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Rolling terrain of ponderosa treed meadows, the Lazy H Ranch is in a beautiful setting with 1,400 acres at the north end of the Black Forest featuring Front Range views that include Pikes Peak. Only eight miles from I-25, the ranch’s location is convenient to both Colorado Springs and Denver. The 17,000 square foot owner’s residence is superb, with custom details throughout, including an attached, two level 41' X 87' horse barn. Two additional staff houses each over 3,000 square feet, a 245' X 160' custom indoor arena with a front 120' X 60' auction/entertaining, kitchen area. Additional improvements include a heated horse barn, cattle barn, equipment and hay storage along with working facilities, turn out pens and fenced pastures - all with excellent stock water. The Lazy H Ranch is perfect for the discriminating buyer, with a rare combination of natural scenery, first class improvements, accessible yet private.

Location
The Lazy H Ranch is located at the north end of the Black Forest, eight miles east of Interstate 25, off the Palmer Divide/County Line Road, exit 163. The ranch is situated on the north side of the road in Douglas County with El Paso County bordering the ranch to the south. The ranch is only 16 miles North of Colorado Springs and 38 miles South of Denver. Full service commercial air service, hospitals, restaurants, hotels, shopping and entertainment are available in either city. Castle Rock, the county seat, is 22 miles north of the ranch.

Property Details
The Lazy H Ranch consists of approximately 1,400 deeded acres, gently sloping, with tree covered rolling hills. The ranch is distinguished by tremendous views of Pikes Peak and the Rampart Range. Iron Gulch runs through the ranch, and spring fed Crowfoot Creek flows through the ranch from the northwest corner. There are several springs and ponds located throughout the ranch, providing water for livestock and wildlife which include elk, deer, mountain lion and the occasional bear. With an average elevation of 7,300 ft., the ranch enjoys an abundance of sunny days. The Lazy H Ranch is forever protected with a conservation easement that provides for the continued residential, agricultural and recreational use of the property. Please contact listing agent for details.

Improvements
The master plan of the Lazy H Ranch is well orchestrated - with the Lazy H Ranch having some of the finest carefully planned and located improvements. The Owners Residence is a custom built two-level home by the award winning architect, Michael Barber Architecture and features a circular paved drive-up with center sculptured water feature providing for a stately entry. The design would be considered High Plains Victorian Farm with classic clapboard siding above a rhyolate stone base that surrounds the entire house and is used on the chimneys. The house has a standing seam metal roof with a 54 foot covered front porch and a raised stone porch on the back of the house that wraps the corners, and is partially covered for over 166 feet. At the main entry you enter into a great room, 32’X67’ with large exposed beams, designed for large gatherings, but scaled to make the space just the right atmosphere even if you were in the room by yourself. At both ends of the room are large windows with double glass doors to outside porches. There is a large natural gas fireplace in the middle of the room with special accent lighting above elegant Edelweiss wood flooring. Off one direction is a complete master suite, 39’X32’ and adjacent library/office, 20’X30’ with built in cabinets and fireplace. In the other direction is the formal dining room, 20’X30’ also with fireplace that leads through a service area to the gourmet kitchen, exposed beams, custom cabinets with glass fronts, center island that leads into an eight sided, two story breakfast nook. Leaving from the kitchen area up you enter a video, pool table, card and recreation room, 28’X20’ with wet bar, fireplace and adjacent powder room. Further down is a complete guest suite, 28’X32’. The upper level accessed from the great room has two additional guest bedrooms, 20’X22’ each with its own bathroom. From the kitchen going down a few stairs you will be at the four-car, heated and completely finished garage with carriage doors. Further down is the lower level, roughed out to provide for a wine cellar and theatre. The home is heated by in-floor radiant heat throughout. A covered porch connects the house to a classic, 41’X87’ horse barn, and dog kennels two stories tall. The four stable master stalls have auto water devices and outdoor 30 foot steel pipe runs. The interior is of southern yellow pine and provides for tack, vet room, wash area, ATV storage, laundry, restroom and upper level lounge.

Square Footage Totals:
Main Level 8,627 SF m/l
Upper Level 1,722 SF m/l
Basement 2,426 SF m/l
Garage 1,569 SF m/l
Horse Barn 3,380 SF m/l
Total 17,724 SF m/l


Manager/Guest House is located off the Palmer Divide road at the southeastern corner of the ranch. It is a three level home with the first level a two car garage with storage space and workshop. The main level has an entry foyer, with great room, open country kitchen with nook, master bedroom and bath, dining, pantry, laundry and full bathroom. The upper level has two bedrooms each with its own bathroom for a total of 3,104 finished square feet. The other Staff/Guest House is two levels consisting of 3,008 square feet with the main floor featuring a family room, kitchen with nook, study, dining, laundry, mud room, and bathroom and attached two car garage. The upper level is the master bedroom with bath and two bedrooms with a shared bathroom.

The Indoor Arena is a marvelous structure built by Lefever Building Systems completed in 2004. The arena is 245’X160’, with a dirt/sand mix surface and moveable solid panels for different arena functions. There is an elevated announcer’s booth at one end with P.A. and sound system and the building has 3 phase 480 service. The arena has windows on both sides, which lets in plenty of outside light, fully illuminated for evening events with radiant natural gas heaters. Attached to the arena on the west side is a 120’X60’ matching extension that serves as the entry to the arena, with offices, restrooms, a full service kitchen and open area that’s heated with auction/sale ring and party room extraordinaire.

Adjacent is a 56’X120’ Horse Barn made by Barn Master and has 16 stalls, 2 foaling stalls 12’X24’. The barn has forced air heat, office with restroom, tack room, wash stall and laundry room, set up with a center alley and outdoor steel pipe runs. Nearby is a Training Round Pen 100’ in diameter next to the Outdoor Roping Arena 150’X300’ with catch pen and return. There are three paddocks with sheds and horse pastures all within easy walking distance.

Opposite the horse facilities, are cattle working areas, with Cow Barn 44’X50’ that has office/vet room, wash and grooming area used for show cattle. The barn is set up with a head catch and room for calving or doctoring requirements. Next to the barn are a complete set of steel pipe corrals, alley and processing area. There are two shelters 22’X156’ and 22’X78’ each with steel pipe corrals.

The ranch has additional buildings including Hay Barn 36’X40’, Grain Shed 40’X35’, Equipment Shed 40’X84’ and an old Log Historic Cabin 22’X18’. All buildings and facilities are in excellent condition most of which have been built by the present owner.


Utilities/Real Estate Taxes
The Lazy H Ranch has excellent water supplied by four wells, at depths of 300 to 600 feet, delivering 15 gallons per minute. There are three windmills on the property providing stock water along with ten ponds on the ranch for additional water sources. There are six different septic systems with leach fields serving all the homes and facilities. The property is served by Mountain View for Electric and Aquila for Natural Gas. Phone service is by Qwest and all the homes have satellite TV by Dish Network and Internet by Direcway and Starband. Real estate taxes for the entire property for 2004 were $38,824.51.

Shown by appointment only to pre-qualified Buyers. Broker cooperation invited.

Colorado - Douglas County - Larkspur