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Portland, Ore. – November 2017 – Find your dream home this Holiday season at one of Lennar’s new home communities across the Greater Portland and Vancouver markets. Give you and your family the ultimate gift that keeps on giving this season with a new Everything’s Included® Lennar home.
“Buying a new Lennar home is a different experience than with most other new home-builders because we’ve perfected and simplified the process so that you can worry less and enjoy more,” says Sia Howe, Marketing Manager for Lennar Portland. “Our Everything’s Included® continues to grow and add even more value to our new residences, with our newest communities now offering home automation.”
Across the Portland market, Lennar offers nine communities of new homes for sale across various cities. These include Gresham, Tigard, North Plains, Portland, Wood Village, Tualatin, Scappoose, and Forest Grove. Each of these communities offers a diverse range of floorplans, home sizes, and designs with starting prices ranging from the mid $300,000s to the low $600,000s.
Across the Vancouver market there eight more new Lennar communities for home-shoppers to choose from. Located across various cities, including Battle Ground, Vancouver, and Ridgefield, these communities also offer a variety of plans and price points. Starting home prices range approximately from the mid $300,000s to the upper $500,000s.
Lennar offers their innovative Next Gen® – The Home Within A Home® design in both markets at select communities. The Next Gen® line of homes was created to address the rise of multigenerational living, a trend that continues to grow. These unique homes include an attached private suite that functions like two homes under one roof. The suite includes its own separate entrance, living room, bedroom, bathroom, and kitchenette for flexible amounts of privacy or connection.
Home-shoppers are encouraged to contact a Lennar New Home Consultant or Internet Sales Consultant to help find the community and home that’s right for them.
Visit www.lennarportland.com to start your search today!
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.
El Dorado Hills, Calif. – November 2017 – Set among the beautiful rolling landscape of El Dorado Hills are two upscale Lennar communities that provide exclusive access to resort-inspired lifestyles. Lennar’s Blackstone and the active adult community Heritage El Dorado Hills are two award-winning masterplans that, in addition to having great amenities, fabulous features and beautifully serene vistas, offer great savings on select quick move-in homes for a short time only.
“We’re honored that these communities have been recognized and awarded for their quality, architectural design, creative use of space, landscape and abundant amenities,” said Michelle Velky, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Lennar Sacramento. “With a limited number of available homes at each location, buyers are encouraged to act fast.”
Both masterplanned communities showcase resort-inspired amenities for upscale everyday living. Each have their own residents-only clubhouse for socializing and events, pools and spas, fitness centers, sport courts, meandering trails throughout, outdoor picnic areas and so much more.
Contact a New Home Consultant today to learn how you can take advantage of these great savings while they’re still available by calling 877-368-8464 or visiting www.lennar.com/sacramento. Interested buyers should act fast before these homes go and it’s too late!
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.
Inland Empire, Calif. – November 2017 – Lennar Inland Empire recently celebrated successful grand opening events of three new communities across the county: Autumn Grove in Riverside, Nicolas Heights in Temecula and the Grand Park masterplan in Ontario Ranch. These communities are now open and prospective homeshoppers are encouraged to visit and take a model home tour.
“We were thrilled so many people attended our recent Grand Opening events for three new communities over the past couple of weekends,” said Tara Conklin, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “Every one of these new communities is set in a desirable location across the Inland Empire and fills a growing need for valuable new homes with modern and smart home features in the area.”
Every residence at these three new Lennar communities offers a Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Home Design™ along with their newly elevated Everything’s Included® now with home automation. Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ means the home has mapped out and built-in wireless access points throughout, which then pair with commercial-strength Wi-Fi from Ruckus to offer seamless coverage throughout every room in the home.
No dead spots means that new homeowners can take advantage of their home automation features and technology that come as standard through Lennar’s signature Everything’s Included® program. These include smart climate control from Honeywell’s programmable thermostats, home security with the Ring® video doorbell, reliable lighting control from Lutron, wireless music with a Sonos speaker, hands-free front door locks from Baldwin and seamless integrated control with Samsung SmartThings — all of which can be voice controlled through Amazon Alexa or through any smart device.
