Vistancia, Peoria, AZ, announces the arrival of three new homebuilders –Gehan Homes, Mattamy Homes and Woodside Homes—that will bring new homes and designs to more than 330 lots within the award-winning master-planned community.
Gehan Homes
The Vista Pointe neighborhood by Gehan Homes in The Village at Vistancia will feature 50 homesites that will offer a selection of six floorplans ranging from 2,001 to 3,958 sf. Gehan Homes is a Builder magazine “Top 100” homebuilder whose new home designs will be exclusive to Arizona.
Homes will feature great rooms, flex rooms and three-car split garages with a variety of options, including snail showers, game rooms, pocket offices and media rooms. There will be three architectural styles–Ranch Hacienda, Spanish Colonial and Tuscan–with a model opening at Vistancia in early July.
Headquartered in Dallas, Gehan Homes recently announced its entry into the Phoenix market. It will be the first time in the company’s history that the builder has established new home communities outside of Texas. Send me more information about Vistancia.
Mattamy Homes
Mattamy Homes, the largest new home builder in Canada, will open Westland Heights in The Village at Vistancia, offering Craftsman, Territorial Ranch and Spanish designs. Home will have open floorplans and feature front porches, porticos, flex rooms, casitas, great rooms and tandem garages.
Mattamy Homes will offer two models featuring floorplans ranging from range from 1,511 to 3,509 sf in its Westland Heights neighborhood. Mattamy will have 105 homesites in The Village at Vistancia with plans to grand open late August.
Mattamy Homes also recently closed on the last available developer land parcel in The Village at Vistancia. Featuring an additional 130 homesites, the neighborhood of Desert Vista will offer an intimate desert enclave with homes that back to open space, cul de sacs and expansive desert views. Desert Vista is scheduled for an early 2014 debut. Send me more information about Vistancia.
Woodside Homes
Woodside Homes, a highly respected leader in the home-building industry, will be opening its Sonoran Views neighborhood in August. Featuring two models, Sonoran Views will offer four floorplans ranging from 2,105 to 3,166 sf. Special options include tasting room, laundry pass through and covered outdoor rooms.
Woodside plans to build 51 single- and two-story homes in The Village at Vistancia in three distinctive architectural styles – Spanish Mission, Hacienda and Territorial Ranch. Send me more information about Vistancia.
About The Village at Vistancia
Vistancia is a multi-generational family community offering a vibrant and playful spirit with recreational experiences including the 15,000-sf Mountain Vista Club. The club features an aquatic park with three pools and two waterslides; indoor basketball gymnasium, tennis courts, and a game lawn home to many events.
Additionally, residents of The Village at Vistancia can enjoy the Foothills Center which encompasses a six-acre recreational facility complete with a six-lane lap pool, children’s playground and picnic ramada.
Vistancia residents can bike, rollerblade or walk the 3.5-mile Discovery Trail connecting the entire community, providing adventure and education with interactive gardens and walkways, while linking neighborhoods to schools and other amenities for enjoying the great outdoors. A cultural walk, wildlife viewing area and solar garden are among the trail’s distinctive themes.
A Top 50 Development
The award-winning Vistancia is one of the most successful master planned communities in the nation, recently named among the top 50 best-selling residential developments nationally by Irvine, Calif.-based John Burns Real Estate Consulting
“Vistancia is on the threshold of its next wave of major residential growth and is optimistic about the future of master plan development,” said Mark Hammons, vice president/general manager of Vistancia.
“Gehan Homes, Mattamy and Woodside Homes represent a collection of high-quality builders and provide a testament to the unique Vistancia lifestyle, its location and emerging opportunities for retail, commercial and job growth in the northwest Valley,” Hammons said.
Vistancia is located in Peoria, AZ, set amongst a stunning backdrop of mountain ranges featuring dramatic views of White Peak, Twin Buttes and the Bradshaw Mountains in pristine desert surroundings.
