Are you looking to move to the Sedona area in 2014?

We will be putting our home in Oak Creek Valley up for sale in early 2014.  Expected price will be $130,000 through there is some room for negotiation.  Contact us if you are interested.  There are lots of pictures if you scroll below.

Looking for a housesitter April 15-October 15, 2013

OUR HOUSE IS NOT CURRENTLY FOR SALE, HOWEVER IF YOU ARE A WRITER OR ARTIST OR TAKING A PERSONAL SABBATICAL, HERE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY!

$400 per month, plus payment of utility deposit required

Looking for someone with no pets to caretake our home, must be neat, have gardening skills, great references, and be employed or retired. Interviews required. Will require a $1,500 utility deposit and also first, last months rent and security deposit. Prefer one person or committed couple. For this reduced rent, we request that you do not have guests. Enjoy the gated communty, pool and the wonderful common land trails along Oak Creek this summer. Call 575-267-2450 if you have any questions, but prefer email communication initially at trina.stephenson@gmail.com.

Oak Creek Valley --Great for an Artist in Beautiful Oak Creek Valley

I have added a few exterior shots to the bottom of this post....  If you want a specific shot, please contact me at trina.stephenson@gmail.com.  No junk mail please, just honest buyers.

We have wanderlust once again so we are thinking putting our Arizona home up for sale.  It is very close to Sedona and renovated(2010) and affordable.  The Oak Creek Valley community has lots of common land with amenities like a community pool and hiking trails along Oak Creek and Spring Creek!  Contact me for information, showings, and any other questions. We are not putting our home in the hands of a realtor or the MLS yet.  But if you think you are interested, please let us know!  This is a gated community so please contact us by email if interested.  Do not drop by as you will find a locked gate!

The post below has some information about the community facilities in Oak Creek Valley.  We are surrounded by public lands(State Trust and National Forest) in Oak Creek Valley and there are only a few more than 150 homes here.  The Community is convenient to Cottonwood or Sedona or anywhere in the Verde Valley.

The house works well for an artist as the 3rd bedroom has it's own entrance to the mudroom off the carport so clients and the artist can enter directly from the outside.  Bathroom is directly next door to the studio space and there is a generous storage area for tools, framing equipment, and shipping supplies.

Best interior pictures are available through Postlets which I have disabled for now.  Below are some recent Fall exterior shots.

 Front Side Walk with the Beginning of the Mulberry Leaves in Late November

Fall is late here!!!

 Side Porch and part of side yard.  Gate to Back Yard down the Path

 Rear Side Patio off Bedroom and Part of Fenced in Rear Yard

 Back of House with View of Some of the Bamboo Growing and tall Pines in Back Yard!

 View of Part of other Side Yard Looking  towards Car Port

Part of Side Yard with Car Port in View

 

View of House from Near Bottom Lot Line Near Water Meter

Some of our neighborhood quail from our side porch on our fence separating the front and back yards

a picture of part of the backyard beyond the patio with some of the shrubs the quail hang out in

Community Facilities Pictures for Oak Creek Valley

I have had lots of questions about what we get for our $84 per month association fee.  We get a huge amount, including over a mile of frontage with trails on Oak and Spring Creeks which are owned by us!

We also have a sewage system and great artesian wells owned by the community.  The internal roads are well maintained, we have a clubhouse for meetings, a gatehouse and a working gate, a small library, a pool, tennis and basketball court, 3 employees who do a great job maintaining our systems and common lands.  We also own a pueblo which was the first one excavated since Tuzigoot in the 1930's by professional archeologists.  Below are a few pictures of these facilities.  

Remember the community backs up to National Forest or the creeks so we have lots of great wild animals.  I watched a jackrabbit hop up the trail to one of our pocket parks at the top of Oak Creek Trail the other day! The people who would be happiest in this community are those who value quiet and the natural scenery.  However, both Sedona and Cottonwood are only a quick 15 minute drive.

 I see ducks and blue herons here every day!

 one of our trails which are well maintained by our volunteer greenbelt committee

 we have several parks with amenities such as picnic areas, benches, grills, views etc.

our waterfall on Spring Creek with trails into the National Forest and the mesa top with views of the red rocks of Sedona

the following are a series of photos I took in December 2012 during a walk along the Spring Creek Trail:

one of the marked species along the trail

the irrigation ditch gate

the end of the trail is at the National Forest!

the footbridge across the Creek

the footpath above the creek

Saba heartily approves of this particular hike

our weird black and white rocks