GRANBY – Village Homes recently garnered prestigious awards with its rustic Tralee from the Fairway Cabins collection at Granby Ranch during the 2006 Grand County Parade of Homes. Entered in the single-family category of homes priced up to $500,000, the Tralee won awards for best builder, architecture, interior design and furnishings, in addition to best kitchen and master suite. You can enjoy this award-winning ambiance today in a gorgeous high country setting at Granby Ranch, located just 15 miles past Winter Park, and learn more about making this home or one of the other eight floor plans offered by Village Homes your new mountain retreat. The Tralee and three additional model cabins are open daily.

The distinctive Tralee design at Granby Ranch is an easy-living ranch-style home with a walk-out basement, three bedrooms, three baths, a single-car attached garage and 2,613 square feet of beautifully finished living space. One of the more popular designs from the Fairway Cabins collection, the decorated Tralee model at Granby Ranch showcases a spacious covered front porch, a nicely pitched roof and naturally appealing architecture featuring earth tones that blend flawlessly with the beautiful surroundings. The interior boasts volume ceilings, abundant windows for a bright environment and a large stone fireplace.

The Tralee is characterized by a very open floorplan with the kitchen, dining room and family room flowing together for a comfortable living environment that’s ideal for entertaining. Owners enjoy a convenient main floor master suite with elegant bath, a secondary bedroom with bath and a main level laundry room. The walk-out lower level of the Tralee showhome is distinguished by a spacious recreation room that’s perfect for a large entertainment center, plus a third bedroom and bath.

The detached Fairway cabins at Granby Ranch, priced from the $490s to the $560s, are located on the western edge of the Headwaters Golf Course, and most home sites offer premier walk-out basements that are beautifully finished. Floorplans range in size from 1,555 to 2,613 finished square feet with up to four bedrooms and three baths, plus loft. Owners enjoy gorgeous fairway views and panoramic vistas of Rocky Mountain National Park.

Also offered by Village Homes at Granby Ranch, the paired Peak View cabins, priced from the $360s to the $400s, include two and three bedroom designs ranging in size from 879 to 1,732 finished square feet with multi-purpose loft and up to three baths. Tall Timber detached cabins feature plans with up to four bedrooms, also with lofts and two or three baths. These cabins, priced from the $430s to the $490s, are nestled alongside the glorious slopes of the SolVista Basin. Floor plans range in size from 1,112 to 2,183 finished square feet with additional space in standard or optional finished basements.

There is a great selection of new cabins from all three collections currently available at Granby Ranch, with completion dates ranging from September through year-end delivery. By visiting this weekend, you can secure one of the best locations and tour an amenity-rich mountain community that offers golf, fly fishing, skiing, hiking and biking trails and 2,500 acres of open space that you’ll enjoy for years to come.

When you purchase a Village Homes cabin, you automatically become a member of the Granby Ranch Community Club. You can enjoy a round of golf in the morning, hike or mountain bike in the afternoon, and watch the spectacular sunset that evening from the banks of the sparkling Fraser River…perhaps with a fly rod in your hand. You’ll receive discounts on lift tickets at SolVista Ski Basin, reduced fishing rod fees on the Fraser River, priority access to Granby Ranch’s river camp and discounts on golf greens fees at Headwaters Golf Course. Members can also reserve tee times and fishing in advance.

Granby Ranch is nestled at the foot of the majestic Rocky Mountains and surrounded by natural beauty. Nearby Grand Lake offers kayaking, boating and fishing throughout the summer, and Sol Vista Ski Basin showcases alpine skiing in the Granby Ranch community, plus nearby Winter Park offers another skiing option just down the road. Granby Ranch also has outstanding community events, such as an annual blues festival, river-side camping with a fly-fishing clinic, evening golf tournaments and an old-fashion hoedown featuring live music and a tasty barbeque atop the east mountain of the Sol Vista Ski Basin. It’s high country living at its finest and it can be yours today at Village Homes at Granby Ranch.

To visit the Village Homes at Granby Ranch sales office and four new decorated cabin models from Denver, take I-70 West to exit 232, over Berthoud Pass. Follow Highway 40 approximately 15 miles past Winter Park. Turn right on Village Road and follow over the crest of the hill. Turn left on Fairway Lane. Office hours are Mondays, 12 to 6 pm, Tuesdays through Saturdays 10 am to 6 pm, and Sundays from 11 am to 6 pm. For more information or to schedule a tour, call 1-877-2GRANBY (247-2629).

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