Getting your player ready...
There’ll be other years and other mountains…but if you want to be skiing with the family THIS year from a large, good-looking single-family cabin perched a few hundred yards above the lifts at Granby Ranch, there are three chances left that you need to see this weekend.
“How great is this?” asks Sheila Bailey with Village Homes, showing off the view of Granby Ranch’s base area from the large deck of one of those three cabin-styled ranches. Bailey has already sold seven of these first ten ski-in/ski-out homes in Village’s Tall Timbers neighborhood – and Village has more sites coming on line for homes next year; but not for this ski season. “We anticipate having these sold and closed by the time the snow flies,” Bailey says. If you’re looking to create this kind of four-season family retreat 90 minutes from Denver, that’s not only a matter of time, but money, too, she adds. “We already know that the lot premiums on the next release are going to be higher.” Village’s sharp-looking cabins at Granby Ranch are already the fastest-selling new home product in all of Grand County, for four years running. You’ll tour a furnished model in Village’s Fairways neighborhood, down the hill from the family-friendly ski mountain, beside 18-hole Granby Ranch course; and then see each of the three ski-in/out homes. They’re priced from $592,951; that’s the price of one that can be ready in time to watch the aspens turn in the forest below. Like the other two, that home is a walkout ranch with four bedrooms including a 5-piece master suite, showing a wide-open great room/dining/kitchen with a rustic stone fireplace setting, engineered wood floors, granite tops and Travertine backsplash, all set beneath high ceilings that allow lodge-style windows and a large second story loft. Its lower price reflects that it’s the furthest of the three from the slopes – a little tougher to get in and out without a little pushing and skating. Meanwhile, $640,800 gets you a highly customized walkout ranch further west that’s right off the mountain’s Ballroom slope leading into Granby Ranch’s main Quick Draw lift, beside the lodge and all of the amenities. In addition to kitchen granite, it has upgraded wood-plank-style tile floors, barn-red custom cabinets in country-lathed finishes, oil-brushed spindle staircase to the loft, and a luxury master with oversized sexy shower. All three homes include 2-car attached garages, day-lighted walkout levels that provide extra bedrooms/bunkrooms for visiting cousins, and a gear room for skis and bikes. That will come in extra handy with a location that’s a perfect complement to Granby Ranch’s year-round amenities waiting down below, including the updated lodge and its private residents’ bar and lounge, a newly completed Grange 4-season pool and spa, popular Granby Ranch Grill, the golf course, summer biking trails, and a private fishing reserve below on the Fraser River, all packaged for residents along with their HOA membership. If you have a preference for the summer golf scene, Bailey can show you a few remaining 4-to-5-bedroom homes Village has in The Fairways, from $489,000.Follow Mark Samuelson on Twitter:
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