americas best builder

...now browsing by tag

 
 

Touchstone Homes a Winner at the OBIE’s

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

It was just another day for most folks, but Saturday, November 13, 2010 was a very special day for many builders and developers across Atlanta, including Touchstone Homes.    The 2010 OBIE Gala brought many people together for one goal – to celebrate their successes of 2010.  The past couple of years in the home building industry have been touch and go, but November 13th made the all difficulties and hardships worthwhile, at least for one night.

Touchstone Homes was awarded OBIE awards for two of our newest floorplans at Village Grove and Riverdance townhomes both located in Suwanee, Georgia.

Huntingdon - Gold Award Winner

The Huntingdon floorplan won a GOLD OBIE award for it’s innovative floorplan and technologies used within the home.  The home is Energy Star Certified and is located within a Master Planned Community featuring larger estate homes, cottage style homes and townhomes as well as swim, tennis, parks and open space.  The Decorated Model at Village Grove has been used over the past year to demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of this fabulous floorplan.  This plan features an open family room/kitchen/breakfast room with large kitchen island, granite countertops, butler’s pantry, separate dining room, a flex room downstairs that could be used as an office, playroom, or library.  The upper floor showcases a fabulous master suite with lots of natural light, two large secondary bedrooms and two baths.  On the front of the house is a community friendly front porch and a rear entry garage served by alleyway.  This home features Z-Wave technology to control the interior lighting, wired for security system, Johns Manville Spider insulation – blown into the home to create a more energy efficient home and James Hardie Color Plus siding.  The Huntingdon at Village Grove starts in the $250,000s.  You can reach the agent for details on this home by calling 770-831-6883.

Halifax & Guilford at Riverdance

The second GOLD Award Winner of the night for Touchstone Homes is the Halifax townhome plan at Riverdance.  The Halifax plan features an open family room, dining room and kitchen on the main level and two master suites on the upper level.  The Halifax is also Energy Star Certified with the blown insulation and a rear entry one-car garage.  These townhomes start in the $140,000s and are located in Suwanee.  You can reach the agent at Riverdance for more information or for a VIP tour by calling 770-476-7374.

Touchstone Homes is very proud to be the recipient of two such prestigious awards in the Home Building Industry.  It just goes to show that even in a slow real estate market,  Builders can continue to thrive and improve home plans to be competitive.  Touchstone Homes has spent the past 3 years value engineering and coming up with new, more economical plans for today’s home buyer.  Our newest community, Clarkstone Village, located in Flowery Branch starts in the $140s for single family detached homes with 3-4 bedrooms, 2-car garages, and Energy Star Certified as well.  The energy star certification can save you as a homeowner up to 15% in overall utility costs due to better and more tight construction practices.  Energy Star Certified is provided by a Third Party Inspection Company and gives each home a rating based on numerous tests they perform on the home throughout the construction process.

Touchstone Homes is also building Energy Star certified homes in Ivey Chase, Sterling on the Lake, and Southgate Village at Windermere.  Visit our web site for available homes and locations across Metro Atlanta or call 770-945-5228.

Year End Sales Event at Touchstone Homes

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

This year has been a challenge to the home building industry in Atlanta, and other parts of the country as well.  We have seen many builders and developers in the Metro Atlanta area go out of business due to lack of sales and liabilities.  But Touchstone Homes located in Suwanee is not one of those builders!  Touchstone Homes continues to build and sell NEW homes in Metro Atlanta for a competitive price without lacking quality of selection to the Buyer.  Touchstone Homes has launched  a new product line in our Village Grove, Clarkstone Village, Ivey Chase and Sterling on the Lake communities starting in the mid $140s and up.  New Home.  New Home Warranty.  New Life for your Family!!!  Just in time for the Holidays!

Thumbs Up to Touchstone Homes!

Touchstone Homes has available homes that have been reduced to sell and are ready to move in immediately.  By working with our Preferred Lenders, Suntrust & MetLife Home Loans, we can assure you the best of customer service on your home financing and closing experience.  By using our Preferred Lenders, Touchstone Homes will cover up anywhere from $3,000  to $5,000 in Closing Costs (depending on community).  We are offering Short Sales and Foreclosure Pricing without the hassle of going through that lengthy process with the Bank!  No headaches, no waiting – just Buy and it’s yours!

