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Years 1 & 5 in Evergreen Colorado

February 6, 2013 by admin in Evergreen

In 2006 I moved
to Evergreen Colorado from Austin Texas. My family did so for a myriad of
reasons. A booming Real-Estate economy, to be closer to family, best case
scenario to raise kids and just change in general. We loved Austin but hey
Colorado is the American dream. Our
thought process was and is as follows. We want to live in the mountains with
the views and the wild life but we want to live close enough to civilization for
culture, gourmet food, hospitals, sports and entertainment much less the
importance of an hour or less drive to the airport. To share with you I thought
I would describe my Evergreen transition by example.

Year 1: I
purchased jackets and other assorted apparel for my family to cover every
imaginable climatic condition. My closets are filled with gear for cold, wet
cold, windy cold, fashionable cold and apocalyptic cold.
Year 5: This
winter I wore a jacket four times.

Year 1: I was
careful with my empathy towards the home grown locals making sure not to be
brash and offending.
Year 5: I have
met people from Russia, Mexico, New York, and Los Angeles and everywhere in between
but only four home grown locals.

Year 1: I had to
purchase a home with incredible white capped continental divide views.
Year 5: I now
know that I will get jaw dropping views of white capped continental divide views
all day as I drop my kids off at school, run to the grocery or doing any other
imaginable errand.

Year 1: I am
under the impression that Exempla Lutheran Hospital is twenty minutes away.
Year 5: Wife goes
into labor and FYI; it can be done in ten.

Year 1: Went on
hikes to find nature and wild life.
Year 5: With a
glass of wine I can watch nature to include half ton elk eat my garden with
more than necessary attitude.

Year 1 – When I
heard people talking about the “Triple Bypass” – all I could think about was
poor old Uncle George who’d had that surgery last summer.
Year 5 – Now I
know that in Evergreen, when people mention the Triple Bypass they are talking
about a 120 mile bike ride that goes over 3 mountain passes between Evergreen
and Vail mid-July with 3500 participants!
http://teamevergreen.org/triple

Year 1: I really
missed food from the South
Year 5: I now
Know that my local “King Soopers’ ” grocery has the best fried chicken I have ever
had.
Evergreen Colorado is a wonderful place to live and I love raising kids here. The schools
are incredible and I feel that my children will maintain their innocence a bit
longer while the local Cub Scout troop will expose them to experiences we would
never find elsewhere. At the same time I am twenty minutes away from a game and
a top shelf steak house. I ski when most people are at work because I can and I
sometimes spend lunch watching my local hawk watch me. I like my neighbors too,
especially the Cajun lady that cooks us shrimp etouffee.

Sean Endsley

When Should I Sell ?

February 5, 2013 by admin in Conifer, Evergreen, Market and Economic News

It is a common belief the Evergreen, Conifer and other communities in the
foothills have a defined “sales season”. I don’t believe this is the
case. For hard working Realtors and proactive sellers the dreaded winter months
can be and often are the best months. I know that for me and other top
producers in my office the fourth quarter is our most profitable. There are
many factors to understand to help buck conventional wisdom.

Factor
1) is the question; Do more properties sell in the spring vs. winter months. The
answer is no. The perception is yes because activity is higher in our warmer
months but the reality is that although showings decrease the buyers out there
are more serious with a greater sense of urgency.

My research is showing %28 sales in the 4th Quarter

Factor
2) is competition; Are there fewer homes on the market? Yes and the pattern is
very predictable. Please see chart below.

Factor
3) Savvy sellers; are seeing the trend and want to get ahead of the market as
the price per square foot is showing and obvious trend . Please see below.

In
conclusion I recommend taking advantage of the winter months. Showing volume
may be down but will result in less fatigue for the seller with predictably the
same result. At this point in history recovery does not seem to be racing
towards us like a speeding train. Below please find a “Summary”
example of our altos report.

You can keep up in real time with excellent data by signing up here. http://www.heatherseanteam.com/area-info/altos-research-report

We do our home work…

Medical and Medicine in Evergreen

February 5, 2013 by admin in Evergreen, Uncategorized

In case of Emergency call 911

Medical and Medicine in Evergreen
Last night I read that University of Colorado Hospital is ranked #1
compared to other hospitals in the Denver metropolitan area. I pulled the following
stats from their site; UCH is nationally ranked by U.S. News in pulmonology (8th),
kidney disorders (15th), rheumatology (19th) and cancer (44^th)In the
metro area survey, U.S. News data
ranks UCH in 10 other high-performing specialties: diabetes and endocrinology;
ear, nose and throat; gastroenterology; geriatrics; gynecology; neurology and
neurosurgery; orthopedics; psychiatry; rehabilitation, and urology.
This of course made me think
about what sort of care and services I have for myself, family, friends and
clients in Evergreen.

