CHOICES GALORE
With so many neighborhoods — and dozens of nationally renowned builders — competing for attention, new-home shoppers are certain to find more choices than they can possibly assimilate in just a couple of visits.
Here’s a sampling of some of Horizon West’s most popular neighborhoods.
Royal Oak Homes is building in Black Lake Preserve, with 91 oversized homesites and a variety of floorplans from which to choose. There are two privacy-gated entries, and new middle and elementary schools are within walking or biking distance. Amenities include a well-equipped children’s playground.
Many homesites have water or conservation area views. Homes are priced from the $330s to the $460s, and range in size from 2,575 to 5,233 square feet.
Cypress Reserve by Taylor Morrison Homes is a traditional neighborhood in which the streets are walkable and the homes have front porches. Charming one- and two-story designs are available, with plenty of personalization options.
Homes, many of which have conservation-area views, are priced from the $320s to the $430s, and range in size from 2,200 to nearly 4,300 square feet.
Boasting Johns Lake frontage, Twinwaters by Meritage Homes offers amenities including a park, a playground and a pool and cabana. Homes are priced from the $360s to the $640s, and range in size from 3,017 to 5,600 square feet.
Also in the area around Johns Lake is Hickory Hammock and Overlook at John’s Lake, both by CalAtlantic Homes.
CalAtlantic has also opened Windstone, near the popular Butler Chain of Lakes, which features elegantly appointed homes priced from the $410s to the $450s, and ranging in size from 2,321 to 3,261 square feet.
Pulte Homes is busy in Lakeview Point, which offers homesites on quaintly named Lake Huckleberry. The neighborhood boasts a mix of single-family homes priced from the low $270s to the $430s, and ranging in size from 2,321 to 3,261 square feet. There are a limited number of townhomes available. The 1,825-square-foot homes are priced from the mid-$200s. Amenities include a pool, a clubhouse and a passive park.
Beazer Homes is active in the area, offering single-family homes in Windermere Isles. Manor Homes are priced from the $370s to the $450s, and range in size from 2,213 to 4,218 sqaure feet. Estate Homes are priced from the $430s to the $520s, and range in size from 2,690 to 4,939 square feet.
Summerlake, one of Horizon West’s most active communities, currently has six builders offering new homes. Beazer Homes is building townhomes priced from the $260s to the $290s, and ranging in size from 1,793 to 2,201 square feet. CalAtlantic Homes has a number of single-family plans from which to choose, priced from the $260s to the $320s and ranging in size from 1,658 to 2,699 square feet.
D.R. Horton Homes is offering single-family homes priced from the $380s to the $430s, and ranging in size from 2,895 to 4,083 square feet. Lennar has a manor and an estate series in its collection priced from the $290s to $400s, and ranging in size from 1,775 to 3,957 square feet.
K. Hovnanian Homes is wrapping up sales of its 26 estate homes with lake views. The company is offering five models from which to choose priced from the $590s to the $680s, and ranging in size from 3,054 to 5,344 square feet. All residents can enjoy Summerlake’s resort-stlye amenities including a clubhouse, fitness center, tennis court, swimming pool and basketball court as well as parks scattered throughout the community.
The Highlands at Summerlake Groves by K. Hovnanian Homes offers an astonishing 12 home designs from which to choose, all priced from the mid-$200s to the low $400s. Amenities include tennis courts, a swimming pool and a tot lot.
Toll Brothers has a winner with Lakeshore, a luxury community with an amenity center, neighborhood parks, and biking and walking trails. Townhomes are priced from the $270s, while two single-family home collections are priced from the $370s to the $560s, respectively.
Ashton Woods Homes is currently offering both townhomes and single-family homes in Hamlin Reserve. Townhomes, which offer detached rear-alley two-car garages, are priced from the $240s to the $270s. Single-family homes, in three different collections, are priced from the $290s to the $440s, and range in size from 1,653 to 3,542 square feet.
Just down the road at Latham Park, Ashton Woods Homes is offering single-family homes from four different collections, including its estate home collection, which is priced from the $590s to the $660s. Most offer waterfront views. The other collections are priced from the $260s to the $400s. Latham Park residents can enjoy a community pool and cabana in a neighborhood surrounded by lakes, trees and conservation areas.