My New Colorado Home

Hi all - well I did it!  I bought a place in Colorado!  It's in the town of Arvada and under 2 mi. from the center of Olde Town Arvada which is a cute little town established in 1870.  There is a charming little historic district with lots of the original little cottages that have been restored and renovated.

Our place is in a development called Four Acre Lake - a small Condominium Complex built around a little man-made lake.

This is the lake and as you can see the buildings that surround this lake.

This is our building, there are only 8 units per building - 4 units on each side.  You are looking at the front side of our building with 2 units on the first floor (one on left and one on right) and 2 units that have lofts on the 2nd floor.

We are on the bottom floor - Unit on the right - all units are corner units which means we all have plenty of light coming in.

There's plenty of space between buildings and there are only about 10 buildings within the entire complex so it's a small development. There is a great walking path all around the lake which Blanche & Lucy already love. 

The thing we love most about this place is there is very few amenities - which means very low HOA fees and which also mean very few families as there is no big pool, or clubhouse or activities to attract families and kids. This is a little enclosed Gazebo that you can have BBQ's in and family gatherings/picnics in or where you can put your lawn chair in and just sit and enjoy the sunset or the view of the lake.

I took these photos of the interior when we did the inspection - and it was filled with the sellers furniture - but it will give you an idea of what the interior looks like better than if it were empty.  This is the living room with 2 big windows and beautiful hardwood floors.

View from the living room to the kitchen & dining area.  There is a breakfast bar where we can put stools for casual dining.  I love the wood floors throughout - easy cleaning with the pups..

This is the Master bedroom with also 2 nice big windows (they had huge furniture that really filled the place).  Burber rugs in both bedrooms.

Great tile floors in the baths - this is the master bath.

Master bath has just a shower (which is all I ever take anyway).

This is the spare bedroom - they had 3 little kids here!!  This room will function as an office most of the time - but I will have a Trundle bed in here with a desk so that when you come to visit we have sleeping quarters for you.

The guest bathroom has a full tub and shower as well.

 I hope you come to visit us in our new home sometime - Colorado is wonderful and weather is always great... Our place is only 31miles away from the grandkids - and an easy ride to visit them or for them to visit us and for the kids to stay over grammy's....   Arvada is under 10miles north west of downtown Denver and right next door to Golden and Boulder and very close to the foothills of the Rockies...
if you have time and want to know more about the little town of Arvada - visit the website http://arvada.org/about-arvada
Its a wonderful little town and one that we look forward to discover more about.