Real estate · Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs,
considered.

A creative director's approach to real estate in Colorado Springs. Brooklyn brownstones to Old North End Victorians — and most of what's between.

Realty One Group Apex·@wesleyjones.co·Currently traveling — taking new clients June 1

Not another agent.
A different kind of guide.

Most agents in Colorado Springs compete on the same things: listings, comps, closing speed. I work from a different starting point — a creative director's eye, fifteen years of design practice, and a habit of paying attention to how a space actually feels.

What that looks like in practice:

01

Considered, not sold to.

Every conversation starts with what your life needs to feel like — not what's available in your price range.

02

Honesty about the city.

The light and the hail. The mountains and the altitude. The trade-offs nobody else writes about. Trust comes from the whole story.

03

The work is design.

From listing presentation to neighborhood research to how a home is photographed, every artifact is treated like a brand artifact. Because it is.

Where the homes have character.

Colorado Springs is bigger than people expect. These are the neighborhoods I know best — and the ones most people don't realize they're looking for until they see them.

Old North End
Historic · $200K – $2.2M · 1890s Victorians
Tree-lined streets, Victorian and Mediterranean architecture, listed on the National Register since 1982. Walkable to downtown. The closest thing in Colorado Springs to a Brooklyn brownstone block.
Broadmoor
Established · $500K – $1.5M+ · Resort-adjacent
Country club proximity, mature landscapes, Pikes Peak views from most homes. Quieter pockets sit just past the resort cliché — that's where the real value lives.
Cheyenne Cañon
Hillside · $400K – $1M+ · Creek-side, character-heavy
Built into the mountainside above the city. Every street has a different microclimate. For people who want their home to feel like it's already in the wilderness.
Black Forest
Acreage · $500K – $1.2M+ · Rural inside city reach
Five-acre lots and ponderosa pines, twenty minutes from downtown. The trade-off is real (fire history, well water) but for the right person it's the answer.
Briargate
Family · $400K – $650K · Top-rated schools
Academy District 20 schools, parks, new construction. The most popular landing spot for relocating families with kids.
Westside / Old Colorado City
Eclectic · $350K – $550K · Galleries and breweries
Walking distance to Garden of the Gods. Independent restaurants, makers, an arts scene that's actually alive. The closest vibe to Williamsburg or Silver Lake the city has.

If you're moving here from somewhere else.

Most of my clients are moving to Colorado Springs from another life. I've made versions of that move myself — Brooklyn to here. Different starting points, same kind of decision.

From Denver

Same lifestyle, 30% less.

Priced out of LoDo or Wash Park? Seventy miles south buys the home you wanted, with the same access to mountains and meaningfully more space. The catch is the airport — Denver International is an hour. Worth it for some, not for others.

From Texas, Phoenix, or further

Trading heat for elevation.

Austin and Phoenix equity goes a long way at 6,000 feet. Summers are seventy-eight, not a hundred and ten. Winters surprise people in a good way — sun returns fast, snow rarely sticks. If you're leaving 105° behind, the math is hard to argue with.

From the coast or the bases

A move with weight.

Coastal premium buyers see real value here for what they're trading. Military families relocating in or separating from Fort Carson, Peterson, Schriever, NORAD or the Academy need someone who actually understands the timeline of a PCS or a retirement transition. Both lanes welcome.

The honest Colorado Springs relocation guide.

Forty pages on neighborhoods, taxes, schools, weather, and the trade-offs nobody puts on Zillow. Written for people considering the move — not closing on it tomorrow.

Send me your name and email. I'll send the guide. No drip campaign, no "exclusive offers," no follow-up unless you ask.

One email, one PDF. That's it.
A guide for the considering
Moving to Colorado Springs
  • The neighborhoods, ranked by who they're actually for
  • What your dollar buys here vs. Austin, Phoenix, Denver, NYC
  • The honest list — altitude, hail, fire awareness
  • What military families need to know about each base
  • A six-step move plan, written by someone who made it

Tell me what you need your space to feel like.

Email
wesley.jones.co@gmail.com
Phone
413.737.5009
Instagram
@wesleyjones.co
Brokerage
Realty One Group Apex
Colorado Springs, CO
Currently on the road.Traveling through May. Replying to email between stops; full availability returns June 1. If you want to be on the calendar that first week back, send a note and I'll hold a spot.