A second community entrance and exit is available, providing both north and south access. Take Loop 303 to the Lone Mountain Parkway (exit 127). The Vistancia Information Center is located at the guard-gated entrance of Blackstone at Vistancia. Send me more information about Vistancia.
Carolina Trace, NC Artist Shows Work, Offers Lessons
in News, Things To DoCarolina Trace, Sanford, NC which celebrates art in the community through its Gallery at the Club exhibition space, congratulates Barbara Berman, its April Featured Artist. The community’s Gallery has been showing Berman’s paintings all this month to a fine reception, and likewise enjoyed her studio sessions instructing amateur painters in color, composition and brush technique.
Gallery at the Club is open to exhibitions of artists working in a wide range of media. Send me more information about Carolina Trace!
About Carolina Trace
Member-owned, Carolina Trace is a private, gated country club community stretching out across 2,500 acres of rolling Carolina Sandhills.
Hardwoods, piney forest, ponds, creeks and a 315-acre lake helps define this award-winning community and its two Robert Trent Jones courses,world-class amenities and 19 distinctive neighborhoods.
Golf & Much More
Carolina Trace is distinguished by its 36 holes of golf designed by legendary architect, Robert Trent Jones, Sr.. Additional amenities include a full-service clubhouse, pro shop, tennis, fine dining, walking trails, swimming and more than 70 social activities ranging from “A” (aerobics) to “Y” (yoga).
Member-owned, Carolina Trace Country Club is a vibrant center of physical, intellectual and social life. One evening may include members taking Tango lessons in preparation for a trip to Argentina. This could be going on while others are listening to a member relate how she filmed a documentary, while still other members are in the bar enjoying a drink and cheering for their favorite team. Such diversity is what keeps members engaged and meeting new friends.
A True Sense of Community
In addition to top amenities, Carolina Trace is ideally located for people who value an active arts scene, volunteerism and enjoy varied cultural experiences.
Among the many events and opportunities residents take advantage of within minutes of Carolina Trace are Sanford’s professional theatre, year-round festivals, world-class symphony, professional, collegiate sporting events and flying lessons at Sanford’s first-class regional airport that accommodates private jets.
Prices for real estate range from $15,000 (lots) to more than $1 million.
Deal OT Day: Sunset Dunes Waterfront Lot, 2 Yrs No Interest
in Deal of the Day, Real Estate for SaleSunset Dunes, PEI, Canada has approved building permits in place for one of the two remaining waterfront lots in Phase Two. Lot No. 48 is approved for a 2,200-sf home with 3-BRs/2-BAs, based on a single-level footprint.
This square footage could be increased by going to two-level construction. There is 15-year in-house financing available, with as little as 10 percent down and the first two years interest free. Send me more information about Sunset Dunes!
About Sunset Dunes
Sunset Dunes is Prince Edward Island’s (PEI) fastest growing vacation and retirement home community. Surrounded by water on three sides, it is located on the southern shore of PEI. The island has often been named the top destination island in North America and is ranked among the Top 10 islands in the world by Travel + Leisure magazine.
Life at Sunset Dunes offers year-round pleasures such as beach hikes through stunning coastal scenery and antiquing in island villages and towns. In the long days of summer, tall dune cliffs overlook protected waters just right for canoeing, fishing and swimming.
Final Phase
Sunset Dunes has recently begun its final phase of residential development. The phase consists of 20 generous lots set among the community’s dunes and beachfront acreage. From here you can see the sparkling waters of Northumberland Strait, Cape Traverse Cove and Provost Cove.
Though limited in availability, the waterfront and waterview lots at Sunset Dunes are wonderfully varied. Some are totally treed for privacy while others are cleared to open up panoramic views.
Beach or Cliff?
Choose between direct beach access from a dune-guarded parcel or rugged cliff frontage leading to your own secluded beach area.
The community offers 38 lots and some new homes are still available. New homes have with three-bedrooms and two-baths with prices starting at $239,000 Canadian.
