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Reno, Nev. – July 2018 – This summer, get everything on your bucket list done before the kids go back to school—including finding your dream home! With Lennar, you’ll discover spacious homes, innovative and contemporary designs and communities situated near top-rated schools and fantastic amenities. Don’t wait until the start of the school year, find your dream home today and enjoy your best summer in a new Lennar home!
“Don’t make the mistake of waiting until your children go back to school to go home shopping—right now, when your kids are out of school, is the ideal time to come out with your whole family and find that home you’ve been dreaming of,” said Dustin Barker, Division President for Lennar Reno. “From the gorgeous Sierra Nevada Mountains backdrop, excellent weather year-round and acres of wildlife to explore, the Northern Nevada area is the type of setting that invites you to set down roots and live your best life.”
Lennar Reno currently features 13 communities in some of the most desirable areas in the Reno/Sparks metro area. Surrounded by the Sierra Nevada Mountains on one side and the high desert on the other, Northern Nevada features a wonderful location for those looking for great recreation and beautiful scenery with more than 250 sunny days. Go fishing and rifting on the Truckee River or take a short trip to stunning Lake Tahoe and enjoy hiking in the foothills or along the Tahoe Rim Trail. On less adventurous days, enjoy Reno’s beautiful public parks, visit the various summer festivals or spend some time at the several casinos nearby.
For an easier homebuying experience, Lennar’s signature Everything’s Included® program outfits all new residences with the most popular finishes and features in today’s market—all at no additional cost to the buyer. Enjoy designer features such as granite countertops, upgraded cabinets, stainless steel appliances and much more right in your home. The program helps simplify the homebuying process while meeting homebuyer desires and adding tremendous value to your new home.
Also embedded in the Everything’s Included® program is Lennar’s new Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ home designs and integrated home automation features and technology. The new Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ designs feature wireless access points built in to the home to provide commercial-strength Wi-Fi in every room and no dead spots, so Lennar homeowners can experience a more modern way to live. Turn on or off the lights, play music or a movie, lock the door or see who’s there—all remotely from any smart device or voice control with Amazon Alexa.
Floorplans are flexible and feature open-concept layouts, a great design for connecting, entertaining and relaxation. And if you’re looking for additional space because extended family is moving in, or perhaps you want to turn the extra space into the craft shop you have always dreamed of, Lennar’s revolutionary multigenerational floorplan, Next Gen®—The Home Within A Home® is the solution. This unique design provides an attached private suite with its own entrance, bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchenette. It’s the perfect solution for multigenerational families or dual living situations as it provides two homes under one roof.
Northern Nevada is a great place to live, work and raise a family. For homeshoppers ready to make the move now and spend their best summer yet in a new home, Lennar Reno offers quick move-in homes to choose from, so you can be situated well within your home by the time school starts up again.
Visit one of the many Welcome Home Centers across the Northern Nevada area for model tours. For more information, contact a New Home Consultant by calling 877-828-1331 or view floorplans and explore communities at www.lennar.com/Reno.
Lennar Corporation, founded in 1954, is one of the nation’s leading builders of quality homes for all generations. Lennar builds affordable, move-up and active adult homes primarily under the Lennar brand name. Lennar’s Financial Services segment provides mortgage financing, title insurance and closing services for both buyers of Lennar’s homes and others. Lennar’s Rialto segment is a vertically integrated asset management platform focused on investing throughout the commercial real estate capital structure. Lennar’s Multifamily segment is a nationwide developer of high-quality multifamily rental properties. Previous press releases and further information about Lennar may be obtained at the “Investor Relations” section of Lennar’s website, www.lennar.com.
Home buying can be a difficult tasks, especially if you are looking for a home in a specific school district. We understand the frustration and hope to take a little bit of pressure off and make your home buying experience more pleasurable! Lennar Nashville has new homes available now near Williamson County schools in our community of Tollgate Village of Thompson’s Station, TN.
Tollgate Village is a beautiful master-planned community just south of Franklin, TN. Offering an array of amenities, you might never want to leave. Enjoy a resort-like swimming pool, miles of walking trails, a dog park, volleyball and tennis courts, and a playground. Plus take the stress off of early morning commutes, Tollgate Village is located right next to Independence High School and only 10 minutes from Winstead Elementary School and Heritage Middle School.
