A Cedar City community
Living in Chelsey.
Cedar City's northwest custom-lot buildout, laid out along Chelsey Parkway on the Lund Highway side of town, past the airport and away from the south interchange. This is a bring-your-own-builder community: you buy a lot, roughly a third of an acre to nearly an acre, and build, or you buy a home someone has already finished since 2025.
I am Scott Buehler, a Southern Utah resident of 20-plus years and a licensed REALTOR and lender. This is the honest version of what Chelsey offers, what it costs, and what a raw-lot buildout asks of you before you sign anything.
New to the area? Start with the Cedar City guide, then come back for the buildout.
Current listings
Homes and lots for sale in Chelsey.
Fed straight from the MLS and limited to homes and lots inside the community: new Chelsey listings appear here the day they list, and sold ones drop off. Because this is an active buildout, expect vacant lots to show up alongside finished homes, so read each listing type on its own terms.
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Listing information comes from the local MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
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Life in the buildout
Start with the dirt, then the house.
Chelsey is not one of Cedar City's old, settled subdivisions where every street already tells you what the market is. It is a young, custom-lot buildout on the northwest side, developed by Dragonfly Development on a bring-your-own-builder model, which means the buying question starts with the lot itself: frontage, utilities, orientation, and what phase it sits in.
The community runs along Chelsey Parkway, with addresses in the roughly 2552 to 2764 North range near 2900 West. That puts you on the Lund Highway side of Cedar City, past the airport and away from the south interchange, closer to the west-valley road grid than to downtown. Lots run larger than a typical Cedar City tract, and the homes going in are new, built in 2025 and after.
That is a real fit if you want a newer home or a lot with room to build the way you want. The homework is different from buying a resale on an established street, though. A finished spec home and a raw lot answer different questions, and I will not let you price them off the same checklist.
Neighborhood highlights
The details worth checking first.
Six things make this end of town its own place: the Chelsey Parkway spine itself, a bring-your-own-builder model, lots larger than the Cedar City norm, an airport a few minutes away, a park that is planned but not yet built, and a school picture that is still settling as the district redraws boundaries.
Chelsey Parkway spine
The community runs along Chelsey Parkway on Cedar City's northwest side, with addresses in the roughly 2552 to 2764 North range near 2900 West. It is the Lund Highway side of town, not the south interchange.
Bring-your-own-builder lots
Developer Dragonfly Development markets Chelsey as a custom-lot community: you buy the lot and choose your own builder rather than picking from a single production plan book.
Bigger lots than usual
Recorded lots have generally run about a third of an acre up to nearly an acre, larger than a typical Cedar City subdivision. That changes setbacks, parking, yard function, and what you can add later.
Cedar City Regional Airport, ~5 min
The city airport at 2560 Aviation Way sits a few minutes away, roughly two miles from downtown by the city's own account, and gives this side of town its practical landmark.
A park on the plan
The developer describes a future park with open green space, walking trails, and a playground. Treat it as planned, not built, until locations and timing are documented on a recorded plat.
Schools still settling
Recent enrollment leans heavily toward Canyon View Middle and Canyon View High, but elementary assignment has been mixed. The district is redrawing boundaries over the next two school years.
Homes & lots
A lot-heavy feed needs a sharper read.
Here is the thing I will repeat until it sticks: in Chelsey, an average list price will lie to you if you do not separate the lots from the finished houses. The feed leans toward building lots right now, and a blended number gets dragged down by land that has not been built on yet.
Sort it out and the picture gets honest. Recorded lot sales and listings have generally run from the high five figures into the low six figures, while finished homes built since 2025 have recently sold and listed in the mid to high $500,000s, averaging close to 2,800 square feet. Neither number is the whole market, and both move as new phases release, so treat them as starting points and confirm against the live listings.
For a lot, I look at recorded size, frontage, utility status, and what is already built around it. For a finished home, the comp set is size, finish level, garage and storage, how the lot is used, and the most recent northwest-side sales. Different products, different math, and I will not let one comp set do double duty.
A raw lot and a finished spec home will never comp the same. Price the thing you are actually buying.
Trails & outdoors
No trailhead at the door, but not far either.
