The third phase of development in the Overlook at Heritage Hills is moving along quickly!  Dirt work is being done to create the streets and lay out the lots for the first filing.  With just over 60 customers on the interest list for this semi-custom neighborhood in Heritage Hills, where homes will start in the mid-$700’s, the excitement continues to grow.  Celebrity Custom Homes is planning on releasing further information about lot premiums, option pricing, and elevations by mid-September.  To receive monthly updates about the Overlook, contact Craig Penn via e-mail at: craig@heritagehillscolorado.com and he will add you to the interest list. You can also stop by the custom home sales center to pick up renderings and floor plans for each of the four models that will be available to tour in mid-March, 2011.

The Summit at Heritage Hills is nearly sold out, with only 21 custom homesites remaining.  There are a variety of lot styles available from walkouts backing to open space, to flat lots that have great privacy with a seven foot brick fence in the back.  All of the remaining lots are at least a quarter of an acre, with the largest being just over a third of an acre on a cul-de-sac.  There are also five preferred builders in Heritage Hills.  These builder partners will help you create your home from the bottom up.  Each builder has the ability to either adapt a previously built plan for your needs or to assist you in having an architect create a truly unique custom plan.  Heritage Hills is a beautifully maturing gated community with an active Homeowner’s Association and year-round resident activities.  If you are interested in more information about the remaining custom homesites at Heritage Hills, contact Craig Penn at 303-706-0466, or visit our website at:  http://www.heritagehillscolorado.com/

Heritage Hills is located in the beautiful City of Lone Tree, Colorado.  A fairly young city, Lone Tree was incorporated in November 1995.  Since then it has grown and changed in numerous ways, while staying consistent with the city’s vision.  Thanks to this growth, many of the city’s amenities are within minutes of this gated luxury home community.

High quality medical care is available at Sky Ridge Medical Center, less than 5 minutes from Heritage Hills.  Sky Ridge was constructed in 2003, and provides emergency medical care for residents in the region. 

There are also many shopping and dining options to try just minutes away at Park Meadows.  The mall complex, which includes more than 180 restaurants and retailers was annexed by the City of Lone Tree in 2006.  Businesses continue to grow and thrive in this community, and toward that end, the Lone Tree Chamber of Commerce was established in 2006.

A  Light Rail station at Lincoln Avenue was added in 2006.  This station provides access to the Denver Tech Center and downtown Denver within walking distance of Heritage Hills.  As the City of Lone Tree has grown, Heritage Hills has quickly become a sought-after community for its great South Denver location and abundance of amenities located just outside its gates.

Congratulations to the city of Lone Tree for winning the 2010 Outstanding Outreach Award. This prestigious award recognizes governmental entities, individuals, companies, and organizations for their excellence in recycling.  Lone Tree won because the city used a unique marketing strategy to communicate the importance of single-stream recycling, increasing the household participation rate to 65%, a 20% increase in nine short months! Residents of Lone Tree can order recycling carts by calling 303-708-1818.

Founded in 1976 by father and son team Bob and Gregg Carnicello, Gregg Design Builders has built hundreds of homes along Colorado’s front-range.  In doing so, they have earned a reputation as one of Denver’s most respected luxury homebuilders.  Each phase of construction is photographed and presented to the client upon completion of the home.  Clients are encouraged to work closely with the architect, interior designer and landscape architect to ensure that every expectation is met and exceeded.

Throughout the construction process, it is Gregg Design Builder’s goal to provide superior craftsmanship, materials, creative design and attention to detail.  Their formula is simple: Bring together a team of professionals, and provide over 35 years of building knowledge to create a one-of-a-kind experience.

Building homes in Heritage Hills since 1998, Gregg Design Builders has left their mark on the community. They have completed 19 custom homes in Heritage Hills and are ready to start a custom home in the final custom phase of the community.

Celebrity Custom Homes is continuing to move forward with the development of The Overlook in Heritage Hills.  With over 50 customer names already on the interest list, the buzz surrounding the final phase of Heritage Hills continues to grow.  The timeline for the first reservation is tentatively set for November of this year. Celebrity hopes to start one new home each month, with a  build time of approximately 7 months.  The finish options and lot premium lists will be available in September.  With lots averaging a quarter of an acre, and some lots approaching a half acre, there will be some amazing sites on which to build the home of your dreams. Celebrity will be constructing a model home for each of the four plans to be built in the Overlook.  Please stop by the sales center in Heritage Hills to pick up current information about the Overlook including homesite layouts and sizes, as well as floorplans for each of the four models. Don’t forget to add your name to the interest list for future updates. For more information, you can also contact Craig Penn, Sales Manager via e-mail at craig@heritagehillscolorado.com

Ades Design Builders, one of only 5 approved builders in Heritage Hills builds extraordinary homes for interesting people. By assembling a trusted team and coordinating the skills of exceptional architects, craftsmen and contractors they create a synergy that adds value at every step and leads to a home that is even more than expected.

