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When D.R. Horton’s Scott Herring moved to Erie 20 years ago, it was a sleepy bedroom community. Now it has some of Boulder County’s newest schools, a super-popular recreation center, and new homes that will look particularly good to anyone who is tracking size vs. price.
D.R. Horton’s two model homes at Sunwest North in Erie – one of them a roomy ranch, the other a big-family value home – have been finished only two months, but 13 families have already contracted to buy here – some of them who will commute to work down I-25 to Westminster or downtown; others coming from Boulder and its tech campuses, who’ll be only nine or ten miles from work. Meanwhile, anybody used to Boulder County housing prices will be amazed by what D.R. Horton delivers in its new Lennox 2-story – around 4,100 square feet of finished space base-priced from only $427,950. It delivers five bedrooms, one of them on the main floor, four baths, plus a loft and 3-car garage; Herring can show you an option for finished basement space that will take it to over 6,000 square feet. Making that size-value even more impressive, Herring says, is St. Vrain’s Red Hawk Elementary School, with a popular ‘core-knowledge’ program, a short walk from the neighborhood. “You’re getting more bang for your buck in Erie today,” he says. “We find that many buyers are now specifically choosing Erie for the schools.” The Lennox is already the number-one seller at Sunwest North – while a 1,782-square-foot Prairie ranch is the other – also on view today. “It’s not just attracting empty-nesters,” Herring notes. “This is a home that can also accommodate families with older kids, with a main-floor suite for one, and a really nice guest suite for the other.” You’re also going to see larger lots – some to 17,000 square feet, along with a few homes that could deliver soon – including a 4-bedroom/3-bath ‘Frontier’ with a 3-car tandem garage, fireplace rounded corners, maple cabinets, slab granite kitchen counters with a gas cooktop, and full-yard landscaping with fence and irrigation, priced at only $396,595. Sunwest North is just one of 11 communities where D.R. Horton is offering the added size and value of finished basement space, with more communities opening soon. Take I-25 north past 470 to Exit 229/ Hwy 7; head west to County Line Rd., north to Erie Pkwy, west to Meller, turn right to models. Or from Boulder head east on Valmont 5 mi. to 95th; bear right to Isabelle, then left 2 mi. (becomes Erie Pkwy) . WHERE: Sunwest by D.R. Horton, newly opened models including a ranch, short walk to a St. Vrain elementary school in Boulder County; big-family value home; homes for move-in 30-60 days; finished basements available. 1004 Stanley Court, Erie; take I-25 north past 470 to Exit 229/ Hwy 7; head west to County Line Rd., north to Erie Pkwy, west to Meller, turn right to models. Or from Boulder head east on Valmont 5 mi. to 95th; bear right to Isabelle, then left 2 mi. (becomes Erie Pkwy)
