Scottsdale Real Estate & Community News

Scottsdale real estate is always at the top of mind for The Kay-Grant Group as we assist a lot of individuals every month interested in finding or selling their next piece of Arizona real estate; whether that's looking for Old Town Scottsdale condos for sale, a downtown Phoenix loft for sale, or selling their house in northern Phoenix. The Kay-Grant Group are your premier Scottsdale Realtors.

This blog focuses on topics relevant to the Scottsdale and Phoenix metro real estate community as well as to those residing in The Valley that are interested in things to do around The Valley or the general going-ons in Phoenix and Scottsdale.

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July 6, 2017

Tour of 1 Bedroom / 1 Bathroom Condo in Sunrise Condominium

Join Scottsdale Realtor Andrea Lilienfeld with The Kay-Grant Group on her in depth tour of Sunrise Condominium in Old Town Scottsdale.  The community is located on the Continental Golf Course and is walking distance to the green belt, art galleries, San Francisco Giants Spring Training Stadium, and 100s of bars/restaurants.  The community features 2 heated pools with hot tubs, outdoor gas BBQ's, a fully equipped fitness center and yoga studio.

During her tour Andrea will take you through one of their featured Scottsdale condos for sale.  This beautifully upgraded 1 bedroom / 1 bathroom condo in Sunrise Condominiums is move-in ready!  It features brand new floors, granite counter tops, and 2 large private patios.  

If you or anyone you know is interested in purchasing or selling a property in Arizona please give Andrea a call at 480-387-3990. She would love the opportunity to help you with your home buying and selling needs!

 

 You can read the transcription here:

Hi, I'm Andrea Lilienfeld with the Kay-Grant Group and today I'm excited to give everyone an in-depth tour of the highly sought after Sunrise Condominium community located in the heart of Old Town Scottsdale.

As we walk around the Sunrise community to view all the amenities available for residents, you can't help but notice the pride of ownership of both the individual condo owners and the overall HOA. You'll notice the lush, green grass, all the well-maintained landscaping, and the beautiful, mature trees providing ample shade throughout the community.

One of the many draws to the Sunrise Condominiums here in Old Town Scottsdale is its amazing location. The community is walking distance to grocery stores, gas stations, the Giant's spring training stadium, and all of the shopping and restaurants available in Old Town Scottsdale. But, not only that, if you look behind me, look at this location. The community is located right on the 18-holed Continental Golf Course and it has amazing views of Camelback Mountain as well as being adjacent to over 20 miles of walking and running trails here, with the Greenbelt just being on the other side of the golf course.

The Sunrise Condominium community here in Old Town Scottsdale features two amazing, outdoor, heated pools with spa. As you look around this oversized community pool, you'll notice that the community spared no expenses when it came to their furnishings. They've done an amazing job here at ensuring that the community areas are well-furnished with very high-end wicker furniture with lush, colorful pads.

Here we are at the Sunrise Condominiums gym. You are sure to be impressed by the size of the workout facility here. The room we're standing in now is the strength training room that contains all the different weights. Now we're going to go over and we're going to look at the cardio room. Here we are in the cardio room where you'll find everything from bikes, to elliptical machines, to treadmills, to a StairMaster. And, best of all, this fitness center overlooks one of the community's two pools. I don't know about you, but I could get used to working out with this sort of view. The Sunrise Condominium workout facility also features an amazing private room for workout classes or yoga that's available to all of its residents.

Now that we've finished touring the Sunrise Condominium community, let's go inside to one of our featured one-bedroom, one-bathroom units. The second you walk in to this 725 square foot condo, you are going to be amazed at just how large and open it feels. One of the main reasons this condo feels so large is that it features two oversized patios. This is something hard to find in the condo community here in Old Town Scottsdale. What you'll see when you first walk through the door is, just to the right of the entrance, there's a large, oversized patio that's going to be east-facing so it gets great sun in those morning hours when you want to sit, have a cup of coffee, and enjoy the mature trees just outside of it. On the south side of the condo, you're going to find the second private patio that has great southern exposure, allowing you to truly enjoy it all day or evening long. When looking at the patio, you're going to notice it's large enough for two completely different seating areas if you like. We see a lot of people with similar setups to this that have both a casual, lounging seating area and a kitchen table seating area in this outdoor patio.

