Queen Creek, AZ 85142 · 5 Bed · 4 Bath · 3,254 sq ft · $925,000

Let’s be honest. Most “designer-done” listings show up online and the photos do not match the description. You walk in, the “feature wall” is a chair rail from 2007, and the “private oasis” is a six-foot square of pavers next to a hose bib.

This is not that house.

23145 E Mockingbird Drive is a 5-bed, 4-bath, 3,254 sq ft Fulton Homes build in Barney Farms — and from the kitchen to the backyard, it looks like someone with actual taste finished it and then handed you the keys. Pool. Turf. Putting green. A great room with a built-in fireplace and sliding doors straight to the deck. A primary suite that took the words “double quartz vanities, gold hardware, and a walk-in closet” and ran with them.

If you’ve been scrolling Zillow for the last six months waiting for the right house in 85142, slow your scroll. Let’s take the full tour.

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The Quick Stats (in Case You’re a Numbers-First Kind of Buyer)

• Address: 23145 E Mockingbird Drive, Queen Creek, AZ 85142
• Price: $925,000
• Bedrooms / Bathrooms: 5 bed / 4 full bath (7 bedrooms possible)
• Square footage: 3,254
• Lot size: 0.16 acres
• Year built: 2022 (Fulton Homes)
• Community: Barney Farms Phase 1B
• Schools: Katherine Mecham Barney Elementary · Queen Creek Junior High · Queen Creek High School
• HOA: $495/quarter
• MLS #: 7021930

Move-in ready isn’t the right phrase. Move-in-after-a-designer-install ready is closer.

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The Curb Appeal: A House That Actually Looks Loved From the Street

The home sits on a tidy 0.16-acre lot with a paver driveway, low-water front landscaping (lavender, ornamental grasses, a young palm, agave in a modern planter), and a navy-blue front door framed by an arched stucco entry. Tile roof, two-car garage, and just enough turf to keep things green without giving you a Saturday-morning lawn problem.

It’s the kind of curb that makes the neighbors pull out of their driveway slowly so they can get a better look.

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The Kitchen: This Is Where the House Earns Its Price Tag

Here’s the truth. You came for the pool, but the kitchen is the showstopper.

Floor-to-ceiling greige shaker cabinetry. A long white quartz island anchored by two oversized brass-and-opal dome pendants and four caramel saddle-back counter stools. A glazed taupe brick backsplash with a moody, hand-laid feel. A stainless vented hood over a five-burner gas cooktop. Double wall ovens stacked next to a French-door stainless fridge. Walk-in pantry. Eat-in breakfast bar.

This is the part where, if you host, you start mentally placing the cheese board.

The island is doing the most — it seats four, it preps for ten, it stages a Tuesday-night charcuterie or a Friday-night pre-pool spread. The kitchen opens directly to the great room and dining nook, so the cook is never the person stuck in a different ZIP code than the party.

Not gonna lie — this is the room your friends are going to ask, “Wait, who designed this?”

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The Great Room: Built-In Fireplace, Big Sliders, Bigger Energy

A dove-gray sectional faces a Venetian-plaster taupe accent wall with a long linear fireplace and a mounted TV above it. The ceiling fan is 9-blade matte black, the rug is layered and neutral, and the styling is calm without being beige-on-beige.

Across the room: a long oak fluted-base dining table seats six in cream boucle barrel chairs under a brass nine-light chandelier with linen shades. It seats more if you pull in the stools.

And then — the move that makes the whole floor plan click — the sliding glass doors at the back of the great room open straight to the covered patio and pool.

You can be on the couch and 14 steps from the pool deck without crossing a single threshold that requires shoes.

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The Primary Suite: Hotel Energy, Without the Check-Out Time

The primary bedroom keeps it soft and warm — a camel velvet curved-headboard king, blush linen duvet, floor-length linen drapes on gold rods, a white boucle bench at the foot of the bed. Two big windows, dark wood ceiling fan, layered patterned rug over plush carpet.

But the en-suite is where things get serious.

His-and-hers taupe shaker vanities. Double quartz tops. Oil-rubbed bronze widespread faucets. Oversized organic-shaped black-framed mirrors. Three-bulb industrial sconces. Checker-pattern marble-look floor tile. Walk-in marble-tiled shower with a frameless glass door. And — the part you don’t realize matters until you have it — a walk-in closet that’s actually been finished by someone with taste.

Translation: you don’t have to renovate anything to feel like you upgraded your life.

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The Kids’ Wing: Five Bedrooms, Done Five Different Ways

The other four bedrooms have personality. Not “developer beige.” Each one is styled like the family actually lives there: a soft blush room with a scalloped headboard and an arched bookshelf. A nursery in calm cream and sage. A slate-blue boys’ room with a wall-mounted mini hoop (yes, really). A vaulted-ceiling mauve guest room. A patio-access bedroom with a glass-paned door that opens to the side yard.

The hall baths play along — one in glossy pink subway tile to the ceiling with a gold scalloped mirror, one in moody sage green with black-framed mirrors and black industrial sconces, one in classic taupe-and-quartz with a pebble-strip walk-in shower.

The listing notes the home has 7 bedrooms possible — meaning there’s flexibility if you need a home office, a workout room, or a guest suite that gets actual guests.

