About Bailey, Colorado
This property is located on the border of Jefferson County and Park County and is south -east of Bailey, Colorado by approximately 10 miles and is 15 miles south -west of Conifer. Bailey still has a small town atmosphere, located directly on highway 285 which eventually turns into Hampden Avenue in Denver and runs all the way south to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Bailey boasts a post office, gas stations and several restaurants and under 10,000 residents so finding your way around and getting to know people is easy.
Major grocery store shopping (both Safeway and King Soopers) is available in Conifer. Conifer is a growing community that offers numerous amenities including physicians, banking, fuel, shopping, restaurants, and more.
There are several RTD Park and Ride locations for residents commuting to Denver.
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Buying a Colorado Mountain Home as a second home or a primary residence can be an exciting way to make a dream come true. This home in Bailey, Colorado is more than a cabin, it is a beautiful, bright, open designed mountain home with quality finishes. WIth 10 acres and stunning mountain and forest views, plus an affordable price, it is hard to go wrong.
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This web page was designed by the children of the current owners and is not a legal description. The producers of this page do not represent this property. All statements should be verfied by potential buyers. Email the real estate agent representing this property.
Outdoor Enthusiast / Hunter's Delight
This mountain home has either immediate access to or is very close to:
hiking
mountain biking
fishing
skiing in Breckenridge (only 60 miles away)
hunting
kayaking on the South Platte River
bird watching
four wheeling and dirt bike trails
cross-country skiing / Nordic skiing
snowmobiling
snowshoeing
You'll also enjoy the convince of these amenities:
Safeway Grocery
Kings Soopers Grocery
3 Margaritas Restaurant
Chili's Restaurant
Big O Tires
El Rio Restaurant
China Village
Commuting to Denver along Highway 285
If you commute to Denver from this Bailey home and do not want to drive, then there are 3 RTD bus park and ride stops available.
These businesses are located in:
Pine Junction
Mountain View
Aspen Park
When Your Quiet Mountain Getaway is Close Enough to Call Home
All photos on this web page were taken on this amazing property for sale in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
The spacious, southern facing blacktop driveway easily melts the snow, making shoveling easier during the winter months.
"Imagine having your morning
coffee on this sunny, spacious deck."
Watch the Aspen trees turn gold each fall from your new mountain property! Nearby Kenosha Pass is a great Autumn drive for taking pictures of the Aspen trees changing color, some of which are visible from the property itself (as seen in this picture).
Say, "Hi" to your cute new neighbors!
A Great Floor Plan
This is not your typical cramped, chopped up, dark, mountain home.
The well-thought out, open floor plan makes best use of both living and storage space. The floor plan has great fung shui, is functional, comfortable and attractive.
The spacious, convenient kitchen and appliances (included), and lots of kitchen counter and cabinet space make meal preparation and entertaining enjoyable and easy.
No Compromises!
With most mountain houses, you have to make a compromise: either you have a lot of trees and no sunlight in the home, or lots of sunlight but no trees.
In this spectacular home, you have the best of both worlds: plenty of mature trees but also plenty of sunlight!
Privacy & Seclusion
There are no highway or interstate noises here!
Even though your mountain retreat home is just 5 miles from Hwy 285 and less than one hour from the Denver Metro area, you'll feel like you live deep in the Colorado Rockies because you do!
No Yard Maintenance
Sell your lawn mower! The natural mountain landscape makes yard maintenance a thing of the past.
Lots of Trees!
Ponderosa pine, blue spruce, and aspen sprouts cover the mountainside of the neighborhood and separate this property from any neighbors.
This photo, taken from the deck off the master bedroom, points directly at your closest neighbor.
Can you see their house? Neither can we!
Convenient Raised Ranch
The raised ranch design for this beautiful home provides ideal, scenic views of Pike National Forest from the two-sided, wrap around deck or from inside the home looking through your
floor-to-ceiling windows in the great room!
A Great Way to Wake Up
A romantic, private deck off the master bedroom is perfect for watching the sun set with a glass of wine and someone special as the animals begin their daily forage for food.
Sit quietly enough and there is a good chance a small herd of deer and their young fawns will stroll right by.
The Great Room!
The magnificent, well-maintained golden oak wood floors throughout great room, kitchen, foyer, and hall create a consistent flow to the home and set a warm tone for the house that lets you know that this is a place for comfort and relaxation.
Two large skylights in the great room provided additional soft daylight to the home.
Perfect for a Survivalist
Whether you worry about a power outage, or the survivalist in you likes the fact that your home can run its utilities independent of city hook up, this home has several off-the-grid features to get you started.
