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30 | September 28, 2017 | The New Lenox Patriot Local Living newlenoxpatriot.com Customer Satisfaction through the Roof at Prairie Trails in Manhattan Excellent Communications translates into positive home buying and building experience Distinctive Home Builders continues to add high quality homes to Manhattan at Prairie Trails; its latest new home community, located within the highly-regarded Lincoln-Way School District. Many families are thrilled to call Prairie Trails home and couldn’t be happier. “Homes are one of the last truly hand made major purchase there is,” said Bryan Nooner, president of Distinctive Home Builders. “Many of our skilled craftsmen have been working with our company for over 20 years. We also take pride on having excellent communicators throughout our organization. This translates into a positive buying and building experience for our homeowners giving us one of the highest referral rates in the industry.” “But don’t take our word for it ask our homeowners,” urges Nooner. Nancy Schueler and her husband Jim purchased an Ashley ranch at Prairie Trails last year. “We raised four sons in a large five-bedroom home in Mokena. We knew and liked the area but could not find what we were looking for in New Lenox or Mokena. We went a little further to Manhattan and saw this home on an oversize lot with pond views, met with Bryan and Lynne and liked what we heard. Bryan sat down with us and allowed us to make changes we thought we might like such as enlarging the width of the home to accommodate a larger kitchen and we bumped out a three car garage because my husband likes to woodwork and needed the extra space,” said Nancy Schueler. “The building process was great,” continued Schueler. “We had a picture of a home we wanted to buy in Colorado and Bryan customized the facade of our new home to replicate it. We also liked the fact that Bryan lived locally and that we worked with a family company. He had a good handle on what we were looking for even making suggestions about things that we didn’t even think of. It was overwhelming but we would do it all over again. Everything Distinctive said they would do they did. If anything wasn’t kosher with us, they changed it. Distinctive was so willing to make us happy, was always present to walk us through our home under construction and answer any questions.” Karie and Jason Emerson recently built a Prairie model at Prairie Trails. “Our experience with Distinctive Home Builders could not have gone more smoothly,” said Karie Emerson. “Everyone says building a home is one of the most stressful experiences but ours could not have been better. Our initial home search was for a resale home with not much luck, then we saw an article in the newspaper for new homes in Manhattan. We went there and met Lynne and we were SOLD. “We found a great lot, a perfect model for us and worked closely with Lynne and Bryan on the design and without their help we would not have been able to build such a beautiful home,” continued Emerson. “We made a lot of modifications to the standard Prairie model which was never a problem. We loved that we were able to see the progress on their client portal and Distinctive delivered our home in the time frame promised. All of the subcontractors treated the building of our home as if it was their own. Thank you Bryan, Josh, Lynne, Jeff and everyone that we came into contact with at Distinctive Home Builders you gave us our Dream Home.” Tony and Nikki Uranin lived on the other side of Manhattan and wanted a new home they could grow into with their two young children ages 2 and 4 – with more space and new trees. Nikki was born and raised in Manhattan and was previously a teacher in the Manhattan school system. They also have a lot of family living nearby. “We checked out many builders in the area and Distinctive had the floor plan and upgrades we were looking for within our price range,” said Nikki Uranin. “From the moment we met with Lynne we were connected - our kids loved her and she was not pushy. The key decision were the layouts compared to what else was out there. We even had a home to sell and they held our lot for us.” “There was also great communication throughout the process,” she added. We met with Bryan, the owner, and reviewed designs and wanted to extend our loft upstairs. Bryan worked on the floor plan with us and we were able to do it! “There is even an App on your phone where they posted building progress. Everything went smoothly. It was a breeze making selections with the vendors - they told us that Distinctive was great to build with. Distinctive was very responsive after we moved in when we had a leak from a storm. They came out the next day and took care of the issue right away.” Harold and Molly Hewitt lived in New Lenox the last 20 years and initially had no interest in building. “We then put a deposit down with another builder and soon after had to cancel,” explained Harold Hewitt. “When we came back to them we lost all of our incentives. We found out that Distinctive Home Builders offered incentives and after meeting with Lynne; who took us through many different homes, we put down a deposit.” The Hewitts built a Foxgrove model and took advantage of the customization from Distinctive Home Builders. “We did three custom changes: We moved the master suite from the front of the house to the back so we could enjoy the lake views, made the loft bigger and added a bathroom downstairs. Our old house lacked natural light so we added additional larger windows throughout our new home,” said Hewitt. “The building process went fast for us because the weather was on our side and we moved in last May,” Harold