Our
thanks to the local and national media folks who have supported
our properties through the years. . . . From CNN to Fox Network,
and in Phoenix broadcasting, Diane Ryan, the long-time host of
"Cool House" on Fox 10 and Syleste Rodriguez who currently does
an excellent job on the program. We've put together a
compilation of some of amazing properties. Click the photo.
And to see the entire real estate tours, on our TV page, follow
this link!
Check out these vintage radio promos done for Preston's show
when on KTAR Radio!

Here's a look an a classic Carefree home, the community we've lived in
for over 40 years. This residence is no longer available for sale,
but was heavily featured in the media when we had it listed and it made architectural and Hollywood History. The
Slingman House, is in a setting as stunning as the Boulders Resort
(across the street!) When Gerry Jones figured out how to bridge
an inaccessible canyon, he won National Design and Engineering Awards as
the first residence in the state to bridge a rocky
canyon. It became one of Orson Welle's favorite homes to rent.
Pivotal scenes from his final movie were shot at the house.
Don't miss the video tour! And the Fox 10 broadcast with
Brian Webb!

And we were impressed when our Russ Lyon Sotheby's marketing
and PR folks got the
word out:

Again, the home is no longer on the market for sale.

One of the best home tours we have had done was put together by Brian
Webb
and the special projects team who spent 3 hours on the property
and probably more in the editing booth to produce a real showpiece. Love
the look of an old Western movie when it starts out! Watch it
here:

Fox 10 was a big fan of this house and we gave them entry and a tour for "Cool House" with Slyeste Rodriguez and videographer Juan Thanks to Fox for all their support of the house.
Watch the program:


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We
sell the secret, the unique . . . . .and sometimes the impossible.
Preston and Nancy Westmoreland-Russ Lyon Sotheby's Int'l Realty in
Carefree, AZ. May we help?
Some of our sales include:
1) The Boulder House, "the most unique home in America"-Stanley Marcus,
and featured on the cover of Architectural Digest
2) "La Costa Plenti," largest mountain top estate in Phoenix area
3) The Fortress of Stone-astonishing rock wonderland in Carefree
4) Golden Star, secret ranch with double artesian wells, in Cave Creek
5) The Pueblo-residence in Tonto Hills with 38 rare museum-quality
prehistoric ruins
6) "The Lost World-spotted by an airline pilot, who first bought it-a
square mile near Bagdad, in a prehistoric sink hole, forested by pines,
with huge water rights. (165 acre/feet annually)
7) Carefree Hacienda-palatial estate on 2 lots, on a runway AND golf
course!
8) "The Fortress" Highest view home in Phoenix on Cottonwood Canyon.
9) "The Last Outpost" 40 acre historic gold mine property near
Scottsdale! And we sold it twice!

Interested in Skyranch? Let us help you with your search and
purchase. We are the Skyranch experts and have sold more houses, lots,
hangars and townhomes than ANY other agents. And as charter
members, original board members, and Skyranch pilots, we can help you
with all aspects of aviating and living at Skyranch. Click on the
picture below left for a dramatic flyover! Pilots and hangar
owners at Skyranch for three decades, and forty year Carefree residents! Call us
for updates at
602-377-0060 preston.westmoreland@russlyon.com
#skyranch
As charter members and pilots at Skyranch, we have had a long
affiliation with this amazing private airpark, and have sold almost all
properties on the North side of the field for 20 years. Take the home on the lower right,
built on two lots, with a separate casita and bordering the golf course.
We sold this years ago to a pilot and car collector who loved the huge
hangar. Let us
know what you're looking for and we will start our search!
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Why is the Carefree area so famous for its rock houses? Famous
homes built into boulders that appear to be nearly-impossible to
achieve? Carefree resident Gerry Jones had a lot to do with it.
He is the"Dean of Rock Engineering, and for 17 years taught
extreme terrain construction at Taliesin. Watch this video to see some samples of rock
houses!
Below, Boulder Reign, the former Wedding Cake House, and the home of Tom
Darlington.
here's the video:

