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Chapter 1: Moving to Denver Colorado | Wash Park Luxury Home Tour
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What does $1.7 million get you a few blocks away from Washington Park in Denver, Colorado?
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We're going to show you all around this Washington Park house and then stay tuned because after we do the tour, we're going to show you a little bit about the neighborhood and all about why
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it is one of the most desirable areas in all of Denver. So, this home is priced at 1,695,000.
Chapter 2: Denver Home Tour $1.7M | Wash Park Home Features
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It's got a total above ground square footage of $2,358.
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But if that's not enough for you, it's also got a finished basement, bringing the total finished square footage to 3,371
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square ft. It's got three bedrooms and four bathrooms. Plenty of space, plus, as you'll see, a massive garage
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just blocks from the park and three blocks from Devil's Food, Myrtle Hill cookery, and all the cool stuff on Gayler Street.
Chapter 3: Wash Park Bungalow Denver | Historic Charm and Updates
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This home was built in 1951, but it does not feel like it. Yes, it maintains its historic charm, some of the beautiful
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characteristics that you are never going to find on a new build or a scrape, but it still has gorgeous updates throughout the entire home.
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Excuse me. I thought there were three bedrooms, but looks like there's a fourth one. Oh, no. This is the master closet.
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A lot of houses in Washington Park you're going to find have the original or quite old pine floors. Uh here we've got the updated oak floors. They're not
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brand new by any means, but they are in good shape and they are much newer than some of the original pine flooring and
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they last a lot longer cuz oak is a more high quality wood to use on your floors than pine.
Chapter 4: Luxury Homes Denver Colorado | Primary Suite and Natural Light
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Fully remodeled bathroom on the main with a bathtub and a shower. This is awesome.
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The primary suite is absolutely to die for. We've got this huge tub, separate shower, double sinks in the vanity,
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water closet for the toilet. What more could you ask for?
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Great architecture. The whole house is bathed in natural light. And you've got a sweet front patio to say hey to the neighbors.
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This is the kind of neighborhood where you want to get to know your neighbors and they want to get to know you. Tons of friendliness, lots of friendly people out saying hello. Uh fun things going on
Chapter 5: Washington Park Denver Homes | Pop Top Design and Garage Space
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in the park. Well, here comes some new neighbors right now.
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It's got all the warmth and character that you would find in a classic bungalow style home in Wash Park, but it's been expanded with a pop top, adding tons of extra space.
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Built in 1951, we've got remodeled kitchen with all new appliances and realwood floors. And you're going to have to check out what is a huge garage.
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This is a pretty average lot for Washington Park. Uh so you've got a nice little sitting area. What's abnormal about this is this massive garage. I
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mean, it's it's a twocar garage, but it's a real twocar garage. Most of the garages in this neighborhood, you cannot open your doors if you get two cars in
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there. Couple good things to note here on the side of
Chapter 6: Buying a Home in Denver Colorado | Drainage and Landscaping Tips
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the house. So, we've got two air conditioners, which is really nice. So, this is originally a ranch style home.
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They popped the top years ago. So, we have two zones for the air conditioning.
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And in addition, we've got just a really nice job of the landscaping in this home. Wash Park is known for houses that have uh the the grading has has gotten
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worse over the years, which means water is seeping into the foundations. But with this one, we've done they've done a lot of the work for you to keep the
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water flowing away from the foundation of your home. Super good for the long-term value of your home. You know the story when it comes to real estate.
Chapter 7: Is Washington Park Denver Worth It | Real Estate and Lifestyle
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Location, location, location. And Washington Park delivers. It's an area of Denver where you're going to find so much of the benefits of living in Denver
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without a lot of the cons. It's Denver without the Denver. You've really got like the established treeine streets. You've got the sense of community.
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Everybody's walking and biking. Um, and it's just a really beautiful place to be. Let us show you more. And this home that we've just toured you through is
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located on the northeast end of Washington Park. And this area is known to just have a little bit more luxury style homes. It's got a little bit
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elevated purchase price in comparison to Wash Park as a whole or the east end of Wash Park. And you know, I would say it
Chapter 8: Living in Denver Colorado 2026 | Wash Park Lifestyle
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has a little bit less walkability over on this side, but you are going to find bigger homes, newer builds, and a lot more of these custom luxury style homes.
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Washington Park is just kind of like the neighborhood's big backyard. It's open to everyone just like a park, but it has
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a different feel. You know, people bring their whole coolers in and no glass bottles, but you bring your cans of beers. I remember back when that was not
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allowed and we never ever brought a beer in.