The items Lennar has been known for including through the Everything’s Included® program, such as granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, energy-efficient features and more all still come as standard. Prospective homeshoppers are encouraged to visit any of these new communities to experience the latest in home automation technology in the model homes.
Grand Park offers three new communities of new homes: Sierra Peak, Eagle Rock and Pacific Crest. Starting prices range among these communities from the low to the upper $400,000s. Set in Ontario, visit the Welcome Home Centers for a model tour at either 3125 East Mount Rainier Drive or 4370 South Bryce Canyon Trail in Ontario Ranch.
Nicolas Heights in Temecula offers four distinctive floorplans for homeshoppers to choose from that range in size from approximately 2,218 to 3,648 square feet. Prices in this community start from the low $500,000s. The Welcome Home Center is located at 40469 Linden Court.
Autumn Grove in Riverside has three flexible floorplans for homeshoppers to choose from that range in size from 2,295 to 2,700 square feet, and prices start from the mid $400,000s. The Welcome Home Center is located at 8281 Plainview Street.
For more information on any of these communities or others across the Inland Empire, visit www.lennar.com/inlandempire.
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.
Thanksgiving is one of the best times for home cooks to shine, especially if you have one of Lennar’s renowned gourmet kitchens.
Most traditional Thanksgiving dinners include turkey as the star of the show, but once in a while, it’s nice to break away from tradition and add something new to the menu.
Below are six turkey alternatives to consider serving this Thanksgiving Day:
1. Honey-Glazed Baked Ham
For those who don’t already serve ham on Thanksgiving, honey-glazed baked ham is a classic dish perfect for a holiday family meal. The great thing about baked ham is that you can jazz it up with an orange or cranberry glaze to add extra flare. Baking it with brown sugar or adding pineapples also adds a great layer of taste.
2. Cornish Game Hens
For smaller families, serving each family member their own personal Cornish game hen would be a very pleasant surprise. These can be oven roasted and seasoned in a variety of ways, ranging from lemon and basil to garlic herb.
3. Oven-Roasted Chicken
A familiar family alternative is oven-roasted chicken. Oftentimes, you can find oven-roasted chicken served in your local chain grocery store. In an effort to avoid the Thanksgiving shopping rush and potentially altered hours of operation, cooking them fresh at home is the preferred alternative. A good tip to cooking a juicy roasted chicken is to brine it with a little water, salt, sugar, and honey. This will help to increase moisture, make the skin crispier and improve overall taste.
4. Roast Beef
Rosemary, sage, and dried bay leaves are some of the smells that remind us of holiday cooking in the kitchen. These are all seasonings that properly compliment a hearty dish like a holiday roast beef. This dish can also pairs well with many holiday favorites like roasted potatoes, honey glazed carrots or caramelized shallots.
5. Tofu Turkey
For those interested in vegan or vegetarian options, brands such as Tofurky and Gardein offer vegan turkeys, roasts and hams. These brands and their products can be found at grocery stores like Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s. Recommending pairing for this entrée include mashed sweet potatoes or roasted butternut squash.
6. Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms
If tofu turkey is not your taste, stuffed Portobello mushrooms are also a great vegan- and vegetarian-friendly alternative that will fill stomachs. Experiment stuffing your Portobello mushrooms with spinach, goat cheese, or maybe even some holiday stuffing.
So what will you have for Thanksgiving this year? Trying one of these alternative dishes could inspire a new holiday tradition in your home for years to come. Or, you may find a new favorite entrée for regular family dinners.
Ultimately, these meals help bring everyone in the house together to enjoy quality time and be thankful for family.
Happy Thanksgiving from everyone in the Lennar family to yours!
