Windcliff Vacation Homes Blog

Call me an eternal optimist, but there could quite possibly be no better time to buy or build your mountain home dream than right now. The Setting If you’re reading this, you probably already know what Windcliff is about but at the risk of restating the obvious, “it’s about the views (, stupid ; ).” But it’s also about the community, the neighbors and the mountain we share. Windcliff is more than just a cabin in the woods.  It’s secluded and private, but it’s a community of like-minded, like-hearted neighbors who wave when they pass, plan gatherings together and share...

Let’s be honest, folks. It’s time for you to take a break from 2020. You can make it happen with a flexcation in Estes Park, Colorado — in a beautiful vacation rental home from Windcliff. Here’s why right here is the perfect spot for you to rest and recharge with your family. Wait. What the heck is a flexcation? In efforts to stay safe and reduce the spread of COVID-19, employees are now working-from-home at unprecedented rates; many offices are still closed or restricted. In addition to this, teachers and students have had to quickly adopt a move to remote...

Luxury — it’s what we’re all after when we go on vacation. But what does it really mean? To us, it means anything but typical. Unmatched views By far, the greatest draw to Windcliff are the unmatched, nearly endless views of Rocky Mountain National Park and snow capped peaks as far as the eye can see! When building a home, Windcliff homeowners naturally tend to make the most of the views with generous use of windows (in some cases, literal walls of windows!) throughout each property, bringing the mountains into every living and dining area year-round. Not a single overlooked...

The article “What to Consider Before You Buy a Vacation Home” recently appeared in The Wall Street Journal. In it, writer Jeff Brown, writer in Livingston, MT highlighted both the pluses and minuses of owning a vacation/rental home. Here is his article, edited to be most relevant to owning a home in Windcliff with personal comments inserted by Rich Chiappe of Windcliff Homes.   Chiappe first rented a Windcliff vacation rental home with his family and another in 2007, became enamored with Windcliff, purchased a 3-bedroom condo exclusively for vacation rental (investment) in 2011, sold it in 2014, purchased a...