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La Quinta Community of The Quarry – Market Report

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LA QUINTA’S GOLD MINE OF A GOLF CLUB – THE QUARRY

La Quinta's Golf Community - The Quarry . . . One of Golf's Finest

The Quarry at La Quinta offers an exclusive desert lifestyle

La Quinta’s golf community The Quarry is quite unique… and there are many reasons why it has been recognized by Travel and Leisure Magazine as one of America’s top golf communities. If you’ve ever visited The Quarry, you would immediately understand.  Its picturesque location, nestled in a cove at the base of the Coral and Santa Rosa Mountains on an old mining site, creates an allure and feeling of total exclusivity, privacy and security. This is where Native Americans roamed and the Old West once flourished.  Life-size bronze sculptures strategically placed around the property artfully pay homage to the land’s history.

Hidden up a curving entrance road, the Fazio designed golf course at The Quarry cuts a dramatic oasis-like swath up the cove… with manicured fairways and four lakes, streams and waterfalls encircled by lush indigenous landscaping.  Owning a home at The Quarry is a privilege unlike anywhere else in the Palm Springs Valley. [Read more…]

Palm Desert is Hiking Oasis – Try Hike to The Cross

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The Cross Trail in Palm Desert offers hikers breathtaking views and a workout

The Cross Trail in Palm Desert offers hikers breathtaking views and a workout

Palm Desert is ripe with hiking opportunities.  Many trails are close by and offer breathtaking panoramic views down into Palm Desert and out across the Coachella Valley to the San Andreas Faultline and north mountains beyond.  “The Cross” trail, as it’s known to hikers, is exceptional.

PALM DESERT AND THE BEST HIKING IN THE VALLEY

The Cross is especially cool for several reasons.  One is that you can bring your dog… some of Palm Desert’s other trails don’t allow them. Horses and Bikes are allowed, but it’s rare to cross paths with them.  The trail is steep, gaining over 600 feet in elevation before reaching the large metal Cross (lighted at night) located on a promontory.  Once there, you can look down into Stone Eagle Golf Course with its emerald green manicured fairways… a striking juxtaposition to the adjacent rocky landscape.  And you just might happen upon Bighorn Sheep, as the area serves as their native habitat. [Read more…]

La Quinta Country Club Not Your Typical Club

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Clubhouse at La Quinta Country Club

La Quinta Country Club’s spectacular clubhouse offers stunning views of the Santa Rosa Mountains

La Quinta Country Club has a long standing history of tradition and excellence, founded in 1959 by a group who wanted to create a Country Club like none other in the Palm Springs Valley at that time.  And that’s exactly what they did by turning 130 acres of raw desert into a championship golf course in just 8 short months.  By 1962, the USA Championships were held at La Quinta Country Club, bringing TV coverage that put the course in the limelight and eventually attracted the Palm Springs Golf Classic (later to become the Bob Hope Classic) to the Club.

LA QUINTA COUNTRY CLUB LEGACY

Originally, the golf course at LQCC was built solely for the La Quinta Resort.  In 1971, it was purchased by its members and became a private equity club.  Its original clubhouse, a spacious Mediterranean style structure completed in 1966, was damaged by a series of earthquakes and was eventually rendered unusable.  In its place now stands a stunning new clubhouse facility where members can play some of the best golf in the Palm Springs Valley, socialize and participate in a myriad of activities and enjoy the finest dining offering California Cuisine.  Keep in mind that the LQCC is member financed, owned and managed… assuring their tradition of excellence is kept high. [Read more…]

Equestrian Property Sales for the Coachella Valley

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Equestrian Properties gaining momentum

Equestrian Properties gaining momentum

Equestrian Property Sales in our Coachella Valley have continued to pick up steam.  The past season and throughout the summer saw some steady Sales throughout our Eastern desert cities of Thermal, Coachella, Indio and Vista Santa Rosa.  If you are looking to buy or sell your Land or Equestrian Property, NOW is the time to get going!

