Colorado Springs Homes Blog

An unexpected delight at the 2008 Colorado Springs Parade of Homes was the Disney Signature Home, by Moeller Custom Properties.  Discard any notions you may have about Mickey Mouse bedspreads and Donald Duck faucets.  While there are several, mostly subtle Disney character touches, the main Disney theme is the Art Moderne furniture. Furnishings are from the Walt Disney Signature Furniture Collection by Drexel Heritage, inspired by Walt Disney's own designs.

 Features include:

• Beautifully landscaped
• Front courtyard
• A contemporary feel
• Rotunda entry with soaring ceiling and beautiful art glass chandelier

• Flowing floor plan
• Spacious great room opens to a generous deck with views

• Dining room with crystal chandelier
• Butler's pantry
• Kitchen with beautiful granite counters, two stainless sinks in neat shapes, and a custom glass black splash. The kitchen is open to the great room with a large pass-through, and has plenty of cabinet space.

• Roomy, sunny eating nook with fabulous views that add a special touch to casual meals

• Main and lower level studies/offices
• Master bedroom with deck access and fireplace
• Master bath with steam shower
• Access to the laundry room from the master dressing area/apparel room
• Lower level entertainment area with a unique mohagany wall with cantilevered shelves.  The lower level also hosts a wet bar and a wine room.
• Downstairs powder room with glass tiled walls and "stars" (tiny lights) in the ceiling
• Boldly used some cool colors - grays and blues
• Three car garage
• 5,195 finished square feet out of 5,585 total square feet
• Four bedrooms and five baths
• $1,677,000

Photos taken with permission.

Ken and Sandy Wickham are long-time Realtors in beautiful Colorado Springs, CO.  Please call them with any questions you may have about Moeller Custom Properties, Flying Horse, or homes in the Pikes Peak region.  They can be reached at 800-599-8500 ext. 1120 or 719-534-7919.

www.wickhome.com

The Residence at Toscano is a spectacular estate created by Flying Horse Signature Homes. This home is designed to wow, and is one of the highlights of the 2008 Colorado Springs Parade of Homes.  It's ideally situated on a prime 2.66 acre lot on the Flying Horse Golf Course.  Enjoy the mountain views and the sight of the award-winning Flying Horse Golf Club.  Flying Horse is a guard-gated community just north of Colorado Springs, known for their expansive Athletic and Golf clubs.

Features include:

• 200 feet setback from the street for privacy
• Auto Court with a fountain.  The garages face each other, not the street, for maximum curb appeal.  There's a detached 2 car plus shop (shop area would be great for the golf cart) and an attached 3 car garage.
• Side entry off the auto court lets you access the kitchen and panty easily
• Back stairway to lower level from side entry
• 20 cast stone columns, some interior, some exterior

• Soaring 2 story foyer
• Spacious great room with warm hardwood floors and and fireplace with cast mantle, surround and hearth

•  A parlor/study has a wet bar, and shares the two sided fireplace with the great room.  The carved wooden fireplace complements the travertine surround.

• Kitchen will every amenity
• A step-down Chef's Office off the kitchen, complete with granite desktops and bookcases for your cookbooks.  It's sure to enhance your culinary skills, and when you're not planning your next dinner party, it doubles as a great home office.

• Wet bar/refreshment center in the master retreat perfect for the morning cup of coffee or evening glass of wine
• A separate laundry room in the master retreat
• Fabulous, unique, multi-level master closets and retreat/exercise room

• Elevator
• Lavish lower level guest suite with 5 piece bath
• Large home theater
• Lower level wet bar and wine cellar
• Children's game room that would also make a wonderful study space or home-school area
• Radiant in-floor heat
• Two mechanical rooms with plenty of unfinished storage space
• Outdoor living room with fireplace
• Expansive outdoor space - try 3500 square feet, both covered and uncovered, so you can enjoy the outdoors snow, rain, or shine. 
• Five bedrooms and eight baths
• 9,304 finished square feet, out of 10,627 total
• $4,400,000

Photos taken with permission.

Ken and Sandy Wickham are long-time Realtors in beautiful Colorado Springs, CO.  If you have questions about Flying Horse, Flying Horse Signature Homes, or homes in the Pikes Peak region, call them at 800-599-8500 ext. 1120, or 719-534-7919.

www.wickhome.com

One of the highlights of the 2008 Colorado Springs Parade of Homes was The Sony Signature Home by Moeller Custom Properties.  It's truly a work of art, and filled with up-to-the-minute Sony electronics and luxe amenities.   The home is ideally placed on a 1.68 acre Flying Horse Golf Course view lot, in the guard-gated Flying Horse community.  Flying Horse is just north of Colorado Springs, and boasts an award-winning Golf Club and a lavish Athletics Club/

Features include: 

• Auto Court - Garages never looked so good from the outside.  There's room for five cars, plus a motorcycle or golf cart - and... the garages are heated! All that's missing is the valet and your nattily dressed guests.

• Meandering paver driveway and a fountain in the front grassy area lend to the lovely curb appeal.
• Custom, ten foot, rubbed iron front door
•  20 foot high rotunda entry with a wooden ceiling inset

• Marble foyer floor
• Piano alcove/music room in foyer

• Custom cherry cabinetry throughout
• Spectacular great room with a fireplace and views of mountains and Flying Horse Golf Club
• Study/library with custom built-in bookcases, which have a very practical ladder to reach the top shelves.  Roger Moeller, the builder, bought, dyed, cut and placed the leather insert in the study floor.  The beautiful fireplace, with marble surround and beautifully hand-carved mantle, also has leather inserts. 

• Butler's pantry with round sink and wine chiller
• Kitchen with top of the line appliances and every option, including a built-in espresso/cappucino maker
• 2nd round sink in the kitchen to complement the curved cabinet
• Spacious kitchen nook
• Covered outdoor living room with fireplace off the kitchen.  The twelve foot Nana Wall is a spectacular feature that opens in several configurations
• Gorgeous wrought iron baluster by stairs

• Master bedroom with a beautiful sitting area on the other side of the 2 sided fireplace

• Custom crafted, motorized TV lift in the master bedroom

• Master bath has a stylish round tub, and a walk-in shower with a built in foot massager.  The master bath fireplace opens to both the shower and the tub!  Floors and counters are a gorgeous, creamy marble.

• Spacious master closet with crown molding, marble dresser tops, very practical and chic pull-down upper closet rods, and its own washer and dryer
• Private guest suite that would encourage guests to stay way, way too long. 
• Home elevator
• Unique mirrored cornices
• Sony TruGolf Simulator - play 60 top courses from the comfort of your home.  Great for those snowy days!
• Theater Room with curved bar pass-through

• Wine room
• Downstairs powder room with neo-classical style pedestal sink

• Interior Design by Nancy Lusk of Dynasty Design
• 9333 square feet
• Five bedrooms and eight baths
• Over 1200 square feet of outdoor living areas; some are covered
• $4,300,000

Photos taken with permission

Ken and Sandy Wickham are long-time Realtors in beautiful Colorado Springs, CO.  If you have any questions about Flying Horse, Moeller Custom Properties, or homes in the Pikes Peak region, call them at 800-599-8500 ext. 1120 or 719-534-7919.

www.wickhome.com