Park City condo under $100,000!

Did you ever think it was possible? This featured property is small but stunning. The owners have done such a great job with the space and have made it gorgeous to boot!

You are looking at the brand new sleeper sofa with seating cubes that convert into ottomans or eating trays. Notice the beautiful colors on the walls along with the coordinated wall coverings and artwork. They have really made this a Zen-like retreat.

This condo is only a studio, but boasts beautiful wood floors, a flat screen Tv, convertible eating/working table and tons of smart storage.

Take a look out your window to see
Park City Mountain and check out how much snow
they have!

This fabulous condo is in Prospector Square which is a 10acre development with 9 condo buildings, a pool, convention center and Theatre. Prospector Square is an official Sundance Film Festival venue too!
Offered at $87,500.  Buy it for yourself or buy it for an investment. Great rental numbers at Prospector.

Call me today for a private showing!
Heather Feldman 435-731-0803

The Canyons and Solitude to connect via Tram

Breaking news! The Canyons and Solitude will connect via tram in the future. The two resorts will be the first to cross the divide between the Wasatch front and the Wasatch back. More details to follow in the coming weeks.

The 2 resorts would have a reciprocal lift ticket agreement. One big benefit is the reduced traffic congestion for Big Cottonwood Canyon.

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Park City's many free concerts

Ok, so you spent your day mountain biking, or maybe riding the zip line at Park City Mountain - lots of fun, right? What about at night? How about one of Park City's many outdoor free concerts? Here is the scoop on the concerts and some links to check out:

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WEDNESDAY - Start your evening concert tour with Deer Valley's free concert on Wendesday night on the ski slope behind the Snowpark Lodge. Bring your low chairs, a picnic basket filled with wine, cheeses and snacks for the kids and sit back and relax. Concert starts at 6:00, but get there a bit early to get a great spot. Click the link below to check out Deer Valley's calendar to see who is playing.


http://www.deervalley.com/events-calendar.html

THURSDAY - Not enough music on Wednesday night for you? How about another fun concert on Thursday night? Head over to Newpark Ampitheatre at Kimball Junction. Bring those same low chairs, but you better restock that picnic basket! Even better - get there early and grab a table at Maxwell's outdoor patio. Maxwells also serves pizza by the slice if you don't feel like packing a basket. Check out the Newpark link below for concert details -Starts at 6pm.

http://www.newparktowncenter.com/events.html

THURSDAY - Silver Star Cafe presents Plazapalooza every Thursday night starting at 6pm. No need to pack a picnic basket. The cafe has indoor and outdoor tables. No need to bring chairs, the plaza has plenty of comfortable seating. Just bring yourself.


SATURDAY - The Canyons Concert series is happening and free every Saturday night. You know the routine by now - chairs or blanket, picnic basket with your faves and bring your friends! Park in the lower parking lot and take the Cabriolet up for a night of good music and fun. They have a few food vendors if you don't want to pack your food.
http://thecanyons.com/events.html

Park City ski home with Spectacular views!

Does your company need a corporate retreat? A ski propety to send your best employees as a reward?
This could be the home for you. I bet as a corporate retreat there are some write-offs there for you too.

How's that for a view? Pretty spectacular. You are seeing the Canyons directly and Park City Mountain to the left. This picture was taken a few days ago after a fresh dusting of snow. This ski home has 5 traditional bedrooms, 2 of those have loft areas for playing or additional beds, and one huge room that could be a bunk room ( bet you could put 4-5 sets of bunk beds in there) or a home theatre instead of a bedroom. It's that big.
Don't you want to take care of your employees and have a place to take your family also?
Offered at $1,395,000
http://www.postlets.com/repb/1459542

Park City to host 2011 FIS Freestyle ski event!

This is the type of fun we all live for here in Park City. We get to watch greatness and history in the making.

The world’s most prestigious freeski athletic competition outside of the Olympics will be held at Deer Valley Resort and Park City Mountain Resort February 2 – 5, 2011, when the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships comes to town.







•Park City Mountain Resort will host competitions in slopestyle and halfpipe.


•Deer Valley Resort will host competitions in moguls, dual moguls, aerials and ski cross.






The slopestyle competition was recently added to the event line up following an announcement giving support for 2014 Winter Games inclusion by the International Olympic Committee in September (Slopestyle skiing, halfpipe skiing and slopestyle snowboarding are all being considered for the 2014 Winter Games).

In November, the FIS voted to add slopestyle skiing and slopestyle snowboarding to the respective World Championship events. The final approval by the International Olympic Committee for skiing events to be added to the 2014 Winter Games will come following a review of the World Championship events held this February at Park City Mountain Resort.

