Drove through FH again today, do it often. It's about 2 miles from me. Have seen the model homes too. I'm not a realtor, but I just love touring them... cheaper than bars... people are nicer too. Free cookies & coffee.
It's a bit upscale, but not "Broadmoor" kind of upscale / upper brackets. Off I-25 and exit 156 near the USAF Academy. Several VERY good builders in there. Has a Tom Weiskopf championship golf course there, or soon to be there. Still in the early stages of work. A bunch of houses are now occupied, but they are moving around a lot of dirt up there still and will be for a while. May take years to fully finish, until then you get the dirt and construction traffic and all that goes with it... noise, trash blowing in.
If GOLF is big with you, I urge you to check out zip 80920, for homes in Pine Creek, where I often take my supposedly-daily walks... all building is done and many homes back up to the golf course. Truly LOVELY area.
If golf is not your game, FH & Pine Creek revert back to just nice places to consider. Homes in both places by some of the best builders.
I live in a home style/model that is also in FH, but they changed the name of the model and upped the price for FH.
Both are on the far north side of COS, could be commutable to Denver, but I'd hate to drive 50-60 miles each way to work/back, five days a week. Big ouch. Castle Rock is about halfway up the road to Denver, is MUCH better as a commute issue, tons of new stuff, very decent place. Both have great views of the Front Range (FR) and Pine Creek will have really great views of Pikes Peak.
Unless you have specific stats, I've never heard that tornado's and hail are worse in any given area along the FR. Most tornado's are further east, out on the plains. Storms come off the FR and move so quickly that about all we get is hail, the funnels don't get spotted until storms move further east. We've been here since June 2005, and I can't recall any fatal tornado's in the state during our time here, not like the 13 poor souls that lost their lives today in Alabama. Usually you have to get into KS and OK before you get the hugely humid hot air masses that mix with cold air off the mountains and set up the rotations and super cell activity for tornado's. Other posters with more years here can correct me if I'm wrong...That being said, my advice is to re-open your interest in the Denver metro area... ton of stuff up there to choose from.
s/Mike
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