WHERE: Huntington Trails by D.R. Horton, 3-to-5 bedroom homes on avg. 10,000-sq. ft. lots; 4 ranch plans, standard 3-car garage; brownies, lemon cakes & coffee today. 14265 N. Lipan St., Westminster; from I-25 exit 144th Ave., west 1 mile, past Huron, to Huntington Trails Pkwy; left (south) to W. 142nd Circle, then east..
PRICE: From $428,950; 4-bedroom-plus-study, 4-car garage $562,796
WHEN: Today 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.; Sunday noon to 6 p.m.
PHONE: 720-287-3970
WEB: DRHortonColorado.com
Mark Samuelson is president of Samuelson & Associates, a homebuilding/real estate communications firm. You can e-mail him at mark@samuelsonassoc.com.