I will not invent a trail that starts on Chelsey Parkway, because there is not one. What Chelsey has instead is open ground on the edge of town and a short drive to Cedar City's real trail system. Here is the honest tiering, from the closest paved path to the day trip.
Coal Creek Trail, ~12 min
The city's paved multi-use path follows Coal Creek roughly 3.5 miles across town, from Ann J. Gardner Canyon Park up through Bicentennial and Veterans parks. It is a drive from Chelsey, not a walk, but it is Cedar City's main everyday trail.
Three Peaks Recreation Area, ~15 min
The BLM's Three Peaks area, northwest of town off Lund Highway, is closer to Chelsey than to almost any other Cedar City neighborhood. It offers mountain-bike singletrack, OHV trails, and bouldering out on the desert floor.
Iron Hills Trail System, ~15 min
On the opposite, south-bench side of town, the Iron Hills network and the climb to the white "C" add dirt singletrack. It is a genuine cross-town drive from Chelsey, worth knowing rather than assuming is close.
Cedar Breaks and Brian Head, seasonal
The high country up State Route 14 and toward Brian Head is a genuine day trip from anywhere in Cedar City, Chelsey included. It runs about 35 to 40 minutes and closes seasonally at elevation.
If a walkable trail matters more to your daily routine than a big lot does, that is a fair trade-off to weigh against Chelsey's other strengths. The wider outdoor picture for the whole city is in the Cedar City guide.
Trail details come from Cedar City's official trail pages and the BLM. Drive times are estimated from the Chelsey Parkway area.
Errands & drive times
The northwest map has its own rhythm.
Chelsey is convenient by Cedar City standards, but it does not run on the same errand pattern as the south interchange. You are past the airport on the Lund Highway side, so most daily stops mean a short drive back through the west-valley grid into town. Times below are measured from near Chelsey Parkway; confirm door-to-door from the exact lot.
| The errand | Where it happens | From Chelsey |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | Cedar City Regional Airport, 2560 Aviation Way | ~5 min |
| Full grocery run | Lin's Fresh Market, 150 N Main Street | ~12 min |
| Second grocery option | Smith's Food & Drug, 633 S Main Street | ~14 min |
| Hardware and home improvement | The Home Depot, Providence Center | ~16 min |
| Healthcare | Cedar City Hospital, 1303 N Main Street | ~11 min |
| Freeway on-ramp | Interstate 15 at Exit 59, SR-56 / 200 North | ~13 min |
| Downtown and dinner | Historic Main Street | ~12 min |
| Campus and games | Southern Utah University | ~14 min |
| Mountain biking and OHV | Three Peaks Recreation Area (BLM) | ~15 min |
Farther out, the freeway is your friend once you reach I-15: the Kolob Canyons gate of Zion is roughly 30 minutes south, St. George is about an hour, and Brian Head's ski runs run close to 45 minutes north via Parowan. The full day-trip map lives in the Cedar City guide.
Drive times are practical estimates measured from near Chelsey Parkway. Confirm from the exact address and at the time of day you will actually drive.
Schools & education
Schools, by the facts.
Chelsey is in the Iron County School District. Recent enrollment from the community has run heavily toward Canyon View Middle School (grades 6-8) and Canyon View High School (grades 9-12), both on the north side of town, consistent with how the district generally splits the Canyon View zone from the Cedar zone on this side of Cedar City. Elementary assignment, by contrast, has been mixed rather than concentrated at one school.
Take the mix as a starting point, not a guarantee. Iron County is redrawing six elementary boundaries for the 2026-27 school year and both middle and high school boundaries for 2027-28, so confirm the current assignment for any specific address directly with the district before you count on a particular school. For independent school information, GreatSchools and Niche both publish data you can weigh for yourself. Southern Utah University is a normal cross-town drive away.
I cover the bigger education picture, including SUU, in the Cedar City guide.
Building your own
What I would walk before you commit.
Chelsey markets itself around a range of lot types, from smaller starter-size parcels up to sprawling lots suited to animal use, and lets you choose your own builder instead of picking from one company's plan book. That flexibility is real, and it is also the reason a Chelsey purchase asks for more field work than buying a finished resale on an established street.
None of this is meant to scare you off. It is the short list I run with clients so the lot they fall for is the lot they actually want to build on. In a phased release, the answer to "what is finished here" changes street to street and sometimes month to month.
