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While the aspens turn today, Gary and Beth Melling will be sitting pretty – taking in that splendor from a custom low-maintenance home that’s 40 minutes from downtown, and three minutes from the action in Central City in Blackhawk. It has over 4,000 finished square feet, family room and kitchen/morning area divided by a see-thru fireplace, guest suites for both the kids and grandkids, and a 4-car garage sized for anything you’ve got, plus an ATV.
The Mellings are letting you see that ‘Mt. Massive’ home today at Prospectors Run, up the street from Central City Opera House. Denver’s faster-paced housing market is reaching west into the hills; and Prospectors Run has sold totally out of its inventory of resort styled townhomes, including its designer model that won a ‘Design Challenge award at last month’s Parade of Homes. That, says marketing director Rita Lee, gives you chance to tour a resident’s own home, while seeing the low-maintenance features, and how this would shorten your ski commute. You’ll also get Nathan’s hot dogs for the family, along with a credit for $5 on the tables at Johnny Z’s, and a free Starbucks or ice cream there. Meanwhile, this isn’t just any home. “It’s 100 percent custom,” said Beth Melling, showing off a sprawling kitchen-dining area looking back into the aspens, where Steller’s jays were flitting bright blue through the forest. A step-down to the family room, Gary relaxes while tracking five NFL games at the same time (the home has 11 flat screens); beside a butler’s pantry redone as an inviting bar (the Mellings don’t imbibe, but this is going to look good to anyone who does). You’ll see a wide-open master with luxury-sized closet and bath with 3-head rain shower; and a grand guest suite that Beth gives to the grandkids, whom she takes on ATV expeditions to Central City’s resident-only trout pond. The Mt. Massive – priced from $505,000, so large that Prospectors Run builder Bob Patterson designed it for two side-by-side home sites – is exactly the way to look at what Prospectors Run has to offer now: only four remaining lots in Phase II, far enough from delivery that you could take time in custom-designing a place around your own needs – even an elevator, if you want. Prospectors Run has other plans from as low as $219,500, with deliveries next spring. You can tour the home, explore around Central City’s historic mountain back roads, and run by Johnny Z’s and the other attractions in town. From I-70 take Central City Parkway through Central City (Spring St.) to Eureka, turn left, watch for yellow signs. PRICE: Special open house of super-sized ‘Mt. Massive’ townhome plan at Prospectors Run, Central City, Nathan’s Hot Dogs, Starbucks coffee/ice cream card plus $5 good at Johnny Z’s Casino. Take I-70 west to Exit 243 (before Idaho Springs), Central City Pkwy 8 mi. to Central City; continue thru on Spring St. to Eureka, watch for yellow signs. PRICE: From $219,500, ‘Mt. Massive’ plan from $505,000 WHEN: Open house & hot dogs today,11 a.m.-5 p.m.
