# Gourmet Real Estate, Inc. > Colorado real estate consultancy and brokerage, founded 1995, based in Denver. > We work with homebuilders, land developers, and property owners on land acquisition, > development, on-site new home sales, marketing, and architectural review. ## Facts - Founded: 1995 - Location: 2000 S Colorado Blvd, Suite 2000, Denver, CO 80222 - Phone: +1 720-466-7100 - Contact: https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/contact/ (web form; no public email address) - Colorado employing broker license: EC.040041562 - Hours: By appointment - Completed engagements: 41 Colorado communities and builder partnerships - Homes and home sites across engagements that publish a count: 2,637 - Colorado counties worked in (13): Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, El Paso, Elbert, Garfield, Jefferson, Larimer, Routt, Weld - Memberships: Home Builders Association of Metro Denver; Colorado Association of Home Builders; National Association of Home Builders ## People - Jason August, President and Employing Broker (license ER.040029060). Credentials: CSP, CMP, Employing Broker. https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/team/jason-august/ - Penny August, Broker Associate (license EA.040025069). Credentials: Associate Broker. https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/team/penny-august/ - Stephanie Lazerson, Broker Associate (license FA.100081728). Credentials: CPA, Certified Internal Auditor. https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/team/stephanie-lazerson/ - Paul Wallick, Broker Associate (license FA.100081521). Credentials: PE, Licensed in CO, MN, ND, UT. https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/team/paul-wallick/ ## Services - [On-site sales for builders and developers](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/on-site-sales/): On-site sales is the practice of staffing a builder's sales center with dedicated agents who sell one community full time. Gourmet Real Estate hires, licenses, trains, and manages those teams under our Colorado brokerage, so a builder gets professional representation and absorption reporting without carrying sales as a fixed internal cost. - [Land acquisition and development](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/land-acquisition/): Land acquisition advisory is the work of finding a parcel, testing whether it can be built profitably, and getting it from raw ground to entitled lots. Gourmet Real Estate has a licensed professional engineer on the team, so site feasibility can be assessed technically while the parcel is still being evaluated commercially. - [New home marketing and absorption strategy](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/new-home-marketing/): New home marketing is the work of positioning a community, setting price and lot premiums, and managing absorption pace so a project sells at the rate its pro forma assumed. It is distinct from advertising, because most communities that miss their numbers are converting poorly rather than drawing too little traffic. - [Architectural review and design guidelines](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/architectural-review/): Architectural review is the process of approving home designs, materials, colors, and site placement against a community's design guidelines before construction begins. Gourmet Real Estate writes guidelines and administers architectural review committees for Colorado communities, applying standards consistently so the review protects value without obstructing sales. - [Residential, land, and commercial brokerage](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/brokerage/): Gourmet Real Estate is a licensed Colorado brokerage representing buyers, sellers, and investors in residential, land, and commercial transactions. The firm's background is development and new home sales, so the analysis behind a property, including its financials and its site constraints, gets examined before the transaction is discussed. ## Portfolio 41 engagements. Full table with location, county, scope, and unit count: https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/portfolio/ - Coal Creek Ranch, Louisville (Boulder County). Development, Sales, Marketing. 385 custom and semi-custom homes. - Amrepco at Brandywine, Broomfield (Broomfield County). Development, Sales, Marketing. 250 single-family homes. Builder: Amrepco. - Country Vista, Adams County (Adams County). Development, Sales, Marketing. 210 single-family homes. - Louisiana Purchase, Aurora (Arapahoe County). Development, Sales, Marketing. 200 townhomes. - Amrepco at Bradbury Ranch, Parker (Douglas County). Development, Sales, Marketing. 150 single-family homes. Builder: Amrepco. - The Broadlands, Broomfield (Broomfield County). Architectural Review, Sales, Parade of Homes. Golf course neighborhood and Parade of Homes site, 102 homes and lots. - Feather Ridge, Mead (Weld County). Development, Sales, Marketing. 