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GAHBA Also Recognizes Top Home Builder for Marketing Excellence
At its 36th Annual Awards Gala, the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association (GAHBA) recognized Lennar Atlanta, a division of Lennar (NYSE:LEN), the second-largest homebuilder in the U.S., with two Gold and three Silver OBIEs. The OBIE Awards are the premier awards in Atlanta’s new home construction industry and recognize outstanding achievement in new home building, marketing, remodeling and personal achievement categories.
Wildbrooke, Lennar Atlanta’s highly-successful master-planned community in Cumming, was recognized with two OBIEs: Gold for Best Amenity Package; and Silver for Best Landscape Design.
“Wildbrooke has set a new standard for family living in Forsyth,” says Rose Humphrey, Marketing Manager with Lennar Atlanta. “Our construction is top notch, the community’s location is superb, and the amenities that we offer here are just not found in many other neighborhoods in the area.” Wildbrooke’s amenities include a two-story clubhouse with exercise room, four lighted tennis courts with viewing pavilion, a children’s playground, a competition-style Junior Olympic pool and a toddler pool.
In addition, Lennar Atlanta brought home three more OBIEs, with special thanks to the Gilbert & Sheppard Group:
Gold – Best Marketing Campaign / Promotion, Builder Budget over $10,000;
Silver – Best Email Marketing Message, and
Silver – Best Brochure, Corporate/Associate
“All of us at Lennar Atlanta team are proud to be honored by our peers for Wildbrooke as well as for our outstanding marketing activities this year,” notes Humphrey.
For more information about Wildbrooke or any other Lennar Atlanta community, please call 404-931-7462 or visit www.LennarAtlanta.com.
Shafter, Calif. – December 2016 – Lennar is excited to kick-off the holiday season with a great event on Saturday, December 10th at Gossamer Grove’s Flight Park. Gossamer Grove residents, prospective homebuyers, and members of the public are invited to attend the free event, which runs from 4:00pm – 7:00pm.
“We are so excited to light-up our first 22’ Christmas tree at Gossamer Grove’s Flight Park. The 12 models surrounding the park will also be lit up for the season,” said Susan Wilke, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Lennar Central California. “This event going to be packed full of holiday cheer and fun for the whole family, especially the little ones.”
Attendees will get to enjoy hot cocoa and freshly made mini-donuts while watching the community’s Christmas-themed Parade of Wagons and first 22’ Christmas Tree lighting. Once the lights go on and the parade concludes, attendees will head over to the Epiphany model for photos with Santa, followed by more treats! Plus, prospective homeshoppers will have the opportunity to learn more about the community and tour the 12 model homes.
Community members or anyone interested in attending the event is encouraged to visit the Gossamer Grove Facebook page for updates. Flight Park is located within Gossamer Grove, off 7th Standard and Calloway.
Gossamer Grove is a masterplanned community that will be built atop more than 1,000 acres and will include more than 3,000 homes, two schools, ten parks including Flight Park, meant to pay homage to Shafter’s deep-rooted history in aviation, and commercial and retail development, including city services.
Gossamer Grove will be built in phases, the first of which is now selling and has quick move-in homes available! The first phase consists of three series of home styles by Lennar, The Cambridge Collection, The Chateau Series and The California Series.
For more information on this community or to view move-in ready homes, visit www.lennar.com/gossamergrove.
For a list of new home communities throughout the greater Bakersfield area, visit www.lennar.com/bakersfield.
With hundreds of communities nationwide and homes designed for first-time, move-up and luxury homebuyers, Lennar has grown to become one of the nation’s leading and most respected homebuilders and proudly remains steadfast in their commitment toward quality, value and integrity. Lennar has a longstanding history of building exceptional homes in only the most well planned and desirable locations throughout the country.