- emergency generator hook up system
- 300 gallon water storage reserve system for the well
- well water and septic system
- house currently runs on propane; however a natural gas line has been installed up to the house
- pre-wired alarm security system
- Qwest High Speed Internet Access
Low Maintenance Steel Roofs
Both the house and the detached, two car garage have attractive, low maintenance, durable pro-panel steel roofs. Additionally, the house steel roof includes snow breakers.
The detached, two-car garage is the perfect place for all of your big kid toys and hobbies like ATVs, snowmobiles, or just about anything!
Custom Designed Fireplace & Chimney
While building their mountain home, the original owners gathered hundreds of natural, native moss rocks from the property to create this towering fireplace between the giant, scenic windows, which give you a panoramic view of the Pike National Forest.
In the finished, walk out basement, the antique wood burning, pot belly stove is also backed with native moss rock.
Wow Your Guests!
The main floor bathroom will astonish your guests when they visit. Custom installed wainscoting sets the stage for this "turn-of-the-century" style bathroom.
An antique claw foot tub, with restored vintage faucet hardware, is without a doubt the focal point of this bathroom. You can look forward to soaking for many hours in this deep comfortable antique tub.
A well-functioning, antique Victorian-style toilet and a convenient, antique-looking pedestal sink complement the well over 100 year old cast iron, porcelain glazed tub.
Also, the toilet (see slide show) originates from a historic hotel in downtown Denver.
And, if that isn't enough, the vanity cabinet above the sink was custom built by a craftsman in Niwot, Colorado from the remnants of various antique oak furniture pieces such as old sewing machine drawers.
Stained-Glass Window
Over the tub is a one-of-a-kind, antique, Victorian-style stained-glass window, custom installed by the original owners with a thermal pane to maximize heat efficiency and reduce heating costs.
This stylish, colorful and artistic window was acquired by the original owners in a trade with an eccentric, elderly antique collector in Englewood, Colorado. Without a doubt it creates a memorable ambiance you and your guests will not soon forget.
Master Bedroom
Vaulted ceilings, full height windows, a private deck, and two beautiful "turn-of-the-century," vintage, stained-glass windows extracted from a Chicago 1920s era bungalow home give this comfortable master bedroom an intimate, romantic & historic overtone.
Home/Property Quick Facts:
MLS# 888553
Price: $399,900
Lot Size: 10 acres with SOUTHERN EXPOSURE
Square Ft: 2,380 sq feet total (top level: 1,638 and bottom: 742)
3 bedrooms upstairs2 3/4 bathroomswalk out finished basement5 car garage, plus outdoor shedview from front deck
Own your own private
Rocky Mountain retreat in beautiful Bailey, Colorado!
A Must See!
126 Holmes Gulch Way
Bailey, CO 80421
Click HERE to schedule a viewing of this beautiful, one of a kind mountain lodge retreat with the real estate agent.
Like the main bathroom described earlier, these windows also have a custom thermal pane to maximize heat efficiency and reduce heating costs. The master bedroom walk in closet keeps the rest of your bedroom looking tidy no matter how messy you are!
Pleasantly wake up each summer morning to the soft morning sun, as it casts beautiful colors and patterns through the room via the stained glass windows.
Golden oak floors and 140 SF of floor-to-ceiling scenic windows overlooking Pike National Forest!
Quality Finishes & Customizations
Six panel, solid pine doors provide privacy for you and your family.
View from the secluded deck off master bedroom.
Walk Out Finished Basement
This area would serve as an ideal location for a hot tub.
How is this view for enjoying your meals?
This photo was taken from the dining area.
This unique home seamlessly blends in with the surrounding beauty of the land. The house was freshly stained and caulked (Oct. 08) a natural brown color to blend in with and complement the surrounding environment.
Watching the birds from the wrap around private deck is a wonderful way to pass the time on a sunny afternoon.
Some birds to watch for:
bald eagles, owls, falcons, humming birds, chickadees, robins, stellar blue jays, Townsend solitaire, wrens, Rocky Mountain bluebirds, finches and morning doves.
Call Susan Sharness of Caldwell Banker Realestate at:
(303) 816-7500 (office) or (303) 457-3096 (cell)
The attractive, neutral color palette allows you to move in right away without having to repaint.
Washer, dryer and utility sink included.
Fully finished basement for entertaining, kid's rec room, or hobby room. Center cabinet counter makes a perfect dry bar or work bench for hobbies & crafts.
A Must See!
126 Holmes Gulch Way
Bailey, CO 80421
Click HERE to schedule a viewing of this beautiful, one of a kind mountain lodge retreat!
See more pictures in the Slide Show.
Why Are The Owners Selling?
With a private mountain retreat home this amazing you may be asking yourself, "Why are the owners selling?" Well, the retired owners have decided that they wish to live closer to their grown children.