100 single-family semi-custom homes. - Cherry Creek Crossing, El Paso County (El Paso County). Development, Sales, Marketing. 100+ semi-custom homes. - MacKenzie at Bradbury Ranch, Parker (Douglas County). Development, Sales, Marketing. 90 single-family homes. - The Reserve at Cherryvale, Boulder County (Boulder County). Development, Sales, Marketing. 90 custom homes. - Fox Hill, Douglas County (Douglas County). Development, Marketing. Custom home community, approximately 94 sites. - Eagle Ridge Lodge, Steamboat Springs (Routt County). Sales. 85 condominiums and townhomes at a ski resort. - Hampden Villas, Arapahoe County (Arapahoe County). Development, Sales, Marketing. 71 single-family homes. - The Cove at Grant Ranch, Littleton (Jefferson County). Sales, Marketing. 70 luxury low-maintenance waterfront homes. - Tallyn's Reach, Arapahoe County (Arapahoe County). Architectural Review, Sales, Marketing. Parade of Homes site, 68 custom lots. - Larsen Homes at Turnberry, Arapahoe County (Arapahoe County). Sales, Marketing. 64 semi-custom homes. Builder: Larsen Homes. - South Pointe, Lafayette (Boulder County). Development, Sales. 61 custom and semi-custom homes. - The Dakota Lofts, Denver (Denver County). Sales, Marketing. 60 lofts. - White Deer Valley, Jefferson County (Jefferson County). Development, Sales, Marketing. 51 custom homes and lots in the foothills. - Meadows at Front Range, Westminster (Adams County). Sales. 50 condominiums. - Country Club Ridge, Aurora (Arapahoe County). Sales, Marketing. 48 golf course townhomes. - Overlook at Cherry Creek, Aurora (Arapahoe County). Sales, Marketing. 47 luxury low-maintenance homes. - Adare at Bradbury Ranch, Parker (Douglas County). Development, Sales, Marketing. 46 single-family homes. - Springhill Estates, Niwot (Boulder County). Architectural Review, Sales, Marketing. 35 custom homes. - Coral Place, Greenwood Village (Arapahoe County). Architectural Review, Sales, Marketing. 30 semi-custom homes. - Cottage Crossing, Brighton (Adams County). Sales, Marketing. 24 single-family spec homes. - The Ridge at Rocky View, Castle Rock (Douglas County). Sales. 24 single-family custom homes. - Saddleback Mountain, Evergreen (Jefferson County). Development, Sales, Marketing. Home sites plus 20 custom single-family homes. - Thorn Creek, Thornton (Adams County). Development, Sales, Marketing. 12 single-family homes in a golf course neighborhood. - Banbury Cross, Sedalia (Douglas County). Sales, Marketing. Custom homes in a gated equestrian community. - Elkhorn Ranch, Parker (Douglas County). Sales. Personalized production homes on 5-acre home sites. Builder: GJ Gardner. - Wild Pointe Reserve, Elizabeth (Elbert County). Sales. Personalized production homes on 5-acre home sites. Builder: GJ Gardner. - Inca Ridge, Larkspur (Douglas County). Sales, Marketing. Ranch homes on acreage. Builder: Joyce Homes. - Fox Acres, Red Feather Lakes (Larimer County). Sales, Marketing. Golf course and mountain resort community. - Battlement Mesa, Battlement Mesa (Garfield County). Architectural Review, Sales, Marketing. Leases, land, and new homes. - Wright Farms, Thornton (Adams County). Development, Sales, Marketing. Single-family home lots. - Country Meadows, Parker (Douglas County). Development, Sales, Marketing. Single-family homes. - Observatory Park, Denver (Denver County). Development, Sales, Marketing. True custom homes on Denver infill sites. - West 19th Avenue, Denver (Denver County). Sales, Marketing. Infill rowhomes in the Sloan's Lake neighborhood. Builder: Jackson Design Build. - Jackson Design Build, Denver (Denver County). Sales, Marketing. Attached and custom homes. Builder: Jackson Design Build. - SLD Development, Denver (Denver County). Development. Infill development and design. ## Insights - [The custom home building process](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/custom-home-process/): Building a custom home in Colorado runs through six phases: feasibility and budget, land, design, permitting, construction, and closeout. The phases overlap, and the two that most often break a schedule are permitting and long-lead material procurement. - [Choosing and working with a custom home builder](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/choosing-a-builder/): Choosing a custom home builder in Colorado comes down to verifying licensure and insurance, walking completed homes rather than photographs, calling references who are two years past closing, and reading the contract for the change order and allowance provisions before anything else. - [Land selection and acquisition](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/land-selection/): Evaluating land in Colorado means answering four questions before the offer: is water legally and physically available, what will the site cost to make buildable, what