Picture this: a lake, an open boat, a full-throttle ride. You can be in this picture Saturday, June 11, when Cobalt Boats hosts a demo day at Newport Cove’s private marina, located on Bluff Lake on the Chain O’ Lakes near Antioch, IL. This is your chance to test drive some of the best power [...]
Benjamin Moore “Affinity” Color: A Shade of Genius
Hve you ever spent hours trying to coordinate point colors? We have! But now, Benjami Moore has come up with a great idea: the Affinity Color Collectives. It is a sophisticated palette of 144 harmonius hues. Every color in this full rainbow of colors, harmonizes with every other color. So, you can paintthe kitchen “terra bella” and [...]
We Have What Consumers Want
What do consumers want in a new home? According to a recent survey by Better Homes and Gardens, high-efficiency heating and cooling systems top the list of features consumers say they would like in their next home, with 89 percent of those polled making this a priority. Eighty-five percent want high-efficiency appliances; 84 percent, a deck or patio; 79 percent, [...]
Housing Prices WILL Go Up
Despite the endless doom and gloom about housing on television business news programs, we have been contending that the economic fundamentals soon will reassert themselves, that the cost of homes will rise to meet the cost to produce them, that supply and demand will be equalized. And, when that happens, the price of housing will rise rapidly [...]
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall. . .
This is a good article about how mirrors can make a smaller home feel larger. We’ve used many of these ideas in our cottage homes atNewport Cove, our waterfront community on Bluff Lake in unincorporated Antioch, IL. http://freshome.com/2010/11/03/how-to-enlarge-your-space-using-mirrors/
Stairway Savvy
Ever trip going down the stairs to your basement? Here’s a safety tip from New American Homes, award-winning builder of Newport Cove, a planned waterfront community on the Chain O’ Lakes: In dark stairwells, vary the color of the stair treads. Shown here is the stairwell to the lower level in the LIFEhouse, a concept house [...]
Homes With Benefits
You may have heard the words “planned community” or “planned urban development (PUD),” but what do those words mean to a home buyer? In the simplest sense they indicate that, when the property was zoned, certain amenities were built into the plan. The land wasn’t just cut up into as many home sites as possible. Instead, space [...]
Three Reasons To Buy A Lakeside Home NOW
Living year-round in a newly built, energy-efficient lakeside home is a practical choice wise home investors are pursuing now. 1. Lowest mortgage rates The average rate for a 30-year fixed loan sank to 4.58 percent last week, according to Freddie Mac. That is the lowest rate since the mortgage company began keeping records in 1971. [...]
Homes Can Grow With You
Within the next 25 years, one in five Americans will be age 65 and older. If you are remodeling your home or building a new one, ask yourself this question: Will your house appeal to this changing population? It’s a question all homeowners should answer. A little forethought and small design changes can make a big [...]
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Details – Part II
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The Chain O’ Lakes Unchained
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Mornings at Newport Cove
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The Great American Lotus
