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Lennar’s new Primrose community will bring nine stunning floorplans to the Wildflower masterplan later this year. Primrose offers three new collections including the Villages, Cottages and Estates series of single-family home designs. Each home will showcase Lennar’s signature Everything’s Included® program.
“We are really excited about the upcoming Primrose Community, which will be located in the highly-desirable Wildflower masterplan in Saratoga Springs,” said Dave Prolo, Division President of Lennar Utah. “This is another opportunity for families who are looking to purchase their dream home to take advantage of all the signature Everything’s Included® features and upgrades that come as standard features in a Lennar home.”
Each of the three collections will offer three distinctive floorplans to choose from. The homes will range from approximately 2,607 to 4,444 square feet and include three to five bedrooms and two and one-half to three bathrooms. With a variety of spacious single-family home designs to choose from, Primrose will offer homes for every family type.
Every new Lennar home showcases innovative Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ home designs that incorporate built-in wireless access points throughout to provide strong consistent coverage in every room with no dead spots.
Additionally, all homes will come outfitted with Lennar’s signature Everything’s Included® package, providing items such as stainless steel kitchen appliances, quartz countertops, integrated home automation products and more at no additional cost.
Located right off Mountain View Corridor, residents will enjoy an easy commute to Bluffdale, Lehi and Silicon Slopes.
For more information join the interest list today by visiting www.lennar.com/utah or calling (801) 960-2751.
About Lennar Corporation
Lennar Corporation, founded in 1954, is one of the nation’s leading builders of quality homes for all generations. The Company builds affordable, move-up and active adult homes primarily under the Lennar brand name. Lennar’s Financial Services segment provides mortgage financing, title and closing services primarily for buyers of the Company’s homes and, through Lennar Mortgage Finance, originates mortgage loans secured primarily by commercial real estate properties throughout the United States. Lennar’s Multifamily segment is a nationwide developer of high-quality multifamily rental properties. Lennar Ventures drives Lennar Corporation’s technology and innovation strategies. For more information about Lennar, please visit www.lennar.com
Break out the finger foods and fuzzy socks! With working and learning from home becoming the new normal, a night in with the whole family is a great way to shake off those social distancing blues and bring some life to the living room.
Think of the Theme
If you’re looking to shake things up, try out a themed dinner and game! Have your whole family dress up in their fanciest attire and enjoy a home-cooked five star dinner. After you finish up, set up a card table in the living room to play some (not so high stakes) card games like Uno, blackjack, or anything your heart desires! Card games are quick to learn and quick to clean up, which means you can keep things fresh by playing a few different games throughout the night!
If getting fancy isn’t your fancy, take things to the Great Outdoors and go on a backyard camping trip! Spend your afternoon cooking s’mores in the backyard, and when the sun starts to go down, pop up your tents and unroll your sleeping bags. You can spend your evening telling stories, and a backyard camping trip is a great way to really shake up your routine. The best part is, when you come back to sleeping in your bed, it’ll feel like you’re coming back refreshed from a vacation!
If you miss going out to the movies, why not bring the movies to you? Put together a blanket and pillow fort in your living room, or rearrange your furniture to make the room feel like a theater! Once you put together a setup you’re satisfied with, pick out your favorite movie franchise and let the binge begin! To make your movie-going experience even more exciting then when you head to the theater, have one family member find some trivia about the movies so you can watch them like never before!
Whether you’re taking on the Great Outdoors to get refreshed or you’re binging your family’s favorite movies, it’s easy to keep things fresh while you’re sticking around at home. For more ways to make the most of being at home, be sure to Like Lennar on Facebook.
Over the past few weeks, most of us have spent an unprecedented amount of time at home and what the word home means, has been completely transformed.
Home has always been our safe place, but now our homes are so much more. They’ve become classrooms for our kids, where student desks have been replaced by kitchen tables and computer screens our connection to teachers, classmates, extended family and friends.
Homes have become the workplace for many. A good Wi-Fi connection and a private space for a conference call are now essential. If you didn’t have a home office prior, likely there’s a space in your home you’ve reorganized to create one.
Home has taken the place of restaurants, become where we celebrate birthdays, holidays and where lifelong memories are being made. They’ve become our movie theaters, happy hours and recreation areas. With dining and coffee tables filled with puzzles, board games and crafts like never before.