Below: Carefree's best home deal, lowest-priced single-level block home,
and move-in ready with a garage at iconic Carefree Estates.
2 master-suite bedroom home with large patio, with $ 250,000 in upgrades
and renovations. There's plenty of room in the large bedrooms,
for a corner office or den area. This residence is a perfect
second-home as well! $ 775,000 (median sales price of
Carefree homes is over $ 1.5 million. There are only 3 homes available
under one million dollars! Contact us for more information.
Click here for more information. Watch the video tour! We
also have a 3 bedroom home in Carefree Estates just on the market,
surrounded by mature landscaping.
Check the Best Listings. More on this home here:


JUST SOLD $ 1,0200,000. SECOND TIME
SELLING THIS AMAZING LAND! Below, Rare Legacy Property. "The Last Outpost" featured on Fox 10 TV,
and Phoenix Business Journal.
Rare, historical and astonishing 40 acre parcel of patented mining
land on Continental Peak. Off-grid, secluded, possible helipad,
gold mine and the mineral rights. "Bug-out" here! Photo below. See more:

Be sure to watch the video tour, be amazed at the location!
Come on along on our Adventure. The Cave Creek Museum was running
out of gold ore for their magnificently-restored stamp mill, so they
asked if volunteers could come up to the Last Outpost gold property we
have listed for sale, and gather ore! A Fun Trip!

This is the property they write books about. The Octave has already produced 200,000 oz of gold,
75,000 oz of silver and many believe the surface has just been
scratched. Octave is available for sale. An exclusive offering from Russ
Lyon Sotheby's Int'l Realty. see more about the incredible Octave gold mine for sale, near
Wickenburg, AZ.

Contact us for further details.

Again, it was our honor to emcee
the annual Veteran's Day Program at the Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion in
Carefree. I told the story this year of Colonel Blaine Keith, a
Carefree resident who has now left us. I heard the famous
"yucca" story when we listed and sold his house. Read on. . .
.Blain learned to fly at age ten, got his license at 17 and flew with
legendary Joe Foss at Guadalcanal. NASA borrowed him from the Marines
and made him a senior test pilot. Yes, he was the first "accidental"
astronaut, fired too high on an X-1 rocket, he crossed into the boundary
of space, but was not allowed to tell anybody the story for 50 years, as
NASA wanted the Mercury astronauts to get the glory. Colonel Keith later
piloted the 747 with the space shuttle on top during the first tests.
But its the story of the yucca I wanted to tell. He had crashed an
experimental jet at Edwards Air Force base, shot off the dry lake, and
uprooted a small yucca plant as he rocketed off the dry lake. One
rescuer threw it into the back of the rescue vehicle, only to have it
planted later by Blaine and Martha Keith's California home. The Yucca
was then dug up and planted in their front yard of their Carefree home
when they relocated. I saw Blaine watering it one day as we had his
house for sale. He told me to take good care of it. A month later, the
yucca was gone. Blaine had been moved into a retirement home and his
friends, including an Air Force General, and his Mason friends,
transplanted the yucca one last time, in front of his window at the
home. Blaine slipped the surly bonds in 2018. I was able to locate a
photo of the yucca plant from an old real estate picture, below.
Photo Credit: NASA

Below, Big lot sale (PHOTO BELOW) Skyranch Lot $ 1.5
million. The Value of Location. This is the largest
amount ever paid for a one acre lot in the history of Carefree and Cave
Creek. The property is sandwiched between the Skyranch
runway and the Top 100 Desert Forest Golf Course. Our thanks to
the Idaho buyer and family who will enjoy this new base of operations,
and also our dedicated seller, who had the faith in Nancy and I to
represent his property for this memorable sale.
In recent years, we closed escrow on a contemporary residence for $1.9
million, then the house next door $1.2 million, And then the next
house for $ 1.55 million. What a thrill to sell 4 houses and a lot, all
in a row.! Price per sq. foot of the last two homes exceeds $500 sq.
ft., some of the highest prices per sq. foot in over two years. Looking for Airport Property? We were charter
members of Skyranch, and Preston was a pilot operating out of the field,
and a former Member of the Original Board. We are proud to say we
have sold almost every property on the North side of the runway, both
homes and lots, for the last 20 years. Plus many townhomes and
hangars on the South side of the field. Preston was also the radio
commercial voice of Stellar Airpark Estates!