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Never once. I've never brought I solemnly swear.
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But yeah, it's really got that vibe. I mean, people will will bring food and have picnics and it's really just got a different vibe, I think, than a traditional park does. Really that backyard feel.
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Yeah. People come out here to like sunbathe and take a nap and just chill.
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Yeah. And there's more to do in Wash Park rather than just run and drink beer, though that's mostly what I do here. Me, too.
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You can rent some paddle boats. You can do lots of recreational activities like birding. You can bike around. We have
Chapter 9: Denver Lifestyle Neighborhoods | Restaurants and Events
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really good dedicated bike paths. And there's also some events that they host around here, too. Tons of events throughout the year. There's things like
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the Fourth of July parade, and there's the Turkey Trap 5K, which I think we've run together three or four times. Some
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of my favorite spots in all of Denver are actually right here in Washington Park. One of those spots is there's a place called Pura. And right next door
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is a uh not a speak easy, but just like a cocktails only place called the Brick.
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And we just did date night the other day with some friends where we went and grabbed a really custom cocktail and they were trying out something new. So
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we got to try out this like sort of carrot thing for free. It was delightful. Uh everyone there is really wonderful. Pura serves up like Baja style Mexican food, really high quality.
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Um, and there's tons of other choices. There's also Mr. Oso is around here.
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Devil's Food Bakery is is awesome. Then, uh, the old Devil's Food breakfast restaurant is now Myrtle Hill Cookery, and that's been an amazing place for
Chapter 10: 07:08 Denver Colorado Cost of Living 2026 | Relocating to Denver
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years. So, we have so many good things and so many great choices to choose from in Wash Park. And if that's not enough,
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you're also right next to Plat Park with some of the best restaurants in all of Denver.
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So that's what you get for $1.7 million in Washington Park. And this is a great house and a great value for what you're
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paying for it. So whether it's this home or any home in Washington Park, please let us know. We'd love to take you on a personal tour in your favorite neighborhood.
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Chapter 1: Moving to Parker Colorado Overview, West Parker Intro
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I'm so excited to give you a tour of all the neighborhoods of West Parker. I'm going to go through the different HOAs, the amenities, what the homes look like,
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all of the stats, how they're performing in the market, and everything you need to make your decision about what area of Parker is right for you. I'm out braving
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the Colorado cold weather today without Jake Fredel, my brother, best friend, business partner. If you're missing his dad jokes today or maybe some of our
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sibling rivalry, no worries. We've got more coming with both of us very soon.
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But today, let's check out all of the neighborhoods of West Parker. So, today we'll go over Stonegate, Stepping Stone, Meridian Village, Bradbury Ranch, and
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Strow Ranch. And stay tuned cuz I've got a hot take about some of the new builds.
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So, let's hit it. I am Megan Fredo. I am usually joined by my brother and business partner, Jake Fredle. And together, we are your full-time real estate agents, part-time tour guides to
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all things southern Denver living. And whether you're looking to move in 9 days or 900 days, we are always happy to talk you through the move, answer any
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questions you have, and give you any guidance you need. All of our information is in the description below.
Chapter 2: Where to Live in Parker Colorado, West Parker Location and Commute
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So, if you've decided you think that Parker might be a fit for you, you're probably also realizing that Parker is really massive, and so it might be hard to know which area of Parker
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specifically is going to be right for you. So, West Parker itself is a great option for people who are looking for a little bit of communability ease. Being
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on the west side of Parker means, you know, you've got a little easier access to I25. You've got easier access to Lone Tree and everything that's over there.
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Um, and being further up north means you've got quicker access to E470 for commuting. So, that gives it a little bit of convenience on that end. Plus,
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you've also got really great access to everything that downtown Parker has to offer in a lot of the communities that we're going to look at today. And
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downtown Parker, it's not like a big massive city by any means, but as far as a lot of the southern Denver suburbs
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that we're looking into, I think it's got a really cute downtown with ample amenities. You know, it's got it's great for a lot of the restaurants it has. and
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it's doing a lot of uh work on their main street which is just a little, you know, area of Parker where they're doing some rebuttification projects and a lot
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of work to make everything more beautiful. But I think Parker is already pretty fantastic. So, when you're on the west side of Parker and you're still kind of close to downtown, I think
Chapter 3: Parker Colorado Neighborhoods, Who West Parker Is For
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you've got access to a lot of really great stuff. It's great for people who are looking for a little bit newer style
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homes in a kind of typical suburb. So, when I say newer, I'm not really going into some super super new builds today.