Arvada, Colorado – December 2016 – Lennar Colorado is thrilled to offer great savings on select quick move-in homes in their Leyden Rock community as part of Lennar’s Year End Savings event. The gorgeous homes at this community are priced from the mid $400,000s and home shoppers who act quickly can save up $23,000 off select quick move-in new Lennar homes.*
“Leyden Rock is a great community, set near great schools, neighborhood conveniences and plenty of trails and gorgeous open space,” said Carrie Castilian, Marketing Manager for Lennar Colorado. “We’ve brought some of our most popular floorplans to Leyden Rock and offer a wide variety in home designs.”
Leyden Rock features some homesites that offer wide open vistas and spectacular views! This community was designed to reflect and honor the natural beauty of the land it’s set in and in doing so offers residents trails for hiking, biking, horse riding or simply taking a stroll. The location also offers a quick commute with easy access to Boulder, downtown Denver and the mountains.
Leyden Rock offers two collections of homes, including The Monarch Collection, which offers seven plans in total with six available as a quick move-in. These homes come in one- and two-story designs, and sizes range between approximately 1,874 to 3,432 square feet, up to five bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms. Homes in The Monarch Collection are priced starting from the mid $400,000s.
The Grand Collection offers ten different floorplans for homebuyers to choose from, including two of Lennar’s popular The Home Within A Home® floorplans, Hanford and Woodbridge. Seven of these floorplans are available as quick move-in homes. The Home Within a Home® homes were designed to accommodate multigenerational and dual housing situations by providing an attached private suite with its own separate entrance, living room, kitchenette, bathroom, bedroom and laundry area.
Every home at Leyden Rock is part of Lennar’s Everything’s Included® program, which puts upscale features into every new home at no additional cost. Homeowners at Leyden Rock will enjoy slab granite kitchen countertops, upgraded cabinetry, gourmet GE® stainless steel appliances, Gas Fireplace, air conditioning, full unfinished basements, energy-efficient features and so much more!
Come out for the grand opening event this weekend at 18891 W. 84th Ave in Arvada. For more information please visit www.lennar.com/denver.
With hundreds of communities nationwide and homes designed for first-time, move-up and luxury homebuyers, Lennar has grown to become one of the nation’s leading and most respected homebuilders and proudly remains steadfast in their commitment toward quality, value and integrity. Lennar has a longstanding history of building exceptional homes in only the most well planned and desirable locations throughout the country.
*Offer available on select homes as determined by Lennar, for fully executed purchase agreements dated between 11/28/16 and 12/15/16 and you must close and fund no later than 2/28/17. Offers, incentives and seller contributions are subject to certain terms, conditions and restrictions, which may include the use of designated lenders and closing agents. Certain incentives could affect the loan amount. Offer good for a limited time only. Lennar reserves the right to change or withdraw any offer at any time. Price is subject to change without notice. Stated dimensions and square footage are approximate and should not be used as representation of the home’s precise or actual size. Renderings are conceptual in nature and merely an artist’s rendition. These renderings are solely for illustrative purposes and should never be relied upon. Booking an appointment is not an offer to sell a home; any such agreement may only be made in writing signed by both the seller and the purchaser. Please see your New Home Consultant and home purchase agreement for actual features designated as an Everything’s Included feature, additional information, disclosures, and disclaimers relating to your home and its features. Copyright © 2016 Lennar Corporation. All rights reserved. Lennar, the Lennar logo, The Home Within A Home, Everything’s Included and the Everything’s Included logo are registered service marks or service marks of Lennar Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. 11/16
Fresno, Calif. – November 2016 – Lennar first launched their innovative The Home Within A Home® design in 2011 after seeing a rising need for homes that accommodate multigenerational living situations across the country. Today, available in a wide variety of designs, it continues to be one of their most popular floorplans. Lennar Central Valley currently offers The Home Within a Home® plans at ten communities across six cities in the greater Fresno area.
