St Anthony’s Development

20 April 2015April 20, 2015Elizabeth Daigle

We can not talk about Sloan’s Lake without mentioning the St. Anthony’s development. Since 1892, St Anthony’s Hospital offered healthcare to the community. Over the years, its 180 bed hospital grew to a million square foot hospital. As the hospital grew, so did the community around the hospital. In the early 2000s, St Anthony’s Hospital announced that it had outgrown the 19 acre campus and its intention to move to the Federal Center in Lakewood.

Today St. Anthony’s Hospital has move to Lakewood and the site in which it stood is cleared. Plans for what will be built on the 24 acres are in the works. The General Development Plan approved up to 20 story buildings in this space with goals of bringing more life into the South Sloans Lake Area. The plans are to add multi-family and residential homes, creating open space for the community, preserving St. Anthony’s Chapel and commercial space. The commercial space would be used to retail, Alamo Draft house Cinema, restaurants and office space.

As with any change (and unknowns), there are a lot of different views on this development. From a real estate view, it will greatly help the neighborhood and home values. Sloan’s Lake has been a great attraction for many and a desirable place to live in the past years. It’s central location offers residents a quick drive into Downtown and easy access to the highways to get to the mountains. This space will allow Sloan’s Lake to be a stand alone neighborhood with walkability to most every day activities, such as the grocery store, entertainment (restaurants, bars, movie theater), work (for some) and shopping.

In addition to writing for Daigle’s Digs, Elizabeth works full-time as a Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty Downtown, LLC. Elizabeth’s expertise is in buying and selling a home, first time home buyers, short sales, and investment properties. Contact Elizabeth for any real estate needs. Cell 303-819.73.71. Work 720-314-8352

Gold Grout

17 April 2015April 17, 2015Elizabeth Daigle

Looking for a way to really make your tile backsplash or floor pop? Our first instinct is to place focus on the tile that we chose. This thought process certainly works as the tiles are the focal point, but another way to play up the tile is the grout. Grout is the paste/mortar that is placed in the gaps between the tiles. The most popular grout used in tile work is a white, black or grey but lately I have seen use of different colors of grout used. Gold, being one of them:

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I absolutely love gold so I do like the look of gold grout, especially with the ever popular subway tiles. What do you think? Do you like it or do you think it looks outdated?

T.V. Time

15 April 2015April 15, 2015Elizabeth Daigle

Let’s talk about televisions. As in, I FINALLY bought a t.v. after four months without one. I have never been a huge t.v. watcher and now with HULU and Netflix, I much prefer to binge watch a whole series in a weekend. My old roommate laughed at me often because after nine months of living with her I still couldn’t figure out how to turn the t.v. on.

But I digress, because now I have a television and I have cable (something I did not have for years in New Hampshire). Now that I have this shiny t.v. affixed to my wall which I can navigate with just ONE remote, I find myself nervous. As if I have forgotten how to handle myself with a t.v. Working from home a lot, I am nervous that I will find myself with the television on to serve as white noise or even distracted by all the shows that I have missed out on in the last decade. In addition, I am a little sad to leave the ‘no television’ crowd and enter into the 21st century. Not having a t.v. was almost like a badge of honor amidst people that seems to cherish their t.v. time.

The one thing that I am very excited about is the ability to ‘turn off’ and just watch t.v. When your work space is also your living space, it is very hard to NOT work. Prior to the arrival of my t.v. if I was home, I was working. Now I actually have something other than work at my home.

So tell me, how do you limit your television time? Or are you living without a television?

Are you a City Dweller?

13 April 2015April 13, 2015Elizabeth Daigle

When are starting to look for a new home, your real estate agent will ask you a number of questions about you and your everyday activities. You may wonder why they want to know so much information, the reason is so they can help find you a home that aligns with your lifestyle and personality. All of Denver’s neighborhoods offers unique advantages and we want to make sure you find a home that will satisfy your needs.

If you are considering a home downtown there are a number of questions you should ask yourself:

Like any city, Downtown Denver offers a lot to residents – walk ability to everyday activities, the 16th street mall, a dog park, close proximity to the Cherry Creek Trails, Larimer Square and much more! If you are looking to live in an urban setting close to Downtown take a look at Jefferson Park, Sloan’s Lake, Highlands, LoDo, Downtown, Capital Hill, Golden Triangle, and Uptown.

Focus on: Sloan’s Lake

10 April 2015April 10, 2015Elizabeth Daigle

Sloan’s Lake is a neighborhood located northwest of the city. It’s parameters are Sheridan Boulevard to Raleigh Street, 17th Ave to 26th Ave. The lake is a big attraction and the park is the second largest in the city (City Park being the largest). It is a bit of a mystery how Sloan’s Lake came to be but it is believed that is was created by the rupture of the natural spring created by Thomas F Sloan.

The Sloan’s Lake neighborhood is very diverse with historic bungalows to post-modern homes. It offers close proximity to downtown, Sports Authority Field and boasts city and mountain views. On most weekends you’ll find many people hanging out at Sloan’s Lake with family or friends, hiking, biking or jogging on the trails or fishing or boating on the lake. Mid-summer the Dragon Boat Festival attracts many people for weekend festivities. The festival boasts great food, festivities and dragon boat racing.

The public schools available to Sloan’s Lake residents are Brown Elementary, Cheltenham Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, Colfax Elementary, Skinner Middle School, West Denver Prep, Lake International Middle School, North High School and West High School. Go here for more information about the schools catering to the Sloan’s Lake neighborhood.

There is a high demand for a home in Sloan’s Lake. This chart depicts the median average home price and median days on market. The high demand for this neighborhood means prices are rising and homes do not stay on the market for long.

Data taken from recolorado.com

Sloan’s Lake is no exception to the lack of inventory problem we face in Denver. The below graph shows the number of active listings in the past 12 months.

Date taken from recolorado.com

Do you live in Sloan’s Lake, if so, what do you love about it? If you don’t live there, are you looking to live in Sloan’s Lake?

Sayings on the Wall

6 April 2015April 6, 2015Elizabeth Daigle

I always love to have fun with things in the home. My thought is if you can’t be yourself in your home, where can you be? I recently showed a home where there were a number of decals with cute sayings on the walls. As a self- proclaimed quote junkie, I thought it was a cute and creative idea. Since viewing the home, I have seen some fun and unique (borderline eccentric) ways to incorporate quotes or sayings into your home.

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Would you ever do this? If so, where and what would you say?