SOLD EQUESTRIAN PROPERTIES (Past 8 months)

 38+/- vacant acres zoned Equestrian, in Coachella:  Approx. $3.4 million  CASH

9.8 Acre Equestrian Farm with 1978 Ranch home, Thermal:  $850,000 CASH

18 +/- Acre Equestrian Farm with several Houses, Thermal:  $1,850,000  CASH

4 +/- Acres Equestrian with Pool home, Indio:  $1,350,000 CASH

 13 +/- Acre Equestrian Pool Home, Coachella:  $775,000 SELLER CARRY

5 +/- Acre Equestrian Parcel w/ Barns, VSR:  $650,000 CASH  (Deer Creek Eq. Center)

5 Acre Equestrian Estate with Pool Home, VSR:  $850,000  CASH

 9 +/- Acre Equestrian farm with Home, Thermal:  $775,000  (IN ESCROW)

 1.3 Acre Equestrian zoned Estate w/Pool Home, Bermuda Dunes:  $949,999  (IN ESCROW)

COMING SOON:  20 ACRE EQUESTRIAN PROPERTY IN THERMAL  $1,500,000

Equestrian Round up for Polo & HITS

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Polo season is about to kick in in the Coachella Valley

Polo season is about to kick in in the Coachella Valley

It’s time for our Equestrian roundup for both Polo and HITS enthusiasts.  Let’s start with Polo Happenings:

At the San Diego Polo Club, the summer season is winding down.  The final tournament, The Spreckles Cup, will be played on Sunday September 27 at 2 pm.  Public is welcome!  As we head up the coast to the beautiful and historic Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club, the Polo tournaments are still being played, though the season there is winding down as well.  The High Goal Tournament season saw the Finals of the Pacific Coast Open on Sunday, August 30.  That weekend was followed by the 20 Goal Maserati Silver Cup.

This past Sunday saw the the Jewelry by Gauthier Womens’ Polo Tournament, and next Sunday, 10/4 will be the USPA Presidents’ Cup Finals.  After the season tournaments wrap up, the Polo School, Lesson program and Arena Tournaments will begin through the winter months.

Here in the Coachella Valley, both the Empire and Eldorado Polo Clubs are preparing for another huge season of competitions.  Empire will be hosting some December 4-goal and 1-goal tournaments, and their VIP Tents are SOLD OUT for the 2016 season already!!  Eldorado Polo Club offices are just re-opening with Deb Morrison as games manager, James A’court as Social Events Manager, and Graham Bray as Club General Manager.  Polo Season officially opens here in the Valley first weekend of January, 2016. [Read more…]

Thinking of Selling your La Quinta Home yourself?

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THINKING OF SELLING YOUR LA QUINTA HOME YOURSELF?

Selling your own home may not be the best choice for you

For Sale By Owner – A friend of mine recently told me that her brother is thinking of selling his home… and doing it himself, without employing a real estate agent. This opened up a discussion between us about all the reasons why selling your own home is not the best option. Her brother’s home is big and beautiful. He and his wife have lived there for nearly twenty years, and have invested a lot of money and a lot of themselves into making it a picture perfect showplace. They’re emotionally attached and that’s understandable.  But life circumstances change over time and their home has become too much house for them now… they are retired, there are health problems, etc.  The time has come to make a move into something more congruent with their current life situation.

Making a big decision like this can be overwhelming.  Every person’s home is comfortably familiar and their safe haven, filled with a lifetime’s worth of memories.  Things with sentimental value have to be sorted through, and dealt with by selling, donating, giving away to the children, etc.  At this stage, some people have the thought, “who better to sell my own home but me, since I am most intimately familiar with it?”

Equestrian Activities in the Palm Springs Valley

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A romantic evening on a Full Moon Trail Ride in Morongo Valley

Equestrian activities in the Palm Springs Valley are plentiful, so if you happen to be a horse person, rest assured there is no lack of exciting things to experience here in the desert. Whether it’s watching world class horse events held in the east valley – Indio, Coachella, Thermal area… or trail riding in the Palm Springs, High Desert area, your options are many.

SADDLE UP FOR A TRAIL RIDE

Trail riding is such a wonderful way to get intimate with the desert landscape.  It’s meditative. You’re surrounded by nature as you wind your way on horseback through the ruggedly beautiful canyons of the local mountains with the sun on your back.  Palm Springs is fortunate to be home to historic Smoke Tree Stables, tucked away off of the busy thoroughfare of Highway 111.  There you will find group packages available for trail riding adventures into nearby Indian Canyons, where the Cahuilla Indians used to roam and native palm oases and streams grace the landscape.  Picnic lunches or western cookouts can be included, whatever your fancy.

You can also hightail it up to the High Desert area of Morongo Valley for trail riding… it’s just a short 20 minute drive up Hwy. 62 from Palm Springs.  The High Desert offers it’s own brand of magic, as it’s typically at least 10 degrees cooler up there (which is nice in the summer) and the scenic views of snow-capped Mount San Jacinto and Mount San Gorgonio absolutely take your breath away.  You’ll think you’re in the Swiss Alps. [Read more…]

La Quinta, California Market Update for Tradition Golf Club

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IS THERE A CLASSIER GOLF COMMUNITY THAN TRADITION?

