Sopris Homes lives by a simple motto: Build amenity-rich, energy-efficient luxury homes in the most desirable communities.

No wonder homebuyers fall in love with Sopris homes. Offerings at The Sanctuary at Huntington Trails, a brand-new community in Westminster, are a perfect example.

Stylish Tuscan, European and Craftsman exteriors complement functional and architecturally enhanced interiors. These homes are designed for the way people really live – with Great Rooms, spacious kitchens with large islands and breakfast-bar seating, luxury master suites, inviting indoor and outdoor courtyard living spaces and rich-looking hardwood floors.

All Sopris homes come with an Owner’s Entry complete with coat closet and a beadboard-backed bench with plenty of hooks and cubbies, as well as the unique and functional Home Center with its elegant Tharp cabinetry to match your kitchen – designed as a place for briefcases, mail, backpacks, you name it. Spaces like this, plus numerous walk-in coat and linen closets, make it easy to live and entertain in every Sopris home.

In the dream kitchen, Tharp custom cabinets are staggered in height and depth, with architectural details, crown molding and deep drawers. A professional stainless steel range hood with five-burner gas cook-top and spacious islands top off a gourmet cook’s delight.

Built Green

Sopris Homes was the first builder in Colorado to build to Energy Star standards, which include energy-efficient criteria for insulation, windows, ductwork and heating and cooling systems, all set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Sopris provides superior HVAC systems with multi-zone engineering and casement (crank-out) and low-E windows on all its homes.

Sopris Homes is also the first builder in Colorado and the only builder in Boulder County to build to Environments for Living standards, which include strict guidelines for the amount of energy used to heat and cool your home.

“The goal of Environments For Living is to build a cleaner, healthier, longer-lasting and more energy-efficient home,” Sales Consultant Jen Schell says. “The bottom-line benefit for the buyer is in every home they actually guarantee what your energy usage will be to heat and cool your home at 72 degrees.”

At The Sanctuary at Huntington Trails, Sopris offers these features in four ranch-style floor plans, as well as two-story models. Home sizes range from 2,693 to 5,029 finished square feet. All have full basements.

The new community, with 204 home sites that range from the low $600,000s to more than $4 million, is situated in Westminster at McKay Lake. It offers easy access to the Westminster trail system and open space, plus a private community pool, clubhouse and children’s playground.

And now: The Redstone from Sopris Homes

The new Redstone courtyard-style home is inspired by La Maison des Vues in this year’s Parade of Homes at Solterra in Lakewood, on view July 26 to Labor Day. This award-winning residence was built by Waterstone Homes in partnership with Sopris Homes. Despite its grand appearance, the Redstone also epitomizes homeyness. Inviting courtyards blend indoor and outdoor living spaces; it’s perfect for comfortable family living and entertaining. Like all Sopris Homes, the Redstone provides plenty of functional living spaces and a place for everything from the trademark Owners Entry and Home Center to a second-floor bonus or children’s family room.

Come see La Maison des Vues, at 15291 West Warren Drive at Solterra during the Parade of Homes. It sells for $2,150,000. Or consider its cousin, the Redstone, which starts at $774,900 in The Sanctuary at Huntington Trails, or $918,650 on a one-third acre home site in Promontory, Sopris Homes’s newest community.

Promontory at McKay Shores

Promontory at McKay Shores is in Broomfield, on the northeast side of McKay Lake, at 138th and Zuni. Featured are luxury and custom home sites from one-third to more than one-half acre, walk-out and garden-level basements, and West-backing mountain-view home sites on open space. This premier community offers a private pool and clubhouse, shore fishing on McKay Lake and an abundant trail system. Promontory is near neighborhood grocery shopping, restaurants, multiple golf courses and I-25, with an easy commute to Denver, Boulder or Longmont.

Sopris Homes has first choice on premier home sites scattered throughout the community, so if a Sopris home on a larger home site with a spectacular view is what you have been waiting for at a great price, take advantage of this opportunity to select your home site. Sopris luxury homes start in the $800,000s.

How To Get To The Sanctuary and Promontory

The Sanctuary at Huntington Trail is located at West 144th Avenue and N. Huron Street in Westminster. To get there from Boulder, take US 36 to McCaslin Boulevard north, then head east on West Dillon Road, which becomes West 144th. Turn right into The Sanctuary at Huntington Trails just past McKay Lake Open Space, before you get to Huron Street.

The Sopris Homes sales office is open from noon to 5 p.m. daily, or by appointment. Call Jen Schell at 720.224.2044, or e-mail her at JenandDaltin@msn.com.

For more information or to view completed homes by Sopris, visit the model home at 144th and Huron or tour the Web site at www.soprishomes.com.

From the moment you step inside the award-winning model home, you will see why Sopris’ Carbondale Model Home at the Sanctuary at Huntington Trails was honored in the 2007 Flatirons Tour of Homes and was named the 2007 Home Builders Association Bar Awards Home of the Year.