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Red Feather Lakes, CO Real Estate News

By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
  Here's a snapshot of the Red Feather Lakes, CO 80545 RESIDENTIAL real estate market for the first three quarters of 2014.     Homes and cabins are selling in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado.   71 Residential properties SOLD* in the first three quarters of 2014:   Crystal Lakes (35) - $70,000 - $572,500- lots vary from .68 acres to 6.19 acres  “The Village” (19) - $49,000 360 sq ft. Rustic Cabin - $183,000 1755 sq ft. 3/2 ranch style.  These Village lots ranged from .11 acres to  2acres  Fox Acres (6) - $144,000 -$269.900 The Fox Acres lots range from .07-.21 acres  Piney Knolls (4) - $146,300- $219,900 .67 acres-.84 acres  Pearl Creek (1) $290,000 12.55 acres .    Larger Acreages:   Lost Lake (2) $195,000- $280,000 35- 70.7 Acres  Metes & Bounds- (2) - $145,000- $335,000, 28.40-35.00  San...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
   I’ll bet you didn’t run into a cattle drive to make your tee time today!?   The Open House Extravaganza at Fox Acres is this weekend, as well as a golf tournament.  When I saw the cattle coming down the road this morning, I couldn’t help but think “only in Red Feather Lakes, CO would you encounter a cattle drive on your way to play golf”!  It could happen elsewhere-  but, I don’t know.   I saw the cutest little wrangler, he couldn’t have been more than 7 or 8 years old, helping with the cattle drive this morning.  He looked very handsome in his cowboy hat on horseback and very serious about keeping those cows in line too.   It’s time for the cows to leave their high pastures in Red Feather for lower pastures in Livermore, and if you didn’t make to the Fox Acres Open House Event today...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
Are you planning on attending the Open House Tour in Fox Acres in a few weeks?   I can't think of a better way to spend an afternoon exploring the community of your dreams and at your own pace.  Fox Acres will provide maps and a list of homes at the front gate.    This is a unique opportunity to view several homes that are for sale in this beautiful mountain resort community. If you want a head start, email me for the list of homes so that you can start planning your tour now!  I hope to see you there! Mary Douglas, your Mountain Broker-Associate and REALTOR® United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, CO  www.marydouglas-redfeatherlakes.net 970-231-5756 phone or text- email: mary@redfeatherlakes.com I specialize in the Red Feather Lakes and Livermore area, Fox Acres, Crystal La...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
This beautiful gated golf course community nestled among large rock outcroppings, National Forests, and the quaint Village of Red Feather has new golf course/club owners and management.  The new ownership has created a high level of enthusiasm around this 18 hole championship golf course community. The Public is welcome to play golf, (It’s a challenging course), and enjoy the restaurant and banquet facilities. If you’d like to preview the course and the community, guest rooms and ‘stay and play’ packages are available.  The club also offers tennis courts and world class fly fishing in the 15 pristine mountain lakes that exist solely with the gates of Fox Acres.  You can get more information about the Club and golfing at www.golfclubatfoxacres.com .    You might be happy to know that clu...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
This post has been amended for4th of July 2015 in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado The Fourth of July Celebration is one of the biggest celebrations  and most fun time of the year in the Village of Red Feather! No matter what day the 4th is on, the Village usually has the fireworks display on Saturday, BUT this year, the Fireworks (weather permitting) will be on Friday July 3rd 2015.. Here’s the Schedule for the Fourth of July activities  Fireworks- Approximately 9:00 p.m.Friday July 3rd Bar-b-q at the Hilltop General Store 5-9 p.m. July 4th  (Saturday) *Arts & Crafts Show 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Over 50 vendors! *Mountain Gals Bake Sale *Kids Fishing Contest at Ramona Lake 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.Boy and Girls Ages 4-8 Register at 8:30 – Contest 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.                            ...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
Memorial Day weekend marks the time when many snowbirds come back to Red Feather and more fisherman, hikers, mountain bikers and nature lovers make their way up the hill.   I can hear Julie Andrew singing..."the hills are alive with the sound of"...well, not necessarily music, but people. :-)! . Memorial Day Weekend Events 2014: Saturday, in the Village, you will find the Memorial Day Art Fair, Mountain Gals Bake Sale and a book sale at the Library. 9:00- 4:00 Mosey on down to the Western Ridge that evening for live music by "Barely Gettin By" 5:00p.m.-8:00 p.m. and I'm sure you will like something on the menu for dinner, too. The Western Ridge is located near Glacier View Meadows, at Gate 1, Eiger Rd. Sunday Back in the Village on Sunday morning is the Lions Pancake Breakfast and again...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
