10651 E FERNWOOD Lane Scottsdale, AZ 85262
3 Beds
3.5 Baths
2,992 SqFt
UPDATED:
Key Details
Property Type Single Family Home
Sub Type Single Family Residence
Listing Status Active
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 2,992 sqft
Price per Sqft $919
Subdivision Desert Mountain
MLS Listing ID 6868863
Style Contemporary
Bedrooms 3
Full Baths 3
Half Baths 1
HOA Fees $1,799/Semi-Annually
HOA Y/N Yes
Year Built 1997
Annual Tax Amount $3,429
Tax Year 2024
Lot Size 0.371 Acres
Acres 0.37
Property Sub-Type Single Family Residence
Source Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service (ARMLS)
Property Description
Desert Mountain is a thirty-nine-year-old, 8,200 acre, gated, master-planned community with about 2,000 homes in over forty different "Villages". Nearly built out, there are only about 200 homesites yet to be built upon. It is in a noticeably quiet, serene, safe (manned entry gates; gates at each Village entry; security patrols) and beautiful location, spread east to west across the foothills of the Continental Mountains in the High Sonoran Desert on the northern edge of Scottsdale (the only thing north of Desert Mountain is the Tonto National Forest, fourth largest in the country), with homes at elevations ranging from 2,600' to 3,500' ASL. The various views these properties can provide are legendary ("city lights", "the McDowell Mountains", "sunsets", plus others, obviously including golf course views).
Most owners are, or want to become, members of the Desert Mountain Club (and the only way to acquire a membership immediately upon close of escrow is to purchase property from a seller who has a membership (one of three - Full Golf, Seven (limited golf), and Lifestyle (no golf)) and is willing to give it to the Club so they can sell it to you. Property is for sale with no immediate access to any membership; however, purchasers of such property have a path only to a Full Golf Membership, via a waitlist (estimated in early May 2026 to be four to five years long) and temporary use of a Lifestyle membership. The Club's facilities include nine dining venues, seven golf courses, four practice ranges, a high-tech golf "Performance Center", and other activities in seven different clubhouses. The facilities are relentlessly maintained and improved out of cash reserves, no assessments! Virtually all of these members (who have come to the Club from Europe, the UK, Canada, and almost all American states, especially New York, Connecticut, California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and the Upper Midwest) seem to have made socializing and having fun a key priority. There is a LOT to do and they "get after it"!
The home is offered with optional access to the seller's "Seven" membership in the Desert Mountain Club, upon being approved for membership and the payment of the current initiation deposit. A Seven membership is upgradeable to a Full Golf Membership via the waitlist mentioned above. The special aspect of such a path is that the holder will have access to golf as outlined below in the meantime, such privileges being unavailable to a buyer of a "naked" home who thereafter becomes a temporary Lifestyle member during the waiting period. However, for the family for whom golf is a casual or occasional activity, perhaps with visiting children or grandchildren and not a focal point of their lives, a Seven membership is ideal. It allows for unlimited play on the Club's eighteen-hole, par-54 "Short Course" (a serious "real" golf course, long enough to be "rated" for handicap purposes), access to the Club's four practice ranges, access to the Club's state-of-the art Golf Performance Center, six rounds per year as a guest of a Full Golf Member on the six "big" courses, and no limit to rounds played in Club tournaments as a guest. And, the seller is offering an $8,000 credit for a buyer who does want to go on the waitlist for the Full Golf Membership to cover greens fees while waiting for the waitlist to clear. All this adds up to a pleasant amount of golf for "casual/occasional golfer" family, or for the family who wants full access to golf but is willing to wait for it for a while.
One of the clubhouses, the "Sonoran Clubhouse" is where most of the non-golf and non-hiking trail activities are concentrated: swimming (three pools); tennis (nine unlighted courts including three hardcourts, five Har-Tru, and one grass); fitness (equipment, classes, personal trainers, yoga, etc.); sixteen unlighted pickleball courts; bocce; complete spa services; two golf croquet courts; and an extensive outdoor playground for little people. This facility is within a walkable distance to this home.
Close to twenty-five miles of nicely groomed hiking trails await in the mountains at the back of Desert Mountain, reaching Butte Peak, at 4,823' the highest point in Scottsdale. An amazing "country club for dogs", the "Bark Park", was built recently near the Cochise-Geronimo Clubhouse. The restaurants include Constantino's; Café Verde; Angelo's; Arizona Grill at Outlaw; Cochise-Geronimo; The Hideout at Renegade; Seven; Apache; and the Range House at CG. Considerable recent and ongoing investment in keeping Club facilities state-of-the-art has been and will be funded out of general funds, not assessments. There is no fee for exiting the membership structure.