The developer also references a future community park with green space, walking trails, and a playground. I treat that the same way I treat any amenity that is planned rather than built: real if it happens, worth nothing in a purchase decision until it is recorded and under construction.
What I check before you write an offer on a Chelsey lot
- Which improvements are actually in for that specific lot: road surface, curb and gutter, power, water, sewer, and any utility stubs already at the property line.
- The recorded plat and any building requirements before you write an offer. They govern setbacks, exterior standards, and animal-use rules where they apply.
- Grade, drainage, and soils, since a bigger lot can hide cost in the dirt before a single wall goes up.
- Build timing and the neighbors, since living in an active buildout means construction next door for a while yet.
I will pull the recorded documents and the current phase status with you for any lot you are serious about. That is the part where a local set of eyes earns its keep.
What locals know
Notes from the northwest buildout.
No listing photo tells you this part. Chelsey is newer, more spread out, and more lot-driven than it looks at first glance, so here is what I would slow down and check.
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You are buying the phase. In a new buildout, which street and phase you choose matters as much as the community name. Confirm what is finished, what is bonded, and what is still only planned.
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Dirt and houses do not comp the same. A lot listing and a completed spec home answer different questions. Pull comps for the thing you are actually buying, not the neighborhood average.
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The Lund Highway route is real. Chelsey sits past the airport on the west side of town, so the daily rhythm points through the west-valley grid. Drive to groceries, SUU, work, and the freeway before you decide.
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Big lots add real homework. A larger lot can raise questions about outbuildings, parking, and animal use. Check city rules and the recorded plat before you build plans around any of them.
Buy or sell here
The buyer side and the seller side.
Buying in Chelsey
Chelsey is a custom-lot buildout on Cedar City's northwest side, along Chelsey Parkway roughly between 2552 and 2764 North near 2900 West. That puts it on the Lund Highway side of town, past the airport and away from the south interchange, closer to the west-valley road grid than to downtown.
Chelsey is a bring-your-own-builder, custom-lot community. The developer markets a range of lot types, from smaller starter-size parcels up to sprawling lots suited to animal use, and you buy the lot and build or buy a home someone else already finished. A good share of the current inventory is still vacant lots, so the same search can show raw dirt next to move-in-ready houses.
Recorded lots have generally run from about a third of an acre up to nearly an acre, larger than a typical Cedar City production subdivision. Always verify the exact recorded lot size, setbacks, and any building requirements for the specific parcel you are considering.
It splits in two. Building lots have generally listed in the high five figures to the low six figures, and finished homes built since 2025 have recently sold and listed in the mid to high $500,000s. Those are starting points, not quotes, so sort the feed by property type and confirm against live MLS before you lean on a number.
Ready to look? See what's on the market or tell me what you are after.
Selling in Chelsey
The neighborhood is in the Iron County School District. Recent enrollment has run heavily toward Canyon View Middle School and Canyon View High School, both on the north side of town, while elementary assignment has been mixed rather than tied to one school. The district is also redrawing elementary boundaries for the 2026-27 year and secondary boundaries for 2027-28, so confirm the current assignment for any address with the district directly.
It depends on whether you are pricing land, a completed home, or a build package. Lot size, utility status, phase, finish level, and the most recent northwest-side comps all matter. Start with the home valuation page and I will run a real comparison, no obligation.
List it with me and your home or lot is featured across MovingUtah, on this page, on the Cedar City hub, and in the featured listings buyers browse on this site. The get featured page walks through exactly how that works.
Yes, and it is common in a buildout like this. Timing the two is mostly a sequencing problem, and I cover the playbook in the buy and sell at once guide. Because I am dual-licensed, I can keep the sale, the search, and the financing coordinated.
Thinking about it? Start with your number or see how featuring works.
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Buying, I can help you separate a good lot from expensive homework and pull the current phase map before you fall for a listing photo. Selling, I will position the property against the right slice of the northwest side, not the whole city average.
Selling in Chelsey
Want to sell your home in Chelsey? List it with Scott Buehler and get featured on MovingUtah.
Whether you are selling a finished home, a partially built property, or a vacant lot, I will price it against the right comp set for what it actually is, not a blended neighborhood average.