Park City Mountain Resort offering discounted lift tickets to Deer Valley and Canyons passholders

Now that is smart! All of these poor people that spent the big buck on season passes for Deer Valley and The Canyons are in luck! Park City Mountain is offering them a way to ski today and for cheaper than normal so they don't feel so left out. (Maybe next year they will buy a PCMR pass!)

Check out the article below:
http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_16730039?source=most_viewed

Park City Mountain $25 lift tickets! Benefit for The Peace House

OMG!
Park City Mountain is doing a great thing. They are offering $25 lift tickets to everyone to benefit The Peace House in Park City http://www.peacehouse.org/ . Please note the dates the tickets are valid - Nov 20 to December 19.

Peace House is the beneficiary of Park City Mountain Resort's "Benefit Days" lift tickets. Lift tickets are only $25...and all sales go directly to Peace House! The tickets are valid Opening Day (scheduled for November 20) to December 19. Peace House will NOT be directly selling the lift tickets. Rather, lift tickets are available at the following locations:



Cole Sport (Park Avenue location)


Jans


Zions Resort Bank (both Park City locations)


The Sports Den (located in Salt Lake City)


Lift ticket quantities are limited...once they are gone...that's it!

Hyatt comes to The Canyons in Park City

I was hanging at Maxwell's a few weeks ago with a client after an afternoon of house hunting. We ran into her loan officer and a group of friends eating and drinking at the bar. Turns out I was introduced to the new General Manager of the Hyatt property here in Park City. Claudia hails from Germany originally and most recently the Hyatt property in Maui. I hope she will like it here. She said she has already purchased some snow boots to replace her open toe shoes.

Rumor has it the Hyatt is vying for another property at the Canyons before the ski season is through.....



Hyatt to brand Escala Lodges - The Park Record

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Glenwild Golf Course, Park City Utah

Wow! Who knew you could get a beautiful home in Glenwild for $1,249,000!
The finished area is small, just over 2100 sq ft, but what a great way to get into this high end private golf community for considerably less than most homes in Glenwild.

Glenwild has been voted "BEST IN UTAH" by Golf Digest and is just minutes from Park City's Main Street and the 3 ski resorts. Glenwild has 950 acres of pristine golf course surrounded by only 200 homes. Glenwild has beautiful views of Park City Mountain , Deer Valley, The Canyons and the Uintah mountains depending on which direction you are facing. It is surrounded by Park City's wonderful trail system, perfect for biking and hiking when you are not golfing. Homes there range from the one mentioned above at $1,249,000 to almost 8 Million dollars. Average sales price pulled from all closed sales - boom time and now- approx 3 Million.

Interested? Check out the link below and contact me if you have any additional questions.


http://pcmls.com/Pub/EmailView.asp?r=104909175&s=PKC&t=PKC

Heather Feldman
Heather@parkcityhousehunters.com

What message is your FOR SALE sign sending part 2

As you may have read in part 1 of this subject, "Price Reduced" riders on a For Sale sign can send the wrong message to potential buyers. Ok, that being said, what about a "Sale Pending" sign rider?

Does it tell a potential buyer to drive on by and not even consider your home? What if the sale fails? Not so unusual these days with financing tough to come by.

Potential buyers may have dismissed this home and may not come back. Nobody likes to fall in love with a home they ultimately cannot have. The opportunity is lost. Others may be thrilled it is available again, but will they wonder what happened? Will they believe what the listing agent tells them about why it fell out or will they wonder if there was a problem with the home?

Any thoughts?

The Canyons improvements will be ready for opening day!

Great News! It appears the improvements at The Canyons will be ready in time for opening day. See the  link to the Parkrecord article below featuring a press conference with Todd Burnette, VP of Marketing at The Canyons.

Looks like the new heated lift , Orange Bubble Express will have 2 drop spots - the first appears to drop near Lookout Cabin, the second up near Sun Peak Express lift.  I wonder if they have plans for nighttime and summer dining at Lookout Cabin? I would go. Food is great, the view off the outdoor deck is to die for - a great deck for summer weddings and parties.

For all of you that have skied the right side of The Canyons - Upper Boa, Kestrel, Rendevous Ridge or if you take the runs off of Doc's - Thunder Road, Diablo, Badlands- (some of my faves), the problem always was getting to the base from there. It appears they have not yet solved this.

You get to the bottom and have to take a rope tow ( indicated on the map as a surface lift) then hoof it to the base of the gondola. The rope tow is still showing - it is called Rip Cord on the map. I have called it many things, but never Rip Cord! We can only hope they have altered the terrain to eliminate the uphill walk. Now that the gondola has moved, we may be able to ski once we leave the rope tow. Check back for updates!

Check out the link to the Canyons trail map below.
http://thecanyons.com/trail_maps.html

Parkrecord article about The Canyons:
http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_16409574?source=most_viewed

Snow on the Mountains in Park City!