With over 25 years of experience in custom home building, Ades Design Builders have completed over 300 custom homes. The company is noted for their candor in discussing costs and building realistic expectations. They will manage every step of the custom homebuilding process, with uncompromising attention to detail. They are also involved with site selection, financing, insurance, and adherence to all regulations.

S. Robert August, President of S. Robert August and Co. says of Ades Design Builders that they are, “Attentive, Caring, Honest, Innovative, Considerate, Efficient, Excellent.” Stop by our custom sales center in Heritage Hills to find out more about Ades Design Builders and learn more about the lots they own, pricing, or available custom homes currently on the market.

The new Overlook neighborhood at Heritage Hills has begun full development in preparation for the first homes to begin construction.  The start of grading on the site has caused a lot of buzz about this new neighborhood of semi-custom homes.  One of the most frequently asked questions has been: “How big the lots are going to be?”  The first filing of The Overlook will have a total of 29 lots, four lots will feature the new model homes, leaving 25 homesites for the first Overlook residents. There will be one cul-de-sac in the first filing and the average lot size will be .279 of an acre, or approximately 12,000 square feet. If you would like copies of the four floor plans to be built in The Overlook and a map of the entire area please stop by the Heritage Hills sales center or email Craig@HeritageHillsColorado.com. Craig Penn, the Sales Manager for Heritage Hills, would be happy to supply you with this information and add you to the rapidly increasing interest list. 

If you’re looking for a custom or semi-custom home, you’ll find no lack of advice on how and where to look. But there’s an old piece of wisdom that seems to hold true through thick and thin: good things last.

This simple idea is a likely reason why — in a year when many custom home communities saw multiple foreclosures and precipitous drops in both sales and value — Heritage Hills in Lone Tree held its own. Or as Craig Penn, the sales manager at Heritage Hills, puts it, “There are so many unique benefits to this location and this community. It’s like that perfect thing that almost never goes on sale because the value is just rock solid.”

The location is truly brilliant. Let’s start with the fact that a ten-minute walk will take you to the Lincoln light rail station, giving you a smart, earth-friendly way to access downtown and other parts of the city. And if your life is oriented toward the south metro area, the location gets even better. Inverness and the Denver Tech Center are ten minutes away. Dove Valley, seven minutes. Park Meadows, five minutes at the most.

Light rail isn’t the only destination within easy walking or biking distance. Heritage Hills includes a community center, two swimming pools, tennis courts, playgrounds and other recreational features. Have young children? Lone Tree Elementary, a magnet school within the acclaimed Douglas County School District, is right in the neighborhood. (And several of Denver’s best private schools are within a 15-minute drive.) You can even walk to a grocery store, a bank and a variety of shops and restaurants. And if you enjoy a challenging bike ride or a leisurely stroll, Heritage Hills residents have neighborhood access to an extensive open space trail that takes you all over Denver.

Then there’s the Heritage Hills community itself. Heritage Hills was created by Celebrity, one of Colorado’s most respected custom community developers. Celebrity is known for its careful, artful approach to community design and for its financial stability. This is a developer that makes big promises … and then keeps them. And they look for the same kind of creativity and financial soundness from their homebuilders.

The result: from the moment you drive past the gates of Heritage Hills, you can feel how well-founded it is. Yes, major amenities are already complete. But perhaps even more significantly, there’s an established, authentic community spirit about the place. People are out walking. Neighbors come together at regular community events. Even little things, like the freshly planted flowers in the common areas, speak of a neighborhood that has it all together.

How exceptional is Heritage Hills? One practical measure is to look at Heritage Hills residents who decided to move up, say from a semi-custom home to a custom home. “Already this year, I know of two Heritage Hills families who looked all over Denver for their next home,” Craig Penn says. “They could have bought for less somewhere else, but they both bought in Heritage Hills. They just couldn’t leave what they had found here.”

There’s a term for that. It’s called lasting value.

In her article “Where is everyone moving,” Tisa Silver of Investopedia recently ranked Colorado seventh in her list of the top ten states that people are moving to. Denver is a popular destination for new residents with an inbound rate of 56%. With over 300 days of sunshine a year, great professional sports teams, a vibrant downtown, and the Rocky mountains just an hour away, it looks like other people are starting to notice what we already know, that Denver is a great place to live and raise a family. Denver was also one of only six cities tracked by the S& P / Case-Shiller Home Price Index that showed an increase in home prices from December 2008 to December 2009.  To read all of Tisa Silver’s article, click here:  http://bit.ly/dAdLKN