Camberley's Reserve at Stone Hill 50% Sold!

The new Randall II Model at Riverwood is a big hit

Thursday, July 1, 2010 by Cynthia Herberg

The Randall II model home, built by Winchester Homes at their Riverwood community, was officially "grand opened" last weekend, amidst a crowd of "oohhhs and aahhs" from the several hundred visitors that toured the spectacular 5,100 square foot model. Riverwood is one of Winchester's flagship properties, situated in a scenic wooded enclave in Ellicott City, MD.

"I like the girls room best," offered one much-impressed 10 year old visitor. "I wish it could be MY room" was her final conclusion! There are actually many rooms that convey just that desire in the eyes of those who tour. The expansive foyer provides a grand sense of arrival, and the two story family room is perfect for relaxing and entertaining.

Light plays a distinct role throughout the Randall II. From the open second floor foyer to the owner's suite with separate dressing and sitting areas, the home is designed to maximize functionality and living space.

In the lower level, consider this your chance to turn bonus space into essential living areas. How about adding a storage room for the bikes, skis and holiday decorations, or designing space for a home office that makes telecommuting a breeze. You can turn your imagination loose with the help of Winchester Homes' signature Your Home. Your Way. customization program.

Come take a tour today. Our knowledgeable sales team can show you all the extras that make the Randall II a home of distinction in Howard County.

Builder Close Out Event at The Vistas at Browns Bridge

Thursday, May 6, 2010 by Cynthia Herberg

The two remaining homesites at The Vistas at Browns Bridge will stop you in your tracks! Views, privacy and location are just a few of the reasons to stop by during our Builder Close-Out Tent event, May 22 and 23, and discover why this serene enclave of 6 residences is a rare find. Come tour our two remaining homesites, #1 and #3, grab a bite, chat with the sales team and take a look at the wide selection of distinctly crafted homes. We will be on site from 11 - 6 both days to personally show you all the great things that The Vistas at Browns Bridge has to offer. Take a quick read and check out the video tour which is attached below:

The Vistas at Browns Bridge offers:

A serenely wooded Howard County location, centrally located between Baltimore and Washington, DC
Easy access to Routes 32, 29 and 108 and a mere 20 minutes away from Fort Meade
Privacy and a true sense of neighborhood with only 6 single family homesites on 3 acre homesites
Nearby shopping and recreational amenities including the Mall of Columbia and golfing at Fairway Hills and Hobbits Glen
Distinctive architecture and Winchester Homes' signature Your Home. Your Way. customization program.
Special builder close-out incentive! Purchase by June 30th and receive a $30k landscape package - build the deck, patio, or landscape plan of your dreams!

Check out our website at www.winchesterhomes.com, and we will see you on May 22 and 23.
Now the personal tour of Homesites #1 and #3!

Winchester Homes' Hosts "Information Summit" This Weekend for Poplar Run

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 by Cynthia Herberg

Want to make a "strategic move" this weekend that will greatly enhance your quality of life? Consider stopping by Winchester Homes' "Information Summit" for Poplar Run, the brand new community offered in the heart of Montgomery County in Silver Spring, MD.

Construction is in full swing right now - especially the roads, so we are hosting our get together across the street at the Barrie School. Come meet our sales team and see for yourself the amazing amenities this master-planned community will have to offer. The best news is you can enjoy Poplar Run's amenity-rich lifestyle AND still be in close proximity to everything you need for your day to day routine! Wouldn't you rather come home to a community that will offer:

a 6,700 sq foot clubhouse with 3 swimming pools
recreation facilities that include volleyball sand court and fields for soccer and play
miles of interconnecting hard and natural surface trails
pocket parks and tot lots
308 acres with 50% open green space
idyllic vistas with meandering streams and waterways

Not to mention Winchester Homes' expansive portfolio of townhomes and single family homes. Plus the ability to use the signature Your Home.Your Way program to make your home a true reflection of your own individual lifestyle.

So come by this weekend, April 17 and 18 from 11 - 5 just across the street at the Barrie School and see for yourself why Poplar Run is the right decision for a new home in Montgomery County!

