Home Plan Reviews: September 2006

The Verandas by William Poole

William Poole has some great designs, including this one. The floor plan shows that it's a 5564 sq ft house with 4 bedrooms and 4 1/2 baths. This home has a 3 car garage, 1st floor master suite and 2 huge porches. This a very elegant home that you can see more of here:
www.williampooledesigns.com

The Del Mar by Toll Brothers

This is a huge 5,355 sq foot, 2 story home with 5 bedrooms and 5 1/2 baths. It has some fine features like an interior courtyard and a four car garage. You can see more of it here at:
www.tollbrothers.com

Top 25 Home Builders in the USA

These are the Top 10 Home Builders in the US per www.Builderonline.com

D.R.Horton
Pulte Homes
Lennar Corp.
Centex Corp.
KB Homes
Beazer Homes USA
Hovnanian Enterprises
The Ryland Group
M.D.C. Holdings
NVR
Standard Pacific Corp
Technical Olympic USA
Meritage Homes Corp.
Toll Brothers
Shea Homes
Mercedes Homes
Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Co.
Habitat for Humanity
Morrison Homes
David Weekley Homes
M/I Homes
The Village of Lake-Sumter
Taylor Woodrow Homes
Kimball Hill Homes
Holiday Builders

Based on 2005 US Closings.

The Fairchild - Matt Hall & Son

This home is the Fairchild by Matt Hall & Sons. It's a very niced sized home at 3689 SQft with a wide main floor footprint. It has a 4 car garage and a main level Master Bedroom with sitting room. The family room sticks out the back which could be used as a sun room. It has 2 staircases going up to the 2nd level. It also has den and dining room as well. It's a 4 bedroom and 3 1/2 bathroom house. Both my wife and myself do love this home and it definitely could be a possibility when we build our home. As a guy, I love the huge 4 car garage in this floor plan. My wife loves house designs with sitting rooms attached to the Master Bedroom and with this home , she gets her wish. A very nice design that could have a great future in a finished basement too.

Visit Matt Hall and Son here - www.matthallandson.com

The Sawgrass - Deer Point Homes

Here is a mid priced home from Deer Point Homes in Zion, IL. They have 3 elevations and the one I like is letter "C". This home has 4 bedrooms with 2.5 bathrooms. The traditional layout is around 2200 sq. ft. The 4th bedroom can be changed to a loft if desired. This home also comes with a 3 car garage which is always a plus!! Again this is another home I reviewed with a Master Bedroom on the 2nd floor, but again for a moderate house, it's ok!

Please check them out at http://www.deerpointhomes.com.

The Columbia - John Wieland Homes

This lovely house is The Columbia from John Wieland Homes. It has 4-5 bedrooms with 4 Baths. I normally don't like a 2nd floor master suite, but that's more of a personal preference and with this house, I think I could live with it. I do love having a sitting room attached to the Master bedroom, esp as a getway from kids if you have them!! The square footage of this house ranges from 3425 to 4000 sq ft.

Please check out their website at: http://www.jwhomes.com

I think we wil definitely be reviewing more homes from this builder in the future.