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The Loft, the Staircase, the Functional Stuff

The two-story foyer opens to a black-iron baluster staircase that wraps up to a vaulted-ceiling loft — a real one, not a glorified hallway. Light gray sectional, cream pillows, beige plush carpet, a 9-blade industrial fan, and two square windows that frame the neighborhood’s red-tile rooflines.

The laundry room (yes, we’re talking about a laundry room and yes, it deserves a paragraph) has side-by-side front-load machines, taupe shaker uppers, a hanging rod, a deep undermount utility sink, a matte black spring-coil pull-down faucet, and a gray-and-white checker tile floor. It’s pretty enough to be a stand-alone Pinterest board.

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The Backyard: The Reason You’re Going to Move In by July

This is the part of the house that does the work.

A rectangular pebble-tec pool with mosaic blue-and-white waterline tile. White marble travertine deck with turf inlay strips. A sheer-descent water feature. Bistro string lights crisscrossing the yard. A covered patio with two ceiling fans, wicker outdoor furniture, and multi-panel sliding glass doors that pull the indoor and outdoor space into one.

And then — because of course — a putting green.

Not a putting-mat-from-Costco situation. An actual mini green with a flag and turf surround tucked into the back of the lot. Practice your short game while the steaks are on, settle a bet at 8pm, let the kids play one-club golf until they collapse.

The yard is the answer to the question, “How do we get our weekends back?” — because once you have a pool, a covered patio, and a putting green at home, you stop trying to plan around restaurants and friends’ houses and start hosting.

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What’s the Community Like? Welcome to Barney Farms.

Barney Farms is one of the most amenity-packed Fulton Homes communities in Queen Creek — and the HOA fee is a very reasonable $495/quarter for what you get.

At the heart of the neighborhood: a 22-acre deep-water lake stocked for fishing and big enough for kayaking, canoeing, and paddleboarding. Three floating docks. Walking paths that wrap the water.

Adjacent to the lake: a clubhouse with a leisure pool, lap pool, sports pool, and a kid pool. Sand volleyball. Pickleball and tennis courts. Bocce ball courts (yes, plural). A full basketball court. Six neighborhood parks with shaded tot lots and ramadas. A children’s zip line. Seventeen ramadas total for hosting. Two parks with a flower garden and a prairie walk.

This is the kind of community where you don’t need to drive your kids anywhere on a Saturday. The kids walk to the playground. You walk to the pool. You walk to bocce. You walk home for the steaks.

It’s an unreasonable amount of amenity for the price.

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Why 85142? A Few Reasons Worth Reading.

You may have heard the rumors. They’re true.

Queen Creek is the second-fastest-growing community in Arizona. The city added more than 6,800 new residents in a single year, an 8.2% population boost that ranks it among the 25 fastest-growing cities in the entire United States. The 2026 population is north of 95,000 and climbing.

The median household income in Queen Creek is around $155,000 — one of the highest in all of Maricopa County. The 85142 zip code routinely shows up on “best places to live in Arizona” lists, and the data backs it up.

The lifestyle perks worth knowing:

• Queen Creek Olive Mill — Arizona’s only working olive farm, with a café, market, and farm tours
• Schnepf Farms — a 300-acre family farm with U-pick peaches, sunflower fields, and seasonal festivals
• San Tan Mountain Regional Park — 10,000+ acres of hiking and mountain biking, 15 minutes from the front door
• Queen Creek Marketplace and Vineyard Towne Center for everyday shopping (Portillo’s, Chick-fil-A, Target, etc.)
• A dining scene that’s actually good — Social Birdie, Sage & Barrel Craft Eatery, Queen Creek Barbecue, Old Ellsworth Brewing, San Tan Flat, Creek Side Taco Shack, Sushi Neko, Barrio Queen

This isn’t a sleepy suburb anymore. It’s the kind of place people are moving to on purpose.

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The Schools (Because It Matters)

23145 E Mockingbird Drive feeds into the Queen Creek Unified District:

• Katherine Mecham Barney Elementary (walkable from Barney Farms)
• Queen Creek Junior High School
• Queen Creek High School

QCUSD is consistently one of the higher-performing districts in the East Valley, and the elementary school is literally named after the original family that farmed this land. That’s community.

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Let’s Talk Numbers (Quietly)

The 85142 average home in this size range sits around $980K. This home is listed at $925,000 — meaning you’re paying less than the neighborhood average for a four-year-old home with a pool, putting green, designer finishes, and 5 bedrooms.

Taxes are $2,759/year (vs. the neighborhood average of $2,943). Year built: 2022 (vs. neighborhood average of 2016). The construction is spray foam insulated — meaning your summer electric bills are not going to ruin your Augusts.

In a market where most homes in this price range are 8–15 years old, this one is essentially new.

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So… What Would It Take to Get You in That Pool This Weekend?

Here’s the thing. Listings like this don’t sit. They get one good Saturday of showings and a contract on Monday.

If you’ve read this far and you’re already mentally arranging your furniture — let’s not waste your time.

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Amy Gregory

📍 23145 E Mockingbird Drive, Queen Creek, AZ 85142 · $925,000 · MLS #7021930

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