Gorgeous Custom Home on Rare 2+ Acres!

This exceptional luxury home is a rare Montrêux treasure. Located on 2.10 acres, it backs up to Jones Creek and a majestic 77-acre meadow.

The 9,577 square foot home flows seamlessly with an open-concept floor plan. The lavish Master bedroom suite resides downstairs, along with a Gym, Formal Dining Room, and large Game Room. The upstairs offers three additional Ensuite Bedrooms, an Office area, a spacious Family Room and an indoor Bonus/Sports Room. The Game and Bonus Rooms could easily be converted to additional bedrooms. Five full, two half bathrooms. Distinctive and thoughtful custom finishes throughout.

The extensive garage space can accommodate an RV, plus up to seven other vehicles. The large

Introducing 6705 De Chardin Lane!

This beautiful single-story Montrêux home resides on a quiet cul-de-sac on the 2nd Fairway. It showcases spectacular views of the famed Jack Nicklaus Signature Championship Course, Mt. Rose, and the Sierras.

The lot size is a generous .88 acre. It features an innovative and masterful landscape renovation that includes recirculation streams, built-in BBQ, expanded patio and paver driveway, over 50 new trees, all-natural rock, and three extraordinary fire pits.

The interior is just as impressive with warm and distinct custom upgrades at every turn. This 4,331 square foot home offers a Great Room Concept with a smartly designed floorplan, with the Master Bedroom privately located on one wing of the home, and

Ashley Quinn is a Nevada firm of CPAs and financial professionals with particular experience in tax planning aspects of relocation from California to Nevada.

Nevada remains one of seven states with no state income tax, which makes it even more attractive for relocation. For those coming from California, the income tax savings can amount to 13% of your taxable income. To obtain Nevada residency, an individual must make Nevada his principal place of residence, or his primary home.

So according to Ashley Quinn, what are some of the most important steps to plan for tax savings in Nevada?

Residency is a question of fact and is normally considered when the taxpayer maintains their closest connections within that state. The “Close Connection Test”

Welcome to our monthly Partner Spotlight! Where would we be without our partners in the community? They are just one of the many reasons that Reno-Tahoe is such a special place to live.

LakeCrest Builders has an excellent and diverse team that offers full custom home building services not only to the residents of Montreux, but to all of Northern Nevada. We spoke to the founders, Jim and Dave, about what their company does and why they think Reno is so special.

How did your company get started?

"Our founders, Dave Pearce and Jim Smrt have been building exceptional, custom-built homes in the Reno-Tahoe area since the early 1990’s. Together they’ve built LakeCrest Builders, a company dedicated to delivering quality workmanship that exceeds

Welcome to our monthly Partner Spotlight! Where would we be without our partners in the community? They are just one of the many reasons that Reno-Tahoe is such a special place to live.

As head of Montreux Security, Mary McDonald and her team are oftentimes the first impressions that our clients have entering through the gates. The feedback that they receive is nothing short of wonderful! We sat down with Mary to learn a little bit more about her.

Your experience in security is extensive. What brought you out to Nevada?

“I had 25 years of experience at the St. Petersburg, FL Police Department, retiring at the rank of Major.  I held Patrol, Patrol Sgt., Patrol Lt., Patrol Major, Training Major, Investigations Sex Crimes Detective and Major,

Winter greetings from our team!

We don’t know about you, but we have recovered from the holiday season and are taking the first quarter of 2019 by storm. There are many exciting updates to share with you all from a re-cap of the 2018 Luxury Market Trends to current real estate happenings in our neighborhood.

The 2018 Luxury Trends Report is out! The full document summarizes these impressive gains in the Northern Nevada Luxury Market.

What a year! President and CEO of Dickson Realty, Nancy Fennel, believes that this year will result in a similar pace to 2018. There are so many companies moving their businesses to Nevada which is creating jobs and resulting in more homes sold. 2018 saw a record number of sales over $2 million. The highest in

The old Galena Lodge welcomes a trio of brand-new businesses, the perfect pit stops before or apres ski!

For 30+ years, the Alpine lodge on Mount Rose Highway was home to restaurants. You’ll find the quaint location just a few minutes beyond Montreux, in the Galena Forest area as the road rises towards Lake Tahoe. The Galena Forest Inn was built and opened in the lodge in 1983 by Reno culinary figures Gaudenz Derungs and Walter Zahnd. Julius Weiss, another Reno chef, bought the restaurant in 1988 and ran it for a decade before it was purchased by Craig Cunningham, another longtime local restauranteur. Later in 2005, Sierra Solitaire set up and wasn’t around for long. The Lodge at Galena followed and was open until 2013.

After five years of

The top 15 most expensive Reno home sales in 2018 make quite an impressive list. Four of those 15 deals, including the Number 1 sale, had our Sullivan-Wonhof-Gore Luxury Real Estate Team at the helm.

Interestingly, many of the homes on the list were cash deals. Those buyers largely sold their out-of-state homes at a premium, putting them in a liquid position for real estate investments here in Reno. The most expensive home, a beautiful manor on Foret Circle in charming Montreux Golf & Country Club, sold for $4.9 million. This was an increase of $1.5 million from last year's top spot, as well as the highest sale ever in Montreux and the highest sales-per-square-foot since 2007. 

Seven of the most expensive homes are located in Montreux, three in

The annual celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe helped raise over $55,000 for three local nonprofits.

The education-focused nonprofits consisted of Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation, Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation and Tahoe-Douglas Rotary Club. On August 23, each nonprofit was presented with a $18,410 check at Edgewood. The three groups donated 400 volunteer hours to staff the concession stands during the 2018 American Century Championship Celebrity Golf Tournament. This year, the event saw record attendance of 57,097.

The Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation awards over $100,000 in scholarships to continuing and transferring students. They support educational excellence by assisting and encouraging investment in the

Nancy Fennell, President of Dickson Realty, shares her insight on the rise of luxury home sales in the Reno area.

The luxury market in Northern Nevada is defined as homes valued at $1,000,000 or higher. It’s also important to consider that people who own this price home in the Nevada market are very likely to own another luxury home in a different market. Fennell shares who is buying and selling these properties and what some of the trends in this price range are. Dickson Realty has been actively engage in the luxury market since 1988 when they were invited to join a small group of brokers from around the country. Dickson is now a member of Luxury Portfolio.

The luxury market in Northern Nevada is representative of just under 4% of sales in the