Whatever residents in the town of Columbine Valley thought about the idea of tearing down their dated country club and rebuilding it, they have to like how things have turned out. Since completion of the 45,000-square-foot project, club membership has leapt, and scrape values for 1960s ranches inside the club are cresting at around a million dollars, as new arrivals build custom homes in the $2.5 to $3 million range.
Debbie West with Re/Max Professionals, a Columbine resident, will save you the trouble of doing that, and some dollars too, as she shows a four-bedrooom, six-bath Tuscan-styled custom ranch built in 2008, Sunday, March 25, noon until 3 p.m.
The price of 15 Niblick Lane in Columbine Country Club is $1.975 million, with views from its soaring great room and master across the club’s No. 2, 3 and 4 fairways that hosted Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus for the 1967 PGA Invitational.
“You couldn’t create this now for less than $2.5 million,” said West, while pointing to a comparably sized custom ranch just east of the property that went on the market last month at $2.65 million and sold within weeks.
All the reasons buyers prefer new spaces to ones built 50 years ago are captured in this — a gourmet kitchen with Wolf six-burner-plus-grill gas range, fridge in cabinet livery, and huge pantry with wine cooler; an attractive finished basement with guest suite; and a large owner entry area and laundry room off the three-car-plus-fourth-bay garage.
West, who will have cookies out, will tell you all about the lifestyle that sets Columbine Country Club apart — the town parade and fireworks on the course; the area along the Platte River where residents picnic while listening in on concerts at Hudson Gardens across the water; and the walkable trek into downtown Littleton’s dining scene, with ViewHouse, The Tavern, and Smokin Fins, via a trail bridge over the river.
To reach, from downtown Littleton head west across Santa Fe on West Bowles, less than a mile to a left onto Middlefield Road, and head south on Middlefield a half mile to Niblick. And during your visit, take a drive a half mile south to see the clubhouse.
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