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Want to find out what’s the best location for a luxury home in the Denver area? Coldwell Banker DTC agent Louie Lee suggests the way to do that is to ask somebody relocating here from out of state: “They have no preconceptions, and they end up comparing everything in town,” Lee says. “They’ll practically always tell me that Castle Pines Village is the best they see.”
Tomorrow, 1-to-4 p.m., Lee and his team will let you have that experience, letting you behind the security gates to tour ten homes in the master-planned community that wraps the famous Castle Pines International golf course – with views of the ranges southwest that are probably the best from the entire city. But Lee – he’s Coldwell Banker’s top-selling Douglas County agent – says what people like about Castle Pines Village these days has less to do with golf – more with the 24/7 security and the family orientation of its tennis and lavish amenities. Why so many homes on view? “Douglas County has become the sixth highest-median income county in the nation, but its luxury homes are a bargain now,” Lee says. “That’s doubly true in Castle Pines Village, which doesn’t get the visibility that other south Denver areas do,” Lee notes. Marketing dollars flow toward areas where builders have lots of new homes; but Castle Pines Village – seven minutes down I-25 from Park Meadows – is a virtual unknown now, even to many agents. Lee, who’s lived in Castle Pines Village 20 years and hosts tours for Realtors, says agents gaze out at the amazing view from The Country Club at Castle Pines, and say, “I honestly had no idea this was here.”The ten homes on the tour run from the $700,000s (for two family-sized residences) to the $1 million and $2 million range, for a few backing to either the Country Club or the International Course. Among the highest at $2.645 million is one on a pine-shrouded site right on Hole 5 of the view-swept Country Club course. “It feels like a private reserve,” Lee says. You’ll see a ranch on the Country Club course at $1.440 million, and two on the famous International course, priced at $1.454 and $1.599 million. And you’ll get inside an executive’s dream home with a full conference suite, great views of Pikes Peak, huge man cave, and a ‘Harley’ garage to show off a motorcycle collection. What you WON’T see, says Lee, is a location that’s too far from the south I-25 business corridor. “I spend lots of time dispelling myths,” says Lee – who is into his office at Belleview and I-25 within 15 to 25 minutes in the morning, and has a 40 minute drive to DIA – good or better than most of his colleagues have. Meanwhile, Castle Pines Village has evolved into a younger community, where families find a safe environment for kids to play and explore. “There are probably 900 kids in Castle Pines now,” he adds. “My kids ride their bikes to friends’ houses, and we never worry about them. Basically, they get the same kind of safe environment that I had as a kid, 40 years ago.” They also get top-rated Douglas County schools, Castle Pines’ Canyon and Summit Clubs with resort-like pools and a hugely popular tennis scene, and two country clubs (Country Club of Castle Pines is famously limited to 395 members, but golf memberships are available now from under $30,000). Homes are open 1-4 p.m. Saturday: Take I-25 south to Exit 187, Happy Canyon Road, turn west 2 miles (past the first roundabout) to Country Club Pkwy, and right to Gate 3 for a map. WHERE: Open house of 10 homes in Castle Pines Village, gated community surrounding two championship golf courses; world-class tennis; drawing for $200 Park Meadows gift card for visiting four homes. Happy Canyon Road, Castle Rock; from 470 take I-25 south 7 mi. to Happy Canyon, Exit 187; turn right, follow Happy Canyon 2 miles (past first roundabout) to Country Club Pkwy., turn right to Gate 3 for map PRICE: $749,000 to $2.777 million
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