Try a Getaway Home in Sky Valley: The Casita Collection

Snowbirds, minimalists and weekenders alike can experience the comfort of home in our Casita Collection. Spanish for “tiny home,” Casitas are Sky Valley’s most affordable line of manufactured homes. At 400 square feet, the floor plans prioritize simplicity and convenience. The perfect high-value, entry-level purchase, seasonal and temporary residents appreciate the virtually maintenance-free appeal, while environmentally-conscious homeowners and minimalists value the low carbon footprint. Perhaps a Casita is a good investment for you?

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Sky’s the Limit with a Home from the Courtyard Collection

Nightly dark skies, loaded with millions of stars. Clean desert air, far from the polluted cities. Flat vistas, distant mountains, beautiful sunrises, all colored by year-round sunshine: these are the  reasons our residents are drawn to the village of Sky Valley. Incorporate Sky Valley’s open skies into your living plan with a manufactured home from our Courtyard Collection.

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Right-Sizing Your Life

More and more Americans are embracing minimalist value changes like the tiny home movement. The pattern of working to acquire more and more things which require money and maintenance proves emotionally unsatisfying, and instead we want to escape to an unencumbered, more holistic lifestyle. For many, tiny homes provide the perfect compromise between uncluttered freedom and long-term stability.

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Prepare for the Blooms!

While “April showers bring May flowers” in four-season climates, for Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley, it’s November through January rainfall that predicts the robustness of the March and April desert bloom. This year, heavy rainfall as early as October germinated lots of seeds across the valley floor; a relative deluge in January assures that residents will see some color very soon. The Desert Sun predicts that “the likes of Desert Dandelions, Brown-eyed Primrose and Hairy Sand Verbena could show up as early as late January if temperatures are warm enough.” Other more elusive desert flowers are expected by March, in what ecologists believe is the makings of a great wildflower season.

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Inside the Waterworks: Spa Secrets Revealed

Many long-time seasonal and year-round residents have questions about the pumps, the wells, and the filtration system in our pools. Why is the water a little warmer or cooler than it was last time? Why do the minerals smell stronger? Is there too much chlorine? What is the environmental impact? Where does the water go?

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Mineral PoolsEmily Manthei