Here’s the map that publishers clearing house is going to use to get to my house.   It looks like they might need a Sherpa.  Where are the roads anyway?!  Now, I’m not picking on PCH, I have no problem with the clearing house folks, except for the fact that they haven’t shown up at my door with roses and that big fat check YET- but I worry….    WHEN THEY COME are they really going to use THAT map? ~ I’ve mentioned this before in my blog; some folks have great success navigating the roads around the Red Feather Lakes area with their GPS, but many others walk in the office with their smart phones in hand and they are so lost. Several come in looking for Shambhala Mountain Center.  County sign regulations are partly to blame, because the direction signs are so small that if you’re not watc...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
Bull moose drop their antlers in winter. Look where the antler used to be, it looks like there’s a hole in his head!   If I were that moose, I might be thinking, “I need this real estate agent taking my photo like I need (another) hole in my head!”   Or – “I need another car blocking my way like I need another hole in my head!”   Or maybe he would be thinking- “come back in the summer when I don’t have a hole in my head!”   One of the great things about living in the areas surrounding Red Feather is the wildlife.  Being able to see them every day shows us a natural, peaceful order of things- far removed from the hustle of a city, any worries about missing planes, landslides, contracts, emails... etc. I never tire of seeing the wildlife. Deer, moose, elk, and birds that sing or soar, fox...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
Poudre R-1 schools (our School District) are on Spring Break this week.   Tuesday morning, I was driving up the snowy road toward Red Feather and remembered a snowy spring break long ago- sometime in the 1980s.  Our little front wheel drive station wagon somehow made it to Beaver Meadows Resort, along this same Red Feather Lakes road, in spite of the feet of new snow all around us. There was so much new snow that year, the manager had to put us up in the condos rather than plow the road to the cabin that we had originally reserved.  We were thrilled to stay in the condos, discover the cross country ski trails, sit by the warm fire in the lodge and go tubing. Thirty some years ago, there was no tow-line for the tubing hill like they have now.  We'd trudge all the way to the top of the st...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
The Red Feather Lakes Zip Code encompasses 564 square miles, consisting of a small Village, ranchland, meadow, forests, towering rock outcroppings, lakes, rivers and streams.  Mostly surrounded by Roosevelt National Forest, 80545 is home to domestic livestock as well as moose, elk, deer, mountain lion, bear, fox & coyote, just to name a few.  Elevation Ranges from 7800 to 11175 feet.   Endless recreation opportunities, community, quiet and wild beautiful places to explore make Red Feather Lakes a unique area and 80545 a unique zip code to have at the end of your new address!   Except for (1) the Village, complete with lodging, restaurants, stores, library and churches,  one of the most densely populated areas within the Red Feather Lakes zip code is (2) the Crystal Lakes  subdivision, w...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
Average Days on Market or “ADOM” in Market Reports One number you will see in a real estate market report is Average Days on Market or ADOM.  Because it’s an Average, one could safely assume that some sold for less time and some sold for more…. Buyers always want to know “how long has this house been on the market?” – (they don’t ask about the AVERAGE)   And when you decide to sell your home, you should not expect to be on the market for the “AVERAGE number of days”, either and I’ll tell you why:   As an example, the Average Days on Market for SOLD  Residential Properties in Crystal Lakes  (a subdivision in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado) is  249 days. *   “Gee, honey if it’s going to take 249 days to sell our house who knows what might happen before then, it’ll be Labor Day already!—what ...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
The Traditional Greening of Red Feather is always on the first (full) weekend in December- so that would be next weekend:  December 7th and 8th 2013. Now, this year - it's a little different, as many of the craft booths will be located in the Fellowship Hall/Community Building that is attached to the Chapel in the Pines.  Chapel in the Pines is located right of County Rd. 74 E  on the south side of the road. (The Fellowship Hall was built with the Community in mind.  The Fine Arts Festival used to be held in that building.) Why aren't the crafters in the Fire Barn, like always, you might ask???  The firefighters  decided that the Craft Show may hinder their emergency  response time... Does anyone like change? Of course not.  Do we want our firefighters ready- of course we do!   Luckily,...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
A buyer had a question about the water well production.  According to State records, the well produced .5 gallons per minute….”Do the sellers have problems with the well?” the buyer’s agent asked.   If you’re not familiar with wells, it’s a good question.   Hmmmm.....1/2 gallon per minute - Do you imagine trying to make a gallon of lemonade and having to wait a whole minute for the well to deliver a gallon of water?  Were you thinking ‘How in the heck am I going to take a shower’, or, gee- at that rate….it’s going to take FOREVER to fill the washing machine!! ?   DO NOT WORRY!   You simply forgot to consider the amount of water that’s stored in the well pipe!   This particular well is 400 feet deep, and the static level is 75 feet.  OK, let’s calculate, 400 -75 = 325.  Leaving 325 feet ...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