We are offering another incentive for purchasing in November and December – we call it a Move In Package.  Included in the Move In Package is a GE washer & dryer set, garage door opener and faux wood blinds throughout the home.    Contracts must be written by 12/31/10 and must close by 1/31/11.

Touchstone Homes also has lots available for Pre-Sale Homes in Ivey Chase, Village Grove, Clarkstone Village and Sterling on the Lake.  Your new home can be built for you in 60 days – with our new building process, and without sacrificing quality at the same time.

Visit our web site for Available Homes, Locations and Pricing.

No Reasonable Offer Refused July 17-31 on Inventory Homes

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Touchstone Homes announces a HUGE promotion beginning on July 17th . The company is offering a 6% (six percent) Selling Commission on any inventory homes. Touchstone Homes has 49 inventory homes throughout Metro Atlanta available for immediate closing. In order to qualify for the incentives, contracts must be written between July 17th-31st and homes must close by September 30, 2010.

Touchstone Homes is in the process of rebooting and rolling out new and improved floorplans for today’s market,” said Mike Zambri, Sales Manager of Touchstone Homes. “To make way for these exciting new floorplans, we have discounted inventory homes anywhere from $15,000 up to $100,000. Also, Touchstone is offering co-op agents an unprecedented 6% selling commission. And to sweeten the deal even more, we are introducing a Buyer Bonus Incentive for this two week promotion.”
The Buyer Bonus Incentive is being introduced during this two week promotion to help the new homeowner furnish their new home or take a mini-vacation after the stress of getting settled into their new home! See Agent for Full Details. The Buyer will have the opportunity to win one of four of the following prizes when they write a contract for a home:

1. Apple iPad 64 GB
2. Panasonic 50” Plasma Television
3. 36,000 Delta Skymiles (must have valid Skymiles Account)
4. $1,500 Rooms to Go gift card

Touchstone Homes offers townhomes from the $140s and Single Family Homes from the $200s.

Townhomes
Riverdance, Suwanee – Angel Whiteman – 770-476-7374
Lanier Walk, Cumming – Jeff Barnes – 770-403-1155
Park Place, Cumming – Dennis Doll – 404-641-8505
Ridenour, Kennesaw – Emily Peker – 770-422-8807
Village Grove, Suwanee – Elaine Gentry – 770-831-6883
New Haven Walk, Roswell – Barbara Lutz – 678-461-6011

Single Family
Village Grove, Suwanee – Elaine Gentry – 770-831-6883
Sterling on the Lake, Flowery Branch – Jeff Barnes – 770-965-7816
Hampton, Cumming – Sharon Jones – 678-947-1494
Windermere, Cumming – Sharon Jones – 678-232-9151
Ivey Chase, Dacula – Jeff Barnes – 770-403-1155
Trilogy Park, Hoschton – Jeff Barnes – 770-403-1155
Sienna on the River, Braselton – Tom Collins – 706-338-5141
Tributary, Douglasville – Molly White – 678-391-0026

See the web site www.TouchstoneHomes.com for available homes and community locations.

Touchstone Homes Announces New Plan at Windermere

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

CUMMING – Touchstone Homes is pleased to announce a new floorplan at Southgate Village in Windermere, in South Forsyth.  Southgate Village at Windermere features two-story designs and is priced from the high $300s.  “Windermere has been very successful for Touchstone Homes, therefore we had decided to offer some new plans to choose from for our buyers,” said Touchstone Homes Sales Manager Mike Zambri.  “This market, however, has caused us to rethink some of the designs and retail costs to the consumer, thus reducing cycle time and construction costs to pass the savings to our customers.”

The Stanford plan is a large executive design featuring five oversized bedrooms, four baths, 2-car garage, stacked stone fireplace, open kitchen and great room perfect for entertaining.  The gourmet kitchen has a mega-island along with custom butler’s pantry.  The master suite also has his and hers walk in closets for added storage and space.   The Stanford plan is available as a pre-sale home on a variety of homesites and can be ready for the homeowner in 90 days.

Homes in Southgate at Windermere range from the $300s to the $400s featuring 2-3 car garages, James Hardie Color Plus siding with 15 year warranty, stacked stone and brick accents, master bedrooms with his and her vanities, large walk in closets, kitchens featuring granite countertops, islands, and GE appliances.  The Stanford is an Energy Star ® certified home, thus increasing energy efficiency and reducing energy costs by up to 15%.