continued. “Lynne explained all of our options and she and Bryan went over everything at a later date pretty much seamlessly. We knew what we wanted and appreciated Lynne’s suggestions and accessed the online portal for construction updates and pictures. We have one child, age 16 still living at home currently attending Lincoln Way West, a fine school.” Frazer and Linda Gulli closed eight months ago on an Arbor ranch. Two of their grown children live across the street in another subdivision and a third not too far from there. “When Distinctive opened up we were curious,” said Linda Gulli. “We wanted to be close enough to help with the kids but not too close. We built a ranch, made custom changes and have plenty of room for us. We modified the master bath and replaced the second closet with a walk-in shower. We also added a lot of canned lighting; so far we have been told that we have the most canned lighting in the subdivision! “We previously built a townhome so we were familiar with building,” Gulli continued. The process was fine with Distinctive, they were accommodating and willing to meet us after work. Distinctive also has a web site where we logged in to check progress and pictures as our home was being built. Even though we drove by often it was a nice convenience and understand how some people who live further away can appreciate it. Lynne and Josh are so nice and helpful! We appreciate all the help throughout the whole process from both of them! Everyone at Distinctive is nice and even now that we are moved in they still wave to us when they drive by! We can see the lake from our home, the neighbors are very friendly and we absolutely love the fact that the Wauponsee Glacial Trail is so close for us to just hop on with our bikes.” There are 13 ranch, split-level and six two-story single-family home styles to choose from each offering three to eight different exterior elevations. The three- to four-bedroom homes feature two to two-and-one-half baths, twoto three-car garages and a family room, all in approximately 1,600 to over 3,000 square feet of living space. Basements are included in most models as well. Distinctive also encourages customization to make your new home truly personalized to suit your lifestyle. Oversize home sites; brick exteriors on all four sides of the first floor; custom maple cabinets; ceramic tile or hardwood floors in the kitchen, baths and foyer; genuine wood trim and doors and concrete driveways can all be yours at Prairie Trails. All home sites at Prairie Trails can accommodate a three-car garage; a very important amenity to the Manhattan homebuyer, according to Nooner. Prairie Trails is also a beautiful place to live and raise a family featuring a 20-acre lake on site, as well as direct access to the 22-mile Wauponsee Glacial Prairie Path that borders the community and meanders through many neighboring communities and links to many other popular trails. The Manhattan Metra station is less than a mile away. Besides Prairie Trails, Distinctive Home Builders has built homes throughout Manhattan in the Butternut Ridge and Leighlinbridge developments, as well as in the Will and south Cook county areas over the past 30 years. Visit the on-site sales information center for unadvertised specials and view the numerous styles of homes being offered and the available lots. Call Lynne Rinck at (708) 737-9142 for more information or visit www. distinctivehomebuilders.com. The Prairie Trails new home information center is located three miles south of Laraway Rd. on Rt. 52. The address is 24458 S. Rt. 52, Manhattan, IL. 60422. Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Closed Wednesday and Thursday and always available by appointment. Specials, prices, specifications, standard features, model offerings, build times and lot availability are subject to change without notice. Please contact a Distinctive representative for current pricing and complete details.
newlenoxpatriot.com Real Estate the New Lenox Patriot | September 28, 2017 | 31 Sponsored Content The New Lenox Patriot’s of the WEEK Awesome updated flat ranch Where: 2807 Morcambe Bay Drive in New Lenox What: Three bedrooms, two full baths home with a two-and-a-half car attached garage, on a half-acre lot. What: You must see this beautiful updated ranch with a full basement. Home was recently remodeled and features a eat-in-kitchen with hardwood flooring, white cabinets, granite counter tops, new stainless steel appliances, formal living room with hardwood flooring, huge main level family room with corner fireplace new carpeting, new light fixtures, updated main bath, main level laundry room, cute front porch and huge deck off the kitchen and laundry room, two-and-a-half car detached garage and half-acre lot. It’s just waiting for you to move in. Listing Price: $239,900 Listing Agent: Chris Kaczmarski from CRIS Realty, 1200 E. Lincoln Highway in New Lenox, call (815) 474-1450. July 5 • 1763 Muirfield Drive, New Lenox, 60451-3784 - Drh Cambridge Homes Inc. to Lisa Niemeyer, $326,500 • 237 Tonell Ave., New Lenox, 60451- 1970 - Robert Chavez to Thomas Dexter, Patricia Dexter $335,000 • 3424 Blandford Ave., New Lenox, 60451-9620 - Mary Louise Poska to David Zalewski, $262,500 July 3 • 121 Walona Ave., New Lenox, 60451- 1930 - John Patterson to Richard J. Morrissey, $190,000 • 687 Warbler Lane, New Lenox, 60451-8599 - Robert Henschel to Scott M. Lesniak, Jennifer A. Weiss $322,000 • 706 Amber Road, New Lenox, 60451- 3639 - Paul D. Smuskiewicz to Ashley Caliendo, $245,000 The Going Rate is provided by Record Information Services, Inc. For more information, visit www.public-record.com or call (630) 557-1000.
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