I woke up today and viola - snow on the mountains. Time to start thinking about skiing Park City! We are supposed to get up to 2 feet of snow by Wednesday. I will post some pics as soon as the snow fog lifts.

Is there a perfect home?

A client I am working with is considering a home here in Park City that is technically new, but has sat unattended for 1.5 years.

He brought a "builder" friend to look at a home he is considering. They looked at the outside only, and the friend had quite a few things to say about this particular home. He pointed out several maintenance issues - or lack of maintenance on the exterior of this home. He told his friend he would not even pay an amount that is $100K under what the buyer is willing to pay for this home. Clearly this "builder" friend does not know the Park City market. At the price range this home is in, pretty much everything needs a bit of work if not a complete gutting.

Sure, the elements do some damage here and all homes need maintenance. That does not mean the home is necessarily in bad shape. Does this "builder" guy think he is doing his friend a favor? Is there a home that is perfect? Don't le him look at a 20 year old home! THERE WILL BE NOTHING RIGHT ABOUT IT!

One of the things the Due Diligence time frame is for is to figure out what condition the home is in. A licensed inspector comes to the home, looks at everything that can effect the functioning of the home. With the list the inspector provides we can ask the seller to address the items. The inspector is an unbiased party - not trying to impress his friend with his knowledge. The buyer can then decide whether to purchase with their eyes wide open.

Best outdoor Fall lunch spot in Park City and Deer Valley

How fabulous is my life that I can head off to the St. Regis Deer Valley for a business lunch?
The day was just like you read about in books - clear skies, crisp cool air and beautiful. The Aspen trees are still golden in color and are stunning against the evergreens. We sat outside on the deck overlooking the now bare ski runs. We were the only ones out there. It was peaceful.

As always the food at the St. Regis was delicious. Two of us had the shrimp salad with avocado, mixed greens and a beurre blanc for a dressing. I am not a salad lover, but it was pretty awesome. One of us had the butternut squash soup and the goat cheese fondue appetizer. I could have been happy just sipping the goat cheese! It was to die for. Grapes, beets and bread to dip. Ahhhh. Life is good.

Every meal we have had at the St. Regis has been fabulous. Atmosphere and good food. Yum.

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Park City's foreclosures

I have been given the assignment by some of my buyers to find them a screaming deal on a bank owned or short sale property here in Park City.

I make sure I am out looking at pretty much every home that is available so I am already prepared when I start working with a buyer. What I find to be the most frustrating is the lack of choices within the pricing criteria I am given. Here I have willing buyers and there is not much to choose from when it comes to bank owned properties.

Some of the short sales can be good deals, but the typical story is most buyers don't want to wait the long time frames required to buy these properties. I counsel my buyers that these can take a long time and 9 times out of 10 buyers move on. It is tough to put your life on hold hoping the bank will respond to the offer, hoping the bank's other divisions won't foreclose before the short sale division approves the offer. Gotta be flexible to buy a short sale!

Anyway, I suppose it is a testament to the strength of Park City's economy that we don't have a bunch of bank owned homes sitting around. Those that come up are scooped up quickly. With buyers that are not based here in Park City, it is tough to get them to make a decision long distance quickly enough. Now with foreclosures coming to a halt it ought to be even more interesting.

For help finding a great home or condo here in Park City, call me at 435-731-0803
Heather Feldman
Keller Williams Park City
heather@parkcityhousehunters.com

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Park City Ski Home available for Sale

Heather Feldman | Keller Williams Park City Real Estate | heather@parkcityhousehunters.com | 435-731-0803 Mountain Ranch, Park City, UT Mountain Ranch Estates home with beautiful views of Park City Mountain and The Canyons! 6BR/4+2BA Single Family House offered at $1,435,000 Year Built 2002 Sq Footage 5,529 Bedrooms 6 Bathrooms 4 full, 2 partial Floors 3 Parking 3 Car garage Lot Size 31,305 sqft HOA/Maint $0 per month DESCRIPTION This 6 bedroom, 6 bath masterpiece features a grand entry with vaulted ceilings in the Great Room and spectacular vistas of The Canyons ski resort from nearly every room. The stylish kitchen is ideal for entertaining, complete with Viking appliances, granite countertops and island, a breakfast bar and a built-in breakfast nook with window seat. The spacious deck and outdoor patio area are perfect for summer get-togethers and overlook a large, fenced backyard that provides the perfect play area for the entire family…and your pets too! This mountain rustic home is elegantly appointed and offers two bedrooms with lofts, perfect for sleepovers. In fact, this home can easily sleep upwards of 20 people. The quaint front porch looks out to a beautiful water feature and is just steps away from the Mountain Ranch trails and walking distance to Trailside Elementary and the famous Park City bus route. MLS 9979758 see additional photos below PROPERTY FEATURES - Central heat - Fireplace - High/Vaulted ceiling - Walk-in closet - Hardwood floor - Tile floor - Family room - Dining room - Breakfast nook - Dishwasher - Refrigerator - Stove/Oven - Microwave - Granite countertop - Stainless steel appliances - Basement - Laundry area - inside - Balcony, Deck, or Patio - Yard OTHER SPECIAL FEATURES - Just steps to the Park City Mountain Trails - Walk to Trailside Elementary and the PC Free Bus ADDITIONAL PHOTOS Entry and view Master Bath kitchen Exterior rear Great Room Lower Level Family Room Contact info: Heather Feldman Keller Williams Park City Real Estate heather@parkcityhousehunters.com 435-731-0803 For sale by agent/broker Equal Opportunity Housing Posted: Sep 1, 2010, 7:49pm PDT

