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.