As we walk through the great room, you'll notice the whole back wall is full of closets that's great for storage. As you've probably noticed when looking through different condos and condo communities around Scottsdale, oftentimes the one-bedroom units just don't have enough storage. That's truly not the case with this condo.

Continuing to go through the condo, you'll see we're going to walk in to the updated kitchen area and dining room area. With the open floor plan of this condo, there's ample space for you to have a full-sized kitchen or dining room table that's going to look out onto your second, south-facing patio as well as opens up to the main kitchen area. The owners of this unit have ensured that the kitchen is upgraded with granite counter tops, new cabinets, and a brand-new microwave.

As we continue our tour of this one-bedroom, one-bathroom Sunrise condo, I want to make sure everyone takes special note of the brand-new laminate flooring that's been put into this condo. When upgrading this condo with the new, laminate flooring, the owners made sure to spare no expenses and they carried this beautiful laminate all the way through the condo, which you'll see as we move on to the master bedroom. Here we are in the master bedroom where you'll notice that, as I mentioned, the bedroom has the new laminate flooring and an oversized window, again, allowing natural light into your unit as well as looking out onto your own private patio. What a great place to wake up to.

Directly across from the bedroom, you're going to find the condo's bathroom and laundry room. As you see here, this condo does feature an interior, private, stackable washer and dryer that will go with the unit as well as an upgraded bathroom vanity that's going to match the cabinets and granite countertop in the kitchen.

So if you've liked what you've seen today and you're interested in either buying or selling within the Sunrise Condominium community, please give me a call at 480-387-3990 or send me an email at andrea@kay-grant.com.

Thanks and have a great day!

 

Oct. 12, 2016

Tour a 2 Bed 2 bath Optima Camelview Condo for Sale

Join Scottsdale Realtor Andrea Lilienfeld as she walks you through a beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo in the Optima Camelview.  Please contact us if you're in need of real estate advice from professional Scottsdale Realtors.

 

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Hi I'm Andrea Lilienfeld with The Kay-Grant Group and today I'm excited to tour one of our featured properties at the Optima Camelview. Today we're going to be looking at one of the largest two bedroom, two bath units offered here at the Optima Camelview with just over seventeen hundred square feet. On top of the size of this unit, what you're going to notice as we take our tour is just how upgraded this unit truly is. The current owners of this condo have taken great pride in insuring that their kitchen is truly one-of-a-kind. You will not find a kitchen like this in any other unit. With that, let's take a minute and let's look at all the different features.

In the very center of this one-of-a-kind, custom, chef's kitchen you're going to notice a two and a quarter inch solid eight by three foot maple butcher block island. This custom maple butcher block island is surrounded by custom azul bahia granite counter tops that have been imported from Brazil. You'll notice these counter tops have a unique blue hue to them that you don't often find. The kitchen is also accented with a tumbled stone back splash and equipped with a Wolf gas range stove with matching Wolf hood. As well as a subzero thirty inch integrated combination refrigerator and freezer and a subzero eighty bottle wine refrigerator. The second you walk into this kitchen you can tell that the owner spared no expenses when it came to ensuring they had a true one-of-a-kind chef kitchen.

Just passed the kitchen we're going to find a portion of the great room that's set aside for a dining room table. Now you'll see here that the owner currently has an eight person dining room table with plenty of room to spare. This is very unique for a two bedroom, two bath condo at the Optima Camelview. This is just one more feature that truly makes this a one-of-a-kind unit. Directly across the way from the dining room table we're going to find one of two private patios that this condo offers.

The patio you're currently looking at is a covered patio, so the majority of the day it's going to be shaded from the sun and it helps protect you from the weather if it should happen to rain. You can see the way this patio is currently set up the current owners often times would use this patio to enjoy their morning breakfast and coffee while enjoying the beautiful Arizona weather.

Just passed the area designated for the dining room you're going to find that the room opens up to a great space for lounging. What makes this room so unique is that you'll see there is floor to ceiling windows on three of the four walls. However, even though there's windows on three sides, you'll notice this is still a very private unit. Since it's on the exterior it's looking out making the room feel even bigger than it is without having neighbors able to look in to your condo.

Just off the main seating space you're going to find the second private patio that this condo has to offer. This is just another great space to be used to ensure you're able to enjoy the beautiful Arizona weather.

Now that we've had a chance to tour the main living space of this oversize two bedroom, two bathroom unit, let's take a moment to look at the bedrooms.