Three New Homebuilders Coming to The Village at Vistancia
in Building and Construction, Real Estate for Sale, Real Estate NewsVistancia, Peoria, AZ, announces the arrival of three new homebuilders –Gehan Homes, Mattamy Homes and Woodside Homes—that will bring new homes and designs to more than 330 lots within the award-winning master-planned community.
Gehan Homes
The Vista Pointe neighborhood by Gehan Homes in The Village at Vistancia will feature 50 homesites that will offer a selection of six floorplans ranging from 2,001 to 3,958 sf. Gehan Homes is a Builder magazine “Top 100” homebuilder whose new home designs will be exclusive to Arizona.
Homes will feature great rooms, flex rooms and three-car split garages with a variety of options, including snail showers, game rooms, pocket offices and media rooms. There will be three architectural styles–Ranch Hacienda, Spanish Colonial and Tuscan–with a model opening at Vistancia in early July.
Headquartered in Dallas, Gehan Homes recently announced its entry into the Phoenix market. It will be the first time in the company’s history that the builder has established new home communities outside of Texas. Send me more information about Vistancia.
Mattamy Homes
Mattamy Homes, the largest new home builder in Canada, will open Westland Heights in The Village at Vistancia, offering Craftsman, Territorial Ranch and Spanish designs. Home will have open floorplans and feature front porches, porticos, flex rooms, casitas, great rooms and tandem garages.
Mattamy Homes will offer two models featuring floorplans ranging from range from 1,511 to 3,509 sf in its Westland Heights neighborhood. Mattamy will have 105 homesites in The Village at Vistancia with plans to grand open late August.
Mattamy Homes also recently closed on the last available developer land parcel in The Village at Vistancia. Featuring an additional 130 homesites, the neighborhood of Desert Vista will offer an intimate desert enclave with homes that back to open space, cul de sacs and expansive desert views. Desert Vista is scheduled for an early 2014 debut. Send me more information about Vistancia.
Woodside Homes
Woodside Homes, a highly respected leader in the home-building industry, will be opening its Sonoran Views neighborhood in August. Featuring two models, Sonoran Views will offer four floorplans ranging from 2,105 to 3,166 sf. Special options include tasting room, laundry pass through and covered outdoor rooms.
Woodside plans to build 51 single- and two-story homes in The Village at Vistancia in three distinctive architectural styles – Spanish Mission, Hacienda and Territorial Ranch. Send me more information about Vistancia.
About The Village at Vistancia
Vistancia is a multi-generational family community offering a vibrant and playful spirit with recreational experiences including the 15,000-sf Mountain Vista Club. The club features an aquatic park with three pools and two waterslides; indoor basketball gymnasium, tennis courts, and a game lawn home to many events.
Additionally, residents of The Village at Vistancia can enjoy the Foothills Center which encompasses a six-acre recreational facility complete with a six-lane lap pool, children’s playground and picnic ramada.
Vistancia residents can bike, rollerblade or walk the 3.5-mile Discovery Trail connecting the entire community, providing adventure and education with interactive gardens and walkways, while linking neighborhoods to schools and other amenities for enjoying the great outdoors. A cultural walk, wildlife viewing area and solar garden are among the trail’s distinctive themes.
A Top 50 Development
The award-winning Vistancia is one of the most successful master planned communities in the nation, recently named among the top 50 best-selling residential developments nationally by Irvine, Calif.-based John Burns Real Estate Consulting
“Vistancia is on the threshold of its next wave of major residential growth and is optimistic about the future of master plan development,” said Mark Hammons, vice president/general manager of Vistancia.
“Gehan Homes, Mattamy and Woodside Homes represent a collection of high-quality builders and provide a testament to the unique Vistancia lifestyle, its location and emerging opportunities for retail, commercial and job growth in the northwest Valley,” Hammons said.
Vistancia is located in Peoria, AZ, set amongst a stunning backdrop of mountain ranges featuring dramatic views of White Peak, Twin Buttes and the Bradshaw Mountains in pristine desert surroundings.