“We love offering The Home Within A Home® at our communities because we’ve seen the ways it changes family’s lives,” said Susan Wilke, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Lennar Central Valley. “Sometimes it is aging grandparents who move into the private® suite, grown millennial children or even an aunt and/or uncle — there are countless situations The Home Within a Home is perfect for.”
Lennar’s The Home Within a Home® design includes an attached private suite to the main home that has a separate entrance, bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchenette. A door on the inside of the suite that connects it to the main home allows for as much direct access to or privacy between the two homes as is needed or desired on each individual basis.
In the cities of Fresno and Clovis, Lennar Central Valley offers three The Home Within a Home® floorplan variations at four different communities. The Camelot floorplan is offered at Lennar’s Chateau Series at Ellingsworth in Clovis and Carriage House and Heritage Park communities in Fresno. This two-story home offers 2,777 square feet of living space with four bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms in total.
The Cambridge Collection at Ellingsworth, located in Clovis, offers two The Home Within a Home® home designs, The Epiphany and the Versatillion. The Epiphany is a spacious two-story home that offers 3,185 square feet of space, four bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms. The Home Within a Home® suite in the Epiphany plan offers a private covered front patio near its entrance along with a dual access door between the two spaces. The Versatillion is a single-story plan with four bedrooms and three bathrooms atop 2,257 square feet of space.
In Visalia, you can find these floorplans at the Silver Oaks and Vistas communities. The Epiphany and the Versatillion plans are available at Silver Oaks while the Camelot is offered at Vistas. In Hanford, the Independence community offers the Camelot while the Legacy community offers the Versatillion plan. In Tulare, the Versatillion is offered at the Cedar Grove community. It’s also offered at their Viking Pointe community located in Kingsburg.
To learn more about The Home Within a Home® or any of these communities located within the Greater Fresno area, visit www.lennar.com/Fresno.
With hundreds of communities nationwide and homes designed for first-time, move-up and luxury homebuyers, Lennar has grown to become one of the nation’s leading and most respected homebuilders. Lennar has a longstanding history of building homes of enduring quality in only the most well planned and desirable locations throughout the country.
Las Vegas, Nev. – November 2016 – You can trade in your car and upgrade your phone, so isn’t it about time you can do the same with your home? Now you can with Lennar Las Vegas’ revolutionary New Home Trade-Up Program. Lennar Las Vegas has teamed up with Opendoor to create a new program that allows you to sell your current home at an agreed upon price to Opendoor and then purchase a new Lennar quick move-in home, all in a time frame that works for you. It’s a program that’s never been done before and a way to upgrade your life with a new home and a simplified moving experience.
“We are beyond excited about this new program, which makes it easier than ever to sell, buy and move into a brand new home,” said Joy Broddle, Division President for Lennar Las Vegas. “The current process for selling and buying a home can be complicated and puts a lot of obligation on families, such as keeping your home insanely clean, showing your home at inconvenient times and trying to sync the sale of your old home with the closing of the new home. This modern program eliminates those traditional hassles, is more transparent and actually gives the buyer more control.”
Similar to trading in your car for a new one, this is a revolutionary way for families to buy and sell homes. The process is simple and can be summed up in these six easy steps.
Step one is the fun part — choose your new Lennar dream home! Lennar’s Everything’s Included® homes include a high level of standard features, such as home automation technology, energy-efficient features like programmable thermostats, popular features such as stainless steel kitchen appliances, granite countertops and much more.
Step two begins with Opendoor.com/Lennar, a website that gives you a free offer to buy your existing home at an agreed upon price. Working with Opendoor is unlike any other home selling experience and you can sell your home entirely online. You can also sleep safely knowing that your Opendoor offer will be a transparent and competitive one, without the many hidden costs involved in a traditional sale. For the Lennar Las Vegas program launch, Opendoor is offering a reduced flat-rate fee of 6.5 percent for a limitied time only. This fee is similar to what you would pay a realtor to list your home, but WAY more convenient!
