Orange County, CA (1888PressRelease)
November 07, 2009 - The 2010 New Home Collection, which will debut early next year within the Villages of Irvine, reflects what homeshoppers told the Irvine Company they wanted in homes today.
The end result is an attractive collection of new homes that were inspired by how people choose to live and designed to allow their lifestyle aspirations to become a reality!
The 2010 New Home Collection will showcase 25 floorplans from six different homebuilders featured throughout eight neighborhoods in the Irvine villages of Woodbury™ and Woodbury East. Prices for the new homes within The 2010 New Home Collection are expected to start in the low $300,000s.
Barbara Nagle, president of Marketscape Research & Consulting, shared that the collaboration process for the design of The 2010 New Home Collection was both comprehensive and enlightening.
“There’s no better way to understand what homebuyers are really thinking than to be in their homes and get an appreciation of the way they live,” said Nagle. “So, the Irvine Company let us go in and really study how families use their spaces — what they do, how their families interact, and how their living spaces influence the way they want to live.”
What the research team uncovered is that families truly desire ample living space to gather, dine and unwind.
“We discovered what homebuyers were really looking for was a large communal space where there’s a strong connection between the kitchen, the dining room, and the family room – the core of every home,” said Rob Elliott, group senior vice president of Urban Planning & Design with the Irvine Company.
Irvine-based Robert Hidey Architects, Inc. and Newport Beach-based Bassenian/ Lagoni Architects then responded to this information with the creation of new home designs encompassing expansive kitchens, Great Rooms and California Rooms that naturally join together to form truly grand and unique spaces that are as livable as they are beautiful.
“The kitchen opens to a spacious living area and the informal eating area,” said Aram Bassenian, Chairman & CEO of Bassenian/Lagoni Architects. “When you combine them, you end up with this wonderful space that we call the Great Room.”
Robert Hidey, architect and owner of Robert Hidey Architects, Inc, added: “The Great Room is a generously-scaled room and responds exceptionally well to the relaxed, informal Southern California lifestyle. As a result, the kitchen naturally opens to an outdoor California Room that is roofed, but open on three sides.”
Elliott added that the California Room is one of the most exciting features to come out of this process.
“Our weather in Southern California is fantastic, year round,” said Elliott. “That’s why one of the things that we worked really hard on in the design of these new floorplans for ‘The 2010 New Home Collection’ was making sure there was a strong relationship between living areas, both inside and outside of the home.”
The end result is a fully-functioning, expansive living space that is light, airy and cohesive. The ability to move seamlessly from the indoors to outdoors — from one living space to the next — provides a sense of fluidity and freedom that is exclusive to The 2010 New Home Collection at the Villages of Irvine.
“There are so many great things about The 2010 New Home Collection — the storage compartments upstairs, the walk-in pantries, the home management centers and more,” said Elliott. “The list just goes on and on with features that homebuyers are really going to use. I think that in over 40 years of building communities, one of the many things we’ve learned is that it’s really important to design the home so that homebuyers will be happy with where they live – in the place of their dreams.”
According to Elliott, location is key. “It’s important to create a unique community that has its own sense of place. Plus, it’s also important to feel like you’re part of that community, like you’re part of the city, so that when you add everything up, you think to yourself, ‘love where I live, and this is a great place to raise my family’.”
Residents of the various Villages of Irvine enjoy easy access to a host of conveniences, including close-to-home shopping, dining and others services at the nearby Woodbury Town Center, situated just down the street. Among the shops and services now open at the Center are Ralphs, Trader Joe’s, Home Depot, LA Fitness, and so much more. Additionally, Woodbury Cafés is the Center’s charming open-air courtyard, featuring a fountain, dining tables and a grassy play area surrounded by restaurants.
Orchard Hills Village Center® also is also situated nearby, as well as the exciting shopping, dining and entertainment options located at the Irvine Spectrum Center® and The Market Place.
For those homeshoppers looking to take advantage of the Villages of Irvine lifestyle, the first neighborhoods from The 2010 New Home Collection are scheduled to debut in the Villages of Woodbury and Woodbury East in January 2010 and include the following:
• Santa Rosa by Van Daele Homes in the Village of Woodbury East offers charming town homes priced from the low $300,000s. Floorplans for Santa Rosa feature one to two bedrooms and one- and one-half to two- and one-half baths with approximately 1,040 to 1,433 square feet of living space.
• Monterey by Brookfield Homes presents spacious townhomes with up to 1,878 square feet of living space, two to three bedrooms and two to two- and one-half baths, plus two-car direct access garages. Nestled in the Village of Woodbury East, Monterey is priced from the high $400,000s.
• Coronado by KB Home in the Village of Woodbury East showcases three two-story, single-family detached homes with three to four bedrooms and two- and one-half to three baths. Priced from the mid $500,000s, the floorplans of Coronado are spacious, spanning 1,715 to 1,947 square feet.
• Santa Cruz by Van Daele Homes features two-story, single-family detached homes that offer up to 2,283 square feet of living space. Santa Cruz’s classically designed homes within the Village of Woodbury East are priced from the low $600,000s and include three bedrooms and two- and one-half baths.
• La Casella by Lennar features three to four-bedroom town homes in the Village of Woodbury that are priced from the mid $600,000s. Featuring sprawling kitchens and spacious Great Rooms, La Casella floorplans range from 1,656 up to 2,643 square feet.
• Montecito by Brookfield Homes presents single-family detached homes with three to four bedrooms and two- and one-half to three baths. These beautiful homes offer 2,156 to 2,336 square feet and are priced from the high $600,000s in the Village of Woodbury.
• Sonoma by TRI Pointe Homes showcases single-family detached homes in the Village of Woodbury. Offering three to five bedrooms, two- and one-half to three baths and up to 2,622 square feet, Sonoma is priced from the high $700,000s.
• Carmel by The New Home Company offers two-story, single-family detached homes with four bedrooms and four baths in the Village of Woodbury. Priced from the high $800,000s, the homes of Carmel will have 2,616 up to 3,046 square feet of living space.
Additionally, the Village of Woodbury currently offers luxurious single-family homes at Lennar Homes’ Villa Rosa neighborhood, ranging in size from approximately 2,935 to 3,161 square feet. Prices begin in the low $1,000,000s.
Furthermore, the Village of Woodbury East includes Ivy by William Lyon homes, two-story town homes that range in size from approximately 1,180 to 1,500 square feet. Prices begin in the mid $300,000s.
“We’re very proud of this new collection of homes,” said Tom Veal, vice president of Residential Marketing and Product Planning for Irvine Company Community Development. “We encourage all homeshoppers to get on-line today and learn more about how they will live in the newest homes planned for the Villages of Irvine.”
Due to the incredible response among homeshoppers for The 2010 New Home Collection preparing to debut at Woodbury and Woodbury East, the Villages of Irvine will offer priority registration starting December 3, 2009 at 10 a.m. in order to make the process of buying a new home easier than ever. Homeshoppers are encouraged to review the details on the simple four-step priority registration program designed for the new homes within The 2010 New Home Collection by visiting www.VillagesofIrvine.com.
In addition, many homeshoppers interested in the new homes within The 2010 New Home Collection will be able to take advantage of the Federal tax credit of up to $8,000 that was recently extended by Congress. Learn more about the tax credits by visiting or by visiting www.VillagesofIrvine.com.
To obtain more information about The 2010 New Home Collection, the new homes currently selling within the villages of Woodbury and Woodbury East, or to sign up on the interest list, please visit www.VillagesofIrvine.com.
Information also is available by contacting a Villages of Irvine New Home Consultant at 888-820-0721.
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