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22 | March 14, 2019 | the lockport legend local living lockportlegend.com Distinctive Home Builders Presents Quality Built Affordable Homes At Cedar Creek in Joliet Why Pay Rent? New homes with the shortest build times on the market from the low $200’s Distinctive Home Builders began pre-construction sales recently at Cedar Creek in Joliet. Homeowners there will enjoy a low-priced quality built home and low Joliet taxes from one of the area’s leading home builders. Cedar Creek is located on Millsdale Road, one half mile west of Rt. 53 and south of Laraway Road. Until on-site models are completed this summer, interested persons are invited to visit Distinctive Homes Sales and Information Center in Manhattan on Rt. 52 for details and to tour homes. “Handcrafted semi-custom homes are unheard of in the area in this price range,” said Bryan Nooner, president of Frankfort-based Distinctive Home Builders. “These homes provide a great value and in many cases will be less than paying rent. This opens up home ownership opportunities to those who were locked out of the market previously. Although construction is underway, pre-construction savings are still available.” Affordable, conveniently located ranch and two-story homes feature floor plans ranging from 1,500 to 3,000 square feet in size with two to four bedrooms and brick, frame and stone exteriors. Prices start from the low $200’s and some home sites back up to Cedar Creek Park. “These homes appeal to two markets: Empty nesters that are downsizing with our ranches and an outstanding value for first time homebuyers and families wanting the most space for their money,” added Nooner. Cedar Creek school children attend Elwood School District 203 for K – 8 and high school age children attend Joliet Township Central High within District 204, which was recently named the College Board’s Advanced Placement District of the Year. Saint Joseph Academy is also nearby. “We have closed the gap of getting what you want and getting what you need in a new home significantly by including additional features that our buyers told us were most important to them,” said Nooner. “Now is the best time to buy, because you can still take advantage of preconstruction prices that range from the low $200s which makes this a terrific new home value.” Bryan Nooner, president of Distinctive Home Builders, has built thousands of singlefamily homes throughout the south and southwest suburbs over the past 30 years and is dedicated to giving their customers the best home buying experience. Distinctive works to achieve a home delivery goal of 90 days with zero punch list items for its homeowners. Before closing, each home undergoes an industry-leading checklist that ensures each home measures up to the firm’s high quality standards. Distinctive performs numerous quality control checks throughout the building process and adheres to a nearly 1,500 point formal checklist that project managers certify. “Having measurable and identifiable standards that our craftsmen are expected to maintain is critical to upholding high quality standards and ensures delivering a Zero Defect Home to our homeowners,” said Nooner. During the construction process, there are prescheduled times for site visitations at landmark stages of construction. Communication is a key aspect to maintaining an overall positive experience during the construction process. Therefore, all Distinctive customers have the Project Manager’s e-mail address and cell phone number, as well as, access to the secure online customer portal where pictures and logs show the continued progress on their home. Customers have access to the online portal through the Distinctive Homebuilders App that can be easily downloaded to any smartphone or tablet. “Our customers simply download our Distinctive Home Builders app and they are in touch with their new home 24/7 from anywhere in the world. The app allows our customers to see the progress of their home and access all their documents at any time” Nooner explained. “Our customers really appreciate the integration of social media sites within the app allowing them to easily share photos and updates of their new home with family and friends,” he concluded. Nooner added that all homes are highly energy efficient. Every home built will have upgraded wall and ceiling insulation values with energy efficient windows and high efficiency furnaces. Before homeowners move into their new home, Distinctive Home Builders conducts a blower door test that pressurizes the home to ensure that each home passes a set of very stringent Energy Efficiency guidelines. Cedar Creek is served by major thoroughfares such as IL Rte. 53, I-55 and I-80. Locational amenities for Cedar Creek homeowners are two large hospital complexes: Silver Cross Hospital and Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center; College education nearby including Lewis University, the University of St. Francis and Joliet Junior College. Numerous restaurants and attractions such as the Chicagoland Speedway, the Joliet Splash Station and the Haunted Trails Family Entertainment Center, to name a few. Visit the Memorial Walkway at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood comprised of 982 acres honoring our veterans. Contact the on-site sales information center for unadvertised specials and the available lots. Call Lynne at (708) 737-9142 or 708 479-7700 for more information or visit http:// distinctivehomebuilders.com/. Until on-site models are built, the 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. Prices and features subject to change at any time.