Our kitchens are now filled with the scent of fresh new recipes, daily family meals and weekend brunches. Backyards and living rooms transformed into private gyms. Pets thrilled by the abundance of company and attention.
Purchasing a home has always been one of the most important purchases a person will make in their lifetime. A concept that feels more evident now than ever, because it’s likely we’ll never look at what we need in a home the same.
We build homes for families at every stage of life, including mutligenerational households where parents raise kids with the parents that raised them. Families are closer than ever, but everyone needs their space – which is why the Next Gen® – The Home Within A Home® design provides the ideal layout. The suite could be a home office, place for the kids to play, classroom or a home for our extended families.
Home, now more than ever, is becoming reimagined and redefined. We’re here to answer all your new home questions. With 26 active communities located from Olympia to Marysville, we have homes for every type of family available. Visit www.lennar.com/seattle to take virtual tours and discover new homes for sale across the greater Puget Sound.
As demand for golf course communities declines in some areas, real estate developers are replacing golf with other amenities and attractions to welcome new home buyers. Learn more in this recent article from The Wall Street Journal by Cecilie Rohwedder, featuring Lennar’s Minnetonka Country Club community and homeowners Dan and Nikki Witowski.
Jim and Wanda Dill had lived in a golf-course community in Naples, Fla., for 14 years when they decided to move nearby to a different master-planned community, where the main draw is water.
Their current home, Naples Reserve, is built around a 125-acre lake and woos home buyers with waterfront living, boating, fishing and a tiki bar. The $500,000, three-bedroom house the Dills bought in 2015 overlooks the lake and a nature preserve. From there, they go kayaking, bike on lakeside paths and take their Goldendoodle, Chelsea, to the dog park.
“I play golf. I love golf, but we were ready for something different,” says Mr. Dill, 69 years old and a retired corporate attorney. With his wife, 66, a CPA, he divides his time between the 2,100-square-foot house in Naples and a summer home on Lake Geneva, Wis., near his native Chicago area.
Real-estate developers have long lured home buyers with houses along the rolling greens of golf courses, and some still do. But as golf slips in popularity, many are replacing golf with attractions such as lakes and farms, biking and hiking trails, trendy amenities like microbreweries, food-truck courts, and lifestyle directors who plan mixology classes and pickleball leagues.
Naples Reserve, a 688-acre, $70 million project, was originally zoned as a golf community when iStar, a New York-based real-estate investment, financing and development firm, changed course. The company took the land in 2012 as collateral on a defaulted loan but concluded that Naples—an affluent city on Florida’s gulf coast with a population of 22,000 that grows in the winter months—had enough golf courses, according to Heather Thompson, marketing director at Naples Reserve.
Instead, their research showed many home buyers preferred water and a casual, community-geared lifestyle over the formal, exclusive feel of a golf- or country-club setting. In 2015, the first residents moved in.
For all the complications with redevelopment—from zoning restrictions to pushback from existing homeowners—demand for land is strong and the new communities can be more profitable than maintaining golf operations.
“Sometimes, the dirt is worth more than the grass,” says Joe Beditz, president and chief executive of the National Golf Foundation.
In Palm Springs, Calif., Bruce Juenger and Jim Whitmoyer from Aliso Viejo are the first buyers in a new gated community, Miralon, which is turning an abandoned golf course into an olive grove with 1,150 homes. Former golf-cart paths will be walking trails and water hazards have been converted to decorative lakes at the development, which also has citrus trees and community gardens.
After research on sustainable agriculture and potential buyers, the developer, Boston-based Freehold Communities, settled on the target group’s interest in sustainability, food and a healthy outdoor lifestyle. “The Coachella Valley is chock-full of golf courses,” says Brad Shuckhart, president of the company’s California division. “We saw this as an opportunity to do something different.”
Freehold Communities studied annual water consumption and suitability for the desert habitat before deciding on 7,000 olive and citrus trees. The company commissioned a technical study from a water-engineering firm that showed the trees would use about 23% less water than the existing golf course.
Mr. Whitmoyer, 56, and Mr. Juenger, 68, bought a three-bedroom, 2,800-square-foot house with a modernist design and a view of olive trees for $730,000.
Mr. Juenger, a sales manager at a real-estate financial-services firm, is planning to use the community kitchen and gardens. His husband, Mr. Whitmoyer, an instructor with the Automobile Club of Southern California, says they also are looking forward to taking their 13-year-old bichon-poodle mix, Elton, to the three dog parks.
