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Paradise Valley for under a million dollars?

It’s a doable proposition — and not for a neglected tear-down. You can have your piece of Paradise in Paradise Valley, with killer views, for a six-figure price tag.

This house is in love with the desert. From the street, you don’t see the structure, you seethe natural beauty that draws people to Paradise Valley.

And the [...]

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Home and all its comforts in Paradise Valley

Can a home be stately and elegant — all that we expect from a Paradise Valley residence — and yet still be liveable? Loosen your collar. Take off your shoes. This home murmurs, “Yes…”

It’s regal from the street…

And imposing at the front door…

But once you’ve stepped inside this property…

It enchants you with an intricate beauty…

And [...]

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Gimme Paradise Valley — and supersize it!

When your life calls for 10,000 square feet of living space, nothing less will do. It’s hard to believe a four-bedroom house could be this big. But this Paradise Valley manse makes being this big look easy.

It’s almost too much to take in.

The kid’s room are upstairs in the west wing.

Here’s the view downstairs from [...]

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Paradise Valley reclaimed…

This home was built in 1978, but it was taken to the walls and rebuilt from the ground up in 2005. You get a thoroughly modern structure in a well-established location…

The immense lot affords plenty of room for landscaping.

And the entrance is as imposing as you would find on any new-build.

The kitchen is large and [...]

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An affordable Paradise Valley statement…

It is purely an accident of history that you can buy this much house — 5,877 square feet — for a price this low…

The best Paradise Valley homes make a statement about the owners, about the quality of their lives.

How better to declaim that you have arrived than by arriving at this entrance?

The spaces are [...]

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Old Mexico comes to Paradise Valley…

Imagine the skill it must have taken to take a house built in 1967… and make it feel as if had been built in 1567…

Master Southwestern architect Bennie Gonzales built the structure.

But, of course, the spectactular Paradise Valley setting required the hand of the divine architect.

And Mother Nature is always ready to lend a whimsical [...]

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Lender-owned luxury in Paradise Valley…

There’s so much opulence here, it’s hard to believe this home is a foreclosure. But because it is, you have the chance to acquire your very own Paradise Valley estate at a lender-owned price.

The grounds are immense, both front and back.

And yet the home is always a commanding presence on the land.

The entrance is everything [...]

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A Paradise Valley restoration project…

…a mid-century modern desert oasis needs to find its way into the new millennium.

Phoenix is a city with a vast history and no past.

Too often structures like this one — built in the unloved year of 1968 — are torn down to be replaced by edifices much larger, much more stately — and much more [...]

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Paradise Valley modern: No hassle, high-style

…and views to die for…

Put yourself on top of the mountain, first. You’ve earned it. Wander through a breathtakingly simple home that gives you 270 degrees of unobstructed views — south to Downtown Phoenix, east to Red Mountain, north to Mummy mountain.

You’re in Colonia Miramonte, inside the gates of the Camelback Inn. Your own private [...]

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