How to “Summer-ize” Your Fountain Hills Vacation Home

Fountain Hills Arizona is a prime area for second home owners looking to escape from the harsh winters up North, but  eventually the time comes to return to your roots and  “Summerize” your winter home. There are certain steps that a homeowner should do if you are leaving your home unoccupied during the summer months. 1. Set your thermostat for your air-conditioning system to automatic, […]

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Extend Your Living Space with an Outdoor Retreat

Fountain Hills Arizona has great weather year round but when the temperatures starts cooling off in mid October you want to spend as much time outdoors as possible. The relationship between indoor and outdoor living has always had appeal and more homeowners are incorporating this kind of living into an extension of their home. Why? To meet the needs and desires to connect to nature […]

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What is the Average Rainfall in Fountain Hills AZ?

Fountain Hills Arizona is located in the Sonoran desert and deserts are very dry, so I often get asked, does it rain much in Fountain Hills and the surrounding areas? The answer is yes, it rains in Fountain Hills. The Sonoran Desert is actually one of the wettest deserts in the world, with two “rainy” seasons, December through March and July to Mid September which […]

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Fountain Hills – Monsoon Has Officially Arrived!

An massive wall of dust that tumbled across the Valley during a monsoon storm leaving so much dirt behind on the ground and in the air, not only clogging up pools, and covering vehicles it also prevented pilots approaching Sky Harbor International Airport from seeing the runways a day later. It spawned a 100- to 150-mile-wide plume of dust more than 5,000 feet high, moving at […]

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