The developer of Lennar at Minnetonka Country Club, Miami-based Lennar Corp., has redeveloped golf courses in other states, including California, Florida and Colorado. In 2018, it started selling homes on the 118-acre plot near Lake Minnetonka. For Lennar, the site was an opportunity to build new houses in an established community near Minneapolis, with stores, restaurants and good schools but aging housing stock.
“While there are typically many intricate entitlement and development issues that need to be carefully resolved, old golf courses create great new home communities,” said chief executive officer Rick Beckwitt in an email.
Read the full article from The Wall Street Journal.
With several weeks of quarantine behind us, we’re all running out of ways to stay entertained at home. So, why not try refreshing your backyard or patio DIY style? You can finally tackle those home improvement projects and keep yourself busy for as long as you like. Not to mention Earth Day’s 50th anniversary was recently celebrated, giving you and your family the perfect opportunity to appreciate nature with a beautiful outdoor space. Here we’re sharing three outdoor project ideas for your yard or patio to serve as creative inspiration.
Whether you have a green thumb, or you’re a gardening rookie, there’s no better time than now to unplug from the daily stresses and get your hands a little dirty. Before you begin, you’ll need to decide what types of plants and herbs to grow. Perhaps some fresh basil and tomato for your summer salads or Florida perennials to add a pop of color to your yard. Then, order these online along with some fertilizer, soil, and pots. While the kids decorate the pots, parents can start planting the seedlings.
One of the great things about creating a garden is that you can elevate any kind of yard – big or small. A vibrant display of greens, pinks, and blues can bring a private patio to life, while a vast garden bed surrounded by furnishings is ideal for backyards. If you live in Campo Bello, one of Lennar’s Miami communities with single-family and twin homes, your oversized backyard will offer a lush backdrop for your new passion project. Plus, a chef-inspired kitchen will await indoors with stainless steel appliances – courtesy of Lennar’s Everything’s Included® package – so you can enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Getting tired of your usual television set-up? Switching out the familiar walls for green scenery and blue skies may be just what you need. Grab some furniture from the underutilized rooms, bring out the party tables and chairs from storage, or order new pieces all together to create a welcoming lounge area outside. Next, make sure your space is equipped for fun! A few board games, a television, or even a projector are excellent incentives to get the entire family out of their rooms and enjoying some much-needed vitamin D.
For residents of AquaBella, a waterfront community of villas, townhomes and single-family homes in Hialeah, outdoor entertainment is easy with Lennar’s standard Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Home Designs. Unsurpassed connectivity extends to the patio or backyard, allowing families to come together and play games or watch movies at any time.
After all the lifestyle changes we’ve had to experience, an outdoor sanctuary, where you can relax and center yourself, sounds like the perfect escape. At Satori’s Executive Estates collection of lakefront homes in Miami Lakes, you can certainly get inspiration from the community amenities you’ve been missing. Reminisce about those relaxing days in the tranquil park and walking paths, with a meditation space of your own. Adorn your patio or yard using a few potted plants and a rug, add some string lights for ambiance, and, if you’re quite handy, build a homemade canopy to complete your private sanctuary.
Now, it’s your turn! Transform your yard or patio into a lovely outdoor space, where your family can create lifelong memories and enjoy the beauty of nature. Interested in one of the Lennar communities mentioned? Call us and we’ll guide you through our virtual home-buying experience.
Thanks to a thriving local community, and locations near some of Tennessee’s most famous cities, and great opportunities to grow a budding career, Nashville was ranked in the top 25 for the best cities in the country for first-time homebuyers.
A Thriving Community
When you’re purchasing a new home in Nashville, you’re becoming more rooted in the community around it. It’s important to be plugged in and stay up-to-date on the events in the city you’re a part of, and in Nashville, there’s plenty to know about! From upscale shopping and dining in locations all around downtown Nashville, and surrounding cities, to local farmers’ markets scattered across the Middle Tennessee area, there’s never a shortage of ways to fill your schedule in Nashville, Tennessee!
If you’re a sports fan, you’re in luck! The NHL and NFL have thriving fanbases in Nashville, and you can follow the Nashville Predators or the Tennessee Titans. If you’re a foodie – you’re in luck! No one does Hot Chicken better than we do here in the 615! Some of the best in town include: Hattie B’s, Prince’s Hot Chicken, 400 Degrees and Pepperfire. Nashville has also made the list and is one of the friendliest cities in the US! Just call us the Kings & Queens of Southern Hospitality!
