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Exterior design in University Hills

University Hills is Southeast's mid-century ranch + split-level (1950-1970) submarket. University Hills sits between University of Denver + I-25 — the 1950-1970 Mid-Century Ranch stock benefits from DU-faculty proximity that has stabilized owner-occupancy + maintenance.

University Hills cost range
$245K$825K
typical mid-complexity
Permit authority
Denver CPD
9-14 weeks (CPD)
Typical home size
1,600-3,000 sqft; lots 0.18-0.28 acres
Borough · ZIP
Southeast
80222
ADU permitted by-right2024 IECC Denver — performance-pathArticle 13 xeriscape mandatesMature canopy — Tree Protection

What a exterior design project looks like here

University Hills sits between University of Denver + I-25 — the 1950-1970 Mid-Century Ranch stock benefits from DU-faculty proximity that has stabilized owner-occupancy + maintenance.

Because the neighborhood retains intact Mid-Century architectural character, scrape-and-rebuild has been less aggressive than comparable southeast Denver markets.

DU-faculty long-tenure ownership means many homes are in their second-or-third hands since original construction — driving deferred-maintenance remodels rather than scrape-and-rebuild.

Italianate facades, Tudor restoration, Denver Square reworks, Mid-Century Ranch elevation refresh — LPC coordination on designated properties. In University Hills specifically, mid-century ranch + split-level (1950-1970) stock means exterior design scope is shaped by the neighborhood's dominant construction typology. Baily's Denver scoping flow factors adu permitted by-right and 2024 iecc denver into the estimate before a contractor is involved.

Start your University Hills scope — Baily asks the right questions.

Pre-seeded for exterior design in University Hills. Mention your 1,600-3,000 sqft, your timeline, and any known constraints — Baily factors the denver cpd review queue into the scope.

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Who is Baily?

Baily is named after Francis Baily — an English stockbroker who retired at 51, became an astronomer, and in 1836 described something on the edge of a solar eclipse that nobody had properly articulated before: a string of bright beads of sunlight breaking through the valleys along the moon’s rim.

He wasn’t the first to see them. Edmond Halley saw them in 1715 and barely noticed. Baily’s contribution was clarity — describing exactly what was happening, in plain language, so vividly that the whole field of astronomy paid attention. The phenomenon is still called Baily’s beads.

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