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| Make a home with us Buckeye has always been the Green Acre of the Valley, a place where the mayor wears a big brass belt buckle with his name - "RAY" - on it. This is farm country: white flies in spring, cotton in the fall, and dust all the time. Bola ties, skin cancer, and Western-cut shirts are always in fashion in Buckeye. Buckeye is a very tight-knit place. When a local kid wins a 4-H grand champion ribbon, the community pitches in to help support competition. Even if residents don't have alfalfa or cotton farms, they have horse properties so their kids can learn to ride or raise animals for 4-H. It's always been more a part of rural Arizona than metro Phoenix. "I think what's made Buckeye unique is that we're so far from Phoenix we've maintained our identity," says a lifelong resident. "I can see that changing." Buckeye has grown from 8,000 to 35,000 people in the past years, and in eight years is expected to have a population of about 150,000. Who Lives There? There are more than 240,000 homes planned in Buckeye in 12 master-plans, some as high as 36,000 acres. Finding a new home isn't a problem. A four bedroom, two bath 1,300 square foot home costs right around the high $180,000s. That's in a master-plan with an 18-hole public golf course, a lake, trails, shopping, parks, and outdoor recreation areas. High end is in the $300,000s Homes Acre-lot irrigated neighborhoods are wildly popular in Buckeye for keeping livestock. Not only are the old horse properties thriving, new semi-custom to custom homes in the $400,000 range are being built on large lots specifically for equestrians. The last horse development Schools Buckeye's schools run the gamut from brand new schools like Sundance Elementary School to Buckeye Union High School, which graduated first class of two students in 1921. Standardized tests scores vary as well, ranging from below average in Buckeye to above average in the Liberty Elementary District. As soccer moms and minivans move into what has traditionally been an agricultural community, these schools are working to meet suburban expectations. One example of this is Rainbow Valley Elementary School, which has developed an award winning cultural exchange program with Banamichi, Mexico, called Banamichi Club. Shopping & Dining The Butcher & The Farmer market has been downtown for decades. (Most of the locals visited the new Fry's center once or twice, then went back to the B & F.) Downtown also has Western wear store selling boots, hats and Wranglers; a pharmacy, a florist, and other thriving small businesses. The Fry's shopping center has a video store, a bank, and restaurants with sandwiches, Chinese, and pizza. "And of course we have hamburgers and Mexican," an old timer says. "We could use a good steak restaurant." Leisure All the master plans have their own recreation centers, parks, pools, and golf courses. The town has a youth center, a skate park, and a new aquatic center. The town library just got an addition, too. In a small town everything either revolves around the park or the school, and the two are close together here. The Estrella Mountains are due south for horseback riding and hiking. The town celebrates Countryfest in the fall, Pioneer Days in the spring, and a traditional Fourth of July. Real Estate Trends Vast master plans are coming this way. Verrado is the first. Designed to be traditional American small town, about 14,000 homes will be built over the next 20 years. Alleyway garages, tree-lined streets, small shops with apartments above, and no house more than two blocks from an oak are a few Verrado features. Prices range from about $175,000 to $400,000, with about 100 homes designs for variety. The biggest master-plan in Arizona is coming to Buckeye. Douglas Ranch will cover 36 square miles about 25 miles northeast of downtown Buckeye. It's in the infrastructure planning stage. When finished, it could include 83,000 homes and 250,000 residents. Rental & Investment There aren't any apartment complexes in Buckeye - yet. It's still too rural. However, house rentals for about $1,200 to $1,700 a month for a three to four bedroom. Rentals in the Sundance Golf Community cost a little more; about $1,400 for a three-bedroom and $1,800 for a four-bedroom. To find out more about Sundance luxury golf course homes please visit www.PhoenixLuxuryRentals.net or call: 1-877-77 AZ RENTALS Horse properties will always hold their value in Buckeye, making them the town's wisest real estate investment.
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