The Canyons Golf Course Official Ground Breaking

Finally! It has been at least 10 years in the making. Way back in 2003 I heard about this golf course in Park City at The Canyons for the first time. My husband writes for Golf Vacations Magazine golfvacationsmag.com and was invited to Park City to write an article about the soon to be Canyons Golf Course. Well, as you can guess the golf course was delayed, and delayed and delayed.

If you wish to take a look at all of the history, infighting and drama go to parkrecord.com and search for The Canyons Golf Course. It will read like a soap opera. I knew Talisker would get the job done. All those years of waiting and poof! Talisker buys the resort, golf course goes in.

From a Real Estate point of view, homeowners and Realtors alike have been waiting for this golf course to happen. Just the fact the golf course is official should get some buyers off the fence and feeling like they are getting in at a great time - before the rest of the world figures out The Canyons is a four season fabulous resort. Prices are great and the golf course will increase summer traffic.

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To see a few great deals at the Canyons, click below:

http://parkcityhousehunters.pcmls.com/?r=1322657118&id=3135313830.255

Many of these are ski-in, ski-out and easy to rent when not in use.

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Speaking at a groundbreaking event Tuesday morning, Canyons Managing Director Mike Goar said he expects golfers to begin playing the course in 2013.

"Technically, the golf course construction is underway and will be underway in earnest next spring," Goar said. "It's been a long time coming, a lot of hard work by a lot of people."

To view the Park Record article click below:
http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_16136010?source=most_viewed
 
Heather Feldman
Keller Williams Park City Real Estate
435-731-0803
Heather@ParkCityHouseHunters.com

High West Distillery in Park City and my favorite whiskey drink

I finally did it. I played tourist yesterday and took the High West Distillery tour here in Park City. It was great! I am already a big fan of High West's Rendezvous Rye, but I took the opportunity to check out the other varieties.

Terry was our tour guide and he did a wonderful job of giving us the low down on how whiskey, rye and vodka are made.Very complicated process. They use local Utah ingredients - that's good. Terry took us through the process, but it is already gone from the brain. I guess the most important thing is it tastes great.
They make their spirits in small batches so every one will taste slightly different, unlike the big mass produced ones where they all taste the same.


I have already consumed several bottles of the Rendezvous Rye since it appeared on the scene in 2007, but I think I have found a new, more expensive love -  Rocky Mountain Rye 16 year old. Here is what they say about it: 

Because of its unusually high rye mashbill compared to other older rye whiskies, Rocky Mountain Rye 16 Year Old is the rye-est rye sipping whiskey you’ll ever taste. We’ve only got 173 barrels of it. So experience this very unusual rye whiskey now—before it’s all gone

I say it is pretty darn good.

Our tour concluded with viewing the rest of the Park City property which consists of the old Livery and Garage - my favorite side and the restaurant side where they only serve dinner in small intimate rooms. 

Next time in Park City, take the tour. After all, it is the only distillery you can ski-in and ski out of. 

My favorite High West drink: Lemonade, Rendezvous Rye with a bit of ginger. Excellent!

LaCroix Interview on the Park City Mountain Morning Show

In this video you will see mu husband, Larry touting LaCroix water on Park City TV's Mountain Morning show. My favorite flavors are Orange and Grapefruit.

Utah is starting to add JOBS!

Utah is starting to add jobs: Utah added 17,200 jobs for the 12 months ended in July, according to the Utah Department of Workforce Services. The numbers represented a 1.5 percent gain, compared to flat growth for the U.S. Utah’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in July at 7.2 percent, compared to the U.S. unemployment rate of 9.5 percent, also unchanged. According to UDWS, “The worst of the recession appears to be behind Utah.” 

Great News! Utah Jobs are becoming plentiful again.