Here I am now in the master bedroom. What you're going to see as you look around is just how large this bedroom is. There's plenty of room to have a king-size bed with a dressers and nightstands as well as still have a nice seating are by the window that allows you to enjoy the beautiful landscaping outside. Another unique feature with the master bedroom are the custom doors to both the closet and en suite that the owners had installed. The doors themselves give this room a very relaxing, almost spa retreat type feel. These custom doors have been installed on a rolling track that allows you to easily access the master bedroom en suite. Inside the en suite what you'll see is this bathroom features a dual vanity as well as a custom tiled walk-in shower. As we tour the master bedroom I can't help but take just a moment to ensure you guys all get a chance to see the view from the window. This view is one of my favorite views offered here at the Optima Camelview. With both tons of lush green plants below and then the Scottsdale city line just across the way. Where you can see just how close you are to Fashion Square and all the other entertainment offered here at Old Town Scottsdale.

As I've mentioned several times this is a two bedroom, two bathroom unit. With that I want to take a moment to show you the second bedroom. What you can see here is that the second bedroom is actually a great size considering this isn't the master. There's plenty of room for a queen-size bed with dresser and nightstand as well as the fact the owners even managed to have enough room for a desk with computer and filing cabinet. As you can see this room for him is doubling as both his office and guest room for when visitors come.

Across the hallway from the second bedroom is where you'll find the second bathroom. The second bathroom of this unit also features a dual vanity, which is very unique for a two bedroom, two bathroom condo. You'll also notice that this bathroom has been upgraded with a tile surround on the bathtub that's going to match the travertine flooring that you see throughout the entire condo.

As we wrap up our tour of this one-of-a-kind, oversize, two bedroom, two bathroom unit I want to take just a moment to let everyone know that this condo is available fully furnished if you want a truly turn key option. This condo also comes with two parking spaces and a large storage unit should you need it.

Now with that, let's take a moment and let's explore the amenities available throughout the Optima Camelview. On our tour of the community you're going to have the opportunity to see the Optima Camelview's two outdoor pools with spas, their private putting green, their indoor lap pool with indoor basketball court and racquetball court as well as their large private gym. On top of all these amenities what you're going to see is resident's of the Optima Camelview also have access to two on-site restaurants, a private Pilates studio, as well as a dry cleaner. This is truly a one-of-a-kind community that you won't want to miss.

If you're interested in learning more about the Optima Camelview or learning more about this featured two bedroom, two bathroom condo at the Optima Camelview please call or text me at 480-387-3990. Or send me an email at andrea@kay-grant.com. Thanks and have a great day.

 

Sept. 30, 2016

New One Bedroom Optima Camelview condo for Sale

Join Scottsdale, AZ Realtor Andrea Lilienfeld as she takes you on a tour of this beautiful one bedroom condo in the Optima Camelview.  With a large living area, tons of floor to ceiling windows, and a beautifully landscaped patio, this Optima condo would be a great home for anyone looking for fantastic condo living.

Click here to view all Optima condos for sale or you can search all Scottsdale homes for sale

Hi, I'm Andrea Lilienfeld with the Kay-Grant Group and today I'm excited to give us a tour of one of the largest one-bedroom condos at the Optima Camelview. We're going to start our tour today on the condo's private patio. As you'll see as we look around, this is one of the largest patios you're going to see. It has both ample room for you to lounge as well as dine. The beauty of it is that it's all underneath a covered patio. What that means is even in the hot summers or during the rainy monsoon season, you're able to enjoy the beautiful outdoors of Arizona.

As we move inside to this beautiful one-bedroom condo, what you're going to notice is just how much space there truly is. With 1,134 square feet, this one-bedroom condo is almost as large as a lot of the two-bedroom condos here at the Optima Camelview. The main living space has both a great open area to sit in and enjoy company with your friends, lounge and watch TV, as well as having it open up into a dining room area and a beautiful gourmet kitchen.

Here we are in the open concept kitchen I mentioned previously. You'll notice that the previous owner has taken the time to refinish all of the cabinets to make sure they're a nice, airy color that will go with anyone's décor. They've also added on plenty of extra cabinet space against the wall right across from the kitchen to make sure you have plenty of room for all of your different kitchenware and serving ware. This is something you're not going to see in many units throughout the Optima Camelview.

In addition to having one of the largest great rooms of any one-bedroom condos at the Optima Camelview, this unit also has an extra den area that makes a great area to double as an office space. On top of that, this unit also offers and additional half bathroom for your guest.

