Grand County at an attainable price: Sun Communities in Granby lures local families, Front Range buyers, too

When Sun Communities launched its fast-selling River Run edifice successful Granby past year, the municipality of Granby got thing it needed—a 2nd vicinity located adjacent the edifice for affordable single-family homes—ones with starting prices astir $200,000 alternatively than the $600s, which are emblematic for Grand County now, post-pandemic.

This fall, Granby’s Smith Creek Crossing, conscionable disconnected Highway 34 connected the mode into Grand Lake and Rocky Mountain National Park, is selling conscionable arsenic accelerated arsenic River Run’s edifice villas did—eight homes near from the 82 sites successful the neighborhood’s archetypal phase—as Sun Communities readies a 2nd phase, to unfastened from the debased $200s.

Not surprisingly, the earliest buyers to instrumentality vantage of Smith Creek Crossing person been Grand County locals, struggling to find single-family homes they tin spend successful a rising mountain-resort market. But Sun Communities allows second-home buyers to purchase, too; and numbers of Front Range families person been utilizing that to bargain a upland getaway location successful 1 of the Rockies’ astir fashionable areas.

Sun Communities makes those way-below-market prices hap by utilizing manufactured-home plan that keeps operation costs minimal; arsenic good arsenic by mode of an ownership operation wherever you ain your location but lease your location site—something that buyers person been readily consenting to bash to beryllium capable to ain successful Grand County.

Prices for those last first-phase homes commencement astatine $178,995 for a 2-bedroom/2-1/2 bath single-family ‘Coyote’ design, upgraded with stainless room appliances and vaulted ceilings, positive a xeriscaped gait with irrigation. (Carports oregon 2-car garages are an option.)

Buyers besides wage a site-lease interest (currently from $643 per month, to $693 for sites backing to unfastened space) that covers spot taxes, on with assemblage amenities.

Wadioni Rainwater volition amusement you the assemblage halfway with 24-hour fittingness gym, blistery tub, barbecue, firepit gathering area, and a bully playground. You’ll besides spot 2 lakes that residents tin entree (one stocked for fishing, the different for paddleboards), on with a backstage sportfishing country on the Colorado River, moving close done the community.

If you’re buying arsenic a edifice home, you tin offset the monthly by renting your location retired (minimum 3-month lease is required), raising the anticipation that you could usage it arsenic your skis retreat (Winter Park 30 minutes, Granby Ranch 10 minutes); past lease it retired for summer.

Smith Creek Crossing’s income center, disconnected Highway 34 conscionable northbound of Highway 40 successful Granby, is unfastened by assignment today, oregon weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The quality and editorial staffs of The Denver Post had nary relation successful this post’s preparation.