Durango Luxury Real Estate

Team Lorenz was recently hired to market a home built and designed by Robinson and Associates. This builder and architectural team has worked in the Durango area for almost 20 years and has been the creator of many luxury homes in Durango. If you are looking for a well planned and thought-out home with dramatic tall ceilings in an upscale development, then this 4200+ ft.² home may be just the right opportunity for you. Shenandoah Peaks is a 4 lot enclave of 35 acres located within the Shenandoah subdivision less than 10 minutes from downtown Durango. With the new Lake Nighthorse currently being filled, your home would be less than 2 miles from the entrance to the new Lake. Designed for boating, fishing, and other recreational uses, Lake Nighthorse should be filled to capacity within two years. Paved roads throughout Shenandoah and Shenandoah Peaks provide for easy year-round access.

Ease of living is the byword because the vast majority of the home is all on one level. You are immediately taken-in by the beautiful detail work driving up to the entrance. Large native rocks are stacked three and four high to provide a curved retaining wall, as well as planting areas. The large covered entry is flanked on each side by beautiful outdoor lighting. The three car garage is smartly finished with custom-made Cedar garage doors. Upon entering through the 8 foot door, you are greeted in every direction with a visual stimulus. The deep rich color of the hand distressed Birch engineered plank flooring is instantly recognized as high-quality. Looking up, the exposed wooden trusses span from the front of the house to the back and rest above the 12 foot window wall that looks nearly due South towards Black Ridge Mountain. To the right is a moss rock fireplace that, while very large, does not overpower the rooms and with its see-through design, services both the living room and the dining room with elegance and warmth. The kitchen is expansive (27 x 19) with extensive use of slab granite countertops as well as a Birch hardwood prep table island in the middle. If a luxury kitchen is what you're looking for, this is certainly it. Dual Viking convection ovens, a 42 inch Sub-Zero refrigerator/freezer, GE Profile dishwasher as well as microwave oven, and a Wolf gas 4 burner plus griddle Cook top… all finished in stainless steel, of course… help to make this kitchen a true chef's delight. Storage will never be a problem because of the walk-in pantry and an abundance of Alder cabinets with underneath accent lighting.

The master suite is on one end of the home to ensure privacy. Individual marble vessel basins on their own vanity table provide an elegant touch. The master even has its own patio for enjoying the view and relaxing. On the opposite end of the house are two bedrooms, either of which could easily be an office, if you would like. No doubt, you will spend many an evening outdoors. Off of the living room is a partially covered outdoor entertainment area with a wood burning fireplace that will certainly help extend the season.
The lower-level has a junior master suite and a large family room, complete with wet bar and wine cooler refrigerator, that could easily be used as the media center, pool table room, etc. A temperature controlled room on the north side of the home would make an ideal wine cellar.

There is so much more to tell you about this home that I thought I would provide a link directly into my BuyDurango.com website. Here is the hotlink to this Durango Luxury Home.

Durango Luxury Home Near Durango Mountain Resort

If you are looking for a luxury home in the Durango, CO real estate market, I would suggest you take a serious look at this property located within 1 mile of the Purgatory Ski Resort. Located on Lake Purgatory and perched on a hill overlooking the Lake, this 4413 ft.² home provides a great home base for enjoying all of the wonderful activities in the Durango area. This property is just minutes from skiing and a short 25 Minute Drive to Durango. Dalton Ranch Golf Course in the Animas Valley is only 15 minutes away, or purchase a membership at Tamarron or the Glacier Club and play on that fabulous mountain golf course which would be only 10 minutes away.

The kitchen always seems to be at the center of the activities in a home like this and this property is no exception. Top-of-the-line appliances (2 Jenn-Air downdraft ranges for instance) along with a large center island make this a great gathering spot after a hard day of skiing or golfing. There is a eat in dining area with windows overlooking the lake and Spud Mountain. You can also go directly out onto the large deck where there is a hot tub and even a sauna. The large great room, with a wall of windows at the end, features a three sided rock fireplace that will bring warmth to people in the kitchen and the great room. The luxurious master suite, with its own office and observatory, is privately located on its own floor of the north end of the house. The master bedroom overlooks the Great Room and has its own Kiva styled fireplace. You may have trouble working in the private office with built-in bookcases and hardwood floor because of user so spectacular out the windows. And if that won't get you enthused, then take a few steps up into the observatory for a full 360° view of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.



Perfectly designed as a family retreat, there is a junior master bedroom with its own private entrance off of the great room. Knowing that you need room for the kids or grandkids, there are two more bedrooms with a bath in between for the younger ones. There is a nice trail from the house down to the Lake where you can kayak and fish. Like to go snowmobiling in the winter? There's an on-site building for storing that sort of equipment. Silverton, which is just 30 minutes north of this home, has miles and miles of groomed trails and is a snowmobiler’s paradise. Situated on 1.27 acres of land, the property is surrounded by Aspen trees and Colorado Blue Spruce. This is a very private setting with only two more lots beyond this home on a dead-end road.

Priced at $2,150,000 this is an especially good buy. Although not included, the furnishings along with a Jeep, snowmobiles and other equipment would be available for an additional cost. If you'd like to see more detailed information on this property here is a link to this home on my BuyDurango.com website.
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