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If you have a 3-car garage, you can haul your 16-foot Bass Tracker up to pretty Carter Lake today, 13 miles west of Johnstown, Colo. If you DON’T have a 3-car garage, you can drive up to Johnstown, where Ryland Homes will show you an uncommonly inexpensive way to get one — a price so appealing that Ryland routinely gets families to move here, even if they work in Broomfield or downtown Denver.
Come see Ryland’s Pioneer Ridge in Johnstown today, 30 miles up I-25 from 120th Avenue, and Ryland will show you a mix of ranch and family-sized 2-stories from as low as $210,490, all with options for a 3-car garage, in a beautifully groomed neighborhood that has lot sizes averaging 9,000 square feet – a few of them triple the size of what you may be seeing in Denver area neighborhoods. They’re served by two city parks and by Pioneer Ridge Elementary School, 8-for-10 stars at GreatSchools.net…so popular that Ryland’s Ana Groulx says that some families move there just to get the school.
Johnstown and its pretty main street Parish Avenue with local shops and newer restaurants, is one of two small-town communities where Ryland offers more size for the dollar in northern Colorado. Another 17 miles up the freeway near Fort Collins, you can tour Timnath Ranch, where walk-to Bethke Elementary rates 10-for-10 stars…and Ryland’s prices are from just $229,990.
Ryland has built 900 homes in Johnstown…and is getting sales there now despite the national economy. In one report surrounding Weld County had the highest job growth in Colorado in 2010, anchored also by employers in Loveland and Fort Collins – but numbers of those buyers (two more bought at Pioneer Ridge this past week) are coming from Denver suburbs to get the lot sizes and low-price-per-foot they can’t find further south.
Groulx will show you a Chardonnay ranch with 3-car garage, 1,814 feet plus a full basement with daylight garden-level windows, priced at $265,000 — 9,500-square foot lot included. “People have already done their homework on the size-value when they walk in the door here,” she adds. “What they’re surprised by is the feel of the lifestyle, where you have room to store all of the outdoor toys, and great access to the mountains to use them.”
To reach Ryland at Pioneer Ridge from 120th Ave. take I-25 north 30 miles to the Johnstown-Milliken exit, then east 4 mi. into Johnstown to Parish Ave/C.R. 17 and south two miles. For Timnath Ranch take I-25 to Exit 265, Harmony Rd., then east 2 miles to Club Drive and right.
If you go…
WHERE: 3-&-4 bed homes, 3-car garage option, 1,747-3,568 sq. ft.; ranch plans; coffee & cookies. 130 Saxony Rd., Johnstown; from 120th Ave. take I-25 north 20 mi. to Platteville/Longmont exit, Hwy 66; east 3.5 mi. to Rd. 17, north 6 mi. to Cinnamon Teal. For Timnath Ranch take I-25 north to Exit 265, Harmony Rd., east 2 mi. to Club Dr. and right.
PRICE: From $210,490; Timnath Ranch from $230s
WHEN: Today, noon until 6 p.m.; Labor Day 12-4, daily 10-6
PHONE: 970-587-4214; Timnath 970-482-1842 WEB: Ryland.com
