Steamboat Springs, CO

One trend driving the sales of large fractional properties like The Porches is the need for multigenerational gathering places where families can all meet and vacation together in great locations (like Steamboat Springs, CO)while staying in luxury surroundings.

Private homes in towns across the US are not designed for entertaining multigenerational families like The Porches are designed for it. The Porches in Steamboat Springs, CO are designed for families. The kids all sleep in the bunk room which sleeps eight, the teenagers play pool on the lower level in front of the big screen tv, the grandparents have a bedroom suite on the main level, and the adult children can head to the hot tub to soak away their sore ski muscles.

They are large enough to give everyone private spaces while accommodating everyone in the luxury surroundings they desire.

A survey of American Express Travel Agents (KWE Marketing Group, 2007) revealed a clear trend: Luxury travel with families is growing:

• 82% want high-end hotels with kids programs and
• 56% of families with nannies for the children are bringing the nanny along.
  

Here’s what’s available at the Porches:

Whole Ownership:

• Four bedroom, approx. 4000 square feet, start at $2,600,000
• Five bedroom, approx. 5000 square feet, start at $3,100,000

Fractional Ownership:

• Four bedroom, six weeks ownership per year, $340,000
• Five bedroom, Six weeks ownership per year, starts at $360,000

For more information on The Porches or other multigenerational properties, call Eliese Pivarnik at (970)819-6372 or email me.

For information on other Steamboat Springs Fractional Properties, visit SteamboatHomeSales.com.

Ski Time Square in Steamboat Springs, CO, will be demolished this spring to make room for a new base village. Here is an artist's rendering from Cafritz, the company who acquired the land from Ski Time Square Enterprises.

Ski Time Square will have hotel, retail and residential space in the form of luxury whole ownership and fractional ownership condos. There will be six major buildings that are 3-9 stories high with a total of 1,035,904 square feet of space. 70% will be residential, 5% will be restaurants and retail, and 25% will be parking and convention space.

The new base village in Steamboat Springs will cover approximately seven acres. They plan to start building in 2009, and hopefully they'll be done in 2-3 years.

There are big changes in the works for Steamboat Springs. Most people agree that it's been a long time coming, and although nobody wants to live in a construction zone for too many years, most people feel it will be worth it in the end.

For more information on Steamboat Springs real estate, visit SteamboatHomeSales.com.

Steamboat Springs real estate is different this February as compared to February a year ago. Last year, Intrawest had just announced they were buying our ski mountain. Real estate was selling so fast that investors would buy property before they saw it just to get something. Financing was as easy, and the economy looked bright.

This February is a bit slower, but prices haven't come down. Steamboat still has a rosy future. Our base village will be demo'ed in the spring and a new one will be built. People want to live here. They want to raise their children in Steamboat where schools are good and streets are safe.

Here's the difference a year makes:

• Prices for Steamboat Springs real estate are going up.
  • Median Sold prices rose from $351,000 to $413,000
• Number of properties sold has declined.
  • Total units Sold declined from 58 to 33.
• Houses, condos, and land are taking longer to sell--almost two months longer.
  • Days on market rose from an average of 142 to 191.
• Deals are out there--go ahead and make an offer.
  • Median Sold price compared to Median List price declined from 99% to 91%.

Highlights of the Edgemont Slopeside Residences:

• Located above the Mountain Village between the Gondola and Christie Peak Express chairlifts. (Former Bear Claw III Site)
• Unparalleled ski-in/ski-out access to the slopes of Steamboat
• Sweeping views of the entire Yampa Valley from the Flat Tops to Sleeping Giant.
• Spacious 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedroom whole-ownership residences ranging from the $800,000’s to over $2. 5 million.
• Edgemont has full approval by the Steamboat Springs City Council and ground breaking is scheduled for this spring/summer.
• The first 44 residences were released for sale this season.
• The Atira Group, who is developing Edgemont, anticipates having the first 44 residences available for move in as early as the 2009/2010 ski season.
• The Edgemont Sales Preview Center, located in the base of the Steamboat Grand, is open and available to tour daily.

Timing of Events:

• Now – Register through Eliese Pivarnik and I will make sure that you receive all the latest updated information.
• Mid-March – Sample floor plans, features, amenities and other important details will be available to registrants via the Edgemont Preview Kit.
• Spring – Edgemont will only be offered through an Exclusive Priority Reservation Program. Obtaining an Exclusive Priority Reservation entitles you to important updates before the general public, and affords you the opportunity to purchase an Edgemont residence during the Edgemont Selection Event.
• Early Summer (June /July) – Edgemont Selection Event. Available only to Exclusive Priority Reservation holders.

If the residences of Edgemont are of interest to you, please contact me about Edgemont and I will personally register you on the Preferred Customer List and assure that you have priority access to information on Steamboat’s finest slopeside real estate.

Edgemont is truly on the EDGE of everything Steamboat has to offer. Whether it’s the convenience of skiing out your front door to enjoy first tracks on a powder day, or the peace of mind knowing the kids can come and go from the mountain as they please, a true Steamboat slopeside opportunity such as this is very rare.

Please call Eliese Pivarnik at (970) 819-6372 to register for Edgemont.

Here is a list of all the available and pending two or more bedroom Steamboat Springs ski-in, ski-out full ownership condos and townhomes for sale in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

If you would like more information about Steamboat Springs real estate or these ski-in, ski-out places, please call Eliese Pivarnik at (970) 819-6372. Also, please visit SteamboatHomeSales.com for more Steamboat Springs real estate information.

If you are coming to Steamboat and want to set up a time to see these places, please call me at (970) 819-6372 or email me at eliese@steamboathomesales.com. I look forward to helping you answer your Steamboat real estate questions.