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The aging baby boomers that are gravitating to Verona’s low-maintenance lifestyle in Highlands Ranch are easily the pickiest of any segment of home buyers – visiting tons of communities before choosing. But they’re reaching for this Italianate village on the Highline Canal in such numbers that Verona logged 32 townhome sales, plus another 20 condos, in the past year and a half, and is set to open sales on two more phases of luxury condos this weekend – one of them overlooking the canal.

“People are taking advantage of our willingness to customize,” says developer Greg Fulton, who’s keeping one buyer happy by adding a second-floor guest suite to a plan, and another by working in a private elevator. “When they find out that we’ll do it, they want it done.”

Bill Loyd and his wife Sharon looked for a year at various options to downsize from their place in Ken-Caryl Valley – checked out the large-scale 55-and-older areas north of town; even looked at places out of state. But once they found Verona, they quickly locked in on a home.

“We wanted to have good access to downtown cultural attractions and restaurants,” said Loyd said, who was taking in some early spring sunshine with some neighbors on a veranda patio at Verona.

“What hit us was the detail, the quality,” Loyd added. “We even moved some walls. They couldn’t have been nicer.”

Those two new releases are of ranch-style Manors condos (1,240 to 1,650 square feet, all elevator-served, with a hotel-like feel in the common areas and with oversized 2-car garages that have room for bikes and workshops. They start in the low $300s; and a little higher for the second building, where some residents will get views over the Highline trail to McLellan Reservoir beyond – views that are prized by current residents.

“We had a lagoon in back of our place in Florida,” recalls Jo Ann Feder, who found Verona’s location near the lake one day last July, and came back and bought it the next day. “It looks straight to the water.”

Verona’s Mark Lifpitz and Sue Camara will show you that future condo site, along with furnished models you can tour. You’ll also get a chance to see the village-like ambiance Fulton’s team has diligently created (“You can really get the sense of it now,” he says); and maybe get to talk with Verona residents about something else they all agree is a dividend: the contacts with neighbors.

“Meeting our neighbors has been super,” says Loyd, who enjoys the informal gatherings that are coming about. “These are interesting people,” adds Fulton, returning from signing a deal with a rocket scientist.

Residents are also getting the word on the likelihood that they’ve already made money since purchasing. (When one put their townhome on the market this spring after having to move back east, they reported netting around $50,000 over purchase price.) And residents are seeing other dividends from energy efficiency of Verona’s homes. “Some were paying $400 a month (for energy) at their old places,” Fulton adds. “We’re hearing from buyers who say they’re now at $75.” Savings like that, he adds, go a long way toward compensating for HOA dues – something that’s the unfamiliar corollary to the low maintenance and lock-n-leave lifestyle that a 55-and-older enclave offers.

In addition to the new release of condos, you can see one townhome still available (2,725 feet backing to the Highline at $598,900), and you can ask about Verona’s next release of 18 Villa townhomes later this year – some of the last that will be built, from the mid-$400s.

To visit (refreshments tomorrow) take 470 to Lucent, then north to County Line, and left a half mile.

WHERE: The Villas & The Manors at Verona, two more luxury condo buildings being released this weekend, 55-and-older luxury low-maintenance enclave on Highline Canal in Highlands Ranch; 7 furnished models; 3 condos for fall delivery; snacks today, Sat. & Sun. 2429 Primo Rd, Highlands Ranch; from I-25 take C-470 west 7.5 mi. to Lucent Blvd, turn right to County Line, then left, 陆 mi.

PRICE: From low $300s

WHEN: Today, Saturday & Sunday,
10 a.m. until 6 p.m.

PHONE: 720-524-6674

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Mark Samuelson writes on real estate and business; you can email him at mark@samuelsonassoc.com.
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