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There are a few in some of the communities we're going to talk about, but I'm saying newer in the fact that, you know, you're not in downtown Denver where you're looking at completely redoing the plumbing and the electrical
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and all those major systems. Um, our latest homes that we're going to talk about today are the early '90s. So, I consider that pretty new homes that
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you're not going to need a ton of maintenance. You might need to do some repairs and some upgrades, but not any of the big big ticket items that you might see in some of the older
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communities. Well, let's talk a little bit about who West Parker might not be for. If you're headed to Parker because you're really looking for the acreage
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that it provides and all of kind of the more rural spacing, the neighborhoods we're talking about today are just a little bit too close to everything to
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really have that for you. It also is not great for people who are looking to seek out um these really nice luxury golf amenities that Parker is known to have.
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Um they do exist on West Parker a little bit, but they're a little further south than where we're talking today. and a little further east is where you're going to find more of those. Same with
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kind of the more rural areas. It's not for folks who are looking to avoid an HOA. Um, pretty much everywhere, no,
Chapter 4: Stonegate Parker CO, Location, HOA, Taxes and Lifestyle
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everywhere we are talking about today in Western Parker does have an HOA. Um, if you're looking for a Western Parker community that does not have an HOA,
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Cottonwood is just north of the ones we're going to talk about today and it does not have an HOA. So, gives you a little bit of flexibility there. And there's some communities if you go way
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further out east that do not have an HOA. But everything we're talking about today is in an HOA community. And then it's also not going to be for people who really hate like a cookie cutter suburb.
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You know, it's just the truth of that's what these neighborhoods are. Um, if that's really not your thing, if you're looking for the historic charm, if
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you're looking for really, really unique homes or customuilt homes, um, again, there is some of that in Parker, but not
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in any of the areas we're talking about today. So, we'll start out over here in Stonegate. And I love Stonegate for its location. Um, I like that it's quite a
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bit further north and quite a bit further west. So, you've got the all those access to everything like we talked about already. you know, easy access to I25 laundry. Um, getting into
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DTC to commute. Um, but I also really like that Stonegate still has a super maintained feel. You can see behind me.
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I mean, these yards are maintained, the homes are maintained. Um, and that is just something that comes with an HOA.
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And this is an HOA protected community, but the HOA fee is roughly 17 bucks a month. And that is the lowest fee that
Chapter 5: Parker CO Real Estate Stats, Stonegate Market Performance
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we're going to talk about today. You know, it's also part of a metro district, which sometimes means that you're going to see really elevated taxes. But here, the taxes are very
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typical. I mean, on a 6 thou $600,000 home, your typical taxes here are probably just around just around or above $4,000.
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And when we're talking about elevated taxes, I mean, there are areas of say Castle Rock, you go into Founders Village, and you take that same price
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home, you're going up one to $25,000 a year. Um, so that that really makes a difference. I like that they have nice
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normal tax prices, really low HOA fee, and it still has all of that really wellmaintained feel to it. And despite
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that low fee, they still have a really solid HOA amenity group feature. So, there are two different metro districts
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that you're going to be a part of. And depending on which metro district you are in in Stonegate is going to qualify
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which pool you go to. But there's two two different pools to go to. They have little clubhouse, fitness center, um, and people really like the amenities
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that the um, community has to offer. And because those are actually part of the metro district, not the HOA. That's why you see the fees be lower. But also
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because the metro district is really wellrun, that's why you don't see that really inflated tax price. You can see out here, you know, although they have
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the typical home setup, you know, homes kind of right next to each other that you're going to see in any suburb, they've still done a really good job and aotted for open space. So, if you look
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behind me, you're going to see these little pocket open spaces kind of all over in Stonegate and really in a lot of the areas that we're going to talk about
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in West Parker today. Um, but I feel like Stonegate does a great job of that.
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They have a couple little parks nearby as well, some pocket parks that you can go out to. So what the stats tell us about the neighborhood in Stonegate and
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for all of these neighborhoods I'm going to use single family homes median stats for the last year that typical home is
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going to look like a 4bedroom 4b 2350 ft above ground 3319
Chapter 6: Stepping Stone and Meridian Village Parker CO, HOA and Pricing
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ft total including the basement $700,000 closeout price 18 days on the market and a build year of $195.
