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Inspiration, the hilltop master-planned community taking shape south of E-470 at Gartrell, is giving home buyers a whole new way of looking at the Southeast metro area – amazing commuter access into the Meridian/DTC area, and some of the best mountain views in all of Denver. Now David Weekley Homes is getting set to release a tier of ridgeline sites at close to the highest point in the community; and you can scout one out in advance of their opening.
“Inspiration is drawing buyers who wouldn’t have considered anything but Highlands Ranch or Lone Tree,” says Katie Salvatore, who met me on site at Inspiration. We walked the 66 sites that David Weekley is getting set to release – over half of them perfect for day-lit walkout basement levels. The views from some of those take in views from Devil’s Head to the northern Front Range. You can explore those sites today — something that Salvatore says buyers are already doing in advance of David Weekley’s formal opening of pre-sales for Inspiration. She’s already meeting buyers by appointment, who are telling her, “I want that one.” Those sites are 75 to 105 feet wide, some as large as a half-acre. With that kind of showcase and with the easy proximity Inspiration has to the I-25 corridor (my trip from E. Belleview in the DTC via E-470 was 15 minutes), David Weekley is bringing in two special collections of large, luxurious home designs – 2,700 to 3,600 square feet, all with standard 3-car garages (full-wide ones on all but one plan), with options for additional basement finish. Douglas County Schools serve the area from nearby Parker. Many of those new designs will be big-family plans offering spacious entertaining areas and attractive bedroom suite levels, main-floor studies, lofts, and options for main-floor bedroom suites. Also some luxury ranches for buyers wanting single-level living; and no less than three plans with options for ‘living suites’ – multigenerational arrangements that work for when mom and dad (or older kids) come home to live. “We’ve seen quite a bit of interest in that,” Salvatore adds. A plan like the Dunrich ranch will work for that setup: It’ll have no less than 2,992 square feet of main level living space – bigger still if you put it together with a finished basement on one of the sites you can scout today. It can go five-bedrooms-plus-study, along with the 3-car full-side garage; from $635,990. Salvatore will also show you plans for David Weekley’s Botticelli show home starting construction: four bedrooms/3-½ baths, plus study and loft. “This is an opportunity for families to be a part of Inspiration and its location,” says Salvatore. Up to this moment much of the emphasis at Inspiration has been on enclaves restricted to age-55-and-older. “Families haven’t had a lot of options here,” she adds. “In our neighborhood, all ages will be able to enjoy the amenities.” Speaking of pool, you’ll see where the ‘Inspiration Club’ resort-style pool is set to open with private cabanas and covered pavilion, on a hill just beyond David Weekley’s sites; along with trails, soccer field, inline hockey rink, tennis courts and playground already in. To preview Harmony at Inspiration by David Weekley, take E-470 east from I-25, past Parker Road to Gartrell Road; exit and head south a mile to Rockinghorse Parkway (past the age-55-plus areas). At Rockinghorse turn right one block to Eads. David Weekley’s construction trailer is to the left; but the home sites are a right turn on Eads, up the hill.at DenverPostHomes.com