When Larry Lantero decided to build a new home in Steamboat Springs, he knew he didn’t want a design that used the modern mountain architectural style.
Instead, the vice president of Abbott Construction, a West Coast-based company that builds homes, schools and health care facilities, wanted to do something more retro for his passion project.
Lantero, who earned his civil engineering degree from the University of Colorado Boulder and who has family living in Colorado, also wanted to build using beetle-kill pine.
“I’m an avid outdoors person, and it’s always bothered me to see giant chunks of forest dead,” he said.
He and his wife considered relocating their family from California during the pandemic. In 2021, they purchased the land, conveniently located a few blocks from Steamboat Ski Resort, for $600,000.
“I was looking for a creative outlet, and this property made sense,” Lantero said.
Then, he leased a section of forest near Steamboat Lake to log dead trees and send them to a lumber mill near Kremmling.
Lantero knew he wanted to use an A-frame design for the new structure, so he searched for an architecture firm to do that. He discovered Canada-based Scott and Scott Architects, who had previously designed something similar.
“I proposed the A-frame design, and they enhanced it,” Lantero said.
To provide more flexibility, he built a duplex that would provide space for his family to stay when visiting Colorado and generate revenue through rentals when they weren’t there.
“If we had decided to live in it, there were modifications and enhancements we would have included,” he said.
The duplex was completed in 2023, and since then, it’s become a popular destination for wedding parties, golf trips, corporate retreats and ski weekend crews.
“We’ve also had a handful of people who live within five miles who have rented it just because they wanted to stay there,” Lantero said.
Now that his family has decided to stay in California, he’s ready to sell the duplex so he can take on a new passion project.
Another view of the A-frame duplex near Steamboat Springs. (Provided by David Dietrich Photography via BusinessDen)
Lantero listed the 4,192-square-foot duplex with six bedrooms and six baths with the Hodson Fisher Team at The Steamboat Group for $5 million. The property is available fully furnished.Known as The Alpine House, the double A-frame offers views of downtown Steamboat, Rolling Stone Golf Course, and Sleeping Giant, a mountain peak known for its resemblance to a sleeping person.
The Nest, the larger of the two units, includes three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a spacious mud/gear room, and a movie theater. The Perch, the smaller unit, offers two bedrooms, 2.5 baths and a bunk room.
The two homes don’t share walls, but they do share a sauna, a two-car garage, a concrete pad with more parking and a fire pit area.
Realtor Derek Hodson said the A-frame design is unusual for Routt County.
“It’s chic and projects an image of simplicity,” he said.
Hodson anticipates the property will appeal to someone looking for an investment property who will continue to use it as a rental property.
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Source:: The Denver Post – Business