Plant Roots Where You Will Grow
In addition to being a great place to live, Nashville is also a great place to work! Many companies call Nashville their home, which means no matter what industry you work in, you’re sure to find a company that you’re happy to be a part of. Nashville’s residents are fortunate to live in one of the fastest growing cities – not just in the South – but in the entire United States!
Location, Location, Location!
Nashville is located right in the heart of Middle Tennessee, and with it’s central location – Nashville residents are within a two-hour drive to several beautiful spots in the scenic East Tennessee regions, like Chattanooga, The Great Smokey Mountains and the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, as well as the iconic West Tennessee locations, like Memphis.
Nashville is also home to an international airport that serves all major US airlines, and has daily non-stop flights to several major US cities.
It’s clear to see WHY becoming a homeowner in Nashville is a great idea, but what about HOW?! Reach out to our Internet Sales Consultants and they will help answer all of your homebuying questions, and help you to develop an understanding of what our Virtual Homebuying Experience is like.
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Decluttering your home often seems like an insurmountable task. When you start to think of how many hours it might take, or how you might have to choose which items to keep or get rid of, it turns into a classic case of “paralysis by analysis.” Our first piece of advice is simple: commit to a certain amount of time each week rather than looking at the project as one giant all-or-nothing proposition that you have to accomplish in a weekend.
Maybe try breaking up your reorganization by tackling it room by room. This strategy makes these projects more manageable, giving you small milestones along the way so you feel like you’re making true progress. During social distancing time is one thing we all might have more of. So if you’re ready to reorganize and declutter, we’ve highlighted five spaces to get you on your way!
1. Your Bedroom
Once you start, you’ll find countertops are your own worst enemy. They collect items—chargers, unread books, and more—so the first order of business is taking a hard look at your nightstand, dresser, or vanity. Keep in mind shoving items into drawers isn’t solving the problem, so decide what needs to be recycled, donated, or thrown away. The items you’re keeping? Put them in their proper place. Oh, and don’t forget to make your bed!
2. Your Closet
Okay, so technically the closet isn’t a room. This said, we all know it’s a bear to reorganize, so it’s important to give your closet the attention it needs since it quickly accumulates items. The biggest tip for reorganizing your closet is to group like items together—this way decisions about what to keep and what to donate should be easier. For example, if you have two similar shirts, it might be time to get rid of the older one. The same goes for jeans, pants and shoes.
3. Your Bathroom
Decluttering your bathroom has an easy starting point: say good bye to outdated medications, makeup, or any other products you’re no longer using. The same goes for your shower/tub: do you have multiple bottles of shampoo and conditioner crowding your corners, leave the bottles you use most and store the other ones for later use.
4. Your Kitchen
Approach your kitchen the same way you did your closet: group similar items together.
Maybe you realize you don’t need two cutting boards that are the same size; maybe you now have an orphaned wine glass that doesn’t fit your current collection. Ultimately, your goal should be to clear off as much counter space as possible for cooking. So empty every space—every cabinet and drawer—and then reorganize based on which pots, pans, and utensils you use most, and then store them in the easiest-to-reach spaces.
5. Your Living Room
This high-traffic room is a tough one, especially for those with children, which means you’ll be decluttering this room on a regular basis. However, having a smart game plan means you should have to clean it up less and less. First, create specific bins or spaces for remote controls, books, and toys (this also makes them easier to find). Take a hard look at your electronics, too; often items like cords and devices remain that are no longer in use. If they’re no longer connected, you probably don’t need them.
In closing, we’ll note another benefit of decluttering your home: sometimes you discover that you legitimately don’t have enough space. If you’ve tidied up but still feel cramped, it might be time to consider moving to a new home, one with more spacious rooms, walk-in closets, and a larger kitchen. If you fall in that camp, then we invite you take a look around our site to see our available floorplans, homes, and communities in the Charlotte area. Whether you move or stay put, decluttering your home is a rewarding exercise once you’ve committed to it.
Earth Day began in 1970, when millions of Americans took to the streets, their college campuses and public spaces in an effort to raise environmental awareness and start a movement. This April 22nd, we celebrate the 50th Earth Day. Although we aren’t able to take this year’s festivities out to public spaces, we’ve put together a list of ways you can celebrate this important holiday right from the comfort of your own home.