La Quinta's Tradition Golf Club is Exclusive & Low-Key

Tradition Golf Club’s scenic beauty speaks for itself

La Quinta, California is known for having some of the world’s most beautiful and well respected golf communities in existence.  The Tradition Golf Club easily comes to mind at the top of the list, with its classically understated and elegant entrance, strategically located where Washington St. dead ends into Avenue 52 – and when you’re at the stoplight on Washington, you’re looking right at it.

The strikingly large and colorful seasonal flowerbeds at the entrance to Tradition in La Quinta, California hug the gentle berms like blankets – and every season is a surprise to see what color and type of flowers are planted in the manicured beds.  The canopied trees and classically styled gate house with bougainvillea arbors set the tone for a Golf Club that’s nothing less than special.  Tradition’s exclusive membership is limited to 250 members… by invitation only.  So as a member at Tradition, you are entitled to the ultimate in service, dining and amenities. [Read more…]

Palm Springs Art Museum Is Ever Expanding

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Palm Springs Art Museum is getting ready for a new season with a growing list of exciting changes.  If you enjoy art, or even if you just love to get out and do things around the Valley and check out what’s new, then you’ll want to keep up with what’s going on with the Palm Spring Valley’s premiere Museum.

NEW ADDITION IN DOWNTOWN PALM SPRINGS

The latest change at the Palm Springs Art Museum is the opening of The Architecture and Design Center located in the hub of downtown Palm Springs.  The classic Midcentury Modern International Style building that houses the Center is in itself a work of historical art, having recently received Historic Site designation.  Modernism is trending now, especially in Palm Springs, where it’s popular Modernism Week held twice a year in the spring and fall attracts participants from all over the world.  Not surprising, since Palm Springs has the world’s greatest concentration per capita of Midcentury Modern architecture. [Read more…]

La Quinta, California Neighborhood of Talante has Much to Offer

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Talante in La Quinta, California

La Quinta’s Talante neighborhood boasts large homes on large lots with a prime location

A SLEEPER OF A COMMUNITY IN TALANTE

La Quinta, California is home to a diverse offering of wonderful communities in which to live – gated and non-gated, golf and non-golf, close to shopping and dining and further out of town … each possesses its own sense of place and belonging.  When choosing where to buy your home in La Quinta, much depends on what resonates with your own personal lifestyle, needs and desires.

It’s easy to speed right by the understated entrance of the small gated community of Talante without noticing it… but the next time you are close to Avenue 50 and Jefferson St., it would be worthwhile to take time to notice where it is.  This small gated enclave of 80 homes offers a uniquely intimate setting with many good reasons to consider making your home there.  Talante is a sleeper, so don’t let the understatement fool you!

For one, Talante’s location is ideal, with close proximity to the many nearby shopping and dining opportunities along Hwy. 111 and Old Town La Quinta.  There’s a lot of growth taking place in South La Quinta right now – a 12-screen all digital movie theatre is opening in the fall, In and Out Burger and Chick-Fil-a are coming to town, La Quinta Brewing Company will be opening their new tap room in Old Town next month.  One doesn’t have to travel far to find first class amenities and fun things to do when living in Talante.

There’s no golf course or clubhouse at Talante, which keeps the HOA fees low – but an impressive array of  La Quinta’s many golf courses lie within a 5 to 10 minute drive.  Silver Rock Resort, owned by the city of La Quinta, is a breathtakingly beautiful public course practically right around the corner from Talante… and residents receive a discount when playing there. PGA West is only a couple of miles further up the road.  It’s all any golfer could hope for.

LA QUINTA REAL ESTATE 

Built in 2002, Talante is an established neighborhood which is completely built out.  That means no construction noise, traffic or dust to deal with.  The Mediterranean style homes are comfortably large, ranging from approx. 3,330 to 3,900 square foot in size.  And the lot sizes are large and in scale with the size of the homes, many with their own private pools and spas built into mature landscapes. Prices range from approx. $675,000 to $860,000.

Silver Rock Public Golf Course in la Quinta, CA

Silver Rock Public Golf Course in la Quinta, CA

If you’re a nature lover and like to take advantage of   the prolonged outdoor season that living in La Quinta, California affords, then Talante could be the place for you.  The world famous Empire and Eldorado polo fields are only minutes away from your doorstep – catch a Sunday match or stop in at the Tack Room Tavern for a cold beer and live music.  Rent yourself an electric bike at Pedego on Main Street in Old Town and take a scenic tour around La Quinta Cove on the bike trail there.

As you can well imagine, homes don’t come up for sale very often in Talante… but there are a few on the market now.  Maybe now is the time for you to consider making Talante your home.

 

 

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