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Tia Coffman grew up watching farmland fade into single-family homes.

A ‘90s kid, she grew up in Chandler and watched acre after acre disappear as development sprawled. A farming community became a true Phoenix suburb. That’s why when she and her husband finally had the opportunity to purchase some land for their dream home some years ago, they ultimately chose this 2-acre property in Thunderbird Farms.

“We saved up our whole lives because we didn’t want to go into the cookie cutter houses. We saved up and we bought our dream property,” Coffman told InMaricopa at her home Monday.

With clear views of Tabletop Mountain to the south, knee-high buffalo grass rolling in the wind and a golden sunset darkening as a haboob quickly approached, the property looked nothing but idyllic.

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