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The lot size was about 6,882 square feet on average. Now, the reason I'm including days on market in these
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stats is because I think it's important to tell you how quickly a home has moved in the last year. The longer the days it
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sat on market before it sold might tell you that that neighborhood just doesn't really sell as well. The great news, Stonegate at just 18 days on market is
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performing really well. It's the best of any of the neighborhoods we're going to talk about today. But there are no neighborhoods that are performing super
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poorly for today's market. The highest days on market that we're going to talk about of any of the neighborhoods today is still very in line with typical of
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Colorado's market. So any of these neighborhoods, what I can see so far are going to probably sell pretty quickly and appreciate pretty well. As far as
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getting out of Parker from Stonegate, you're most likely to be taking Lincoln Road, which man, it's had some
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construction on it. a lot and I think they're going to continue to do some construction. I've heard about some more road widening and different parts. So, I
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think that's going to continue to be a bit annoying, but I even with all that, I'd still say it's probably one of the more preferable routes outside of
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Parker. Um other than 470, which is the toll road. Um I would rather probably take Lincoln than have to get on to
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Parker Road um or take Main Street a little further south. Next communities I want to take you through are Stepping Stones and Meridian Village. I'm
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combining them here because they are right up next to each other. They have really similar stats and features like their square footage and all of those
Chapter 7: Parker Colorado Housing Market 2026, New Builds and Taxes
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stats are really comparable, but also their HOA is really similar as well.
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They both got the clubhouse, parks, trails, pool. Um, but they both sit around $170 $180 per month. You can see
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we just came from Stonegate and I said, you know, oh, one of my favorite things is this is a lower HOA. Well, here you can see what I mean. 170 and 180. We've
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taken pretty big jump and you're not really gaining a ton amenity-wise here.
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As far as taxes go, I think it's worth touching on again because the distinguishing features here of Stonegate and Meridian are that they are
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the newest builds of any of the communities that we're talking about today in this upper western area with their median um build year being about
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2015. I know that they are not super new, but that is still pretty fresh. And typically when you see those newer
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builds, you usually see a price jump with your taxes. And we don't really see that here. Um, so I think that's nice.
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Now, keep in mind when I look at taxes, I'm really they jump a lot from place to place. And that's because when they go
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to assess your property taxes every year, they're going to use condition, they're going to use size, and they're going to reassess your taxes. So, that's going to mean really different uh
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property tax assessments for each property. But the other thing is property ass uh property taxes are assessed every 2 years. If you don't
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take the time to look at where they're assessing, make sure that those jumps make sense and appeal them. If they
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don't, then your property taxes can just continue to rise and really never be reigned in. So that is something we do
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for all our folks. Every 2 years, we sit with you. We look at where your property taxes are being assessed and if you need help appealing them, that is something
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we hold your hand and guide you through the whole thing. And in addition to newness, I think another really nice feature that we have over here in Stepping Stone is that you have two
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different bodies of water like this that are really pretty to walk around. Um, there's a couple different trails, lots
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of parket pocket parks like most of communities have. Um, but I think this is kind of a nice unique feature. I think I make this joke in every Parker
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video I make, but even in West Parker, your wind is getting better, but you cannot escape the wind out here. But back to Stepping Stone and Meridian
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Village. So, yes, these communities being newer, um, you know, median 2015, but there are definitely homes newer than that. And one style that I'm
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seeing, not specific to Parker anywhere in Denver in these new builds is these threele homes. So, they'll have from the
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ground up three levels. And what I think about these is a very personal opinion.
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I can totally be wrong here and it's if it's your personal preference, it's great. I think that these are a bit of a fad. And I don't really think these are
Chapter 8: Denver Suburbs Comparison, New Build Trends and Resale Risk
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going to appreciate super strongly like some of the other standard home styles like say a twotory or a ranch.
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Um, we saw this with B levels and tri levels. When they started doing that in the '8s, they were a big fad for a little bit. Everybody was excited about
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this new style. Pretty quickly, they burnt out and people were less excited about them and they started to sell not as well. And I can just totally see this
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being true for these three level style homes. Um, they are hard to have that many stairs in a home. People always
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complain when there's an excess of stairs. It's hard for older folks. It's hard for people who have injuries, people who have disabilities. Um, it's
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also hard for growing families. If you have little kids, uh, parents typically want all the rooms on one level. And
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with these pocket style homes, what I usually see is one bedroom per level or maybe two on the same level. Um, but
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rarely three or four bedrooms on one level because you can't fit them in that kind of a style. So, it's purely just a word of caution. I don't think you should not buy that style of home. Just
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like everything, it's just another pro and conway. and you've got to take it into consideration when you're valuing a home. The data for the past year of Stepping Stone in Meridian Village look
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like a 4bedroom 4b 2398 above ground square footage with a total
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square footage of 3,632 ft. Close price of 780K,
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22 days on market, and the median build year of 2015. The lot size was 6,839
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ft. And every time I'm showing out here in Stepping Stone, I feel like I have the worst service. I can't tell you how many times I've had to write down my
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showing codes instead of using the app because I just can't log in. This is typically a comment I get for further out new builds, not ones that are kind
Chapter 9: Bradbury Ranch Parker CO, Affordable Homes and HOA
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of so centralized, but it's always a problem here. So maybe blame it on my phone carrier, but maybe it's a real thing. So, this is the Bradbury Ranch
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community, and I want to clear up a little bit about the naming of the area.
