The Scottsdale Real Estate Files: Arizona: Scottsdale: Mccormick Ranch

Peanut butter and jelly. Cookies and cream. Cheech and Chong.

Such combinations prove the adage that the whole may indeed be greater than the sum of its parts on occasion.

In the Scottsdale Real Estate world, that truth is readily apparent in some of the older master planned communities. Take McCormick Ranch, for instance. When considered in conjunction with the lakes, greenbelts, parks, shopping, award-winning schools and central location, some of the older properties that fall within its boundaries are far more desirable than they would be elsewhere in the Valley.

Because, let's face it, 1970s architecture is sometimes better left in the 1970s.

So if the dated homes that fall within desirable communities are given a boost for their address, what do you get when you add the variable of rennovation to the equation? And an exceptional lot? And a unique floor plan that you would be hard-pressed to find anywhere else in the community?

You get our one-of-a-kind new McCormick Ranch listing, that's what.

You've been told that you'll have to make compromises to get the home you want in the neighborhood you want for the price you want. Well, you know what? 

Compromise is overrated.

Boasting over 2800 square feet of remodeled decadence, this four bedroom gem greets you at the front door with soaring valuted ceilings and a two-way fireplace. The wide open kitchen looks out to the living, dining and family rooms. No dated laminate counter tops or 1970s avocado appliances here, but slab granite and stainless steel.

The master suite is a monster by McCormick Ranch standards, and features a fully remodeled bath with travertine stone, granite top vanities and vessel sinks for a sumptuous retreat.

Hardly a one trick pony that hides its newer interior inside a dated shell, the home's exterior features smooth stucco and a newer roof (2006) in addition to newer A/C.

This home in this location would be special enough, but it has the good sense to reside on a 1/3 acre (nearly 15,000 square feet) North / South cul-de-sac lot. Like a big back yard for entertaining or just to get away from the world? You'll have all the room you need between the large covered patio, pool & spa area and two separate lawn areas that are each as large as the typical back yard by themselves.

Oh, and one last thing. This anomaly has a 3 car garage.

Yes, you heard me correctly: a 3 car garage in McCormick Ranch. 

While many properties in this sought after community will have an achilles heel, as is to be expected of 30 year old homes, you'll be hard pressed to find one here.

But don't take my word for it. I'm a salesman. Give me a call or drop me an email to learn more about this special McCormick Ranch home, or to schedule a viewng today. Coffee's on me if you think I've puffed the goods.

8401 N 86th Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85258

MLS# 4552458

Property Features

• 4 Bedrooms
• 2867 Sq Ft (Approximate)
• 3 Car Garage
• Living Room / Family Room / Dining Room
• Pool & Spa
• Cul-De-Sac Lot
• 1/3 Acre
• Vaulted Ceilings
• Newer Roof & A/C
• Granite and Travertine and Porcelain ... Oh my!
• Chaparral High School District 
• Lake Communitiy
• Golf Community
• Multi-Use Paths
• Greenbelt

In the market for a McCormick Ranch home? Intrigued by the bargains everyone keeps telling you about in the foreclosure / bank owned property arena?

Follow me to the Scottsdale Property Shop for the daily McCormick Ranch Foreclosure Home Hotsheet!

Contrary to other segments of the current Scottsdale Real Estate market, the low-priced foreclosure arena is teeming with demand, and the best values come and go in the blink of an eye. Stay on top of new McCormick Ranch foreclosure listings as soon as they hit the market so you don't miss another one!

Follow the link below and bookmark the page to come back as frequently as you like to see the most recent arrivals. No site registration is required, so you can peruse each new batch in peace. Should you locate a property that you wish to pursue, or learn more information about, you are in luck. Ray & Paul Slaybaugh, the agents behind both McCormick Ranch Home and The Scottsdale Property Shop, have nearly 50 combined years of experience specializing in the McCormick Ranch Real Estate market.

Whether it's a foreclosure property or a typical mom & pop resale home you are after, no one know McCormick Ranch Real Estate like Ray & Paul. No one.