Last but not least, I'd like to take a moment to show you guys the oversized bedroom that this condo has to offer. As you can see, this condo gets lots of natural light with the floor to ceiling windows and has its own private en-suite that features a dual vanity and a travertine tiled shower.

Now that we've finished our tour of this oversized one-bedroom, one and a half bathroom condo a the Optima Camelview, let's take a moment to tour the entire community. Throughout the tour of the Optima Camelview, you are going to be amazed by the the level of amenities that are offered to the residents. You're going to see everything from two outdoor swimming pools with two outdoor hot tubs, and indoor over-sized swimming pool with indoor basketball court and racket ball court, one of the largest private gyms of any communities in Old Town Scottsdale, as well as the community's on-site restaurant and putting green and dry cleaners.

This is truly a community that offers everything for their residents. So if you like what you've seen today and would like to learn more, either about the Optima Camelview as a whole or about this beautiful one-bedroom condo for sale at the Optima Camelview, please call or text me at 480-387-3990 or send me and email at andrea@kay-grant.com. Thanks and have a great day.

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Sept. 16, 2016

Safari Drive Market Update

If you're interested in the Safari Drive condos real estate market, this is certainly a quick video that you should watch. Scottsdale Realtor Geoff Lilienfeld explores the Safari Drive real estate market including condos presently on the market in Safari Drive as well as those recently sold.

 

 

 

 

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Sept. 14, 2016

Optima Camelview Condos Market Update

Watch our latest video where Geoff Lilienfeld, Scottsdale Realtor, analyzes the Optima Camelview Village condos in Old Town Scottsdale. At the time of this post The Kay-Grant Group has 3 Optima Camelview condos for sale.

If you'd prefer to read about the Optima Camelview you can view the transcript below.  Please remember this is word for word from the video so excuse "typos".

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Sept. 12, 2016

Should I Buy a Condo?

Scottsdale Condo

My wife and I love condos, both investing in condos and living in condos.  When we take our clients out to look at purchasing condos we make sure that they're fully aware of some of the things that can make or break how happy you are with your decision that you purchased that condo.

As Scottsdale Realtors we see a lot of Scottsdale condo communities.  Whether the community is in Old Town or North Scottsdale, there are things that you want to make sure you notice when evaluating whether a condo community is a good fit.

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Sept. 3, 2016

How Do You Determine the Price of a Condo in the Optima Camelview?

As Scottsdale real estate professionals specializing in Old Town Scottsdale condos and, more importantly, having a strong presence in the Optima Camelview condos, we are often asked the question of “why is this particular Optima Condo more expensive than this other one?”  If you look at Old Town Scottsdale condos, prices are all over the place, which people expect, but when looking specifically at Optima Camelview condos for sale, buyers are often shocked to see the large price differences, even among units that have similar square footage.

Optima Camelview Condos

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Aug. 26, 2016

New Scottsdale Estates Home for Sale

Watch this great video that highlights an amazing new listing The Kay-Grant Group has in Scottsdale Estates in Old Town Scottsdale, priced under the appraised value!  You can also view all Scottsdale homes for sale.

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Aug. 24, 2016

July 2016 Phoenix and Scottsdale, AZ Real Estate Market Update

In this Phoenix, AZ and Scottsdale, AZ real estate market update Geoff Lilienfeld, Scottsdale Realtor, reviews the latest version of STAT, a monthly real estate market report put out monthly by the Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS)

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us by calling or texting 480-387-3990, e-mailing us at andrea@kay-grant.com, or completing our Contact Form.

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Aug. 22, 2016

Scottsdale Condos - Warrantable Vs. Non-Warrantable

As Scottsdale Realtors we work with a lot of investors that purchase condos in Scottsdale as investment properties. Often times these condos are located in Old Town Scottsdale and are used as either long-term rental properties or as short-term Scottsdale vacation rentals.

When looking at Scottsdale condo communities to purchase as investment properties it's important that you take the condo complexes "warrantability" into consideration.  There are two types of condo complexes in Arizona, warrantable and non-warrantable.

What does it mean for a condo complex to be warrantable?

There are a few factors that go into whether or not a Scottsdale condo complex is warrantable.  One of the most important factors is how many of the condos are investor-owned versus being owner occupied.  The greater the number of investor-owned condos exist in the community, the less likely the condo community is considered to be warrantable.

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