Step three, enjoy a seamless home buying and home selling process! Combining Opendoor’s selling process with Lennar’s buying process is not only easier, it saves you time. You can move into your new home in as little as 30 days.
Step four involves a timeline that’s designed for you. Lennar and Opendoor will time the closings of both homes so there is no need to move twice, board pets or put things in storage.
On top of all that, for step five, Lennar will even pay up to $2,000 for their preferred professional movers to move you from your existing home into your new Lennar home.
Step six…Enjoy an upgraded life in your beautiful new Lennar home!
Lennar Las Vegas’ new home trade-up program is designed to create a simplified and hassle free selling and buying experience. To learn more about the program or to receive a free offer from Opendoor on your current home, visit www.opendoor.com/lennar.
Lennar builds homes all over the Las Vegas Valley available in a variety of floorplans, designs, prices and locations. Find the perfect community and home for you today at www.lennar.com/lasvegas.
Opendoor, the consumer marketplace for homes, removes all the headache, uncertainty, and risk from buying and selling real estate. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Phoenix and Dallas, Opendoor was founded in March 2014 by Keith Rabois, an investment partner at Khosla Ventures, and CEO Eric Wu.
With hundreds of communities nationwide and homes designed for first-time, move-up and luxury homebuyers, Lennar has grown to become one of the nation’s leading and most respected homebuilders and proudly remains steadfast in their commitment toward quality, value and integrity. Lennar has a longstanding history of building exceptional homes in only the most well planned and desirable locations throughout the country.
*Lennar Homes, LLC (“Lennar”) and Opendoor Labs, Inc. (“Opendoor”) have a financial relationship with each other, in that Lennar has an investment interest in Opendoor. Because of this relationship, transactions with Opendoor may provide Lennar a financial or other benefit. You are NOT required to use Opendoor as a condition for purchasing a Lennar home. THERE ARE FREQUENTLY OTHER PROVIDERS AVAILABLE WITH SIMILAR SERVICES. YOU ARE FREE TO SHOP AROUND TO DETERMINE THAT YOU ARE RECEIVING THE BEST SERVICES AND THE BEST RATES FOR THESE SERVICES. For additional information about each company, please visit their websites: www.Lennar.com and www.opendoor.com . Opendoor will offer you the value it is willing to pay you for your home. Lennar makes no guarantee of the present or future market conditions and market values. Market rates are based on market trends and other factors and involve risks, variables and uncertainties that cannot be predicted. You should conduct your own independent analysis and consult your own accounting, legal and tax advisor to evaluate risks, consequences and suitability of a home purchase and/or sale. Lennar does not make any representation or warranty as to the Opendoor valuation process, fees, commissions, offers or performance of services. Opendoor combines engineering, data science and valuation models to determine the value of your home. Opendoor does not use appraisals. Timing of closings cannot be guaranteed. You may have to lease your existing home back from Opendoor for a limited period of time. **Reduced flat rate fee of 6.5% for a limited time only. Offer available on select homes if the purchase agreement is fully executed between 11/18/16 and 12/15/16 and closes and fully funds on or before 12/31/16. Purchase agreements fully executed prior to 11/18/16 are excluded. Offers, incentives and seller contributions are subject to certain terms, conditions and restrictions, which may include use of designated lenders and closing agents. Certain incentives could affect the loan amount. Offer good for a limited time only. Lennar reserves the right to change or withdraw any offer at any time. Prices subject to change without notice. Offer is subject to borrower meeting approval guidelines. Rates and terms are subject to change without notice. Contact a Loan Officer for financing details, or a New Home Consultant for home purchase details. Subject to Open-door terms and conditions. ***Available for the Trade-Up Program only: If you use a Lennar preferred moving company, Lennar will pay up to $2,000 in actual preferred moving company expenses; subject to seller contribution limits or other limitations imposed by your lender. Lennar reserves the right to change or withdraw any offer at any time. Price is subject to change without notice. Lennar makes no guarantee as