Browse the McCormick Ranch Foreclosure Home Hotsheet Now!

Just about anyone who has spent any time at all in Scottsdale is familiar with the planned community of McCormick Ranch.  A community which includes some 23,000+ residents, many are less familiar with the approximately 50 individual subdivisions that fall under its umbrella.  With radical differences in architecture, amenities, pricing, etc from one subdivision to the next, a prospective home buyer will need to drill down further than general awareness of the McCormick Ranch community at large to find the specific pocket that best suits his/her needs.  With this in mind, we launched our McCormick Ranch Subdivision Series.

Featuring individual spotlights for the various subdivisions that compose McCormick Ranch, you now have a one-stop resource shop for everything you want to know about Scottsdale's first master planned community.  Builder overviews, subdivision statistics, editorial opinion, neighborhood values, homes for sale, amenities, school info, new listing feeds, photos, maps, street views, floor plans ... this is as comprehensive as McCormick Ranch Real Estate gets.

This page serves as an overview to the subdivision spotlights.  Peruse the subdivision map of McCormick Ranch, or choose a subdivision link by name from the tables below.

For a detailed review of the community on a macro level, visit our McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale AZ page.

You can also skip directly to our McCormick Ranch Home Floor Plans page if you know the subdivision/builder you seek.

North McCormick Ranch (Chaparral High School District)

South McCormick Ranch (Saguaro High School District)

Ready to buy, sell or rent in McCormick Ranch?  Give Ray & Paul a call.  We're the agents that other agents Google for McCormick Ranch Real Estate information.

(480) 220-2337 | paul@scottsdalepropertyshop.com

You are mired that age old Scottsdale Real Estate quandary:  You want a central location in an established community, but you don't want the older construction that typically attends such preferred locales.  

You love the walking paths, lakes, nearby shops, schools, mature landscaping with honest to goodness trees (In the desert?  Who knew?).  You could do without the brass fixtures and 4x4 inch porcelain tile that look like holdovers from the set of the Partridge Family, however.

At some point in every Scottsdale home buyer's journey, a choice must be made.  Will location and community amenities win out, or will the tug of newer construction pull the intrepid Real Estate explorer further off the beaten path (and into the desert reaches of the McDowell Mountain foothills north of the Loop 101 freeway corridor).  There is no right choice.  Both options boast strong resale potential (yes, I am aware of the irony that attends the notion of resale value in the modern foreclosure jungle) for the very criteria that make such a choice an excruciating one to make.

What if I were to tell you that you didn't have to compromise, however?  Amongst the renowned planned communities that lie within the bounds of central Scottsdale, there are a few pocket niches of infill and newer semi-custom homes that defy neighborhood norms.  

For example, the McCormick Ranch subdivision of Estate Los Arboles (in the Paseo Village area of Southern McCormick Ranch) includes a handful of semi-custom Hancock homes that were built in the 1990s to round out a neighborhood that was originally developed between 1979-1980.  Such homes do not come on the market often, but are one mere example of newer construction that you can find in the planned community stalwart.

Read more about Estate Los Arboles in McCormick Ranch>>>

Or explore the McCormick Ranch overview for information on neighboring subdivisions, floor plans, homes currently for sale (or rent) and more.

I sell McCormick Ranch Real Estate.

Shocking, I know, to many long-term readers of this forum.  However, it has been quite some time since I last directed the focus of this blog to my first housing love.  Not one to take my significant other for granted, it is far past time I renewed my vows.

I have actually been preparing them for the past few weeks over at the Scottsdale Property Shop Blog in the form of subdivision spotlights, maps, live listing feeds of homes for sale, floor plans ... my labor of love is an early summer sonnet for Scottsdale's first master planned community.

For the only library of McCormick Ranch Real Estate and home information you will ever need, follow me to the Scottsdale Property Shop.  And let your own courtship begin.

While still a work in progress, show me the relationship that isn't.

Everything you ever wanted to know about McCormick Ranch >>>