Mario and Donna Fargnoli, who had moved to Colorado from New Jersey’s hunt country near Morristown, had always been happy with their Denver move — but like a lot of transplants, they missed the trees.
“They’re very important to me; we were surrounded by them in New Jersey,” says Donna.
The couple built a home on 5 acres in Sedalia, mostly prairie, and planted 30 trees, but found it was a lot of ground to take care of. Then they made a move to a luxury production-home community, but quickly decided it was way too dense.
“The homes are on top of each other,” Donna notes.
Now, the Fargnolis are working on a new resolution: a new ranch by a real custom builder in Timbers at The Pinery, 10 minutes south of Parker, on a half-acre site with oodles of Black Forest ponderosa pines.
“Itap beautiful up there,” says Donna. “To find this natural setting of trees … ”
They’re exploring three options to create a home — the same ones you’ll find today at Timbers’ information center, 2½ miles east of Parker Road on S. Pinery Parkway.
The Timbers’ Trent Getsch showed the Fargnolis a few ranches that builders have ready now, including one at $1.269 million for a 4,300-foot contemporary ranch with three-car garage and a finished walk-out level. It has five bedrooms, five baths and the builder has owner/carry financing.
But with East Coast tastes that run more traditional, the Fargnolis will likely opt for one of the other two options. This week, they’re meeting with Timbers builders who have individual sites ready to build, willing to do custom homes with more of the farmhouse look that the couple prefer.
Or, they can pick a site from Filing 30-B, an area of half-acre lots that Timbers is getting set to open, where they’ll have a variety of settings to choose from — some more open, some right in the trees, some on ridge crests that have views west to the Platte Range and the Continental Divide.
When you visit Timbers — with tacos being served by Richie’s on the Run today (coffee and desserts from Tony’s on Sunday) — you can get on an interest list to choose a site and work with a builder on a custom home from around $1.1 million.
You’ll see custom stylings by Ashburn Construction, Gladstone Homes, Summerwood Homes, J.W. Luxury Homes, Kopasz Custom Homes, Luxury Estates & Development, Stately Homes, and Wall Custom Homes, plus a semi-custom ranch model by Berkeley Homes, priced on half-acres from the $900s.
Unlike areas farther out (Timbers has a drive time into the Denver Tech Center of about 25 minutes), you’ll see homes that all receive natural gas, city water and city sewer, and are close to Pinery Country Club and Pradera Country Club.
That new filing of sites is the last area that the Timbers will offer, according to Getsch.
Head south on Parker Road to The Pinery’s second entrance at S. Pinery Parkway, and then head east 2½ miles to The Timbers sales center.
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