After months of anticipation, Boone Homes is excited to announce that construction is scheduled to begin this week on five Richmond luxury homes at Ellington at Wyndham. Two of the spacious homes will be model homes and three are spec homes.
The first five homes include:
Home Site 7 – Highwick Home Design (Spec)
Home Site 11 – Creeksted Home Design (Spec)
Home Site 12 – Waterhaven Home Design (Spec)
Home Site 13 – Gateworth Home Design (Model)
Home Site 14 – Brookstone Home Design (Model)
In addition to these five homes, presales are currently available on two homes with construction expected to begin in mid-May with an expected closing date of late November. Both of these homes will feature basements. (more…)
Following the announcement of our newest community, Ellington at Wyndham, we have seen a lot of excitement from buyers and are thrilled to announce that the first contract has been signed on a Richmond luxury home at Ellington. Featuring the Waterhaven floor plan, this spacious new home sold for $680,000.
With 3,581 square feet of living space, the Waterhaven home design provides plenty of space for the entire family with four to five bedrooms and 3.5 to 4.5 bathrooms. The designer kitchen is perfect for preparing family dinners or entertaining with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and a walk-in pantry. Additional features of the open layout include a separate breakfast room, formal dining room with coffered ceiling, expansive family room with optional built-in bookcases and gas log fireplace, deluxe mudroom with ceramic tile floor, second floor loft with built-in desk and bookcases, private study and elegant owner’s suite with two large walk-in closets and dressing area. This particular home, along with every home at Ellington, is built to meet Energy Star standards to help reduce heating and cooling bills. (more…)
2012 has been a great year for Boone Homes and 2013 is going to be even better! Our newest community, Ellington, will give buyers more opportunities to purchase the Richmond luxury home of their dreams when it opens in Spring 2013. Located in Wyndham, Ellington is the first new community to be built in the master-planned community in over a decade.
Upon completion, buyers will have 56 spacious single-family homes to choose from and over the next 90 days , we will release the brand new floor plans being offered at Ellington. The nine new home designs will feature 2,854 to 3,800 square feet of well-designed living space with optional basements and finished attics available. Additional features of the home include two-car garages, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, spacious owner’s suites with large walk-in closets and much more. Architecture of the homes will include rustic, French country, traditional, Tudor, and arts and craft. (more…)
Would you purchase the services of a doctor who offered the lowest price on eye surgery? Would you blindly (pun intended) sign the paperwork and lay on the surgery table if you didn’t see a certificate on the surgeon’s wall showing she had passed the basic requirements needed for graduating as a surgeon? What kind of questions would you ask? Would you be more interested in finding the lowest bidder to perform surgery on your eye? Why or why not? It seems funny to even ask these questions as most would rather pay excessively more for a competent and reputable eye surgeon as they would feel they had a better chance at coming out with the results they were expecting. At Boone Homes, we see (pun intended) this analogy applying to Richmond new homes.
A new home is not measured by price alone. There needs to be a better metric. Price per square foot is not a good metric either. Price per square foot addresses how cheaply a home can be built – what you don’t see behind the walls is just as important as what you do see. Maybe the metric used to measure results should have something do with experience. (more…)
Richmond New Homes Designed for Small Business Owners
The small business owner’s most desirable feature of our Richmond new homes is the first-floor study. The study is intentionally located on the first floor so that you can handle that long distance conference call without leaving the proximity of the family. The study’s location is convenient, while the separation allows for the reflection needed to run a vast empire or for the late night catch up without interrupting the family’s sleep.
A first-floor study is far from being a bedroom adapted and commercialized. Each study is pre-wired with phone and data lines enabling you to focus, while the cable television connection allows you to multi-task the Saturday afternoon game. Hardwood floors complement and add an enduring sense of elegance to the first-floor study. Designer bookcases can be added to the study to increase storage, elegance and comfort. (more…)
Experience. That is the word that sums up the life of an armed forces veteran. The experience gained in service to one’s country cannot be lightly marginalized. Men and women of the armed forces know what reliability means as they have to rely every day upon the team work of other armed forces personnel. Experience communicates. Each veteran knows how one slip in reliability could cost many lives. Experience is a great reason to celebrate Veterans Day and celebrate reliability.
At Boone Homes we value reliability just as highly. We build our Richmond new homes on prime real estate with precision, intention and craftsmanship. The process of construction and finishes in each home is done with the accuracy to ensure that the most current trends and qualities are observed.
Not only is it important to maintain high standards with what can be seen, we know the value of building quality behind the walls that cannot be seen. Each little step provides the same reliability a veteran would expect from a partner in the field. (more…)
There are dangers in catching a knife as it drops. The danger is in securely grasping the handle instead of the blade. There are repercussions for missing the handle, some of which could be painful. What would some of those repercussions be? The repercussions of missing your mark and grasping the falling blade can be measured in either adhesive bandages or lengthy visit to the Emergency Room. Sounds like the risk of catching a falling knife are not worth the reward.
Similarly in the Richmond custom homes market, catching a fabulous deal on a used home comes with a set of repercussions. The repercussions could be as simple as the need for maintenance or as profound and catastrophic as reconstruction. The value of a used home needs to be inspected with a keen eye, determining more than the initial cost of homeownership.
What will the cost be to raise the home’s standards of safety, structural integrity and modernization? Will the extra expense of raising the standards increase the value of the home compared to the surrounding homes in the neighborhood? Or, will the extra cost be like catching a dropping knife? (more…)
The neighborhood of Haywood Village at Charter Colony, with luxury homes in Richmond by Boone Homes, will now be even more convenient to quality health care.
Bon Secours St. Francis is soon to open a new location in the Watkins Center at the intersection of Highway 288 and Midlothian Turnpike or Highway 60. This new Bon Secours location will fitted with a 24/7 emergency department, imaging center for MRI, CT and X-ray, will have physical therapy and sports medicine services and an on premise laboratory. The convenience of this new facility will be paramount for the 50,000 people who shop and live within a 3 mile radius of the new facility.
The placement of the new Bon Secours St. Francis Watkins Center makes Haywood Village at Charter Colony all the more desirable. Haywood Village boasted a great location before Bon Secours decided to build a new health care location. This boast includes lifestyle pieces such as convenient access to all the main roadways, convenient access to quality local shopping, convenient access to workout facilities and a top 100 lifestyle as reported by CNN Money. What more could you ask for in a new home location? (more…)
Bob and Mora took their time in seeking out the right place to live. Their desire was to find a family estate neighborhood of new homes in Richmond that would be conveniently located with the best lifestyle features. Once they found the Haywood Village at Charter Colony, they realized that they had found their dream. After plenty of research, they realized that they could confidently commit to living in a Boone Homes’ luxury new home community. Their experience has been rewarded. Take a look at this video and judge for yourself. (more…)
When considering a selling your existing home and moving there are several key factors to consider in the equation. In this post we will evaluate one key component to successfully navigate and purchase Richmond new homes.
In the world of Richmond real estate there are only two main groups of homes. The two groups are composed of new homes, where no one has ever lived before; and used homes, where someone has lived before. Seems basic enough, right? The challenge is filtering through these two groups. One will find there is plenty of room for conversation and error.
The first area to consider when discerning between new vs. used is simple: Am I willing to accept a home that has idiosyncrasies, used elements and maintenance needs, or would settling for anything other than a new home be compromise? This question needs to be addressed first and foremost in a logical way. For example: (more…)
After months of anticipation, Boone Homes is excited to announce that construction is scheduled to begin this week on five Richmond luxury homes at Ellington at Wyndham. Two of the spacious homes will be model homes and three are spec homes.