A second community entrance and exit is available, providing both north and south access. Take Loop 303 to the Lone Mountain Parkway (exit 127). The Vistancia Information Center is located at the guard-gated entrance of Blackstone at Vistancia. Send me more information about Vistancia.
Golf Communities News: New FL & GA WaterView Communities, Real Estate Deals & More
in Discovery Package, Newsletter, Real Estate for Sale, Special Deals & IncentivesVol. 15, No. 810 April 26, 2013 Circ. 25,400
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* Today’s New Real Estate Deals
* New Today to WaterViewHome: Currahee Club, GA
* New Today to WaterViewHome: Fiddler’s Creek, FL
* Discovery Packages & Getaways
* Open House This Weekend: The Bay Club, MA
* What’s Going On At…
* Community News & Updates
* Best Real Estate & Travel Deals…
* Investigate New Communities Recently Added
* Coming Soon to GolfCourseHome
* Watch for our next issue, coming April 30th!
Good Morning! The Currahee Club, a gated, master-planned golf and lakefront community in Toccoa, GA, and Fiddler’s Creek, a private, gated country-club community in Naples, FL and join the WaterViewHome Network this morning.
Fiddler’s Creek features superior amenities for golf, boating, spa and fitness, while Currahee Club is the place for you and your family to enjoy a private mountain cottage or gracious home and top-tier amenities surrounding it, including Lake Hartwell next door and a championship golf course with distant views of three states. See below for more details, plus today’s news, deals and travel packages.—David Lott, Founder/Publisher Read more
Deal OT Day: Hampton Lake, SC Lakefront Home $488,000
in Deal of the Day, Golf Homes, Real Estate for SaleHampton Lake, Bluffton SC is spotlighting a Bluff Model lakefront home at 10 Waterview Court for $488,000. This 2-BR/3-BA home, built last year, has a 2-car garage and an open floor plan and with two Owners Suites and a quiet study.
The kitchen is outfitted with granite, designer-style cabinets, stainless steel appliances, cook top and wall oven. There are upgraded hardwood floors in the main living area. Bathrooms are all tile with tile surround in bath/shower areas. Send me more information about Hampton Lake!
About Hampton Lake
Hampton Lake is a 900-acre lake community set in Bluffton, SC, and located minutes from Hilton Head, Savannah and Beaufort. It overlooks a 165-acre freshwater lake commanding 15 miles of shoreline. Hampton Lake is surrounded by a 340-acre nature preserve, collectively offering more than 500 acres of open space.
Residents of this community, voted by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) as “Best Community in America,” gather at the Lakeside Amenity Village. The village exudes a warm atmosphere with its reclaimed barnwood paneling and two grand stone fireplaces. Its spacious Lakeview Room is home to events of all kinds, and its decks and porches overlook the lake.
Golf Right Next Door
Great championship golf is just a cart ride away via a special cart path to Hampton Hall which is adjacent to the community and features a private Pete Dye golf course. Hampton Lake residents have access to the course through a variety of memberships from equity to a 6-month trial.
Hampton Lake’s Lakeside facility houses the Spa and Fitness Central, the Tower Bar, waterfront Backwater Bill’s restaurant and the Adventure Lagoon pool complex. Nearby is Dog Paddle Park, the first pet park at any private community in South Carolina.
Real estate options at Hampton Lake include single-family homes and lots.
Daniel Island, SC Opens 5th Year of Farmers’ Market
in Food and Drink, Things To DoDaniel Island, Charleston SC is pleased to report that the Daniel Island Farmers’ Market is back for its fifth year and will take place at a convenient new location along Seven Farms Drive in front of the Family Circle Tennis Center.
The market will take place every Thursday through October 3, 2013, rain or shine. Regional farmers and vendors offer fresh produce, freshly-baked breads, all-natural meats, local seafood, sweets, coffee and more. In addition, select local artisans will display their work for sale. Send me more information about Daniel Island!