Yesterday I was showing cabins in Crystal Lakes – Crystal Lakes is a mountain subdivision in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado.  It was a chilly day in Red Feather and as the day went on it was getting cooler. A drizzling rain that would certainly turn into a light snow after sundown began to fall as we neared the last cabin on the tour.   Actually, appointments were made to see more cabins, but we simply ran out of time because each stop before  had rock outcroppings and meadows to explore and jaw dropping views that demanded silent deep breathes and extra time to drink it all in….all of which prevented us from moving forward in a timely fashion.  It’s a beautiful place- what else can I say. We drove up the long driveway toward the last cabin of the day and at the top we met this majestic bu...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
  Attention all Canines, the Colorado Mountain Dog Festival is happening this Saturday, September 28, 2013 at Beaver Meadows, in Red Feather Lakes- and it’s all about you!    So, tell your humans that you want to go!   Saturday’s festival provides a great opportunity to spend the day in the mountains with your best friend- hikes, frisbee golf, live music, great food (of the people and canine variety, too I think), vendors, swimming for dogs in the lake, agility demos, canine photographers, doggie health seminars, prizes, giveaways, ..and an entire day of family fun!   Local canine specialists will be doing presentations on wellness, canine massage, acupuncture, weight loss, physical therapy and lots more!    Free canine health checks by area veterinarians plus a Kid’s art contest and do...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
This Saturday, Fox Acres Country Club Community Open House Event in conjunction with a golf benefit for the Soaring Eagle Ecology Center. This Saturday, September 7th, 2013, it’s a double day of fun and opportunity to view homes for sale within the scenic mountain community of Fox Acres and/or golf on one of the most challenging and beautiful courses in Northern Colorado while supporting the Soaring Eagle Ecology Center, in Red Feather Lakes.   The Open House Event is sponsored by Ponderosa Realty and Sotheby’s International, SEVERAL HOMES will be HELD OPEN 1:00-4:00   Golf benefit for the Soaring Eagle Ecology Center: 10:00 A.M. SHOT GUN START The Soaring Eagle Ecology Center, is a Charitable non-profit 501(c)(3) organization in Red Feather Lakes dedicated to outdoor education, underst...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
  Labor Day Weekend, Fire Days, Fireworks, Thunder in the Rockies Bike Rally- 2013 Forever Family Ride.   It’s a great weekend to be in Red Feather and a great weekend to help out a child in need.   “Every mile”  (to Red Feather)  “helps a child.”   Sunday, September 1st is the 2013 Forever Family Ride; a charity ride for the Realities for Children Charities Emergency Fund.   I was excited to learn about this ride because the riders who leave out from Thunder Mountain in Loveland on Sunday morning will be coming to Red Feather Lakes.   There is no sound quite like 200, 300, maybe even 400?! roaring engines driving down the road toward the Wandering Moose Restaurant in Red Feather.  It's exciting and it truly is the sound of Thunder in the Rockies. It is particularly exciting and heart-w...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
Labor Day Weekend 2013, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado Next weekend, is Labor Day Weekend and Fire Days in Red Feather!!! The normally quiet and peaceful Village will be transformed by Fire Truck Sirens, Fireworks, and the roar of hundreds of motorcycles:  Thunder in the Rockies Bike Rally –The 2013 Forever Family Ride, tons of people and lots of fun.  Here's the line-up  for the Labor Day Festivities: Saturday,  August 31st ”Fire Day” Consists of a Library Book Sale, 8:00a.m.- 4:00 p.m. 9:00-10:00 Parade  ( Dowdy & West Lake Campgrounds only) 9:00- 4:00 Arts & Crafts Show & Bake Sale Fire Truck Rides 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 11:30- 1:00 BBQ Lunch, at the Property Owners Association Building See the Fire Trucks old and new and the Airlink Medical Helicopter (availability permitting, the he...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
Red Feather Lakes pulls at the heart strings   A few weeks ago, I had an opportunity to show a few Red Feather cabins to a couple from Colorado Springs.    They were just up for the weekend and in between fishing and cooking on the campfire, they had been driving around looking for the piece of land that used to belong to Grandma  & Grandpa.     With just a quick search through the county records, I was able to find the property for them. The woman was so excited to see that land one more time- she had camped on it several times with her grandparents.   Even if they don’t remember the exact location, those priceless memories of camping, or staying at the family cabin are etched deep in the hearts and minds of many an adult who finds their way back to Red Feather.   There is a special m...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
I’ve been having a little problem lately, and not sure if any of you have experienced this, but I put the correct address in MLS….and then it shows up on Trulia on a different street! You see, Larimer County changed some of our street names 3 or 4 years ago- I guess they forgot to let Zillow and Trulia and Google know!  I have a vacant lot listing on Manso Way, in Crystal Lakes but Trulia is advertising it as being on Commanche Way – it’s not- which makes me look like an idiot. Also, a very nice log cabin on Chipeta Rd., in the Village of Red Feather, is being advertised on Trulia as being on Hiawatha Way – or some such street that  used to exist but doesn’t any longer. I tried to create a Postlet for that great listing on Chipeta Rd….Postlets are in the Zillow family …. NOPE- if Googl...
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