by JONATHAN BODEEN | Jan 28, 2013 | Featured Communities, Golfing Communities, Luxury Communities, North Scottsdale News
Silverleaf at DC Ranch is one of the most prestigious private golf course communities in Scottsdale, AZ. This community can be found nestled behind a 24 hour guard gated entry, deep in 3 canyons of the McDowell Mountain Range in Arizona’s high Sonoran Desert. These homes bring the artful design of Spanish architecture to the Valley of the Sun. Each estate found within this community is custom designed to ensure the ultimate in personalized comfort, luxury, and style. 700 home sites sit on 2,000 acres, ensuring privacy and wide open spaces for all to enjoy. Sprinkled throughout the area are parks, lush green courtyards, and stunning views of the fairways of the Silverleaf golf course.
Membership in the private Silverleaf Golf Club is open to all homeowners. Clubhouse amenities include resort style swimming pools, spa, locker rooms, and fine and casual dining.
by JONATHAN BODEEN | Jan 28, 2013 | Featured Communities
Scottsdale Ranch is a unique and lovely community in the heart of Scottsdale, Arizona. A wide variety of homes are available to suit every preference, taste, and budget. The homes are built around Lake Serena, with 5 miles of shoreline available for you to enjoy. Fishermen will be happy to discover that the lake is fully stocked with bass and catfish, and that they can cast their lines from the shore or from one of the community pontoon boats, available for rent complete with drivers. Members of the Community Association can also use their own watercraft, with the appropriate permits.
On the perimeter of the community you will find the Scottsdale Ranch Park and Tennis Center. The park consists of 42-acres of tennis, racquetball, basketball and squash courts, sand volleyball, and lighted baseball fields. Also moments away from your home you will find shopping, dining, and entertainment options to satisfy your every desire.
by JONATHAN BODEEN | Jan 28, 2013 | Featured Communities, Luxury Communities
In this community, the physical attributes of the land in each lot determine how your home will be built. Architects and builders design custom and semi-custom homes around boulder formations, lush vegetation, and mountain slopes. No matter what time of day, or what time of year, you will be surrounded by spectacular beauty. The mountains, stars, city lights, and unspoiled desert all act in harmony to ensure that every home is a home with a view.
Community amenities include a 24 hour guarded gate, high perimeter walls, basketball courts, tennis courts, and a spa. The area is surrounded by wonderful opportunities for mountain biking and running, and is close to the Mayo Clinic and the town of Fountain Hills. Just outside the community gates you will find a shopping area with all the conveniences you could possibly need to thrive in your luxurious new home.
by JONATHAN BODEEN | Jan 28, 2013 | Featured Communities, Golfing Communities, Luxury Communities, North Scottsdale News
The Pinnacle Peak community is comprised of several neighborhoods, all in close proximity to each other near the intersection of Pinnacle Peak and Pima Roads. Surrounding this intersection you can find a wide variety of businesses, shops, and services to make your daily living effortless. Homes are large, well-appointed, and carefully designed to enhance the desert landscape rather than distract from it. Each home features gorgeous views of the surrounding mountains, sunsets, and the twinkling lights of Phoenix.
Within the heart of the communities you can find the Pinnacle Peak Country Club, one of the Valley’s first member-owned private golf clubs. Home ownership is not required for membership, however in order to keep the club private and uncrowded, membership is limited to 325 at one time. The golf course is an 18-hole, walkable, beautifully landscaped delight. The Clubhouse features lighted tennis courts, a heated lap pool, golf shop, fitness center, attended locker rooms, fine and casual dining rooms, and meeting rooms and administrative offices. No other Scottsdale, Arizona real estate can give you the relaxed luxury and quiet beauty of the Pinnacle Peak Country Club.
by JONATHAN BODEEN | Jan 28, 2013 | Featured Communities
If you are looking for city conveniences while still maintaining a measure of privacy that can only be found in the country, you need to take a look at Pima Acres. This community of custom built homes each feature lots that are over an acre in size, a luxury you would be hard pressed to find anywhere else in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Each of the 140 homes was built between 1993 and 2008, and are surrounded by desert and open space. Pima Acres’ location provides easy access to golf, shopping, Excelling schools, the Scottsdale Airpark, and the Loop 101 Freeway which can easily take you anywhere in the Valley you wish to go.