Windermere is a golf course, swim, tennis community developed by Newland Communities, located in Cumming on Georgia 20.  Take Georgia 400 north to exit 14 turn right onto Georgia 20, travel approximately 4 miles, entrance to Windermere will be on the right.  Follow signs to the new homes in Southgate Village.  The new Sales Center in the Stanford is located at 3235 Suffolk Drive in Cumming.

Touchstone Homes has been developing and building in some of Atlanta’s finest communities since 1994.  Over the years, as one of Atlanta’s premier new home builders, Touchstone Homes has built new homes in Barrow, Gwinnett, Forsyth, Fulton, Hall, Cobb, and Douglas Counties.  Touchstone Homes’ experienced new home builders and on-site professionals are well versed in assisting homebuyers throughout the entire home building process to ensure all your expectations are met.  From the time you select your home and make all of your selections in our Design Studio to the day you move into your new home-we’re with you every step of the way.

Touchstone Homes has received numerous Professionalism Awards from the Greater Atlanta Homebuilder’s Association, and the company has earned the coveted Certified Professional Home Builder designation.  Touchstone Homes has also received the national award of America’s Best Builder for 2007 by Builder Magazine and 2008 Management of Excellence Award from the Lee Evans Group.

In 2009, Touchstone Homes launched their social media marketing campaign with a new company blog site www.TouchstoneHomesBlog.com and presence on several social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, Twellow, Zillow, Trulia, and YouTube.  For more information on Touchstone Homes call the Corporate Office at 770-945-5228 or visit www.touchstonehomes.com.

Touchstone’s New Floor Plans Built to Sell – And Selling!!!

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

With the housing market finally turning a corner, thanks in large part to current tax incentives; builders are seeking inventive ways to attract home buyers.

Touchstone Homes, a builder at Sterling on the Lake since the award-winning community opened in 2004, is one such example.  Touchstone Homes, which has been building beautiful homes in the Atlanta area since 1994, announced it is retiring older floor plans to make room for new plans that better meet the needs of today’s consumer.

“We’re being very deliberate in how we build today,” says Jeff Barnes, Touchstone’s new home specialist at Sterling on the Lake.  “The market has changed significantly, and we’re being innovative and responsive to match our products to what the market can and will buy while, at the same time, reflecting the latest trends in our industry.”

Touchstone’s newest floor plan is the “Washington.”  At 2,800 square feet, this single-family home offers an open layout with a two-story foyer, four to five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a media/bonus room, attached garage and a beautiful porch.  Home prices start in the high $250s. 

Barnes points out that Touchstone can now build a new pre-sale home in just 90 days, from contract to closing.  So your eager wait for a new home just got shorter.  These homes can also be personalized using Touchstone’s award-winning Design Studio. 

To date, Touchstone has built two of the Washington plans, with both homes going under contract before the homes were completed.  “We knew right away that it was a desirable plan,” he adds.

The two new Touchstone home buyers and others are taking advantage of the government tax credit coupled with Sterling on the Lake’s own tax credit offer:  a match of up to $8,000 on a new home purchase, for total savings of up to $16,000 on a new home.  More details are available at www.sterlingonthelake.com/pages/credit.aspx and you can learn more about Touchstone Homes at www.touchstonehomes.com.

Welcome to Touchstone Homes

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Touchstone Homes Newest Plan

Touchstone Homes Newest Plan

Touchstone Homes has been developing and building in some of Atlanta’s finest new home communities since 1994.  Over the years, as one of Atlanta’s premier home builders, Touchstone Homes has built homes inGwinnett, Forsyth, North Fulton, Hall, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas and Barrow Counties.

Our experienced Construction team and on-site professionals are knowledgeable in assisting homebuyers throughout the entire homebuilding process to ensure that all expectations are met.  From the moment a homesite or new home is selected and all personalization choices have been made in our state of the art design studio, through moving day and beyond – we’re with you every step of the way.

Touchstone Homes is proud to announce our designation of America’s Best Builder for 2007.  In 2008, we were honored to receive the Lee Evans Award for Management Excellence.

Rss Feed Tweeter button Facebook button Technorati button Reddit button Myspace button Linkedin button Webonews button Delicious button Digg button Flickr button Stumbleupon button Newsvine button Youtube button