The homes at Tollgate Village are exquisite. The new Classic Parks collection offers 6 different floorplans that range from 2,164 to 3,081 square feet of living space, 3 to 5 bedrooms, and 2 to 3 bathrooms. Each home features an open floor plan, the Everything Included guarantee, and Wi-Fi Certified Home Automation.
Control your home with just your voice with Lennar’s new Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Home Automation! Technology plays a huge part in making our lives simpler so it’s time for it to help out around the home too. Enjoy the conveniences of controlling your front door lock, thermostat, lights, and more with your voice or with your phone when you are away from home.
Find your new dream home near your dream school at Tollgate Village! Call today to schedule your VIP tour. Tollgate Village is located at 2885 Americus Drive Thompson’s Station, TN 37179. To learn more about this gorgeous community or to schedule your VIP tour, contact Kate McClarnon at 615-727-4144.
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Summer has officially started, which means it’s prime time to utilize and entertain in your lush outdoor space. If it’s not already in use, get out your grilling gear and show off those backyard projects you’ve been working on–time to host a backyard barbecue. So, whether it’s a birthday party, special celebration, or just a regular weekend bash you’re hosting this summer, make sure you do so in style. Consider one of these rocking themes to host a simple and fun backyard bash.
A baseball-themed backyard barbeque is a great way to celebrate a birthday, the big game, or any other barbecue worthy occasion. To have the best baseball-themed backyard bash, make sure you invest in plenty of American classics, like hot dogs, hamburgers, and apple pie. Grilling is a must for this celebration, so no matter what tasty treats you choose to serve, make sure you center the party around the grill master.
To decorate, add a few baseballs or mitts to a red-checkered table. Toss some ballpark style baskets on the table, and toss a few balls out on the lawn so that the kids can play a game of catch while the older folks finish eating.
For a patriotic party, consider decorating and styling your menu in simple reds, whites, and blues. Snow cones, popsicles, and fresh fruit salad are a must for using patriotic colors in your food selection.
Adorn your tables with simple, flag-themed tablecloths and bouquets of red, white, and blue stems–roses, hydrangeas, and tulips–although the opportunities are truly endless. Be sure there are plenty of sparklers to go around, and rock those American anthems all night long.
A rustic backyard celebration is a great way to celebrate a birthday, wedding, or even an anniversary. There are so many ways you can spin this classic theme, including as a barnyard, woodland, or campsite style party, but the one thing they all have in common? They’re sure to be a lot of fun.
The key element to throwing the best rustic party is incorporating multiple elements of nature. Use hay bales, logs, wood slices, burlap, and wooden pallets whenever possible, and use simple ingredients in all of your cooking. Corn on the cob, brisket, and fresh fruit make great menu items for this style of party. Once you have the bonfire going, you can also grill up plenty of s’mores to keep the kids, and kids at heart, content.
Rustic celebrations are great for pulling the mason jar collection out of the attic. You can use these handy glasses as drinking cups, serving containers, and more. Make sure there are plenty of lawn chairs to go around, and be sure to set up some fun, outdoorsy lawn games to keep everyone entertained.
A South of the Border inspired party is excellent for celebrating Cinco de Mayo–or any lively celebration. Turn up the heat with spicy dishes like seven layer dip, grilled tacos, and even campfire quesadillas.
Be sure to prepare several pitchers of margaritas and advance, and keep the kids entertained with classic pinatas and other fun yard games. Decorate in bright, natural colors, and be sure to get the stereo going with some festive, upbeat tunes.
You don’t have to live near the ocean in order to host an awesome backyard beach barbeque. For this party, decorate in shades of blue, green, and white, and make sure there are plenty of aquatic activities available for kids of all ages. Slip ‘n Slides, sprinklers, and splash pools are easy to set up on any lawn, but if you don’t have the time or space, consider filling a few buckets of water balloons and arming each attendee with a squirt gun.
For food, serve watermelon on a stick to keep everyone adequately hydrated, or decorate cookies with blue and white frosting. Use mini sand pails and shovels as silverware and holders, and don’t forget to set up a sandbox so that everyone gets a chance to build a sandcastle!
This list is far from comprehensive of the best backyard party themes, but it should get you started this summer as you plan the backyard barbeque of your dreams.
