Sterling Custom Homes Builds Momentum with the Sterling Cookbook™

Sterling Custom Homes has been behind the design and construction of custom dream homes for more than 20 years. Now, the Austin luxury real estate home builder gathered those years of experience in the Sterling Cookbook™ to help simplify the process of building homes and building momentum while keeping a home building project profitable for home buyers.

“The key to building and maintaining the momentum of a home building project is to keep our clients ahead of us on their selections,” said Duke McDowell, president of Sterling Custom Homes. “The Sterling Cookbook™ helps guide our clients through the home building process so that they can provide us with the information we need to order materials and direct subcontractors properly, therefore avoiding timing gaps that can be difficult for us to make up.”

The Sterling Cookbook™ provides customers with a custom-tailored recipe to build their homes. The book contains detailed instructions on the custom process that affects the buyer – including making selections and meeting with trade partners as well as outlines each step of the approval process and client responsibilities and includes a reference section regarding the care of the completed custom home.

Custom Austin home builder, Sterling Custom Homes has new homes in several communities throughout the Austin area to suit any buyer’s needs. For more information about the Sterling Cookbook™, visit the Sterling Custom Homes website.

Eco-Comfort Home in Cumming Produces Savings

Want to save on energy bills? The Orchards Group can help! The Orchards of Brannon Oak Farm, a popular active adult community in Cumming, Ga., has just finished its first Eco-Comfort Home. This home and the Eco-Comfort Home package provides buyers with tons of savings.

“All Orchards Group homes are already built with energy efficient products, but due to an ever increasing concern about personal household budgets, we’ve received an increasing number of requests for even better energy saving upgrades that will enable our homeowners to save even more on their energy bills”, said Mitchell Block, Sales & Marketing Director for The Orchards Group. “We worked with our suppliers to identify affordable energy-efficient products that will provide a good return on investment over the life of the home, and we are very pleased with the results”.

The first Eco-Comfort Home features the very popular, ranch style “The Winston” plan, and the package includes:

· A natural gas “tankless” hot water system that delivers endless amounts of hot water that is heated using super-efficient technology.

· A continuous hot water re-circulating pump with adjustable timer that provides instant hot water at all hot water taps in the house. Less wasted water provides lower utility bills, not to mention the convenience of having “instant” hot water.

· A “variable speed” gas furnace that operates at a significantly greater efficiency than normal, providing lower operating costs whether it be summer or winter.

· A 16 SEER air conditioning system that delivers cool air at a far lower cost of operation.

· A healthy climate HVAC filter system that improves air quality in the home.

· A radiant barrier sheathing between the roof shingles and the attic which keeps the attic 20% cooler in the summer and 20% warmer in the winter. This more temperate attic condition helps to keep the entire HVAC system working more efficiently.

· Thicker wall and attic insulation provides greater heat and cool protection.

· Water saving dual flush commodes that can cut water consumption by as much as 50%.

The buyer who purchases this concept home at The Orchard of Brannon Oak Farm will pay a discounted price of $7,900. Eco-Comfort features, their availability and pricing may vary in other floor plans. In addition, the upgraded features are available individually or as a package.

The Winston plan features two bedrooms and two baths plus a flex room that can be a parlor or a third bedroom. The home has a living room and dining room open to the kitchen, a sunroom, a screened porch, a large master bedroom with walk-in closet and true walk-up attic storage.

Community amenities include a swimming pool, clubhouse with a fitness center, game rooms, gourmet kitchen, reading den, grand room with a flat screen TV, an arbor, a fire pit, a barbecue grill and a lawn area with a bocce ball green.

To visit The Orchards of Brannon Oak Farm, take GA 400 to exit 13 (Peachtree Parkway/GA 141) and go east. The community is 1.5 miles on the right. For more information, call 678-513-8879 or visit www.orchardsgroup.com or www.Facebook.com/theorchardsgroup.

Traton Homes Offers New Luxury Homes Atlanta Buyers Want

Tucked away in the rolling hills of historic Milton, Westminister Place by Traton Homes offers home buyers Atlanta new homes at an incredible value. Homesites are expansive, and are at least an acre large. Each home in this community will also feature a basement. The first two home buyers in this north Fulton community will enjoy a terrific incentive: $7,500 toward closing costs and free basement finishing up to 400 square feet.

Homes at Westminister Place from Traton Homes feature the stunning architecture Traton Homes is known for. Homes feature architectural details inside and out, such as three-sides masonry exteriors, 10 ft. ceilings, hardwood floors, iron balusters, granite countertops and three-car garages. Homes at Westminister Place are priced from the mid $500,000s.

Children in Westminister Place will attend Summit Elementary, Northwestern Middle and Milton High schools.

To visit Westminister Place, travel GA 400 North to Exit 8 (Mansell Road). Turn left off ramp and stay in right lane. Continue approximately 2 miles (crossing Atlanta Rd/Hwy 9), following signs to GA 140W (140W/Houze Road and Arnold Mill Road are all the same Road —it changes names as you travel). Turn right on 140W/Houze Road. Continue 3.2 miles and bear right (at Fire Station) on New Providence Road (road sign is currently down.) Continue on New Providence Road for approximately 2 miles and Westminster Place will be on your right.

For more information, visit the Traton Homes website.

More Energy-Efficient Atlanta New Homes on the Horizon

Ashton Woods Homes has been working hard to bring itself up to speed, giving home buyers Atlanta new homes that are up to the ENERGY STAR 3.0 standards by Jan. 1, 2012.

Ashton Woods Homes has been an ENERGY STAR partner since 2002, committing to build 100 percent of its homes up to the program’s standards. Since becoming a partner, Ashton Woods has built more than 2,100 energy-efficient homes in the Atlanta area; during April 2010 to March 2011, 319 were built.
In addition to the ENERGY STAR qualification, every new home built by Ashton Woods is rated energy-efficient through the PowerHouse Green with Environments for Living Program. Utilizing low-e windows, low-flush toilets and other low-energy features, home buyers can save up to 45 percent on their utility bills.
Start your search today for energy-efficient Atlanta new homes. For more information, visit the Ashton Woods Homes website today.

Ashton Woods Homes Unveils New Pricing at The Battery on Paces Ferry

Ashton Woods Homes has reduced prices on energy-efficient townhomes at The Battery on Paces Ferry. Homebuyers in historic Vinings can now enjoy intown living at prices starting from the $299,900s.

Townhomes feature traditional elevations with brick construction and detailed entry systems. All homes also come standard with two-car garages with sheetrock finishes.

The Battery on Paces Ferry has several unique floor plans ranging in size from 2,246 to 3,031 square feet with up to three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths. Interior appointments include lifestyle kitchens with Timberlake Scottsdale maple cabinets, granite countertops, designer Whirlpool appliances and a breakfast room or breakfast area. The plush master suite features spacious walk-in closets with ventilated shelving. In the master bath, homeowners will enjoy dual vanities, cultured granite countertops and chrome Moen fixtures.

The Battery on Paces Ferry offers easy access to Cumberland Mall, Phipps Plaza, The High Museum, The Fox Theatre and more. The community is also a short drive from Buckhead and downtown Atlanta.

Children in the community attend Teasley Elementary, Campbell Middle and Campbell High schools.

To visit the community from I-285 W, take Exit 18 and turn left onto Paces Ferry Road. Turn right on Vinings Slope. The Battery on Paces Ferry community is on the right.

For more information on these new Vinings townhomes, visit the Ashton Woods Homes website or call 770-435-9377.