to the availability of homes. Please see your New Home Consultant and home purchase agreement for actual features designated as an Everything’s Included feature, additional information, disclosures, and disclaimers relating to your home and its features. Stated dimensions and square footage are approximate and should not be used as representation of the home’s precise or actual size. Bay size may vary from home to home and may not accommodate all vehicles. Renderings are conceptual in nature should never be relied upon. Models/lifestyle photos do not reflect racial or ethnic preference. This is not an offer in states where prior registration is required. Void where prohibited by law. Greystone Nevada, LLC, NV Contractors License #0048844 and U.S. Home Corporation dba Lennar, NV Contractors License #0050808. Lennar Sales Corp. — Broker. Copyright © 2016 Lennar Corporation. All rights reserved. Lennar, the Lennar logo, Everything’s Included, the Everything’s Included logo, The Home Within a Home, , are registered service marks or service marks of Lennar Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. 11/16
Finally, December is here! Come on, Jack Frost. Bring on that cold weather and a little snow. I am dreaming of a crackling fire in the fireplace and a mug of hot cocoa with marshmallows and peppermint sticks. Time to make lists and check them twice, venture to the shops and find gifts for all who are “nice.” The world outside the door slowly transforms into a winter wonderland, dressed with twinkling lights, glistening Christmas trees, and a merry Santa Claus on every street corner. Rather than appear the scrooge, I wish to adorn my home with festive decorations too, but ho, ho, whoa the prices! Is it just me, or do retailers measure your holiday spirit by the flow of cash you are willing to spend? Tis’ the season to be jolly, but we – you and I, dear readers – can bring a little cheer and merriment to our homes this season without spending the big bucks. Trim your home with these 11 DIY Christmas decorations – five to deck your halls and six to ornament your curb – and spread a little joy to all who visit your stoop and enter through your door.
Deck the Halls with…
Via: Brit + Co
Ornament garlands are beautiful in their simplicity; easy-to-make, all you do is string 60 or more ball ornaments into a bundle. Versatile in placement, your ornament garland can dress the fireplace mantle, stream the stairway bannister, frame an entryway, or wrap a Christmas tree. And, because ball ornaments are available in a variety of colors and styles, this piece can cheerfully unite the elements of a room’s theme.
Additional Source: Ornament Garland Tutorial Video by Martha Stewart
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Apothecary jars can function as year-round decorative pieces for any holiday or season; moreover, the creative displays achieved with these figures are limitless. Celebrate winter and Christmas by filling the jars with ornaments, candies, bows, frosted berries or pinecones, or burned-out Christmas light bulbs. Showcase a miniature frosted fairyland complete with small-scale trees, cabins, animals, and people upon a bed of faux snow. Or, you can make a more personal exposition by placing one or more holiday photos in the jar and accessorizing the glass interior with seasonal elements like ornate snowflakes and twinkling lights.
Additional Sources: Holiday Jar Tutorial Video by Martha Stewart, Apothecary Jars Décor Ideas on Pinterest, Decorating for Christmas with Apothecary Jars
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Do you enjoy recycling materials for creative efforts? This year, rather than throw away your empty wine bottles, turn them into jovial tabletop pieces; there are more than a dozen craft ideas to repurpose the ordinary wine bottle into a one-of-a-kind vase for seasonally-decorative sprigs or stand-alone appreciation. And, why limit yourself to wine bottles? You can use any soda or liquor bottle for this project.
Additional Sources: White Snowy Bottle Tutorial, How to Put Lights in a Wine Bottle, Letter and Twine Bottle Video, Christmas Wine Bottle Ideas on Pinterest
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Repurpose an old window to display past Christmas cards, holiday photos, and similar seasonal memorabilia upon the fireplace mantle. You can share a festal message and accessorize the frame with all sorts of knick-knacks, such as paper ornaments, snowflakes, ice sickles, and lights. Or, you can paint a merry scene on the glass – snowmen singing carols, Santa with his flying reindeer, or a horse-drawn sleigh over a winter landscape.
