FEATURE
Mountain View Villas By Marne Logan, CCAM
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n the beautiful and picturesque setting against the Santa Rosa Mountains, Mountain View Villas (MVV) offers a lifestyle and quality of life where community members enjoy peaceful surroundings, gorgeous views and great recreational activities. Located on Gerald Ford Drive in Rancho Mirage, this community has been fully built out since the early 80’s. Located on 40 acres, MVV has 200 one and two-story private villa condominiums that vary in size from 870 to 1,350 square feet. The homes include one, two and threebedroom units and range in price from $120K to $180K. More than 60 percent of the community is dedicated to landscaping, so residents are surrounded by a lush and private park with beautiful mature trees from every view. The architecture throughout the community
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is tasteful and elegant with beautifully maintained streets. At night, residents enjoy softly lit palms and citrus trees along the roadways and paths. The MVV board works hard to preserve the warm
family atmosphere and majestic landscaping to keep this lovely community unique. The MV V amenities include a
wonderful exercise pathway through the park with an inside loop of a half-mile and an outside loop of three-quarters mile. There are seven lighted tennis courts, five swimming pools and four relaxing spas sprinkled throughout the community. The lovely and spacious clubhouse is available for community members and includes Wi-Fi. Monthly assessments are $375. The MVV board has been working on several energy conservation projects to lower their “footprint” and reduce expense. They converted most of their lighting to LED and replaced pool pumps, skimmers, and heaters with new energyefficient models. They have also converted some of their lush landscape to desert-scape and have plans to do more. The board and community manager