will the jurisdiction approve and how long will it take, and what can the finished product sell for. - [Working with architects and designers](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/working-with-architects/): Selecting an architect for a Colorado custom home means matching their built work to your site conditions and budget range, understanding whether their fee is percentage or fixed, and agreeing how many design revisions the fee covers before you start. - [Wellness in the built environment](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/wellness/): Wellness in a home is mostly mechanical rather than aesthetic. Indoor air quality, daylight access, water filtration, acoustic separation, and thermal comfort are determined by decisions made during framing and mechanical design, not by finishes selected later. - [Universal design and aging in place](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/universal-design/): Universal design means building a home usable by people of any age or ability without later modification. In new construction the core moves cost very little: a zero-step entry, 36-inch doors, blocking in bathroom walls, and a main-floor bedroom and full bath. - [Energy efficiency and electrification](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/energy-efficiency/): Energy efficiency in a Colorado home is decided by the envelope first: air sealing, insulation continuity, and window specification. Mechanical equipment choice, including whether to install a cold-climate heat pump, matters second and cannot compensate for a leaky envelope. - [Water efficiency and Colorado water](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/water-efficiency/): Water in Colorado is governed by prior appropriation, meaning older rights are senior to newer ones. For a homeowner this shows up as tap fees, restrictions on outdoor use, and rules limiting what you may legally do with rain that falls on your own roof. - [Designing homes for the 2030s and beyond](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/designing-for-2030s/): Designing a home for the 2030s means planning for conditions that are already visible: higher electrical loads, more days of extreme heat and wildfire smoke, more people working from home, and resale buyers who will expect electrification and air quality as standard. - [Scaling a homebuilding business](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/scaling-homebuilding/): Scaling a homebuilding business means solving four constraints in order: reliable land supply, trade capacity, working capital, and management systems. Builders usually hit the land and capital constraints together, and growth stalls where the weakest of the four sits. - [Financing land development and construction](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/development-finance/): Land development is financed in three stages with different risk and different lenders: acquisition, horizontal development of streets and utilities, and vertical construction. Entitlement risk makes acquisition the hardest stage to finance and the most expensive. - [New home sales and marketing for builders](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/new-home-sales/): New home sales performance is a conversion problem more often than a traffic problem. Most communities behind plan are drawing adequate visitors and losing them between the appointment and the contract, which advertising cannot fix. ### Articles - [Do heat pumps work in Colorado winters](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/energy-efficiency/do-heat-pumps-work-in-colorado-winters/): Modern cold-climate heat pumps produce useful heat well below freezing and work in most Colorado homes, typically paired with backup heat for the coldest hours. Whether one is the right choice depends less on the equipment than on the building envelope and on the local ratio of electricity to gas prices. - [Hiring an on-site sales agent](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/new-home-sales/hiring-an-on-site-sales-agent/): Hiring an on-site new home sales agent means selecting for follow-up discipline, tolerance for long sales cycles, and qualification rigor rather than for charisma or resale volume. Compensation structure matters as much as the hire, because paying on contracts written rather than closings produces cancellations. - [How to choose land for a custom home in Colorado](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/land-selection/how-to-choose-land-for-a-custom-home-in-colorado/): Choosing land for a Colorado custom home means verifying four points before you make an offer: that water is legally and physically available, that year-round access works, that the site can be built on for a cost you have estimated, and that the jurisdiction will approve what you intend to build. - [How to price lot