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Certified Equestrian Property Specialist
Horse property, from the ground up.
Ranches, training facilities and acreage along the Front Range — evaluated by someone who grew up in the barn.
The house matters. The water, the footing and the fence line matter more.
Lisa’s path into the horse world started as a determined barn rat who worked her way into riding, grooming and training — and she still rides. That background is the reason equestrian clients call her: she knows what a horse property needs because she has lived it.
She has represented sellers of a 35-acre timber-frame estate with a six-stall barn beside Castlewood Canyon State Park and the 70-acre Spirit Horse Ranch in Castle Rock, and buyers on properties including a 36-acre facility with a 110-by-150-foot indoor arena in the Golden foothills and a 40-acre property with a seven-stall drive-through barn in Franktown.
For buyers
What Lisa evaluates
Every property is different, and none of this replaces a qualified inspector, surveyor, water attorney or county planner. It is the list Lisa works through so you know which of those people to call.
Water comes first
In Colorado, a well permit — not the well itself — decides what the water can be used for. Many wells on smaller parcels are permitted for household use only, which does not allow watering livestock. Exempt wells on 35 acres or more can often be permitted for domestic use including livestock and limited irrigation. Surface water rights and ditch shares are separate property and must be conveyed specifically. Lisa pulls the permit from the Colorado Division of Water Resources early, before anyone falls in love with the barn.
The land and the 35-acre rule
Colorado law exempts divisions of land into parcels of 35 acres or more from county subdivision review, which is why so much horse country is laid out in 35-acre pieces. That can create opportunity — a second parcel, a future home site — and it can create limits. Usable acreage, slope, drainage, county zoning and animal-density rules all matter more than the headline number.
Pasture, honestly
Much of the Front Range is semi-arid. Dryland pasture rarely carries horses year-round on its own, so the real questions are about turnout, dry lots, rotation, irrigation and hay storage. A well-drained sacrifice area can be worth more than another ten acres of grass.
Facilities that work
Barn construction and ventilation, stall size and doors to turnout, wash racks, tack and feed rooms, arena size and footing, fencing type, frost-free hydrants and heated waterers. Lisa walks a barn the way a barn manager would, and notes what will need attention.
Access, trailers and winter
Can a gooseneck or a hauler make the turn at the gate? Is the drive passable after a spring storm? How far is the nearest equine vet, a reliable farrier, a hay supplier, the trailhead or the show grounds? These answers shape daily life far more than the finishes in the kitchen.
Covenants and neighbors
Equestrian neighborhoods often have shared trails and architectural rules; unrestricted parcels have neither. HOA covenants may limit the number of animals, outbuildings, lighting or commercial boarding. Lisa makes sure you have the complete HOA documents in hand and shows you what to look for, but reading them is your job, and because they are legal documents, an attorney is the right person to say what they allow. If you plan to build an arena, add a barn or board horses, confirm it is permitted before your deadlines pass.
For sellers
Marketing that speaks to horse people.
Equestrian buyers read a listing differently. They want stall counts and dimensions, arena footing, fencing type, water permits, hay storage and how the property drains — documented clearly, photographed well and verified before the first showing.
Lisa prepares that information up front, positions the property to the equestrian buyers most likely to pay for it, and draws on her network across the horse community and the Compass platform to reach them.
- Facility inventory with measurements and improvements
- Well permit, water rights and septic documentation in hand
- Photography and aerial coverage of barns, arenas and turnout
- Pricing built on comparable equestrian sales, not tract-home comps
Selected equestrian sales
Properties built for horses
Acreage transactions
| Property | Details | Representation | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9250 Steeplechase Drive Franktown, CO · MLS #2052583 | 4 bd · 6 ba · 5,888 sq ft · 35.01 acres | Represented seller | $2,550,000 |
| 1764 Mesa Ridge Lane Castle Rock, CO · MLS #3284915 | 4 bd · 4 ba · 5,293 sq ft · 70 acres | Co-listed for seller | $2,250,000 |
| 8780 Steeplechase Drive Franktown, CO · MLS #8427296 · Listed by Gold Compass Real Estate, LLC | 5 bd · 6 ba · 5,995 sq ft · 40.7 acres | Represented buyer | $2,200,000 |
| 4528 Sheep Patch Road Golden, CO · MLS #1510741 · Listed by Sellstate Altitude Realty | 3 bd · 5 ba · 3,468 sq ft · 36 acres | Represented buyer | $1,850,000 |
| 27987 Richmond Hill Road Conifer, CO · MLS #4498433 · Listed by Compass | 4 bd · 3 ba · 3,109 sq ft · 20.01 acres | Represented buyer | $1,371,800 |
| 667 North White Tail Drive Franktown, CO · MLS #4210207 · Listed by Keller Williams DTC | 4 bd · 3 ba · 4,164 sq ft · 5.04 acres | Represented buyer | $861,500 |
| 10915 Dodge Circle Peyton, CO · MLS #9288498 · Listed by Your Home Sold Guaranteed Realty Colorado | 4 bd · 3 ba · 3,352 sq ft · 5.03 acres | Represented buyer | $630,000 |
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