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Luxury Downtown Living! Elegant sunny south-facing loft-style Pearl Street condo features open floorplan in secured elevator-access building w/underground parking & storage. Upscale kitchen w/6-burner Wolf Range/Sub Zero/Bosch, Caesarstone Quartz counters & Kichler lights. Luxury spa-like bath w/Kohler jetted tub, Toto & Grohe fixtures. Living room fireplace, 10ft ceilings & cherry hardwood floors. Covered south-facing deck. Solar-powered creates NET ZERO modern, hip, urban living. Lock & Leave. 2BD/1BA, 1,252 SQ FT, 1-Car Underground Parking, Additional Storage Locker For more property information, CLICK HERE! To download property flier, CLICK HERE!

1505 Pearl St. Unit 202, Boulder  n1505Pearl#202

1505 Pearl St. Unit 202, Boulder  n

1505 Pearl St. Unit 202, Boulder  n

1505 Pearl St. Unit 202, Boulder  n

1505 Pearl St. Unit 202, Boulder

AMAZING VIEWS - SUNNY SOUTHWEST ORIENTED END-UNIT! Greeted by a peaceful covered front porch, enjoy very bright & open south-exposed main level floor plan w/ hardwood floors, main floor Master BD w/ Master Bath. Kitchen w/stainless appliances & gas range w/island counter. Relax & enjoy private upper level deck overlooking park land & mountains. BUILT-GREEN w/Solar Hot Water Heat. Private fenced backyard. Lyons Valley Village co-housing. Walk miles of trails, walk downtown, enjoy organic gardening, or simply enjoy the views! Yes!! 3BD/3BA, 1,59 Sq Ft , Detached 1-Car Garage,  BUILT-GREEN in 2007

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185 2nd Ave 2-A, Lyons

185 2nd Ave 2-A, Lyons

185 2nd Ave 2-A, Lyons

185 2nd Ave 2-A, Lyons

This weekend Historic Boulder is offering a holiday Historic Homes Tour. The 6 homes featured are located in the Mapleton Hill Neighborhood of West Boulder. The weekend's schedule is: Saturday, 12/8 10am - 4pm Sunday, 12/9 11am - 4pm For ticket information & locations  CLICK HERE.  BoulderHistoricHomesTour2012
Patagonia: The Responsible Company What We’ve Learned from Patagonia’s first 40 years  An Evening with Vincent Stanley – VP of Marketing  Last night the downtown Boulder Patagonia store hosted a wise elder of Patagonia, Vincent Stanley, who has recently co-authored a new book with Patagonia founder, Yvon Chouinard, titled Patagonia: The Responsible Company. Speaking with a calm, clear and very ego-less demeanor, Stanley gave an overview of his own 40+ year involvement with Patagonia book-ended by his current position of Vice President of Marketing. As a writer, Stanley and Chouinard’s new title literally expresses an outline for companies to consider in striving for continued consciousness in the delicate dance between caring for customers and caring for the environment. Over the last four decades, Stanley honestly spoke about the continuing learning process the leaders of Patagonia have endured in better understanding the impacts of their own manufacturing processes. “I am a fan of transparency,” stated Stanley, “and it has made a huge difference in this company.” Stanley matter-of-factly stated the unfortunate truth that “most often publically held companies won’t always move towards environmental improvements because it takes longer for a return and it affects the bottom line.” The tension between trying to be a “sustainable” company and yet manufacturing goods with by-products was highlighted in Patagonia’s year-old ad campaign. “Don’t Buy this Jacket” was the title of a full-page ad taken out in the New York Times a year ago featuring the R2 jacket. In an attempt to give customers pause, and the company itself as a whole, the ad tried to outline what are the levels of consumption required (water, electricity, materials, and labor) needed for producing a single garment. When taking this approach and accountability, the inevitable question asked by Stanley was “how then do you judge the success of a campaign like this?” Ultimately seeing that there were neither increases our decreases in the sales of the specific products highlighted in the “Don’t Buy This Jacket” campaign, a status quo could therefore be considered a success while awareness was raised to customers of the true cost of “consumption” of their purchasing power, with this simultaneously being a good reminder for the company. In a glimpse towards the future, Stanley highlighted a few efforts Patagonia continues to make as a company towards its own environmental stewardship and “role model-ness” if you will as a company for others. The Portland, Oregon Patagonia store has created an area within its square footage called “The Second Home” for used Patagonia clothing to be re-sold. Patagonia has also partnered with eBay in a Common Threads program for re-selling used products. Also, every single Patagonia retail store will receive and recycle any old, worn-out Patagonia items that will be re-purposed and re-created into new products. There will be continued publishing at Patagonia Press of the Footprint Chronicles, which outlines their products environmental footprint and impact in the manufacturing process. A significant event affecting the company’s future occurred in 2012, in that Patagonia was classified as a B-Corporation whereas social and environmental values can be written into the business charter. The ultimate highlight of B-Corp status for Patagonia is that when the current owners die the company can’t be sued for not selling to the highest bidder. Patagonia is one of the few companies that truly has acknowledged their own shortcomings. In concluding, Stanley succinctly expressed the sentiment of the company as, “ we ultimately do not want to put a lot of people out of work for striving to be virtuous.”  
I am pleased to announce the successful sale of 185 2nd Avenue #A located in Lyons Valley Village. I worked on this pleasant (for reals) transaction as a buyer's agent. This south-facing end unit borders open space with great mountain views and trails literally out the backdoor! Built in 2007, this move-in ready townhome featured 3bd/2.5ba ~1,290 sq ft w/1-car detached garage, solar hot water heater, high efficiency furnace w/central AC, skylights, hardwood floors, and stainless steel appliances and washer/dryer. This property was contracted at 28 days on market and closed in 68 days on market total at a final sales price of $320,000 at ~98% value off the list price. Please contact me for additional information on Lyons properties for sale if you are interested. 