Click HERE to schedule a viewing of this beautiful, one of a kind mountain lodge retreat!
The following article appeared in the Denver Yourhub online Newspaper:
Colorado: Greenpeace & NRA Co-Mingle
Small Mountain Town Review of Bailey, Colorado: Rated "A"
There is one value Greenpeace and NRA members have in common - their love of the outdoors.
They relish the benefits of "getting away from it all" to enjoy the wilderness. They have respect for nature (each in their own way) and understand her power.
Colorado is a unique state in that it attracts everyone who loves the outdoors, no matter their political affiliation or beliefs on the proper "use" of the outdoors. As an incredibly large state, fortunately, there is room for us all.
It is interesting, really, how much a Greenpeace or Sierra Club type person and a hunter or NRA member do have in common. They both have profound respect for how awesome nature is. They both have respect for cycles of life. Now, of course, the conclusions they draw from their love of the outdoors are frequently on opposite ends of the spectrum, but they both come from the same starting point - love of the outdoors.
As a native Coloradan (both an NRA member and a Sierra Club advocate), I am always searching for that little piece of paradise I can call home. I look at cabins for sale and mountain land for sale all the time. I am searching for a piece of property that is secluded enough for me to co-habit with wildlife and hear nothing but humming birds humming and my own breathing. But, as a practical, city-dweller, I do not want property that is so far away from Denver that I rarely visit.
One town, Bailey, Colorado, offers the chance for a part-time mountain dweller to escape from the city and enjoy the mountains on the weekends and on vacations. Located on Highway 285 (same road as Hampden Avenue), the town is a focal point for fishermen, kayakers, hikers, motorcyclists, and even bird watchers.
It is about a 30 minute drive from the western suburbs of Denver and downtown Bailey. Drive another hour beyond downtown Bailey and you'll find yourself in Breckenridge (traveling the back way through Fairplay and Alma -and what is great is that you can go skiing without having to deal with the horrible I-70 weekend traffic). Bailey is centrally located to delve further into the mountains for skiing or hunting, or for driving down to Denver for the day.
Wisely, local, full-time residents keep the benefits of their little mountain jewel to themselves and do not readily advertise that Bailey is one town just beyond the Denver foothills that is feasible for daily commuting to work in Denver, and living daily in the wilderness.
One resident summed it up saying, "I love it up here. Every night after work and on the weekends I just let the pressures of my job in the city lift off my shoulders. The air is clean and it is so quiet."
So what is the real estate in Bailey like? The prices vary greatly - from $150,000 to an easy 2 million. Affordable properties that offer seclusion on well-maintained county roads, with a modern, bright home and acreage are rare and sell quickly.
One such "cabin" home, located on 10 acres with views from every window and southern exposure, is for sale for $450,000. The new owner of this home doesn't have to compromise. With most mountain houses, you have to make a compromise: either you have a lot of trees and no sunlight in the home, or lots of sunlight but no trees. In this spectacular home, you have the best of both worlds: plenty of mature trees but also plenty of sunlight!
If you've been searching for Colorado mountain properties then you know that there seems to be three options. Buy a mountain property with gorgeous land and a dark, run-down old house, buy a beautiful mountain home on a small lot, or pay nearly a million dollars to get both a beautiful house and gorgeous, private land. That is what makes this property so unique. It is affordably priced and has the land and has a beautiful, sunny home. Click here to take a virtual tour of this home.
Skyrocketing energy prices over the last few years have further united naturalists and outdoorsmen. An outdoorsman is attracted to homes and cabins that are off –the- grid, meaning the house has its own energy and water sources and is not dependent upon municipal or outside companies to supply power and services. They like off-the-grid homes because they like being in control and do not want their lives to be subject to the whims of any outside organization.
A naturalist is also interested in self-sufficient houses because the buildings have less impact (footprint) on the land with fewer pipes and poles drilled into the earth to transfer water, sewage, and power from an outlying company.
This home can appeal to both survivalists and naturalists because of the cost-effective, off-the-grid, self-sustaining features. This property for sale has: emergency generator hook up system, 300 gallon water storage reserve system for the well, well water and septic system, house currently runs on propane; however a natural gas line has been installed up to the house, pre-wired alarm security system and Qwest High Speed (OK, more vital to city-dwellers looking for a second home perhaps). With just a few modifications, this home can be completely independent.
When Your Quiet Mountain Getaway is Close Enough to Call Home
As an avid nature lover myself, I do hope that you find your own bit of paradise. Perhaps living in Bailey, Colorado will offer exactly what you are looking for. Perhaps this home nestled in Pike National Forest in the Rocky Mountains will be quiet enough to be your mountain getaway but close enough to call home. This home is located at 126 Holmes Gulch Way in Bailey, Colorado.
