Hello, Tyler Ford here, in Tucson, Arizona, eXp Realty. Welcome to this episode of Living in Tucson, your Tucson Real Estate Connection. In this episode, I’m going to talk about one of the best kept secrets in regards to townhomes on the Eastside of Tucson, Casa Real. Very desirable place to live, and I’m going to go over why Casa Real is a great place to live and why it’s one of the best kept secrets on Tucson’s Eastside.

I’m really familiar with Casa Real. I’ve bought, rehab, remodeled and resold four unit it’s in there, and I’ve represented about 10 clients that have bought and sold in Casa Real. So I’m really, really familiar. My office is literally five minutes away from Casa Real, and I live on the Eastside of Tucson.

But one of the reasons I think Casa Real is one of the best kept secrets on the Eastside of town in regards to townhomes is a couple different reasons. Number one, location. It’s located on Speedway and Pantano, so it’s a great location.

Number two, the second reason is the HOA, in my opinion, is relatively low in relationship to what you get and compared to other townhomes that are similar. So as of this recording, the monthly HOA is $90 and the HOA, they do a great job keeping up with the front exterior landscaping. They have somebody that comes on a weekly basis. They also take care of the exterior painting. Again, they do a really, really good job on the upkeep of the exterior. Recently, all the roads have been paved in Casa Real.

Within Casa Real, there’s two pools, clubhouses, and then two tennis courts. So there’s a lot of really good facilities that you can walk to. It’s really close to Trader Joe’s, Natural Grocers. There’s a Fry’s that you can walk to. Sprouts is just right down the road. So it’s a great location, there’s a lot of amenities, and again, the HOA is a lot less than other comparable townhomes.

From a price affordability standpoint, since COVID hit, all of Tucson has been seeing double-digit appreciation rates. So the last couple years the townhomes have really jumped in prices, but you’re looking at somewhere in the low-200’s to mid-200’s in terms of a townhome in Casa Real.

One of the reasons I really like Casa Real is the HOA, as far as the affordability and what you get. As of this recording, the monthly HOA is $90, and you get a lot for the $90. If you compare Casa Real HOA to other HOA townhomes, similar, the majority of them are going to be well over $100 and don’t even cover what Casa Real covers in terms of what you get. They do a really good job with the front landscaping. They’ve got a weekly landscaping company that comes out and cleans, and everything is always well manicured as far as the front landscaping. They also take care of the exterior paint, and every couple years they’re putting fresh paint, and so they do a really good job with that. Recently, all the roads within Casa Real have been repaved so there’s fresh blacktop. There’s two pools and two tennis courts and clubhouses that are easy to get to and walk to.

So again, from affordability standpoint, the HOA does a really, really good job. The one downside is that the townhomes have carports and not enclosed garages. If you were to want to enclose the carport to a garage, the HOA doesn’t allow you to do that. Positive or negative, just to let you know up front there’re carports and not garages, and if you did want to enclose them, you couldn’t per the HOA.