Historic home SOLD. $ 1.815 MILLION. Thanks to
our Seattle buyers. Welcome Home to Carefree!
The home
where many of the greatest golf courses started, the former home of
legendary golf course designer Pete Dye, with innovated circular
contemporary design, super views, no HOA, quiet street.
Pete designed of the 17th hole at Sawgrass, one of the
toughest and most photographed golf hole in the world!



The most unique and distinctive home we've ever rented!
With modules made in a Phoenix factory, delivered by truck and
assembled by crane, this prototype residence of the future was a
stunner! We were honored to sell the company the lot, and then
found a wonderful renter who loved it. See the incredible photos
of the truck transport and crane operation below, that had the whole
town talking! There is nothing like this just completed showcase
contemporary residence of minimalist Industrial design, built to
exemplify the mountain and desert views of Carefree, with a cosmopolitan
''loft'' feel,. And next to the world-famous Boulder Resort, and several
doors down from the former home of broadcaster Hugh Downs on Stagecoach
Pass. Floor
to ceiling treated windows with cork floors on the upper level, finished
concrete on the bottom, with 90 degree opening walk-out doors. Open
floor plan with panoramic mountain, golf course and city light vistas!
Private office, Kitchen has large sweeping granite island, built-in
Miele appliances, whole house WiFi. Lower floor entertainment room opens
to a view patio. Even the garage is a stunner. Full-floor-to-ceiling
glass walls. Dramatic cork floors upstairs. glass-enclosed garage.
Just in case you're curious. it rented for $ 20,000 a month but no
longer available in the rental market. Call for us for updates.
3 bed/4bath approx. 4300 sq. ft.

The Church house sold! Photo below of one of our most unusual
offerings, at 9848 E. Roadrunner Drive, in Scottsdale. A home
donated to a local church, put on the market, and sold for $ 1.385
million, and then. . . . .the buyer drops a generous 5-figure donation
to add to the church's benefit! A Win-Win for everyone!
Two gold properties sold! We have sold the Golden Star Ranch,
LOADED WITH WATER, $2.15 million. Patented
land with artesian wells and historic gold mines. Forbes Magazine says
"Gold prices set to explode, and there is big interest in quality gold
properties.
The "Last Outpost," 40 acres patented
gold mine on top of Continental Mountain overlooking Phoenix, sold
for $ 950,000. It was featured
on Fox10 , who called it a "Pure Gold Property." Our thanks to anchor/reporter Brian Webb,
for the wonderful story. . See stories
and links below. It was the only piece of land
currently available on
Continental Peak.
Thank you!
Below, Syleste Rodriguez of Fox 10 also showcased our other Skyranch
sale! We've sold that house twice and a honor to do so. Contact us for the latest on Skyranch homes, townhomes
and hangar availabilities.
Could Cave Creek look like this in a thousand years? Director Adrian
Carr (Crocodile Dundee and Quigley Down Under) shot a sci fi movie
"Solus" on the Golden Star Ranch in 2019. Its a futuristic tale of a dystopian world. Check out
the title shot below.
Photo courtesy of J2
Productions. They computer-generated a futuristic city where Cave Creek, Arizona use to
be. If you know the area, you'll recognize
Black Mountain on the left. They picked the Golden Star for its mines,
tunnels, cliffs and abundant foliage for the producer.
See the Solus preview movie clip, from the spectacular opening scene,
showing what Arizona might look like in 1,000 years! (Still shot below)