Kath Johnson is a avid gardener and outdoor living writer. When she’s not tending to her organic vegetable garden, she can be found exploring nature by bike or boat.
Can new homes meet the needs of multigenerational families and offer connectivity features each household member can enjoy? In this recent BUILDER article, Mary Cook describes how new home builders are accommodating the needs of multigenerational families while providing the latest in smart home technology. Lennar’s Next Gen® – The Home Within a Home offers innovative floorplans to accommodate families without sacrificing comfort, and with Everything’s Included®, the most desirable technology brand devices, all of which are included with your new home at an outstanding value.
Today, a simple clap or single word can bring electronics to life. It’s helpful for all, but a true luxury for those with kids underfoot, a hectic schedule, or disabilities. This type of convenience is a “poster child” for two trends that are upending American housing: smart technology and the multigenerational home.
These two trends are driving interrelated societal change. And they are unlikely to wane soon since they can save time, money and make life easier. In fact, smart technology is taking over our homes—homes that are increasingly multi-generational.
Smart-tech products once were mainly for the affluent—or those on the cutting edge. But cheaper sensors are fueling the age of smart everything, notes TechCrunch.com. And as prices drop, homes are being outfitted from the ground up with an array of smart tech products that can handle myriad tasks, from filling a bathtub to programming a thermostat.
Today’s smart tech is also getting smarter. A case in point is the refrigerator that learns a family’s habits and orders groceries. It is also a selling point; 94% of buyers are so smitten with tech-rich applications they would sacrifice for them 1,000 square feet of living space, notes Realty Times.
Ironically, the square footage of our homes is not necessarily growing by leaps and bounds, yet multigenerational households are on the rise. By definition, the term refers to households with two or more adult generations or grandparents and grandchildren, and one-fifth of all families—almost 61 million Americans— have multiple generations living under the same roof, notes a 2016 Pew Research Center analysis of Census data.
Growing racial and ethnic diversity explains some of the rise in multigenerational living, reports Pew, as those groups are more likely than whites to live in multigenerational homes. That means smart tech will come in handier than ever in busy households with multiple needs.
The numbers are spurring builders and developers to meet this need in creative, flexible ways. But to create spaces that let all residents in a home make the most of today—and tomorrow’s—cutting edge smart tech, architects, developers and builders must marry these two trends seamlessly in the spaces they create.
Thanks to our work designing model home interiors, amenities and hospitality spaces nationally, we know which smart-tech products work best for each generation. We are also adept at designing interiors with an optimal balance between private and shared space to help multiple generations live together harmoniously.
So, how do design professionals blend these two trends? It’s critical to design homes that will meet each generation’s diverse needs, yet allow them to make maximum use of the latest and greatest the smart tech trend has to offer. Here are three ways to accomplish these goals:
Read the full article on BuilderOnline.com
Millennials don’t all share the same homebuying preferences. As described in this recent Forbes article by Andrew Arnold, older millennials have embraced smart home technology while the younger of the group tend to be more focused on lowering mortgage payments that may contend with student loans and other debt. Thankfully, with Lennar’s Everything’s Included®, new home buyers don’t have to sacrifice connectivity for value. The Connected Home by Lennar is the first Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Home Design that keeps you connected to the most desirable technology brand devices, all of which are included with your new home at an outstanding value.
One thing we also know about millennials is that they are very mindful of environmental sustainability. They tend to do business with companies that are also mindful of the environment. So, it seems logical that they would look for homes that are – or at least re-configure homes they buy to be – “smart,” with the IoT devices that allow them to save energy and provide more convenience. Smart homes allow them to control heating and cooling, lights, and a myriad of small home appliances remotely.
The older segment of this generation (aged 27-36) seems “sold” on smart home concepts. In fact, 38% of them already have purchased homes that are “smart” or have installed the technology. And of those remaining, 58% are interested in doing this.
The younger contingent does not seem as interested in doing so. There may be several reasons for this. One, this younger segment appears to be very security conscious and is concerned about the risks involved in IoT devices in their homes. They worry about privacy.
There is also the cost factor – configuring a smart home can be pricey.
The other key factor in home buying for the younger segment of this generation is mortgage cost and payments. These young people are closer to the college loan payment issue than their older cohorts. They are not looking for smart homes as much as they are looking for the most favorable lending environments.