See our website - www.WinchesterHomes.com for complete directions to the school and for more a comprehensive overview of Poplar Run.

Northern Virginia Homes Moving 50% Faster in February 2010

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Cynthia Herberg

Good news for homeowners in Northern Virginia who are looking to sell their homes this spring. According to a report by the the Metropolitan Regional Information Systems Inc, homes on the market in February spent half the time on the market as they did during the same time period in 2009.

Homes in the area, which includes the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church as well as the counties of Fairfax and Arlington, spent just 56 days on the market this past February, dramatically beating the 100+ days spent on market in '09. Homes in Loudoun and Prince William counties spent 52 and 46 days on the market, respectively, resulting in an impressive 51% reduction of the time spent on market one year ago.

A promising sign in the sales prices as well. The median sale prices in Fairfax and Arlington Counties and the cities of Fairfax, Alexandria and Falls church realized a 13.21 percent increase. Homesellers here were able to realize a commanding 95% of their average list price. Loudoun County experienced a 15.7% rise in the median sale price, and Prince William county saw a steep increase in the median sale price, climbing 31.4% over prices in 2009!

All signs point to an active spring selling season, and a confidence that homeowners will see homes sold in a shorter time and at a higher price than in 2009.

So, get started on that spring cleaning and start on the list of forgotten home improvement to ready your home for 2010 spring buyers. The time to sell the old house and move into the new home of your dreams is NOW!

Check out www.WinchesterHomes.com to find the new home location in Northern Virginia that best suits your taste and lifestyle. With an exciting new collection of floorplans to choose from, along with the unending possibilities of our signature Your Home. Your Way. customization program, 2010 will prove to be the best year for you to make the move you have been waiting for!

Winchester Homes Communities Hot at BRAC Relocation Fair

Friday, March 12, 2010 by Cynthia Herberg

The Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) activity continues to heat up in Howard County as Fort Meade prepares to receive approximately 4200 government employees who will be transferred to the facility. As a way to assist folks that will be relocating from the Virginia Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) in Northern Virginia to Fort Meade in Central Maryland, The BRAC task force sponsored a relocation fair at the DISA Skyline 7 facility in Falls Church.

Winchester and Camberley Homes representatives were at the fair in force, presenting 2 communities that would be geographically desirable and amenity rich to the relocating DISA staff.

The Riverwood community in Ellicott City is a mere-20-minute commute to the main gate at Fort Meade. Nestled in the heart of Howard County with easy access to both Baltimore and Washington DC, the community offers both luxury estate Camberley Homes and beautifully crafted single family Winchester Homes situated in a scenic, wooded setting. Winchester Homes' unique Your Home. Your Way. customization design process enhances the homebuilding experience, helping buyers create a unique home of a lifetime. The single-family homes are priced from $749,000 with a wide selection of floorplans to choose from.

The Poplar Run community in Silver Spring, MD is roughly 35-minutes from the Fort Meade base, strategically located in sought after Montgomery County. This much-anticipated 770-home community features over 300 acres of land with 50% open green space. Recreational amenities abound including a 6700 sq ft clubhouse, 3 pools, parks and trails. The convenient location offers an easy commute to Fort Meade without having to access 1-495, with the Glenmont Metro station a mere mile away. Not to mention the close proximity to major commuter routes to NSA and the DC Beltway. Poplar run offers both Townhomes, priced from $363,900 and Single Family Homes priced from $569,900. As in every Winchester Homes' community, the distinctive Your Home. Your Way. design program is available on all floorplans.

Another valuable amenity that Winchester Homes offers to relocating homeowners is the Winchester Community Concierge Program. The Sales Teams at all of our communities is prepared to assist you with answers to all your relocation questions regarding, schools, sports, community amenities, shopping, health services and other areas of importance when making a move. Let the knowledgeable Winchester team do the research to ensure that you purchase a home in a community that is a good fit for you and your family.

Visit us on line at www.WinchesterHomes.com to find out more about these two popular Winchester and Camberley Homes' communities and much more about the company and our unique services.

