Sun City Festival

I dragged my friend Sally with me on Friday out to see Del Webb's Sun City Festival in Buckeye. It is far. Very far. About 26500 west. Who knew.

Festival is an active adult community - with fourteen different models. The smallest is about 1100 sf - the prices start at about $140-ish thousand and go up from there. Even the smallest has a two car garage.

The community is in the mountains, and it is in the Town of Buckeye. I've been in Buckeye lots of times - even bought and sold some property there (residential resale), but I had NO IDEA that Buckeye was this far north. To get there we took Bell Road as far west as it goes - when it turned into Desert Vista Blvd. My Buckeye travels previously were along I-10 - many miles to the south. Just the trip itself was an eye-opener, not to mention the models.

We were there about 90 minutes and didn't get through all the models - but saw enough to want to go back. These properties are not for everybody - they are pretty far off the beaten path. Yet that will be the attraction for many adult buyers, particularly those with a wish to get out of the city and enjoy mountain views and desert nights.

Most of the properties are brand new, but there are a few resales - even a short sale or two. The website is http://delwebb.com/communities/az/buckeye/sun-city-festival/index.aspxs - there's even a map.