(720) 848-0000

http://www.uch.edu/

First Responders:
My observation
is that every “cool guy” I know in Evergreen is on the Volunteer Firemen. They
seem to be everywhere. There are at
least eighty two of them with approximately a dozen of them graduating their
ten month academy annually and their first order of business is
CPR and First Aid. To call their training and dedication as excellent would be
an understatement.
Jefferson County
is the governing entity for non-incorporated Evergreen and is the source of
paid first responder services. http://www.denverems.org/

Local Care Givers:

New west physicians: This is where my primary
physician offices http://www.nwphysicians.com/ . They are local and located in North Evergreen.
I think they are the best of the best and you can find them at:

30940 Stage Coach Blvd., 270E
Evergreen, Colorado 80439

Location Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm

Phone: 303-674-6062

Evergreen Urgent Care: http://www.stanthonyevergreen.org/

Location:
32214 Ellingwood Trail, Suite 210
Evergreen, CO 8043
Phone: 303-679-2020

Hours: Monday
through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (appointments and walk-in urgent
care)
Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon (walk-in urgent care only)

In their brand new, improved
facility they offer expert family medicine, pediatrics, urgent care and
X-Ray in a spacious environment. Plus, in the same building, specialty
providers offer care in Neurosurgery, general surgical services
and women’s services.
As far as Hospitals go University of Colorado Hospital is very highly ranked. But personally
I am partial to Exempla Lutheran; http://www.exempla.org/body.cfm?id=25
8300 W. 38th Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
Main Switchboard: 303.425.4500
Map Quest Sais I can make it in (twenty eight minutes) but with my wife in
labor I’m pretty sure I did it in well under twenty minutes. Their care was
incredible and our complicated delivery was handled professionally, carefully
and with great success.
Some other medical facilities
convenient for Evergreen residents are;

Children’s Hospital Colorado (46 minutes)

http://www.childrenscolorado.org/

Anschutz Medical Campus 13123 East 16th
Ave. Aurora, CO 80045 (720) 777-123
St. Anthony Hospital (new
facility) (20 minutes)

http://www.stanthonycentral.org/er

The St. Anthony Hospital
Emergency room is located at:

11600 W. 2nd Pl.

Lakewood, CO 80228

There are others but these are the ones I like.

5280 Magazine 2010 Best Doctors;

http://www.5280.com/magazine/2010/10/top-doctors-2010
Good to know……… Sean

Evergreen Cycling DNA

February 1, 2012 by admin in Evergreen, Recreation

When thinking and writing about the Evergreen life style I keep on getting pulled in one direction. Cycling seems to be in Evergreens DNA and there is no going back. This sport for some and recreation for others begins with five year olds training for our Jefferson County Park and Rec’s triathlon for children. Starting with a twenty five meter swim, four hundred meter ride and four hundred meter swim this annual event is a challenge but great fun for our kids. Evergreens local Jeffco Park and Rec also sponsors a 2x a week mountain bike class for preteens that often times feeds into our local High schools mountain bike teams. Ages range from seven to thirteen and this year’s class of thirty five focused on solid trail riding and etiquette with other open space and trail participants such as runners, hikers, other cyclist and yes even equestrians. Our community is very diverse. Learn more about our local Jeffco Parks and Recs and how they support our local recreational and fitness community here http://evergreenrecreation.com .

Driving in Evergreen demands more attention to detail than other communities. After a while it becomes second nature but the skill is to peel your eyes off of the snowcapped views of the continental divide and watch for the plethora of elk and cyclist. The volume of riders seems to increase as we approach the triple Bypass season. This ride from Evergreen to Avon over three mountain passes is the peak (no pun intended) for many of rider’s seasons. The ride is 120 miles from Evergreen to Avon over Juniper Pass (11,140 ft.), Loveland Pass (11,990 ft.), Swan Mountain and Vail Pass (10,560 ft.), with over 10,000 ft. of lung/leg burning elevation gain. Our community and local government seem to have embraced these brightly colored pilots of two wheeled vehicles resembling everything from F16s’ to monster trucks as we share time in line at our local bagelry. And I wouldn’t be shocked if the county had our local road crews trade in there orange vests for those colorful and effective cycling jerseys.

Things have gotten cranked up a notch with the USA Pro Cycling challenge http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com and I predict the sport will go even more viral in our community. 250,000 attended on the final day to watch the conclusion of this mountain crushing race. This race brought a lot of media attention and tourism to Evergreen not to mention the famed “Team Jelly Belly” http://www.teamjellybelly.com who based themselves here at altitude for two weeks. It was sort of a big deal for us to watch these world class athletes careen up and down some of our local rides and our own “Serenity” paper reports that they loved Evergreen and said it was the best place they have ever trained. If you’re moving to Evergreen call me. We will find you a home and I think there are more bike shops than barber shops.

We brake for giant quads & sprockets

Heather Baird

November 13, 2011 by admin in Staff

Heather Graham-Baird is a lifelong resident of Evergreen Colorado. She has her B.A. from CSU and has been with Fuller Sothebys International Realty since 2005. Heather continues to build her reputation one client at a time with a strong referral business that appreciates her attention to detail and boundless work ethic. She has taken her career and commitment to excellence very seriously from day one. Honing her skills and establishing relationships since 1993 in some of Colorado’s best legal and real-estate firms, she has been a licensed agent since 2000. Today she is already a well-respected veteran of the ebbs and flows of today’s real-estate market. She has had intimate knowledge of some of the areas bountiful offerings since before they became home sites and has forged lifelong relationships with the stewards, benefactors and visionaries that have shaped the Evergreen, Golden and Conifer communities into what they are today. Front Range Property and development is in her DNA with her Grand Father and Father building and selling in Evergreen CO. The commitment to her clients & continuing education along with the eagerness to stay on top of today’s latest technology and marketing trends are reflected by her continued success as one of Colorado’s top producing realtors. Today she can be found in Evergreens Fuller Sothebys International Realty office consulting with clients, aggressively marketing homes across the Front Range and assisting buyers in negotiating their purchase of often hard to find gems. She could not be happier to be one of Colorado’s finest professionals. While at home she enjoys her family, horses and testing her gourmet kitchen to its limits.