North Scottsdale Custom Home - Horse Property - Next To Regional Park

Home Features

• Home Amenities and Features:
• -Architect design by Beau Graffin and build by Luxury Home Builder, LaBlonde Development. The home was built in 1996. The home is owned by the original owner who had it designed specifically for the cowboy way of life with an emphasis on training horses, dogs and driving teams. The location was selected for the close proximity to the access of the McDowell Regional Park Preserve 330 feet from the park access where you can ride , hike or bike for hundreds of miles.
• The home is in the City of Scottsdale and has trash and recycle service. Water is from the owned well and has a septic system for waste water. Propane 500 gallon tank is owned.
• Elevation is 2661’ it is always cooler than the valley and has snowed at least once every winter.
• The home is 3,470 square foot home has a split floor plan, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. The ceilings range from 9’ to 13’ and are 11’ in the great room. Designed to capture the gorgeous mountain views in every direction with strategic placed patios that maximize the cooler higher elevation temps when used to let the breeze flow through the home.
• The foyer is open to the formal living room with has large picture windows with direct mountain views of the Tonto National forest. This room has a beautiful flagstone fireplace and hearth with billiards table. (Connelly Billiards table not included with home, will sell on separate bill of sale)
• The kitchen is designed for entertaining guests and can comfortably accommodate 20-30 people. The extra large kitchen island adjoining dining and great room are perfect spaces for guest to gather for food and entertainment.
• All appliances, carpet and ceiling fans were replaced in 2016. The cooktop is propane and there are two electric wall ovens. There is a whole house water filtration system, reverse osmosis which is owned. The home also has a central vac system. There are two freezers which are included.
• Cabinets (kitchen, laundry, bathrooms, guest wing built ins, master built ins) and interior doors are all Arizona red cedar. Office cabinets are knotty alder.
• Kitchen and bathroom counter tops are tumbled stone.
• The flooring flagstone flooring is called John Brown, a locally quarried resource. The floras recessed so that the transitions to carpet were perfect. The bedrooms, the formal living rand dining room have carpet flooring. The dog room has epoxy flooring.
• The three propane fireplaces have flagstone surrounds/hearths.
• The home has natural light in every room/closet either by a skylight, sliding door or glass brick.
• The primary bathroom has walk-in shower and jetted soaking tub. Dual vanity sinks and spacious walking closest. A bonus room is also accessed through the primary bathroom and is currently used for an exercise room.
• The whole house sound system is a 70volt commercial system with volume controls throughout and a Crown commercial amplifier for power. Two keypads control the system with battery back up as part of the system.
• HVAC units replaced in 2016 one is a 5 ton and one is a 4 ton unit. Carrier AC units have propane packs (the heat packs are luxurious as the heat is distributed faster and more comfortably). Installed in 2016 by Efficiency Mechanical. Both smart wifi connected thermostats.
• The washer was replaced in 2021. The dryer is gas (propane) and was replaced in 2019. There are provisions for an electric dryer if desired.
• Both water heaters were replaced in 2019 and are both propane gas units.
• The home interior was repainted in 2016.
• There are sunscreens on all of the dual pane windows.
• The exterior of the home and outbuildings was recently repainted in summer of 2023. The roof was recoated at the same time. (Roof has been recoated every 3 years).
• Outbuildings reroofed in 2020 (bathroom, harness shop and small ruff shed).
• Fire sprinkler system installed at the. Time of construction per City of Scottsdale regulations.
• The well is 1,000’ deep with 7,000 gallons storage. See well record for additional information.
• Drip system on the house landscape has automatic timers. The desert grows wonderfully at this elevation. There is an extra valve on the system in case someone wants to add a greenhouse.
• Two fully covered patios on the home with one on the east side and one on the south side. The east side patio has a built in BBQ. There is plenty of room to add a pool off the patio.
• The bathroom, laundry and other mirrors were hand-carved/crafted/finished by Michael Collier of Collier Gallery. They are not included with the sale of the home but are negotiable.
• Several of the unique wester window coverings/draperies are custom made. These are not included with the home but are negotiable.
• Off of the laundry room is a dog whelping, sleeping and bathing area. There is a doggie door for them to have access a completed snake/coyote proof fenced area. The dog run adjoins the Southside patio of the home and has an exterior gate for easy access drop off and pickup. The interior dog area is complete with a dog bathing station. Ideal for multi dogs to share this space and the exterior dog run off the patio. The flooring is coated with a non-slip epoxy.
• There are ceiling fans throughout the home and the southern patio was design for utilizing the prevailing cool breeze you will enjoy off the McDowell Mountain Range.