by JONATHAN BODEEN | Jan 28, 2013 | Featured Communities, Golfing Communities, Luxury Communities, North Scottsdale News
If you are looking for luxury, beauty, and a one-of-a-kind style in your home, you owe it to yourself to consider the North Scottsdale community of Mirabel. Located far above sea level, Mirabel residents escape the intense heat of Phoenix, while still enjoying the gorgeous scenery that comes with living in the Sonoran Desert. Every home has been individually designed by top architects, and feature panoramic views of Pinnacle Peak Mountain and the spectacular sunsets that are only found in the Valley of the Sun.
Golfers will especially love this community, as they play through the 18-hole Tom Fazio designed masterpiece. Every hole has spectacular views, and has been meticulously crafted to provide challenge to golfers of every skill level. Midway through the course, stop and enjoy complimentary snacks prepared on the course by one of the Valley’s top chefs. After your game, relax in the casually elegant Clubhouse. Membership in the Golf Club includes access to the spa, salon, clay tennis courts, fitness center, and pool. In addition, the Clubhouse features a dining room that prepares and serves a wide variety of cuisine, from barbeque to fine dining. You every need has been anticipated at Mirabel, and concierge staff are available to make your perfect Scottsdale lifestyle simple and carefree.
by JONATHAN BODEEN | Jan 28, 2013 | Featured Communities
McDowell Mountain Ranch is a diverse, family oriented community with a vast range of amenities designed for an active lifestyle. Its 25 neighborhoods are arranged around a central five acre park that features a community center, swimming pool, tennis courts, sand volleyball court, and splash fountain. Miles of well maintained trails are available for walking or biking, connecting neighborhoods to each other and leading to the McDowell Mountain Ranch Park & Aquatic Center. This park is 35 acres and features a skate park, soccer fields, and lighted ball fields. The Aquatic Center offers swim lessons, aerobics classes, and fitness classes, in addition to its 8 lane lap pool, diving well, water slides, lazy river, and large play pool. Spending a day at the Aquatic Center is like visiting a water park, without the crowds or the costs.
This community is bordered by the championship, 18-hole, Sanctuary Golf Course. It lies on the western slope of the McDowell Mountains and has achieved Audobon Signature Status for the way the native plants and wildlife have been protected while conservation, water quality, and pest control issues have been handled. The clubhouse is 8,500 square feet, and includes a full service restaurant, driving range, putting greens and private golf lessons. In close proximity to the community are a wide variety of shopping and dining opportunities, as well as a city library and the Scottsdale Citizen’s Service Center.
by JONATHAN BODEEN | Jan 28, 2013 | Featured Communities
by JONATHAN BODEEN | Jan 28, 2013 | Featured Communities, Golfing Communities, North Scottsdale News
Legend Trail is a lovely, luxurious golf community in the high Sonoran Desert. Its location and elevation provides it with cooler temperatures and spectacular views of Pinnacle Peak, the McDowell Mountains, and the romantic city lights. It is home to the public Legend Trail Golf Course which features 18 holes, par 72, wide fairways, small bunkering, and island tees. Homeowners receive discounted rates to play, but anyone is welcome to try their hand at this challenging but fair course. The clubhouse features a fitness center, swimming pool, and tennis courts. Walking trails wind through and around this community. The homes is this area are truly custom homes, and each one features breathtaking views of mountains, golf course, or both. Most homes are Mediterranean or Pueblo styled, and feature prominent use of stonework. The entire community covers 640 acres, with half set aside for natural open space. The terrain gently slopes and winds through palo verde trees, large boulder formations, and stands of saguaro cacti.
by JONATHAN BODEEN | Jan 28, 2013 | Featured Communities, North Scottsdale News
Ironwood Village consists of 704 homes in a master-planned community. One of its greatest assets is its location. It is just north of the 101 Freeway, and just east of Pima Road. This is an established neighborhood with mature landscaping and lovely, upgraded homes. Ironwood is also in close proximity to DC Ranch’s Market Street, meaning that upscale boutiques, fine dining, and household essentials can all be found mere moments away from your front door.