Additional Sources: Where to Find Old Doors and Windows, Christmas Window Ideas on Pinterest
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Pick a word that describes the season of Christmas to you, be it “Joy,” “Hope,” “Merry,” or “Jolly.” Purchase the respective block letters that spell that word and mod podge seasonal photos you feel capture the definition of that word over the letters. Feel free to accessorize the letters with glitter, stickers, or charms, whatever you like.
Additional Sources: 10 Tips for Using Mod Podge, Christmas Vocabulary
Ornament Your Curb with…
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Wreaths are a fun, decorative method of expression that accommodates your personality; you can style a wreath in any manner you choose and garnish the circlet with a wide assortment of trinkets, such as poinsettias, ornaments, snowflakes, reindeer, and gingerbread men. You can adjust the size of your wreath to fit your door and make this piece as simple or flamboyant as you like, either way enhancing the curb appeal of your home.
Additional Sources: 55 DIY Christmas Wreaths, Monogram Wreath Tutorial Video by Martha Stewart, Christmas Wreath DIY with Pool Noodle Frame
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Who here played Candy Land as a kid? Did you ever fantasize about walking through the peppermint forests or swimming the ice cream sea? A delicious fantasy, right? Well, this year, you can transform your front yard into a candy land, complete with giant lollipops, candy canes, gumdrops, and scoops of ice cream.
Note: To create giant scoops of ice cream, you can purchase large styrofoam balls from Michaels, Hobby Lobby, or online craft stores, and then paint the balls to look like whatever flavors of ice cream you like. Should you want the ice cream to appear as though it is melting, use a mix of craft glue and craft paint to create the puddle. To make an ice cream cone, roll a large sheet of poster board into a cone and glue or staple the shape in place; then, glue light brown felt sheets or rolls of crepe paper around the cone. Another option is to construct the cone out of paper-mâché, using chicken wire covered in masking tape for the frame and a layer of expanding foam carved into the cone shape for the foundation of the paper-mâché; this method takes more time though.
Additional Sources: Giant Paper Plate Lollipops, Giant Candy Canes, Melting Ice Cream
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Repurpose the plain oak or pine tree in your front yard into an oversized Christmas tree using lights and these giant ball ornaments. These large ornaments are simple to make, as they are upcycled plastic or rubber balls you find in the toy section of Walmart. After following the provided tutorial for this project, you can coat the ornaments in glitter using a craft bond spray adhesive or paint different designs and images on the ornament surfaces with stencils.
Additional Sources: Giant Ball Ornament Tutorial Video, Essential Tips for Crafting with Glitter
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Anyone can string lights on their home, in a tree, or along a driveway; surprise your neighbors this year with a collection of large Christmas light balls. These magical spheres can vary in size and color, illuminating your front yard in a unique fashion. To prevent these orbs from changing into tumbleweeds though, secure the bottom of the globes with tent pegs.
Additional Sources: Christmas Light Balls Tutorial Video
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Christmas tree pallets have a rustic appeal about them that is appreciated by viewers and enhanced with lights, ornaments, and other embellishments. Wooden pallets are freely available to you at local feed stores and garden nurseries, and these platforms are durable to altering weather conditions. If you feel concerned about wood-burrowing insects infesting the pallet, scrub it with antibacterial soap before you begin decorating it.
Additional Sources: Make a Rustic Upcycled Wood Christmas Tree – Step 2 for Bug Control, 25 Ideas of How to Make a Wood Pallet Christmas Tree
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No one will loot these presents. A simple, affordable way to repurpose old concrete blocks, these stone gift boxes look great under an outdoor Christmas tree display. You can also place them amongst your garden beds, upon the front porch steps, or along a footpath; just be mindful of nightly toe-stubbing situations in ill-lit places.