Lot Features

• Property feature of the Land:
• 4.813 Acres, Tax Parcel #216-77-003-D
• Zoned: R1-130 City of Scottsdale
• Perimeter of property is fenced with 2” x 4” No Climb fencing. This type of fence keeps the good dogs in and the coyotes out.
• The terrain of the land is level with gentle sloping throughout.
• The driveway is designed to have seamless entrance and exit so there is no need to back a trailer. There is plenty of room to bring in a semi-truck for off loading and loading stock, hay and equipment.
• Starting from the entrance gate driving to right/south side of the garage there is a gate for dropping your dogs off at the special dog room and enclosed doggie play area that has a snake & coyote proof fence to insure their safety.
• Continuing on the driveway you come to the 20’ x 32’ Saddle Shop & Tack room on the left at which point you can off load your tack and unload horses. Here you will find a hitching rail to tie horses. The shop is equipped with a 100 amp sub panel an air compressor and connections for welding. Completed with a roll up door for easy access to saddle and unsaddle horses. There are flood lamps installed that illuminate the hitching rail, barn and doors which make it easy for working with horses after the sun goes down.
• The horse corral is fenced with portable panels which make it easy to changing them around as needed. The panels in place are WW Heavy Duty 6’ tall 6 rail panels deemed the best type of horse fencing for keeping horses safe. The large tire feeders through out the corral our specifically designed to help prevent horses from getting sand colic. There are underground water lines to the horse stables which service the horse drinking stations and to the other outbuildings they are piped with schedule 40 1” PVC.
• The next stop is the 15’ high 20’ x 50’ Hay Barn. This is barn is big enough to accommodate a squeeze truck so you can buy hay by the ton and park equipment inside the barn.
• The east portion and property around the structures are open and allow for plenty of parking for trucks, trailers and numerous vehicles.
• As you circle to the north and head back to the west west side of the property you will see the well head to right/north side of the drive and two above ground storage tanks that hold 3,500 gallons each (7,000 total).
• Here you have a larger fire pit designed for the real cowboy cookout experience of dutch oven cooking. This area is perfect for outdoor entertainment and has a custom made bathroom for guest, contractors to utilize without having to enter the main home.
• To the left/south side of the road is open space adjoining the east side of the home with direct access to the east facing covered patio and with an outdoor Bbq. Another perfect location for entertaining guest.
• The undisturbed areas of the land are natural desert vegetation and the homes immediate permitter is landscaped with native plants are on an irrigations drip system. The slab space for parking in front of the garage and the entry walkway to the home are aggregate rock which not only blends nicely with the nature of the natural desert it is more durable and longer lasting than regular cement.

Horse Facility Features

• The driveway is designed to have seamless entrance and exit so there is no need to back a trailer. There is plenty of room to bring in a semi-truck for off loading and loading stock, hay and equipment.
• Starting from the entrance gate driving to right/south side of the garage there is a gate for dropping your dogs off at the special dog room and enclosed doggie play area that has a snake & coyote proof fence to insure their safety.
• Continuing on the driveway you come to the 20’ x 32’ Saddle Shop & Tack room on the left at which point you can off load your tack and unload horses. Here you will find a hitching rail to tie horses. The shop is equipped with a 100 amp sub panel an air compressor and connections for welding. Completed with a roll up door for easy access to saddle and unsaddle horses. There are flood lamps installed that illuminate the hitching rail, barn and doors which make it easy for working with horses after the sun goes down.
• The horse corral is fenced with portable panels which make it easy to changing them around as needed. The panels in place are WW Heavy Duty 6’ tall 6 rail panels deemed the best type of horse fencing for keeping horses safe. The large tire feeders through out the corral our specifically designed to help prevent horses from getting sand colic. There are underground water lines to the horse stables which service the horse drinking stations and to the other outbuildings they are piped with schedule 40 1” PVC.
• The next stop is the 15’ high 20’ x 50’ Hay Barn. This is barn is big enough to accommodate a squeeze truck so you can buy hay by the ton and park equipment inside the barn.
• The east portion and property around the structures are open and allow for plenty of parking for trucks, trailers and numerous vehicles.
• As you circle to the north and head back to the west west side of the property you will see the well head to right/north side of the drive and two above ground storage tanks that hold 3,500 gallons each (7,000 total).