Another reason seems to be that they are far more interested in creating a healthy home environment than a “smart” one. They want sustainable and all natural furnishings; they want construction materials without chemicals; they want LED lighting technology; they want energy-efficient windows. They don’t seem to want to be “cool” and “trendy” as the older segment does.
Where does this leave the future of smart homes?
Smart homes are not going away. And as the technology improves, along with security innovations to provide greater security and privacy, they will prove to be a valuable resource for all consumers who are looking to be environmentally conscious and to lower the costs of their utility bills. In fact, a recent survey indicated that 72% of millennials would be willing to pay $1,500 more for a home that was “smart,” and 42% of those would be willing to pay as much as $3,000 more.
Smart home technology is only improving, and there certainly are exciting innovations and challenges for the future. These will attract more and more millennials who thus far have not invested in smart home technology.
Read the full article at Forbes.com
Between Restaurant Weeks and Food Festivals, Maryland has no shortage of delicious events throughout the year to curb your cravings! Your summer weekends will be easy to jam-pack with tasty treats and lip-smacking libations with this comprehensive list from VisitMaryland.org: www.visitmaryland.org/food-festivals
Coming up in July is the Trifecta Food Truck & Music Festival in Timonium. About 20 minutes North of Baltimore City, this event is held at the Maryland State Fairgrounds Saturday, July 28th from noon until 9pm. The day not only includes over 35 food trucks, but local craft beer, fashion trucks, over 40 local vendors, live music, and even bounce houses for the kids!
While you’re in town, head into the city and check out the latest exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Art , enjoy a Wicked History walking tour, take a City Lights Cruise, or even go for a Morning Inner Harbor Kayak Tour. In downtown Baltimore, the possibilities are endless and you will never be stuck searching for something to do! Head over to the Visit Baltimore website here for the latest information!
Lennar has several communities in Baltimore County, close to all of the fun, including Strawbridge Commons, Cromwell Ridge, Hunt Valley Overlook, and Ravenhurst Glen. Stretching from the Patapsco River north to the Pennsylvania border, with 214 miles of waterfront, an amazing range of recreational opportunities, historic sites, museums, and local wineries, Baltimore County is a multi-faceted gem. Encircling Baltimore City, Baltimore County enjoys the natural kinship between city and suburban living and a variety of vibrant, diverse communities. Baltimore County is a unique place to live, hosting a plethora of quirky attractions and fun family activities, from taking in a flick at famous Bengie’s Drive-In to listening to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Oregon Park.
Located just northwest of metropolitan Austin, lies a wooded sanctuary named Bryson, Lennar’s newest premier development. Homes start from the mid $200s and range from 1,620 square feet to 2,416 square feet. Lennar’s Welcome Home Center, the Stanton floorplan is open daily to tour!
A New Master Planned Community
Formed from the conviction that a family can bond with nature while enjoying the comforts of a master-planned community, Bryson is a new way of life combining luxurious homes and the Hill Country tradition. Just ten minutes west of I35 on US 183 in Leander, Bryson is conveniently located next to major retail and transportation such as the 1890 Ranch and Capitol Metro’s Leander Station, yet is surrounded by natural areas, wooded acreage and family-friendly parks.
Each home in Bryson is specially crafted to honor the rustic surroundings and the rural legacy of the area while providing modern comforts and conveniences. Exceptional exterior designs and open concept interiors are blended effortlessly into highly livable homes built to exacting standards. Every one of the spacious new plans at Bryson feature large living and entertaining areas, high airy ceilings, bright rooms with banks of tall windows, and gorgeous upscale materials and fixtures.
For those families searching for great educational opportunities, Bryson is located in the highly desirable Leander ISD, and is nearby ACC’s newest location, the San Gabriel Campus.
The Backyard
Entertainment for the family starts right in heart of Bryson at The Backyard, the amazing amenity center that will feature a huge pool, fishing pond, club house, playground and pavilion. A Lifestyle Director oversees and plans dozens of family activities throughout the year including outdoor movie nights, wine tastings, holiday events, block parties and concerts.
With Lennar and the incredible Bryson community, the modern Texas family can set their own pace in this great new style of life.
If you would like to learn more about Bryson or the process of buying a new home, call 512-596-7703 or email lennaraustin@lennar.com.