About Daniel Island
Located within the City of Charleston, Daniel Island offers 23 miles of rivers and creeks, a variety of traditional neighborhoods, a private country club with golf courses by Tom Fazio and Rees Jones, parks, shops, restaurants, schools, churches and more.
Surrounded by winding rivers and creeks and stunning saltwater marsh vistas, this 4,000-acre community is a place where people live, work, learn and play. A traditional town, Daniel Island features residential neighborhoods with tree- and sidewalk-lined streets, bike trails and neighborhood parks.
Two Championship Courses
The Daniel Island Club’s nationally ranked Tom Fazio golf course features a 7,093-yard, par-72 layout that traverses marsh, creeks and waterways.
A second 7,446-yard, par-72 layout designed by Rees Jones was ranked among the country’s “Top 10 Best New Private” courses by Golf Digest, when it opened in 2006. The Daniel Island Club is the country’s only private pairing of courses by Fazio and Jones playing out of the same clubhouse.
Daniel Island Park
In Daniel Island Park, the island’s country club neighborhood, gracious custom homes situated on and around the golf courses, parks, marsh and winding creeks are priced from the $800,000s to more than $5 million. Homesites in this neighborhood are also available, starting in the $100,000s.
Residents of Daniel Island Park become social members of the Daniel Island Club and enjoy access to many of the club’s social and recreational offerings. Residents may also elect to become golf members to enjoy the club’s outstanding courses designed by Tom Fazio and Rees Jones.
Deal OT Day: Carolina Trace. NC Golf Home w/ Updates
in Deal of the Day, Golf Homes, Real Estate for SaleCarolina Trace, Sanford NC is featuring 3090 Fairway Woods, a 2,850-sf golf-front home priced at $424,900. Overlooking No. 17 fairway of the Creek Course, it has an open floor plan for the kitchen, family room and eating area.
See-through fireplaces grace the living room and family room. The large formal dining room has a coffered ceiling and the open kitchen has granite countertops. There is bonus storage in the oversized 2-car garage with an enclosed space and separate golf-cart entrance. Send me more information about Carolina Trace!
About Carolina Trace
Member-owned, Carolina Trace is a private, gated country club community stretching out across 2,500 acres of rolling Carolina Sandhills.
Hardwoods, piney forest, ponds, creeks and a 315-acre lake helps define this award-winning community and its two Robert Trent Jones courses,world-class amenities and 19 distinctive neighborhoods.
Golf & Much More
Carolina Trace is distinguished by its 36 holes of golf designed by legendary architect, Robert Trent Jones, Sr.. Additional amenities include a full-service clubhouse, pro shop, tennis, fine dining, walking trails, swimming and more than 70 social activities ranging from “A” (aerobics) to “Y” (yoga).
Member-owned, Carolina Trace Country Club is a vibrant center of physical, intellectual and social life. One evening may include members taking Tango lessons in preparation for a trip to Argentina. This could be going on while others are listening to a member relate how she filmed a documentary, while still other members are in the bar enjoying a drink and cheering for their favorite team. Such diversity is what keeps members engaged and meeting new friends.
A True Sense of Community
In addition to top amenities, Carolina Trace is ideally located for people who value an active arts scene, volunteerism and enjoy varied cultural experiences.
Among the many events and opportunities residents take advantage of within minutes of Carolina Trace are Sanford’s professional theatre, year-round festivals, world-class symphony, professional, collegiate sporting events and flying lessons at Sanford’s first-class regional airport that accommodates private jets.
Prices for real estate range from $15,000 (lots) to more than $1 million. Send me more information about Carolina Trace!
Local Realty Company Beverly Serral Properties Sponsors RBC Heritage Tourney
in Pro Golf Events at Golf CommunitiesThe 45th annual RBC Heritage golf tournament is taking place this week at the famed Harbour Town Golf Links at Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Plantation. One of this year’s sponsors is local realty company Beverly Serral Properties. The photo above was taken from the Beverly Serral tent’s prime location on the fairway leading up to the famous red and white striped lighthouse at the Hilton Head Yacht Basin.