The Front Gate of the community is typically about a forty-minute drive to Phoenix Sky Harbor airport, and perhaps twenty-five minutes to Scottsdale Airport, where many members come and go by private aircraft. Otherwise, nearly seventy bars and restaurants are within about a fifteen-minute drive of the Front Gate in Scottsdale, Cave Creek and Carefree. Major league and collegiate sports, fabulous medical care (including the Mayo Clinic and hospital), and a wide variety of cultural attractions, are all within an hour. Skiing is about two hours away in Flagstaff. The Grand Canyon, Lake Powell and Las Vegas are all four to five hours away. California beaches are about six hours away.
Another positive is low real estate taxes, strikingly lower than many places in the Northeast, Midwest, or West Coast. 2025 taxes on this home were only $3,493.60.
Desert Mountain's weather is famously dry and sunny. Our risk of natural disasters is extremely low. Being higher and somewhat removed from the city means the stars are bright at night, the air typically much cleaner, and the daytime high temperatures about ten degrees cooler than the Valley floor, every day of the year. Summers are very enjoyable since it only gets over 100 degrees only about ten or twelve days a year here, compared to ninety days downtown. At night in the summer, the temperatures drop fifteen to twenty degrees, a significant difference from life on the Valley floor. You would be amazed how comfortable 95 degrees is at night or in the shade. So, being in Desert Mountain on a year 'round basis is an attractive proposition.
"Paradise" does not overstate what Desert Mountain is for the people who get to live here.
Thanks for your time. If this home is a physical fit for your needs; you want to be in Desert Mountain in a central location; you want to immediately enjoy a home without having to spend a year or more remodeling it, likely spending more than what this seller is asking for what has been spent updating this home, and getting less for your money; you want to avoid spending time shopping for furniture and furnishings and paying full retail for them (instead of buying for well under retail the barely used items currently in the home); the Seven membership (or no membership) works for you, then this home would be a great option for you. Come see it, confirm all this, and then let us see if we can't create a transaction that works. We'd love to have you in this home and help make sure you have a lot of fun in it for years to come.
Location
State AZ
County Maricopa
Community Desert Mountain
Area Maricopa
Direction Head east of Pima on Cave Creek Road, turn left into Desert Mountain. Guard gate can give directions to the property.
Rooms
Other Rooms Great Room
Master Bathroom Double Sink
Master Bedroom Split
Den/Bedroom Plus 3
Separate Den/Office N
Interior
Interior Features Non-laminate Counter, High Speed Internet, Double Vanity, Eat-in Kitchen, No Interior Steps, Vaulted Ceiling(s), Wet Bar, Pantry, Full Bth Master Bdrm, Separate Shwr & Tub
Heating Natural Gas
Cooling Central Air, Ceiling Fan(s), Programmable Thmstat
Flooring Tile, Wood
Fireplaces Type Fire Pit, Exterior Fireplace, Living Room, Master Bedroom, Gas
Fireplace Yes
Window Features Skylight(s),Dual Pane
Appliance Dryer, Washer, Water Softener Owned, Reverse Osmosis, Refrigerator, Built-in Microwave, Dishwasher, Disposal, Gas Range, Gas Oven, Gas Cooktop, Water Purifier
SPA Heated,Private
Laundry Inside
Exterior
Exterior Feature Private Street(s), Private Yard, Built-in Barbecue
Parking Features Garage Door Opener, Attch'd Gar Cabinets, Side Vehicle Entry, Permit Required, Shared Driveway
Garage Spaces 2.0
Garage Description 2.0
Fence Block
Pool Play Pool, Heated
Community Features Pool, Golf, Pickleball, Gated, Community Spa, Community Spa Htd, Guarded Entry, Concierge, Tennis Court(s), Biking/Walking Path
Utilities Available APS
View Mountain(s)
Roof Type Tile,Foam,Rolled/Hot Mop
Accessibility Zero-Grade Entry
Porch Covered Patio(s), Patio
Total Parking Spaces 2
Private Pool Yes
Building
Lot Description Adjacent to Wash, North/South Exposure, Sprinklers In Rear, Sprinklers In Front, Corner Lot, Desert Back, Desert Front, On Golf Course
Story 1
Builder Name Price Woods
Sewer Public Sewer
Water City Water
Architectural Style Contemporary
Structure Type Private Street(s),Private Yard,Built-in Barbecue
New Construction No
Schools
Elementary Schools Black Mountain Elementary School
Middle Schools Sonoran Trails Middle School
High Schools Cactus Shadows High School
School District Cave Creek Unified District
Others
HOA Name Desert Fairways
HOA Fee Include Maintenance Grounds,Street Maint
Senior Community No
Tax ID 219-56-718
Ownership Fee Simple
Acceptable Financing Cash, Conventional
Horse Property N
Disclosures Agency Discl Req, Seller Discl Avail
Possession Close Of Escrow, By Agreement
Listing Terms Cash, Conventional
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