Scottsdale Arizona Real Estate Blog

Feb. 18, 2009 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

An owner of a local furniture store, the head of a political-consulting firm and a helicopter pilot are among the buyers and sellers in this week’s priciest home sales.

$3,500,000.

SKSO LLC, an Arizona limited-liability company whose sole member is the OS Revocable Trust in Scottsdale, bought a new home east of the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Paradise Valley. The home was sold by 14 PVF LLC, an Arizona limited-liability company whose sole member is Douglas Sandahl. Sandahl has built more than 1,000 luxury homes in the Valley. He also owns and operates Greer Lodge Resorts and Red Setter Inn in Greer.

$3,295,000.

Robert D. Keller and his wife, Angela, purchased a 6,790-square-foot home with 1,360-square-foot pool originally built in 2006 at Biltmore Estates in Phoenix. Robert and Angela Keller are the sole members of Ferris Ventures LLC in Phoenix. The home was sold by Michael Sensing and his wife, Cheryl. Sensing is president/CEO of the Sensing Management Group and an owner of Pruitt’s Furniture Store in Phoenix.

$2,750,000.

Roger and Diane Mann of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, paid cash for a 5,288-square-foot home with pool originally built in 2007 on the eastern side of the Las Sendas Golf Course in Mesa. The home was sold by Nathan Sproul and his wife, Tiffani. Sproul is the head of Sproul and Associates in Tempe, a political-consulting firm, and the former Arizona State Republican Party executive director.

$2,500,000.

PV Farms 46 LLC, a Nevada limited-liability company, paid cash for a 6,584-square-foot home with 1,000-square-foot pool originally built in 1997 on the western side of the McCormick Ranch Golf Club in Scottsdale. The home was sold by Compass Bank in Phoenix.

$1,900,000.

William A. McLean purchased a 5,691-square-foot home with pool originally built in 1999 on the eastern side of the Ancala Country Club in Scottsdale. The home was sold by Kenneth and Lorraine Thiele. Ken Thiele founded Skyview Traffic Watch with Dave Chamberlain in 1985 and flew a helicopter over the Valley to report traffic conditions. They sold the company years ago but continued to work and fly for the company.

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