Look for energy-efficient opportunities in your home
Right now is an ideal time to walk around your home and look for ways you can make your home more energy friendly. Switch to LED lighting and energy-efficient appliances; turn down the heat and keep the blinds closed to help keep temperature stable inside; opt for layering up instead of turning up the heat or open a window and let some cool air in instead of turning the AC on. Encourage everyone in your household to turn off lights, appliances and game consoles when they’re not using them. Check your fridge and freezer temperatures and make sure they aren’t lower than they need to be. There are many simple changes we can make in our homes that will result in energy savings. The best part is the Earth will thank you and so will your wallet!
Start a garden
With many of us spending more time indoors, it’s a great time to get outside, enjoy the sun and either start or freshen up your garden. If you don’t have the green thumb for gardening, no worries. Embrace nature in a more literal sense and bring it indoors. From centerpieces for your dinner table to just adding them to rooms like the bathroom or home office, flowers and plants are a great way to freshen up a space, plus they may help improve air quality. If you’re in need of a project, consider building a terrarium and adding it to a space in your home that could use a touch of green. Check out an easy 6-step guide here.
Movies, documentaries & virtual tours
Chances are you’re already spending a lot of time on streaming services. So, for Earth Day, take a break from your reality shows, gather the family and watch some documentaries or a series about nature. With birds, sharks, our planet and National Geographic titles, there’s something for everyone and it’s a great learning tool during these times. Another way you can embrace nature is virtually! Several national parks such as Kanai Fjords National Park in Alaska and Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah offer virtual tours for free, so you can get outdoors without leaving your couch.
Build birdhouse
Earth is home to many creatures, so why not extend yours to your friendly neighborhood birds? Creating a birdhouse is a great project and even kid-friendly, so it’s something you can do over the weekend with the family and keep everyone active and busy. Check out a simple, 7-step guide here.
Get out and appreciate nature
Life can sometimes move fast, which means we don’t always appreciate or see all the beauty this planet brings us. But with life slowing down and more times on our hands, it’s given everyone a new perspective. Use Earth Day as an opportunity to simply get out and appreciate your surroundings. Take a walk through the neighborhood with your dog or go jogging – you might be surprised at all the things you’ve been missing out on every day!
Lennar has released three of their model homes for sale from their Savannah Series of home designs at Sterling Acres, located off of Fowler and Dakota in Fresno.
“The Savannah Series has been very popular among home shoppers and these stunning model homes are a great opportunity to own a stylish new home at Sterling Acres,” said Susan Wilke, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Lennar Central Valley. “These gorgeous homes answer the growing need for fresh and bright kitchens and home designs that incorporate cutting-edge smart home technology.”
Three models are available – the Dixie, the Chantilly and the Jubilee plans. These three floorplans offer approximately 1,450 to 2,223 square feet of living space with two to four bedrooms and two to two and one-half bathrooms. As model homes, they also come with designer-features such as upgraded flooring, custom wall treatments, stylish light fixtures and more per plan. Click here to see the full features list from the Savannah Series.
Each of the models also showcase Lennar’s signature Everything’s Included® program, which includes features such as stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, integrated home automation and Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ designs for whole-home connectivity, all at no additional cost. The homes are priced starting from the $300,000s.
Sterling Acres has something to offer everyone. Within four miles of the nearest Starbucks, Sterling Acres provides a family-friendly atmosphere with amenities homeowners will love. It also features easy access to parks and recreation, nearby freeways for easy commutes to local employers and great schools.
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Welcome Home Center are open open by appointment only. To schedule a tour visit www.lennar.com/fresno or call (559) 554-1147 today.
About Lennar Corporation
Lennar Corporation, founded in 1954, is one of the nation’s leading builders of quality homes for all generations. The Company builds affordable, move-up and active adult homes primarily under the Lennar brand name. Lennar’s Financial Services segment provides mortgage financing, title and closing services primarily for buyers of the Company’s homes and, through Lennar Mortgage Finance, originates mortgage loans secured primarily by commercial real estate properties throughout the United States. Lennar’s Multifamily segment is a nationwide developer of high-quality multifamily rental properties. Lennar Ventures drives Lennar Corporation’s technology and innovation strategies. For more information about Lennar, please visit www.lennar.com
