Fountain Hills occupies the extreme Northeast corner of Maricopa County outside of the Valley proper and on the down slope into the Verde River Valley. Beginning as a master planned community after a century as a cattle ranch, in 1968, it was incorporated in 1989. Fountain Hills is an aggressively bedroom community north of Scottsdale. Bordering the Fort McDowell reservation, it has access to the west into Scottsdale along Shea Boulevard and south to Mesa along Route 87, the Beeline Highway.
Retail development in Fountain Hills covers the necessities but centers more on local business with major companies only resorted to when necessary, such as banking services. The demographics indicate a strongly upper middle class population trending toward twenty-five thousand. The schools are adequate and the planned community aspects of it's development tend to make it a family friendly place.
Fountain Hills condominiums tend to be a little more upscale than the average across Valley condos, though no so much as to put them out of the reach of upper middle class buyers. It's isolation is considered an advantage by residents who want a more upscale bedroom community than most isolated areas can provide, yet with the convenience of a modern condominium community.
Fountain Hills Features five golf courses and it's namesake fountain which, sending water as high as 560 feet in the air was for many years, the world's largest.
Fountain Hills is somewhat isolated and it takes about thirty minutes to reach the business or shopping sections of either Scottsdale or Mesa; another half an hour to reach downtown Phoenix.
Fountain Hills condo real estate brings upper middle class, upscale, and modern to isolation, country living with modern amenities. It appeals to people who want a quiet home life away from big city pressure, yet don't want to sacrifice modern conveniences in their condo community. The CondoCompany.com takes the time to gather the right data for you in this often neglected area let us help you to find your new condominium, in Fountain Hills. |