Visalia, CA – November, 2017 – Lennar Central Valley is bringing their prestigious Cambridge Collection of new homes to the community of Silver Oaks which is now selling. Located at Demaree and Ferguson, this community is perfectly situated close to shopping and great schools. Prospective homebuyers are encouraged to act quickly to take advantage of early pre-model pricing. Due to high demand to live at Silver Oaks, the community is continuing to expand.
“We are so excited about bringing these stunning new homes to Silver Oaks which continues to be a very popular community among prospective homeshoppers,” said Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Lennar Central Valley Susan Wilke. “This community will be very family-friendly and feature a variety of home styles from our well-liked Cambridge Collection.”
The Cambridge Collection of homes feature a range of floor-plans for families to choose from that vary in size from approximately 1,877 to 3,185 square feet of living space, with up to four bedrooms, three and-a-half bathrooms and three-bay garages. Three versions of Lennar’s special Next Gen® – The Home Within A Home® will also be available. These homes provide the perfect fit for multigenerational households or dual living situations. All Next Gen® homes feature an attached private suite with a separate entrance, bedroom, bathroom, living room, and kitchenette, allowing for as much direct access to or privacy from the main home as needed.
Situated in a wonderful area of Visalia, this new home community will be a place where every generation can enjoy the relaxed spirit of California living.
This expansion of the Silver Oaks community will be located at Demaree and Ferguson. For more information and to learn more about the community visit us online or call (559) 994-6567.
For more information on new homes for sale across the greater Fresno market, 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 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.
What is Friendsgiving?
Friendsgiving is a gathering of friends enjoying a Thanksgiving meal. The combination of the words friend and Thanksgiving became what we know as “Friendsgiving.” Although the hit TV show Friends is often known for popularizing the idea, “Friendsgiving” has been dated back to 2007 in the Merriam-Wester lexicographers.
How Friendsgiving came to be?
Traditionally the Thanksgiving holiday is known to be celebrated by families coming together and enjoying a big meal while spending some quality time with one another. However, as people grow older and become young adults, they go off to college or move to another city because of work. It then becomes harder to go home for the holidays. Besides travel impediments, often people avoid going home to see their families due to personal problems, among other reasons. And because friends tend to be the family one gets to choose, it’s only natural for individuals to want to celebrate the holiday with their closest friends in the fun way we call Friendsgiving. It is also common that young adults celebrate both Friendsgiving and Thanksgiving.
Friendsgiving Date?
There is no official date for when Friendsgiving should be celebrated. It is usually celebrated sometime during the week approaching the actual holiday. However, it’s most commonly celebrated the Wednesday before the actual Thanksgiving Day.
How to throw your own Friendsgiving?
Throwing a Friendsgiving gathering is simple. The one hosting the party is usually responsible for cooking or buying the turkey. Friends invited then bring the sides, drinks, desserts and let’s not forget the wine. For some fun photos, it is always fun to make a cute backdrop. Set the mood by making a playlist all your friends will enjoy. To get the word out make a list of your closest friends and create a Facebook event, which will make it easier for you to invite and communicate with everyone.
So whether you can’t make it home for Thanksgiving or just need an excuse to celebrate with friends, Friendsgiving is a great way to do so.
As you prepare for the holiday season, ensure that your Lennar home is ready for the change to cooler weather. Follow these four tips to easily transition into the holiday season and keep your home in great shape.
1. Monitor your heating system
Florida rarely experiences true winter weather, which means it may have been quite a while since your heater was last used. Under normal conditions, a home’s heater will let off a burning smell when it turns on for the first time in a few months. That scent can tell you a few things about the condition of your heater.
Normally, that unpleasant smell is dust burning off of the heating elements of your heat pump, furnace, electric heater or other heating system. Typically, this smell lasts around 30 minutes, but if it lasts longer or makes a strange sound, it may require the attention of a professional.
To maintain your HVAC system, make sure to change your air filter every one to three months and clear leaves and debris from your outdoor unit.
