Out past where the blacktop ends in unincorporated Maricopa County, many of the secluded homes in the Rio Verde Foothills have attractive desert views on sprawling spaces that secure serenity. MORE ⬇️
Nearly all the homes sit underneath the snowcapped Four Peaks, but there’s a major caveat with all these homes - there’s no guaranteed water supply.Cody Reim says since they lost water at the start of the new year, laundry is done at his parents' house. He says they’ve been running the dishwasher once a week, and using paper plates only these days.
Securing water is the urgent top priority for folks like Cody, but he can’t help but notice his home value start to slide.“It doesn’t affect me, I love the area. I don’t care if my home was worse nothing. I would continue to live there and fight this battle,” said Reim.The city warned residents for years – but short- and long-term plans were never secured.All while residents hold onto hope that Scottsdale can facilitate a short-term deal with a supplier.
We asked a realtor who lives in the Rio Verde Foothills and who sells 80% of her homes in the area about her recent open house.Schwegler says in the past six months, about 75 homes that were listed in the Rio Verde Foothills, have either canceled their listing or let them expire.Some of those homes are reducing their prices by tens of thousands of dollars after the area made national headlines for their lack of guaranteed water.
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