Scottsdale, AZ 85262

Announcing a significant price reduction on a very nice custom homesite in Desert Mountain, Sunrise 280. Down 30.6%, from $180,000 to $125,000, this 41,336 square foot lot is a certified bargain. Desert Mountain is a highly acclaimed thirty-three-year-old, 8,200-acre, gated, private golf and recreational-oriented master planned development in gorgeous High Sonoran Desert in the mountains on the northern edge of Scottsdale Arizona. The lot is in its natural, ungraded and naturally vegetated condition. An owner need not build on any schedule other than their own, using any architect or builder they wish, but their designs do need to pass a Design Review Process. The seller of this lot already has plans in the final stages of approval for a 3,524 square foot, open concept ''Great Room'', split-bedroom plan, three-bedroom, Contemporary-styled home. It features a three-car garage, a big pool; a large room they intended to use as an art studio but which just as easily could be a home theater, large office, outstanding exercise room, with a wine storage/cellar in the art storage area or any number of other uses; another room that could be an excellent "Jr. Office"; and a room that was going to be used for art storage. Importantly, the Finished Floor elevation is set to be 2,812' ASL, which means it is at an altitude that is comfortable during Arizona's summers, much less the winter months. It will have NO INTERIOR STEPS. The back patio will have a northwest/north exposure, with fine views of a the Continental Mountains, a mountain range just a few miles away in the back of Desert Mountain that rises up to almost 5,000' ASL, other closer, smaller mountains, and sunsets. The price for the plans are available upon request.

The "Village" of Sunrise (one of nearly forty different villages within Desert Mountain) is close to the community's main entrance/exit gate, as well as Renegade, one of six eighteen-hole championship golf courses in Desert Mountain available to members of the Desert Mountain Club. Membership to this Club is optional. The lot is also close to the "Sonoran Clubhouse", the Club's stellar swim (three pools), tennis (nine courts, including one grass, five Har-Tru, and three cushioned surface hard courts), fitness, spa and dining facility that had a $12,000,000 renovation in 2016. That work was followed by the addition of six pickleball courts, two bocce courts, and two croquet courts the next summer. It is a phenomenal facility. The lot is within ten to fifteen minutes of schools and excellent, varied shopping. 69 restaurants and bars are within a sixteen-minute drive of the Front Gate.

Desert Mountain is about a fifty-minute drive north from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. The opportunity to be a member of The Desert Mountain Club is a significant part of the attraction of living in Desert Mountain for most property owners. The Club is the emotional, physical, and social "core" of the place. Membership is not included in the purchase price of the lot but is available through an application process. The Desert Mountain Club is rightfully internationally famous as a year 'round, private spa and golf mecca, with seven clubhouses (one of which is the previously mentioned Sonoran Clubhouse), nine dining venues, six eighteen-hole championship Jack Nicklaus Signature courses, four practice ranges, a high-tech golf performance center, and, as of Spring 2019, a seventh course, a serious eighteen-hole par-3 course.
The Club's dining venues offer a wide variety of food, wine, and atmospheres. No coats and ties required! A tremendous range of non-golf outdoor recreation and social activities are also available. The Club's membership is catered to relentlessly by an attentive Club staff and Concierge, providing unparalleled service. In a word, the place is "phenomenal". It is so good, three multi-hundred-million-dollar lottery winners have chosen Desert Mountain over the years as the place they want to live.

Desert Mountain is a place of surpassing scenic beauty with long-range, panoramic views of Phoenix, Scottsdale, the entire "Valley of the Sun", many mountain ranges near and far, and, of course, Arizona's famous sunrises and sunsets! It now has about 1,900 finished homes ranging in size from 1,800 to over 20,000 square feet and in price from about $700,000 to over $10,000,000. Owners have invested up to $38,000,000 in individual homes. It has attracted full-and part-time residents from all over North America and western Europe. It also has a an over twenty-mile long hiking, biking, and equestrian trail system ranging up to 4,890' ASL in the mountains at the back of the property for the use of all residents. Another steady attraction are real estate taxes that are strikingly low compared to many parts of the country, particularly the Northeast, Midwest, and California (only $743 for this lot in 2018!). The weather is famously sunny, and our risk of natural disasters is extremely low. Being higher and somewhat removed from the city means the stars are bright at night and the air is typically much cleaner than what lies over the Valley.

The Phoenix/Scottsdale area is famous for world-class shopping, major league and collegiate sports, terrific air service, and a wide variety of cultural attractions. Desert Mountain is within two and a half hours of normally excellent snow skiing in Flagstaff. Its location in the southwestern part of the United States affords easy access to the entire American West, with especially easy access to San Diego, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, and a plethora of unbelievably beautiful places in Southern Utah. "Paradise" doesn't overstate it.

Thanks for your interest in this lot. We look forward to showing it to you someday and helping you learn about the community, the Club, and the area! In the meantime, enjoy the photographs of and from Sunrise 280, the plans for the current owner's proposed home (found under the documents tab), photographs of some of the Desert Mountain Club's facilities, and the provided links to the Desert Mountain Club's official website.