Aspen properties are charming. Many are turnkey. Aspen is enchanting with its sprawling mountain estates.
We are perched. Savory. Iconic.
Powder-dusted. Basking. And best of all — nestled.
You heard that right. Aspen properties are often nestled in one cozy nook or another. As you are about to find out, nestled properties, although numerous, are costly.
The higher the price, the more likely the nestling. I’m in the wrong business. Instead of sweating out this column for peanuts on a weekly grind, I could be writing real estate copy, enticing the gullible rich to spend a whole lot of money on being part of Aspen.
And if they have enough liquid assets, nestling is part of the deal. Impeccable craftsmanship? Cozy condo? Exhilarating and refined? I got this. Sometimes words pop up in the foamy sewage of advertising or among news pundits and politicians, and they catch my ear.
For decades, I have been hearing and seeing that high-end real estate is nestled. Is it just me and my over-sensitivity? Nope. The word is being sprinkled around like raindrops in Florida.
I simply clicked on a link to a real estate ad in the online edition of this paper and I was off to the races. The very first listing was a sweet wave of verification. “The property is nestled above the Roaring Fork River with Aspen Mountain as the centerpiece view.
” Sounds good! The third listing for an Aspen property, coming in at just shy of $28 million, is indeed nestled, too. “Nestled on a 2.4-acre property,.