Oak Hill Cub Scouts work towards Engineering Badge at Camberley Homes' The Reserve at Oak Hill, VA

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 by Cynthia Herberg

The hardy scouts from Cub Scout Pack #160 from Oak Hill, VA braved the mounds of snow and freezing weather earlier in the month during a visit to The Reserve at Stone Hill as a quest to learn more about new home construction and fulfill a requirement for the Cub Scout Engineering Activity Badge.

The scouts were lead on their learning tour of the construction site by Rick Mountjoy, Community Operations Manager at The Reserve at Stone Hill. Rick had developed a full agenda for the afternoon session, including a "how to" lesson in reading building plans, a basic overview as to how utilities make their way into the new home, viewing a heating duct install - basically explaining the nuts and bolts as to how all the parts come together to get a house built from the ground up!

The first challenge for Rick was to get the guys OUT of the home theatre room located in the impressive Southridge model home, which was the starting point of the tour! After onning hard hats and listening to a brief safety overview, the group set out to the first stop, which was to a home currently under construction. Each scout was given a copy of the home plans and a rendering package, so they could see both the "before" and "after" pictures of the home. Most of the boys had never been inside a home under construction, so the tour of the model at The Reserve at Stone Hill was indeed an eye opening experience as to the complexity of the building process. Rick was very impressed by the thoughtful questions that were raised and the way the scouts were able to follow the process by reading the plans.

At the end of the tour, Rick probed the boys to uncover impressions of what they had seen. As you can imagine, 9 year old boys have many great ideas and insights, but the general consensus of the tour was that "houses look even bigger from the inside", along with surprise as to "how much stuff was inside the walls". Not surprising, the cupcakes offered at the end of the tour at The Reserve at Stone Hill were also a big hit!

The team at Camberley Homes enjoyed sharing the basics of homebuilding with Pack #160, and Rick is convinced that from the depth of the questions he was asked, these boys will probably come up with new and improved construction ideas in the future!

The Reserve at Stone Hill is a 36-home community built by Camberley Homes, the luxury division of award-winning homebuilder, Winchester Homes. The distinctive Reserve at Stone Hill community, located in Oak Hill, VA offers a mix of luxury designs with state -of -the -art energy efficient amenities. Camberley Homes offers homebuyers a uniquely individualized homebuilding experience, with unparalleled attention to detail and uncompromising customer service. To learn more about The Reserve at Oak Hill and Camberley Homes, visit our website at CamberleyHomes.com.

Camberley's Reserve at Stone Hill hits 50% sold mark in less than 12 months

Thursday, January 28, 2010 by Cynthia Herberg

When you drive past Camberley Homes' The Reserve at Stone Hill community in Oak Hill, Virgina, the SECOND thing you will notice is the high amount of construction activity currently taking place. What's the FIRST thing you will notice? The stately Southridge model at the entry, which has helped pave the way to the 50% sell out this amazing new 36 - home community has reached this month!

When you speak with the new homeowners at the Reserve at Stone Hill, the response is varied as to why they chose to make this Camberley community "home". Some cite the geography - the desired location in the heart of Fairfax County, near to the major commute routes and commerical centers. Others cite the beauty found in the natural setting of the community - 1/4 acre homesites surrounded by nature-friendly walking trails and an abundance of native flora and wildlife. One thing they ALL include in the list, however, is the homebuilding experience they were promised - and experienced - by choosing Camberley Homes as their partner in the homebuilding process.

Camberley Homes offers a unique "hybrid" building experience - technically a production builder, but offering a stream-lined custom builder experience. Homebuyers have the opportunity to engage in all aspects of the process, but can set the level of the participation to fit with their lifestyles and interests. Rick Mountjoy, Jane Slusser and the entire Camberely Team at the Reserve at Stone Hill work tirelessly to make the homebuilding process enjoyable AND worthwhile for their clients. The end result is a new home that truly reflects the lifestyle and personality of our savvy homeowners.

Come take a walk on the community's nature trail and see what all the buzz is about at this new address in Oak Hill - Walk the model, check out the 100% energy star features, stake out your favorite lot. At the sales pace this luxurious community is experiencing, more sold signs will be going up and the 50% availability will be a thing of the past for this desirable Virgina new home community.

Check out www.camberleyhomes.com for all the specifics on this community and others in Virgina and Maryland.