When John Oates first laid eyes on the property in Woody Creek, Colorado, just outside Aspen, it wasn't much to look at.
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The musician had another house in mind, an Aspen townhouse that sat right downtown.
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But his girlfriend at the time, and soon-to-be wife, Aimee, saw something different.
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“She grew up on a farm in Illinois, a farm girl from the Midwest, and when she saw the house in town she liked it and all, but she said, ‘Boy, I wish we could have chickens.’
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I knew right then we needed some land,” Oates told The Land Report earlier.
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They started looking for properties with the help of his friend, a realtor in town.
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," he told the outlet.
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The couple thought it felt right and bought it.
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By 1997, Oates and his wife had transformed the land into what became known as Little Woody Creek Ranch.
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After owning it for nearly three decades, the couple sold the Aspen ranch for $6.9 million, Realtor.com reported.
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The Little Woody Creek Ranch they built
Pic credit: Aspen Associates Realty
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After purchasing the 4.3-acre property in 1994, the couple started building their dream abode.
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For nearly three decades, the Oates family used the ranch as their Colorado escape.
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Between their primary home in Nashville and this sprawling mountain refuge, they split their time between the two, returning to Colorado for holidays and getaways.
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The rock 'n' roll legend called Woody Creek the ‘bohemian suburb of Aspen’.
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Because he felt right at home.
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In Manhattan, he lived in Greenwich Village, which is flooded with artists, musicians, actors and all types of creative people.
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This Colorado ranch had the same vibe.
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“I felt right at home in Woody Creek from the very beginning.
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Don Henley lived down the road.
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Don Johnson lived not far from him.
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Jimmy Ibbotson from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band lived up the road from us; still does.
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And Hunter Thompson lived across the street.
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My closest neighbour was Bob Beattie, the legendary ski coach, who we shared a lane with.
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It was this really great community of well-known but down-home people,” he told the outlet.
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The accessibility also attracted the Oates family.
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It’s about eight miles from downtown Aspen.
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“The good news is you don’t have to take Highway 82, which is the main highway.
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That can get very crowded in-season.
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McLain Flats Road parallels Highway 82, and you can literally just drive in and out of town with no traffic.”
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Listing the property
Pic credit: Aspen Associates Realty
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In 2017, the couple listed the property for $6 million.
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The couple decided to list it after they realised that they were spending less time in Colorado.
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They were spending more months in Nashville.
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The ranch no longer needed to sustain horses or the lifestyle it had supported for decades.
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So they decided to list it.
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"Longtime Woody Creek residents, John and Aimee Oates have decided to relocate to downtown Aspen and put their 35-year home on the market," the description listed by Scott Davidson of Christie's International Real Estate read.
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For months, the ranch didn’t find a prospective buyer.
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It sat on the market for months, even after price cuts.
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By the end of 2018, they pulled it from the market.
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…and 14 more, not listed.
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