Fountain homes for sale are minutes from the south gates of Fort Carson, and from many streets Pikes Peak shows up across open prairie instead of behind a row of rooftops. At Great Colorado Homes, we help buyers compare newer master-planned neighborhoods and their metro district costs with older Fountain streets with light or no HOA.
We have helped buyers and sellers across El Paso County since 2012, with more than $350 million in local sales. The listing feed above shows current prices, so the notes below cover what each part of Fountain is like to live in.
Parts of Mesa Ridge and the higher Cross Creek lots have long mountain views, and many Ventana streets look out at both Pikes Peak and Cheyenne Mountain. Mesa Ridge also puts you close to the King Soopers and Walmart on Mesa Ridge Parkway. Some homes here back to greenbelts or open fields. Before paying extra for that lot, find out whether the land behind it is protected open space or a future building phase, because new phases are still opening on the east and southeast sides.
Ventana was Fountain's first master-planned community. It has more than 27 acres of parks and open space, a community garden, and a recreation center with a fitness room. Its metro district bills a quarterly fee that covers trash pickup and common-area upkeep. In Cumberland Green, the HOA keeps up the neighborhood parks and paths. Lots in the newer areas run small, with many Ventana homes on less than a tenth of an acre. We suggest adding HOA dues and the metro district line to the tax bill and including them in the monthly payment before comparing a newer home with an older one.
Countryside started building in 1984. Only some sections have a basic HOA, there is no metro district levy, and the south edge opens onto farmland. Heritage has no HOA, and Wild Oak Farms has no mandatory HOA. Wild Oak Farms is also close to Metcalfe Park, a 40-acre city park with a dog park and skate park that hosts a Saturday farmers market in summer. Fountain summers run a few degrees warmer than Colorado Springs, so ask how old the air conditioner is in these 1980s and 1990s homes.
Fountain Creek Regional Park stretches 460 acres along the creek, with stocked fishing ponds at Willow Springs and a nature center. The Fountain Creek Regional Trail runs north from there toward Colorado Springs. On the Mesa Ridge side, the 60-acre Cross Creek Regional Park has its own trails and a BMX track. Fountain is lower and usually gets less snow than Colorado Springs, so these trails are often usable in winter. If your home is near the creek, check the flood map and get an insurance quote early.
Tell us which Fort Carson gate you will use, whether a mountain view is on your list, and what you want to spend each month once the metro district and HOA are added. We will narrow Fountain down to the streets that fit. Call Great Colorado Homes at 719-357-7366.