No employment area of metro Denver creates a more pressing need for reasonably priced homes than does Boulder County, with a huge employment base, and where the average resale house sold for over $658,000 last month.
Meritage Homes has a special promotion running Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 26-27, that cuts the price of homes ready for move-in, and two of those neighborhoods are within very easy commuting range of Boulder and the U.S. 36/Flatiron corridor.
That includes Harvest Junction, a mile southeast of Longmontap Mainstreet-style downtown, 17 minutes up the Diagonal from Google’s campus in Boulder.
You can tour a family-sized four-bedroom home there — 2,800 square feet of finished space, with one bedroom and a study on the main floor, a loft upstairs, partial basement and a tandem three-car garage, that was originally priced at $598,818. Now, it’s at $549,900, way less than the average resale home in the county is going for now.
Meritage’s Derek Herber, who along with David Trow can show you that home, says buyers were out in force the day after New Year’s (they already have three Harvest Junction sales this month). The traffic includes plenty of out-of-state arrivals, competing with buyers from older neighborhoods nearby who want new home features, while keeping their Longmont address.
“People realize you save a lot of money in Longmont compared to Boulder,” says Trow, adding that Harvest Junction has good proximity to the restaurant scene in the historic downtown, as well as Longmontap new Village at the Peaks mall, with Whole Foods and lots of outdoor dining.
If you’re after single-level living, you can find a ranch reduced in price over $32,000 at Harvest Junction; as well as at Meritage’s Vista Highlands in Broomfield — a neighborhood centered on an attractive city park, just 15 minutes from Flatiron Crossing and high-tech campuses in Interlocken.
You’ll find four ranch designs there ready for move-in, one of them a Platte ranch with three bedrooms, two baths, a study and a walk-out basement. They’re all reduced in price now.
One of the buyers looking at those Broomfield homes was Roger Walker of Longmont, who with wife Suzanne was visiting Vista Highlands to see Meritage’s Northgate ranch. They’re seriously looking to have Meritage build for them at Harvest Junction.
“Itap an excellent community for a family looking to downsize into a rancher,” he said.
At either neighborhood, you’ll get Meritage’s polyurethane sprayed-on insulation to keep homes cooler in summer, warmer in winter, along with better window technology, water-saving irrigation and tankless water heating. You’ll see HERS (Home Energy Rating) scores on these models showing how much they save compared to typical homes, new or old.
Broomfield and Longmont models are open from 8-to-8 Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 26-27.
To reach Vista Highlands, take Highway 7 west from I-25 to Sheridan and turn north; for Harvest Junction, take Highway 119 west from I-25 to S. Martin Street and turn south.
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