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So, it has a little pool, um, a small little community center, and a really nice park a part of it. And everything
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around here has a little bit of a different names. So, most people are going to refer to this area as Bradbury Ranch. When you look on a map, you're
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going to see um, Auburn Hills as another name. And then when you get to the pool center, you're going to see Bradbury
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Hills. Bradbury Ranch is the overarching area. Auburn Hills is a small subset of
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Bradberry Ranch. Um, and here in Auburn Hills, there are more areas where you have a little bit more maintenance
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included with your HOA. So, Bradbury Ranch HOA is about $125 a month. Auburn
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Hills has an elevated HOA area where um it's $175 a month. And what you get for
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that extra 50 bucks a month is a yard uh front yard maintenance free. So they take care of all of the yard maintenance
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and shoveling for you over there. So that's one uh key difference, but that's just to clear that up a little bit.
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Bradberry Ranch has that same typical suburban feel. I like some of the homes that have that brick facing on the exterior. And your typical home here is
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going to look like a four bedroomedroom, threeb, 2,14 ft above ground and 3,136
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ft total including the basement. The days on market for the last year averaged out at about 20 days on market
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and the average build year was 2,000 and a median closed price of $636,000 making Bradbury Ranch one of our most
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affordable options that we're talking about today. This is another community with really reasonable taxes and I really love the Auburn Hills Park. It's
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got this big open space and it really, you know, breaks up the whole suburban stack feel. And we have saved the furthest out for last. But in Colorado,
Chapter 10: Stroh Ranch Parker CO, Cost of Living and Affordability
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as a general rule of thumb, when you tend to go further out south and further out east, you start to see a little bit more affordability open up. And that's
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true here for Strow Ranch. We are the furthest south and the furthest east of any of the communities that we're talking about today. But with that, you know, we have the lowest purchase price.
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We also have only a $67 a month HOA, which still has all the bells and whistles. You still get the tennis courts, the pools, the clubhouse. Um,
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and then again, the taxes here are pretty low in this community. So definitely some affordability with still some really nice maintenance. Um a
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really similar HOA suburb type style and uh you are, you know, you're still close to downtown Parker. You're just a little
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further from getting access to I25. You do have to take Parker Road probably most of the time, which I already kind of harped on as being not my favorite road to take. I would say Strow Ranch is
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one of the areas that I hear my clients complain more about the HOA than a lot of comparable areas. Um, but I would also say there's not really much in
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their HOA that would impact me personally. There's not much that I would want to do to my property or in my neighborhood that the HOA is really
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strict on and actually enforces that would put me off. And then I'll also say, you know, a lot of these HOAs are losing a lot of their rights. It's becoming harder for them to find folks.
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It's becoming harder for them to really have much bite with their bark. Um, so yes, there are definitely some rules that you have to abide by in an HOA
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community. Um, but if you're okay with an HOA, I would say all of these are probably pretty doable for you. The data for Strow Ranch, you're looking at your
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typical home being a 4bedroom, 3B, 1,684 above ground square foot and $2,419
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total square ft home with a median closed price last year of $590,000.
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Just 19 days on the market and a median year of $19.99. The lot size looked about 5,77
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square ft. Now, this makes it the smallest of the neighborhoods that we've looked at. It also makes it the most
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affordable. And a note on the lot sizes, I will say, um, you can see that some of the lot sizes from the other
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neighborhoods we've mentioned are quite a bit bigger for median, but also they have a bigger footprint. So, when you're
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thinking about usable backyard square footage, uh, you do have to take that in consideration. I'd say they're fairly comparable. Those are the main neighborhoods I wanted to hit today for
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a West Neighborhood Parker tour. Now, there's a lot of new builds coming to West Parker. So, if you want a little deeper dive on those, I do that in my
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changes coming to Parker in 26 and 27 video. And I'm sure you have more questions. So, reach out to me. All of my information is in the description
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below. I'm so excited to hear about what your moving plans are, what your biggest concerns and questions are. So, reach out and we'll talk soon.