lockportlegend.com local living the lockport legend | March 14, 2019 | 23 Distinctive Home Builders Introduces New Craftsman Homes In Manhattan and Peotone – From the mid-$200’s New designs are a result of buyer feedback Two refreshing designs mark the beginning of a new series of Craftsman-style homes available from Distinctive Home Builders at its latest new home communities: Prairie Trails; located in Manhattan within the highly-regarded Lincoln-Way School District and at WestGate Manor in Peotone within the desirable Peotone School District. “Craftsman homes were introduced in the early 1900s in California with designs based on a simpler, functional aesthetic using a higher level of craftsmanship and natural materials. These homes were a departure from homes that were mass produced from that era, “according to Bryan Nooner, president of Distinctive Home Builders. “The Craftsman design has made a comeback today for many of the same reasons it started over a century ago. Our customers want to live in a home that gets away from the “mass produced” look and live in a home that has more character. As a result of our daily interaction with our homeowners and their input, we are excited to introduce these two homes, with additional designs in the works.” Nooner, who meets with each homeowner prior to construction, has been working on these plans for a while and felt that the timing was ideal for the debut. “Customers were asking for something different and simple with less monotony and higher architectural standards.” The result was the Craftsman ranch and the Prairie twostory, now available at Prairie Trails and WestGate Manor. The Craftsman ranch features an open floor plan with Great Room, three bedrooms, two baths and a two-car (optional three-car) garage. The Prairie features a two-story foyer and Great Room, three bedrooms and one and one-half baths, a convenient Flex Room space on the main level and a two-car (optional three-car) garage. The Craftsman architectural elements on both homes include brick and stone exteriors with cedar shake accent siding, low-pitched gabled bracket roofs, front porches with tapered columns and stone piers, partially paned windows, and a standard panel front entry door. Distinctive Home Builders offers a Craftsman-style trim package offering trim without ornate profiles and routers. The trim features simplicity in design with rectangles, straight lines and layered look trims over doors for example. The front entry door will have the standard Craftsman panel style door. Distinctive has also created a Craftsman color palate to assist buyers in making coordinated choices for the interior of their new Craftsman home. Colors, cabinet styles and flooring choices blend seamlessly with the Craftsman trim package and are available in gray tones package and earth tones. Distinctive offers custom maple kitchen cabinets featuring solid wood construction (no particle board), have solid wood drawers with dove tail joints, which is very rare in the marketplace. “When you buy a new home from Distinctive, you truly are receiving custom made cabinets in every home we sell no matter what the price range,” noted Nooner. Distinctive Home Builders works to achieve a delivery goal of 90 days with zero punch list items for its homeowners. “Our three decades building homes provides an efficient construction system,” said Nooner. “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 and one of the highest referral rates in the industry.” Nooner added that all homes are highly energy efficient. Every home built will have upgraded wall and ceiling insulation values with energy efficient windows and high efficiency furnaces. Before homeowners move into their new home, Distinctive Home Builders conducts a blower door test that pressurizes the home to ensure that each home passes a set of very stringent Energy Efficiency guidelines. With the addition of these two new designs, there are now 15 ranch, split-level and six twostory single-family home styles to choose from each offering from three to eight different exterior elevations at both communities. The three- to four-bedroom homes feature one and one-half 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 and WestGate Manor. Most all home sites at Prairie Trails and WestGate Manor can accommodate a three-car garage; a very important amenity to the Manhattan homebuyer, said Nooner. “When we opened Prairie Trails and WestGate Manor we wanted to provide the best new home value for the dollar and we feel with offering Premium Standard Features that we do just that. So why wait? This is truly the best time to build your dream home!” 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. Distinctive Home Builders chose the Will County village of Peotone for its newest community of 38 single-family homes at WestGate Manor within walking distance of the esteemed Peotone High School. Its convenient location between Interstate 57 and Illinois Route 50 provide easy access to I-80 and commuters enjoy several nearby train stations and a 35-minute drive to Chicago. 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 or (708) 479-7700 for more information or visit www. distinctivehomebuilders.com. The Prairie Trails and WestGate Manor 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.
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