These dreams come with spectacular views
Dreams don’t come with price tags, which is what makes the Street of Dreams such a wonderful place to wander.These six showpiece homes atop the Legacy Ridge development at Liberty Lake represent the union of the artistic dreams of three powerful forces in homebuilding: the developer, the architect and the interior designer.
With these homes, the price comes later – and they range from $1.6 million to $2.5 million.
Beginning today and running through July 23, visitors can see just what these dreams look like. The Street of Dreams – technically a cul-de-sac – will be open today and Sunday beginning at 10 a.m. The gates close at 7:30 and ticket sales end at 6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday the gates open at 10 a.m. and close at 8:30 p.m. and ticket sales end at 7 p.m. Weekend tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and children ages 3 to 12. Weekday tickets are $10 and $8, respectively.
“We teamed builders with designers and challenged them to show off their creative talents and demonstrate the best available construction and interior furnishings available today,” said Street of Dreams CEO Bryan Ashbaugh. “As a result we have six unique houses that are loaded with electronics and innovations that people will find very interesting, educational and entertaining. That’s the theme of what we’re trying to present – something far beyond what they would normally see and in an environment that is convenient and enjoyable.”
They say the three most important things to remember in real estate are location, location and location. By that rule, the Street of Dreams will take your breath away before you ever set foot in a house.
The homes sit on a hilltop that offers more than 180 degrees of spectacular views, from Spokane Valley to the west all the way around to the waters of Liberty Lake to the southeast.
Understandably, the two homes with the highest prices, $2.5 million each, offer the grandest views.
Aspen Creek Lodge, built by Aspen Homes and designed by LGD Design and Spears Home Furnishings, sits on the southernmost point. Designed with a hunting lodge theme, the driveway wraps around an alpine pond stocked with live trout and the entry includes a pair of cedar tree trunks. The great room provides a panoramic view of Liberty Lake. When you finally take your eyes off the view out the window you notice a waterfall cascading down the 25-foot fireplace. The home includes a full rock-climbing wall and the kitchen includes a pizza oven.
“It was a lot of fun to take on a project like this one because you could just let your creative juices flow,” designer Gregg Johnson said. “It’s a chance to show off a little.”
Friday Harbor, built by Timber Creek Homes, which also handled the architecture, and designed by Design Works and Burgans Fine Furniture, was inspired by the San Juan Islands community from which it takes its name. If you ever tire of the panoramic view that stretches from Liberty Lake all the way around to Greenacres, the home includes a multimedia room complete with its own box office entryway and luxurious theater seats in front of a state-of-the-art big screen television.
Ashbaugh hopes to attract between 30,000 and 40,000 people to tour the six homes.
“I would recommend that people wear comfortable shoes and set aside a couple of hours when they come up here,” he said. “It’s going to take at least two or two-and-a-half hours to see everything these homes have to offer.”