2. Maintain your fireplace
If you have a fireplace in your home, the holiday season is the best time to get cozy by the fire. Any buildup in your fireplace could be a fire hazard, though. To ensure that your fireplace is operational for the winter, hire a chimney sweeper to do a maintenance check before it gets too cool and when the wait time is shorter.
3. Prepare for electrical holiday decorations
When stringing lights inside and outside of your home, be cautious of where you are plugging in your lights and décor. Incorrect placement or overcrowding of an outlet can lead to an electrical fire. The safest way to create more outlets is to use one power strip per outlet and to not stack power strips to create more outlets. A surge protector can be used to help prevent an overload and protect your lights from voltage spikes.
4. Be safe and energy-smart when decorating
The easiest way to save energy with your holiday decorations is to use a mechanical timer for indoor and outdoor decorations. Timers can be purchased with an outlet extender and can be programmed to shut off after a few hours of use after dawn or dusk.
If you plan on hanging decorations, such as garlands or banners along the walls in your home, use small damage-free adhesive wall hooks.
Now is the perfect time to be in your dream home for the holidays. Be part of Lennar’s quick move-in homes in 58 communities in Tampa Bay.
Thanksgiving and the following weekend marks what is affectionately referred to as “the holidays”. The period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day is a homecoming in a sense. The entire extended family comes together and gathers around the table for Thanksgiving. That means you better have adequate dining space for all of those cousins, aunts, and uncles! Those that can’t make Thanksgiving will make sure they are home for Christmas, even if they’re deployed in the military. A lot of people will take leave for a brief break to exchange gifts and spend time with loved ones around the beautifully illuminated tree. New Year’s Day marks the end of the “holiday season” and it’s back to work the day after.
You always look forward to the holidays, but there’s always that heavy sigh of relief when it’s over. It’s a lot of work to accommodate that many people. There’s the initial presentation of your spotless home, then there’s the cooking, the dishes, and the seemingly endless list of household chores associated with making your living room, dining room, kitchen, etc… look ship-shape again.
After that sigh of relief comes a wave of self-satisfaction. Another successful family holiday in the books. Memories have been made and old memories have been revisited. For some, it will be the last time you’ll see some aging relatives. For others, it is the first time you see a new member of your expanding family.
Whatever the holidays bring your household, Lennar wants to be your home builder of choice through the years. We’ll be with you whether you’re buying your first home, upgrading to a larger home to better suit your larger family, or when the kids have gone off to college or have jobs of their own and you need something a little smaller.
Most home builders appear to have a low price point, but once you show any interest in making a home purchase, you quickly find out that all of those things that you loved when you toured the model home are all optional upgrades. You could get charged $300 for pre-wiring for a ceiling fan or pendant lighting, over $1,000 for moderately upgraded flooring that you didn’t get to pick out (this even includes “upgraded” carpeting), $1,000+ for granite or quartz surfaces, extra money for elevated bathroom sinks, thousands for appliances, and the list goes on and on… sometimes the second story or loft you saw when you walked through the model is even an upgrade that costs tens of thousands of dollars!
With Lennar Jacksonville, those upgrades and optional luxuries you love aren’t options or upgrades at all. With Lennar, you get these things and more. You get everything included. We won’t nickel and dime you over the extras. With us, what you see is what you get: quartz countertops? Included. High-quality wood grain tile flooring? Included. Modern stainless-steel appliances? Paver driveways? LED lighting? You guessed it, Everything’s Included with Lennar homes.
And with Lennar homes, you get something else: The first Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Home Designs in the country! Lennar’s Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Home Design™ guarantees consistent, reliable coverage in every room of the home. This is something we are truly excited to offer our homeowners!
Don’t settle for a home that doesn’t fulfill all of your highest expectations for comfort and quality just because you think it’s unattainable. Luxury and amenities shouldn’t be something you have to sacrifice to live the lifestyle your hard work has earned for you and your family. Get the home you want, in the community you want, with all the features and fixtures that change it from a house into your home. Get a home with everything included from Lennar!
