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Old 06-07-2007, 06:47 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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Though there are families in Boulder, there are a lot more kids per capita in the outskirt areas. An area that hasn't been mentioned that might fit your bill for a larger lot is Niwot, north and east of Boulder. With your budget, you could afford it easily. The schools are part of the St. Vrain SD, and while you may hear that they aren't as "good" as Boulder Valley, the Niwot schools themselves are excellent. (I have a friend who teaches at Niwot Elementary.) As has been discussed in this forum previously, a "good" school means different things to different people. RE: lot size, lots are not huge in general anywhere in the metro area.
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Old 06-07-2007, 09:53 PM
 
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We are coming to Boulder this weekend for house hunting, we have very similar goal except my kids are younger (5-7 years old). Would you mind sharing which town you end up with. Thanks.
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Old 06-08-2007, 06:55 AM
 
Location: Texas Hill Country
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Thank you so much for all your suggestions. I have really been having fun researching this. I don't know that I am going to be able to accept the type of houses I'm seeing in Louisville/Superior. It's very different from what we have here - the vinyl siding and huge garages that take up half the facade are really a put-off for me. But it sounds like an affordable, friendly environment in which to raise our kids.

pittnurse, is Niwot part of Longmont? When I search for Niwot homes, I also get Longmont in the mix.
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Old 06-08-2007, 09:09 AM
 
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Homes in Louisville do not have vinyl siding. It is against the city code and/or neighborhood covenants. Niwot is a little, unicorporated community south of Longmont. Rural roots, but pretty suburban now. Lots seem to be bigger there.
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Old 06-08-2007, 09:58 AM
 
Location: Texas Hill Country
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My bad - it is hard to tell from the pictures. That is nice to know it's not vinyl. The prominent garages do bother me greatly, though.
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Old 06-08-2007, 10:03 AM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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have you checked out Bradburn? May be less cookie cutter... but definitely small lots. I hear great things about the social aspects and friendliness though. Worth checking out. I think site is bradburnvillage.com.
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Old 06-08-2007, 10:14 AM
 
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Big prominent garages are pretty much a standard feature of Colorado homes from about the 1960s until now, although very recently there have been some "new urbanist" type developments like Prospect in Longmont with rear-facing garages. I share your loathing the mammoth garage on the front. To avoid it, you're probably going to need to look at a historic home, or at least one built prior to about 1960 or so.
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Old 06-08-2007, 01:25 PM
 
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You could also check out McKay Landing in Broomfield, there are some homes with garages on the back. Other than that, it's very much cookie-cutter suburbia though....
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Old 06-10-2007, 06:28 AM
 
Location: Texas Hill Country
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Thanks for the suggestions. We live in a "new urbanism" development right now in the Twin Cities. I didn't know they had them in Colorado, too.
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Old 06-10-2007, 09:30 AM
 
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We were pretty much just priced out of this area since we are looking for a 4bed/2 bath with 2700 sq ft. The agent we were talking with in the Boulder area let us know that for that area a home would go for 700k. We are in the 350-430k range. We have looked at Erie and Longmont but at that point you are getting away from any views of the mountains and are out of the Boulder school district which was the original reason for picking Boulder area. Broomfield is just to sprawly for my taste same reason we got turned off by Parker.
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