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“Urbanites fleeing cities for homes in the hills are pulling mountain resort real estate out of a pandemic slump.
Inventories are dwindling, prices are soaring and resort-town schools are seeing enrollment climb as second-home owners and newcomers settle in places like Steamboat Springs, Vail, Crested Butte, Telluride and Aspen.
‘I think a lot of people already had it on their minds for some time and they are seeing how their kids are flourishing out here and they are maybe more aware of the challenges in the urban environment,” said Darin White Eydenberg, who is enrolling her three children in a private school near their Aspen vacation home as she and her husband avoid returning home to New York. “In many ways, this feels like a fantasy. We have always talked about working from home, but it has not been a reality like it is now.’ “
As experienced custom builders in the heart of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, we at Beck Building Company have witnessed the influx of city-dwellers longing for a more tranquil setting firsthand. The mountains offer not only rugged natural beauty, but also a type of serene privacy that can’t be found anywhere else.
Read the full article on the great urban exodus to calmer mountain towns in the wake of the pandemic in The Colorado Sun.
