If you’re starting to imagine trading in your older house for something new — on a single-level with lower maintenance — Remington Homes’ Cory Filkins can tell you exactly the thought process you’ll go through before you finally sell the place and move.
“No matter how badly you want to, itap tough to commit to that major change after spending decades in the same house,” says Filkins, who will show you a deluxe ranch Sunday, March 31, in Arvada’s Candelas master-planned community.
Arvada-based Remington, his builder, has been designing transitional-type designs for down-sizing and re-sizing buyers for decades, and Filkins has talked with thousands of people weighing those issues.
“Itap easy to put it off for later, but the choices aren’t getting easier,” he says, adding that people often return over and over, sometimes over a period of years.
Thatap particularly true in Denver’s western suburbs like Arvada, where buyers feel strong attachments to their roots and want to stay in the area when they move.
“The availability of new low-maintenance ranch designs is very limited in Arvada,” Filkins says, adding that he’s seeing more buyers arriving from Boulder and other nearby areas, looking for the same thing.
At Candelas, 3 miles west of Indiana on Coal Creek Canyon Road, Remington has two ways of making the choice easier — the first being the deluxe ranch you’ll see now, over 3,500 square feet of finished space including some basement finish and a full-wide three-car garage.
Despite wanting fewer stairs to climb, many buyers don’t really want to downsize, Filkins says.
Remington’s 280 model turns a downsize move into a move upward with appealing entertaining capacity: a wide-open living area with cascading sliders that open wide to a covered deck; a formal dining room with butler’s pantry; and plenty of room on a walk-out level with 9-foot ceilings, for guest beds for returning kids.
Earlier this month, Filkins sold a version to an Arvada buyer that will have a full-wide four-car garage, where two of the garage bays will become a practice golf tee.
Filkins says Remington can do a ranch much like the model you’ll see, including the gourmet kitchen and five-piece master, for $599,950.
Meanwhile, Remington is also bringing its more budget-conscious ranch plans — 1,900 to 2,100 square feet — to Candelas, after they proved to be quick sellers farther east.
On some sites at Candelas, those can come in under $500,000. (You can still tour the model for those at Whisper Creek.)
On both collections, Remington installs landscape in both front and backyard and arranges for complete maintenance of those, at a monthly charge that will initially be only $120.
When you arrive, watch for the new King Soopers Marketplace, the rec centers and parks, and a shopping plaza arriving in Remington’s neighborhood with coffee shop and brewpub.
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