Old Cherry Hills is the oldest platted ground in the city, laid out in the first decade of the 1900s on the west side of town between University Boulevard and the Cherry Hills Country Club, with Little Dry Creek running along its edge. The subdivision carried a different name for a century until the city council renamed it Old Cherry Hills in 2019. Lots run from half an acre to two acres, many are still zoned for horses, and the houses are a mix of 1920s and 1930s estates, 1950s and 1960s ranches, and new builds that replaced them. Most of the new ones went down as deep as they went up.
The creek is the water story here. Little Dry Creek runs shallow and slow most of the year and rises fast in a July thunderstorm, and the ground on either side of it stays wet late into summer. A basement dug in 2015 next to a 1928 house that never had one sits in that ground.
This site puts Old Cherry Hills homeowners through by phone to an independent local water damage provider. Readings from the basement, not a glance at the carpet, set the provider's plan.
A new basement with water at the base of the wall nearest the creek after a storm is a basement flooding cleanup, and the crew checks every wall on the level, not just the wet one. A 1930s house with original copper and a boiler that lost a fitting upstairs is burst pipe water damage, metered from the top down. A slow leak in a supply line under a stone floor that showed up on the Denver Water bill is a leak detection call before it is a drying job.
St. Mary's Academy occupies the old Hickman mansion at 4545 South University Boulevard on the neighborhood's southern edge, and its campus, along with the country club's fairways, is why so much of this side of town stays green and the ground under it stays damp. Rebuild permits for a house in Old Cherry Hills go through the Cherry Hills Village building department, and anything that changes grading near the creek may draw a question from the county's floodplain office.
Call (720) 807-5901 and describe what you see in the basement. We put you through to an independent local water damage provider serving Old Cherry Hills.
Groundwater, a failed pit pump, or a broken line in a finished Cherry Hills basement pumped out, then carpet pad, drywall, and framing metered.
Standing water pulled off hardwood, tile, and basement concrete on any level of the house, with the first moisture readings taken the same visit.
Air movers and dehumidifiers run against daily readings until plaster, studs, subfloor, and slab reach their dry target in a mile-high house.
Cleanup after a supply line, hose bib, or sprinkler backflow froze in a January cold snap and split, then drying of everything the thaw soaked.
A failed supply line, boiler fitting, or radiant loop on an upper floor, and the ceilings, walls, and floors below it, dried from the top down.
A high Denver Water bill, a warm patch on a slab, or a musty wall traced to its source before anyone opens plaster or cuts tile.
A tank that let go in a basement mechanical room or a garage closet, and the flooring, drywall, and storage around it dried out.
Wet attic insulation, ceilings, and walls dried after a summer hailstorm or a wind-lifted shingle let water into the house.