Henderson and Las Vegas Real Estate

Sonata Park is one of four Public parks in the residential community of Seven Hills. All of the parks are connected by trails for walking and biking. The trails are maintained by the master Home Owners Association. Along the trails you will also find smaller play-grounds and open spaces to run and play. You will find lots of different sporting facilities in the parks like; soccer, tennis, basketball, baseball and volleyball.

The parks are well maintained and you will always run into your neighbors as they are out walking their dogs or taking the kids for a bike ride. You'll often see the dogs chasing all of the little bunnies that live in the parks.

You can even book the picnic and BBQ areas for large family parties. Contact the City of Henderson Parks & Recreation Dept. for details

In addition to the daily activities the City also hosts several events in the park, mostly in the summer. The events are usually a concert series or local theatre group doing Shakespeare in the Park. The schedule is always changing and can be found at this link.

Below you will see a short video that was taken as we walked through the park, I think it captures the feel for this great space! Make sure to pay attention to the amount of homes that over look the park, this is one of the reason the homes in Seven Hills in Henderson are so desired. The open spaces really provide expansive view corridors from many of the different neighborhoods and allow for lots of family fun.

Here is a map to help you understand the location of Sonata Park, it has a different name (one I've never heard of) on the Google map, so don't be confused. Sonata Park is tucked deep in the community and many people don't even know that it exists.

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Get a Start on Your Energy Conservation by Doing an Evaluation of Your Home Energy Consumption

Before you can possibly begin to make good decisions about your domestic energy usage, you need to give it some dedicated time and start from a solid foundation of pertinent knowledge with some measurements and calculations. Understanding how and when you use energy will let you make the best decisions about updating appliances or changing your home's systems.

The first step is finding out what your base-load energy consumption is. Your base-load consumption is defined as the energy used by those systems and appliances that operate all year. It includes the ovens, computers, refrigerator, water heater, and any other appliances. If your home uses both natural gas and electricity, then you will have to calculate your gas and electricity base-loads in separate calculations. It's not very hard. Here in Southern Nevada electricity is provided by NVEnergy and natural gas is provided by Southwest Gas Corporation.

Let's get on with it. You will need a year's worth of utility statements. If you don't already have them, you can contact the company and ask that they send you the last year's collection of bills. Next, you'll want to take a look at how the amount of usage varies through the year. The shape of the curve will be characterized by the climate in which you are located. If you are located in a cold region, (like Mt. Charleston) your highest expenses will be for heating, and conversely, in a warmer climate your air conditioning costs will be more significant (like the rest of Southern Nevada). Find your months of lowest energy spending. These months will be most likely the months which are composed of mostly base-load consumption. The idea is to identify the months in which there are little or no seasonal uses such as cooling or heating. If there are a number of months that are low and close together, take the average usage. Be sure to measure the actual usage, not just the amount you have to pay. Energy prices fluctuate and are subject to cyclical economies of world and local markets in energy commodities like coal, oil and natural gas. Electricity usage is metered in kilowatt hours and gas is in therms, which is a measure of heat energy, or sometimes in hundred cubic feet. Measure the amount of your usage in these units rather than in dollars and you will have a good profile of your energy consumption at the commodity level.

Now that you know what your base-load usage is, it's easy to find what your seasonal usage is. Subtract the base-load quantity from each month to find out how much of each month's bill is due to heating or cooling usage. Add up the amount for each month and this will give you your annual cooling and heating usage. Multiply the base-load usage by 12 to get the yearly base-load usage. As an optional step, to validate the figures, you can check the figures used so far by comparing them with the actual dollars paid, which of course can be found right on the statements. Then, to get the amount of what your costs are for a year, find out the price you pay for each kilowatt hour of electric power and each therm (or whichever volume unit your utility uses to bill natural gas usage) of natural gas. Multiply the unit price by the annual usage and you can verify what your annual cost is.

Now, for the point of the exercise. You can now use this information to put your home improvement projects in an order of priority. Should you buy a new furnace or replace the inefficient dishwasher? If you know your base-load energy levels versus your seasonal figures, the decision will be easier to make. You will know which project will be worthwhile. NVEnergy has more Money Saving Tips and Southwest Gas has Energy Efficiency Programs to help you make these decisions.  Knowledge is power and a powerful way to save money too!

Article furnished courtesy of Automated Homefinder, your Colorado Boulder real estate specialists.

THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S APPROVED!

No need to wait months to get bank approval of this one, we can get you in for the Holidays.

This home in the Northwest area of the Las Vegas Valley, is just under 1700 square feet and it's approved at $112,000 with 1% back to the buyer. That works out to just over $65.00 per square foot. It has 4 bedrooms (all upstairs), 2 1/2 baths and a 2 car garage. All appliances are included. To top it off it's in a great cul-de-sac.

There is a Home Owners Association (HOA) managed by Desert HOA Management Inc. The Cimarron Gowan Community Association has quarterly fees of only $37.50. You can't beat that!

It does need some minor TLC, like most short sales, but it is a great value for the condition. I don't think you will need to change the carpet as it is fairly new.  Take a look at the video below and you'll see all of the details.

Who do you know that would like to get into a new house in the next month? Act fast as I know this will not last long at the current price. 

Here is a map to help you with understanding the location. Check it out, it's close to lots of terrific Las Vegas amenities.

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This home at 711 Emerald Idol Pl. in Henderson NV just recently sold as a short sale for $105,000 with a credit to the buyer for closing costs of 1% or $1050.

This well laid out floor plan included three bedrooms, two and a half baths, a loft, two car garage, ceiling fans, 2" wood blinds, appliances, fireplace, alarm and a private patio.

This home is located in Shadow Run in Desert Canyon. For the exact location see the map below. Originally built by Southwest Homes, Lennar has now purchased the remaining lots and is in the process of finishing the community. Lennar is building several communities in the area Sunset and U.S. Highway 95.

At 1733 square feet this sale closed at just over $60 per square foot. This was a great buy in a gated neighborhood just minutes from Sunset Station, the Galleria Mall and freeway access. With the recent opening of the Galleria Interchange on U.S. Highway 95 getting home for the new residence will be a snap! 

With lots of homes for sale in this area, here are the;

Remember if you are purchasing you will need updated financials from the HOA management company.

 
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Here is another video shot on the CityCenter site tour. This is from the entrance of the Vdara Condo Hotel. This will open the first part of December, it's hard to get the scale of this in the video! It's going to be HUGE!

The units that have been purchased will start to close in March. With the price reductions and the views I'm sure the values will be there for the appraisals. There are great incentives to go into contract right now! Contact us to find out more details!