premiums](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/new-home-sales/how-to-price-lot-premiums/): A lot premium is the amount added to base price for a specific lot's attributes, such as a view, a walkout, or backing to open space. Premiums should be set as a schedule across the whole community, reviewed against actual absorption, and adjusted as inventory sells, because the goal is selling out evenly rather than maximizing any single lot. - [The envelope decides everything](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/energy-efficiency/the-envelope-decides-everything/): A home's building envelope, meaning its air barrier, insulation, and windows, determines most of its energy use and nearly all of its comfort. Mechanical equipment can only condition the load the envelope creates, so envelope decisions made during framing outrank equipment decisions made later. - [The site work budget nobody shows you](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/land-selection/the-site-work-budget-nobody-shows-you/): Site work is everything required to make a parcel buildable before construction starts: clearing, grading, driveway, utility extensions, drainage, and where applicable a well and septic system. It is the largest source of unbudgeted cost on Colorado land, and it is estimable before purchase rather than after. - [What a model home is for](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/new-home-sales/what-a-model-home-is-for/): A model home exists to resolve the two objections that stall most new home buyers: they cannot picture an unbuilt home, and they do not trust that the finish quality will match the rendering. It pays for itself on communities large enough to amortize the cost, and a well-merchandised spec often does the same work on smaller projects. - [What Colorado's energy code requires](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/energy-efficiency/what-colorado-energy-code-requires/): Colorado does not enforce a single statewide residential energy code. Jurisdictions adopt and amend versions of the International Energy Conservation Code locally, and state law has required larger jurisdictions to adopt recent editions on a schedule. The practical consequence is that requirements differ by city and county. - [What water costs on a Colorado parcel](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/land-selection/what-water-costs-on-a-colorado-parcel/): Water on a Colorado parcel is either purchased as a tap from a water district, typically a five-figure one-time fee, or produced from a permitted well, which may require a court-approved augmentation plan. Which one applies is determined by location and is the single largest variable in whether a rural parcel is buildable. - [Why you should look at land in February](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/land-selection/why-you-should-look-at-land-in-february/): Colorado land shows its problems in winter. Snow accumulation, plow priority, driveway grade, low sun angle, wind exposure, and true drive times are visible in February and invisible in July, which is when most buyers visit and most regret begins. - [Windows, and what to specify at altitude](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/energy-efficiency/windows-what-to-specify-at-altitude/): Window performance is set by two numbers, U-factor for heat transfer and solar heat gain coefficient for how much sun energy passes through. In Colorado the correct SHGC differs by elevation of the wall, so a single package for the whole home is almost always wrong, and units must be built for altitude. - [Your community does not have a traffic problem](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/insights/new-home-sales/your-community-does-not-have-a-traffic-problem/): A new home community that is behind its absorption plan usually has a conversion problem. Diagnosing it means measuring four separate stages: traffic, traffic to appointment, appointment to contract, and contract to closing. Each fails for a different reason, and only one is fixed by advertising. ## Reference - [Glossary of new home sales and land development terms](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/glossary/) - [Frequently asked questions](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/faq/) - [About the firm](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/about/) - [Contact](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/contact/) - [Inclusivity pledge](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/inclusivity-pledge/) - [Privacy policy](https://www.gourmetrealestate.com/privacy-policy/) ## Notes for citation All figures above are computed from published project data rather than estimated. "Homes and home sites" counts only engagements that publish a unit count; several engagements were scoped by site, phase, or partnership instead. Last generated: 2026-07-26