185 2nd Avenue #A, Lyons

I am pleased to announce the successful sale of 4542 Sprucedale Place located in the new Northfield Village of North Boulder. This brand new home featured 3bd/2.5ba ~2,400 finished sq ft with a main level master bedroom and an attached 2-car garage. Built by Coast to Coast Development, this Energy-Star rated home featured a high-efficiency furnace, double pane low E-glass windows throughout, low VOC paint, water-based hardwood floors, and blown-in insulation. The home came in with a 56 HERS rating (Home Energy Rating System). This home and its features will be a perfect fit for my clients who were looking for a low maintenance, easy floor lag, lock & leave type property plus they received a 1-year builder's warranty! Final Sales price was $679,000.
I am pleased to announce a nice contemporary home at 1460 Zamia Avenue located in the Holiday Neighborhood of North Boulder is now for sale. This 2,100+ finished square foot home features 4bd/2.5ba, slab granite countertops, stainless steel appliances w/gas burner, hardwood floors, high efficiency furnace, low VOC paint, 3.4 kw solar, fully fenced yard, and detached oversized 1-car garage. List Price - $615,000

I will also be hosting an open house at this property tomorrow, Saturday/April 7th, 1-3pm. Please stop by and say hello and check out this nice move-in ready home for sale! 

For additional information CLICK HERE!

For his year's tour, the Center for Resource Conservation has partnered with other non-profits and government groups in Boulder County to showcase technologies, tactics, and services that help make our community more sustainable. Energy conservation, water conservation, waste diversion, local food production, transportation, community programs, and more will be featured from the perspective of the homes and community centers that will be on tour in Boulder, Louisville, and Lafayette. There are a total of 20 homes and community points of interest featured on the 2011 tour. The tour is scheduled for Sunday, October 2, 2011 10am - 4pm. For additional information click here. Tickets are available at the following locations: Center of Resource Conservation Office 2639 Spruce Street Boulder, Co. 80302 & Steinbaugh Pavillion 824 Front Street Louisville, Co. 80027
After the last few years of full-time work as a Realtor in challenging economic conditions, I found myself repeating many tasks from client to client, but also being asked somewhat similar questions. I also come across numerous pieces of information & articles that capture why it is so special to live here in Boulder County. In an attempt to spread some news/insight/gossip and decipher the oft-repeated question "How's the Market?" to a new person I meet who finds out I'm a Realtor, I am now taking it to the cyber streets so to speak. More so, there seems to be a growing need for me to add-value to folks out there who are passively and actively purchasing or selling Boulder County real estate. It is my full-time "on the front lines" role as a Realtor to add insight and perspective along the way as a property is coming soon onto the market to being active on the market to successfully getting sold. In this path, there are some trends and insights we can share as we look at monthly/quarterly/annual sales of the local market. I will also attempt to give some insights on currents events/local news and regulations that may affect the real estate whether "good" or "bad". So with this intro, let's go forth and look more closely at what is occurring in Boulder County and learn together...     Dunbar Hardy Broker Associate, EcoBroker, GREEN, GRI, ABR Walnut Realty, Inc. c - 303-859-7922 Dunbar@DunbarHardy.com www.DunbarHardy.com