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Fun
time awhile back, thanks to Diane Brennan, my former newscaster at KTAR Radio,
who letting me fill in for her on her That Real Estate Show.com We're
both in real estate now. It was like homecoming week for me, having been
on the KTAR microphone for over 26 years and inducted into the Arizona
Broadcasters Hall of Fame!
photos below at the new KTAR Studios off 16th Street.
See the Fox News show on "The Property Man with Bob Massi"
What an honor it was to have worked with the late Bob Massi
and the Fox Network Team. Here's the entire story on
the gold mine properties:

While Gold Hill and the Octave are no longer available, its
an incredible adventure into the tunnels! And check out
this Fox 10 story done on the Octave Mine. You'll notice
former newscaster Kari Lake (now running for Arizona
Governor) introduces the story:

Most Amazing house, Fox tours the Boulder House, built in a
pile of rocks!
About Us-Preston and Nancy Westmoreland Agents of
Distinction with Russ Lyon Sotheby's Int'l
We find hideaways! We're Preston and Nancy Westmoreland from Russ
Lyon Sotheby's International Realty in Carefree, and we've been
fortunate to call this amazing area home for 40 years! Preston has
been put into the Lyon's Chairman's Board category, for exceptional
sales volume. We'd love to help you find your special hideaway or
use our expertise to help market your home for sale. Call us at
602-377-0060. Quick bio: Preston was a sergeant in the Marines,
and a Marconi award-winning talk show host before joining Russ Lyon
Sotheby's. His wife of 50 years, Nancy, was a long-time escrow officer and branch
manager with First American Title prior to joining Preston at Russ
Lyon. Get 2 Realtors working for you, for the price of one!
The distinctive desert of North Scottsdale, Cave Creek and Carefree
is the "Upper Sonoran" desert, described by National Geographic as
"the most beautiful desert in the world," one of the most desirable
living locations anywhere. It's where the world-famous Boulders
Resort is located, along with some of the most unique residences in
the world! I was amazed the other day going through my
archives of how fortunate I have been to have led so many TV tours
through unique valley properties. See what you think!

This area has an abundance of landmark homes used in movies! The house
below left called Boulder Reign, the former home of Rusty Lyon,
was featured in the movie Zabriskie Point, where a model of the
home was blown-up for the climactic end of the movie (middle) and
also used for Bob Hope's "Cancel my Reservations" (Below
right) In a remote area of Cave Creek, a residence there was used in
the movie "The Getaway" with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. They
planned the crime around the pool. Click on the two photos on
the left, below, to find out more about Boulder Reign.
(Above)
The astonishing Boulder House we sold and was featured by Fox
News. The famous residence sold in 2005 for $ 4.8 million. Click on the newspaper story
to read coverage from the Arizona Republic of the Boulder House! See
an historical overview of this amazing structure:
And view a rare tour of the inside
by clicking on the aerial tour below.
On occasion, TV stations have asked us for
comments on various real estate issues. On Fox10, Preston
Westmoreland toured this extraordinary buy in Estancia, that sold in
several days for $100,000 above the asking price!
Preston
also took the Fox cameras also through the highest view property in
Phoenix and then led CNN and other TV stations deep inside the
$2.79 million
dollar Gold Hill gold mine in Scottsdale. Below, Preston
was interviewed about an incident with his plane where he and his
wife experienced an attempted hijacking!!
We specialize in airport properties and hangars!
As
long-time pilots in the Phoenix area, we can help your search for
the perfect airport property. We are the Skyranch Experts.
Charter members, hangar owners and pilots, and board members. Avoid Scottsdale Airport 20-year
waits & Deer Valley Airport super congestion. Let us know if you want us to keep an eye out
for airport property.
Skyranch is perfect for many of
the Very Light Jets! And gets no Federal funding! Very
private and exclusive. We can also show you key properties at
Stellar Airpark in Chandler. Quick video of Skyranch:

Bonus site!
Why is Marie
Osmond giving Preston Westmoreland a back rub? Find out more about his
"other" life as one of the top radio talk show hosts in the nation,
winner of the "Marconi" award, a member of the Arizona Broadcaster's
Hall of Fame, with 27,000 guests interviewed in a thirty-year radio
career!