The Heritage, which was established by Sea Pines founder Charles E. Fraser in 1969, has raised millions for charities over the years through the Heritage Classic Foundation and is credited with putting Hilton Head Island and The Sea Pines Resort on the world map.
The spectator-friendly tournament, South Carolina’s only PGA TOUR event, is considered a favorite among TOUR players, many of whom enjoy staying with their families at The Sea Pines Resort, and is one of the few events that enables fans to get up-close and personal with the players.
For more information about Sea Pines real estate, contact Beverly Serral at Beverly Serral Properties.
It’s Open House Weekend, Here’s Where to Go
in Events and Holidays, Food and Drink, Real Estate for SaleRealtors across the nation are participating in Open House Weekend today and tomorrow. Golf and waterview communities are joining in the festivities as well. Here are the GolfCourseHome and WaterViewHome network communities participating and their times and place:
Saturday April 20
> Hampton Lake, Bluffton, SC: “Participate in the Nationwide Realtor Open House this weekend at Hampton Lake. Tour our designer showcase Lowcountry Model Park and stay for lunch.Our lakefront restaurant, Backwater Bill’s will be serve up the South’s best lemonade, free with any entrée purchase!” Send me more information about Hampton Lake!
> Currahee Club, Toccoa, GA Invites you to visit “All Things Currahee” for the Spring Tour of Homes. Currahee Homes start at $350,000. Lake, mountain and golf club homesites range from $65,000 to $450,000. Send me more information about Currahee Club!
> Brunswick Forest, Leland NC, is holding its Colony Pines Invitational this weekend to introduce the community’s new neighborhood of Colony Pines and its just-released homesites on the Cape Fear National course.
Weekend includes welcome reception at a Cape Fear National featured home, a Saturday evening lawn party, plus a round of golf and a putting contest with fabulous prizes. Send me more information about Brunswick Forest
Sunday April 21
> The Bay Club, Mattapoisett, MA is holding an Open House this Sunday April 21 at 7 Split Rock Lane within the Bay Club community. This custom built, 3,500-sf gambrel home offers 4 BRs/3.5 BAs with a first floor master suite overlooking the pond and the 7th hole of the Bay Club’s Brad Faxon-designed golf course.
Open House hours are 10 am to Noon on Sunday, April 21. Send me more information about The Bay Club
> Ibis Golf & Country Club, W. Palm Beach, FL is holding an Open House on Sunday, April 21 from 2 pm to 4 pm. Eight homes will be open for viewing, priced from $237,500 to more than $1 million.
DR Horton is also building estate homes at the community with 2, 3 and 4 bedrooms that are priced from the mid-$400,000s. While there, also ask about the new Sports Village that the community is building. Send me more information about Ibis Golf & CC!
Golf Communities News: Pauma Valley Country Club Joins GCHN
in Building and Construction, Newsletter, Real Estate for Sale, Special Deals & IncentivesVol. 15, No. 808 April 19, 2013 Circ. 26,400
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* Pauma Valley Country Club, CA Joins GolfCourseHome
* Today’s New Real Estate Deals
* Open Houses This Weekend
* New Construction News
* Just Sold!
* What’s Going On At…
* Community News & Updates
* Best Real Estate & Travel Deals…
* Investigate New Communities Recently Added
* Coming Soon to GolfCourseHome
* Watch for our next issue, coming April 23rd!
Good Morning! Pauma Valley Country Club, a gated, private country-club community in San Diego, California, joins the GolfCourseHome Network this morning. Residents of Pauma Valley Country Club enjoy a singular setting with an equestrian center, an on-site winery, and all the sporting amenities a fine community could be expected to offer.
As we mentioned on Tuesday, this weekend is the Realtor Nationwide Open House in which several GolfCourseHome and WaterViewHome Communities are participating.See below for details, plus today’s real estate deals, travel packages, news and more. —David Lott, Founder/Publisher Read more