ICI Homes to showcase four of area’s finest luxury homes during Parade of Homes April 27-May 5

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --- ICI Homes plans to showcase four of the region’s most luxurious homes during the Northeast Florida Builders Association’s annual Spring Parade of Homes April 27 through May 5. Don Wilford, northeast Florida division president for ICI Homes, said the Parade of Homes is a chance to show off its carefully manicured neighborhoods and elegantly designed luxury homes to more than 5,000 visitors in just 10 days. “The Parade is always very popular and we’re preparing to host thousands of visitors,” Wilford said. At St. Johns Forest in northwest St. Johns County, ICI’s customizable Egret III Parade home offers four bedrooms and three baths in 2,946 square feet of living space with a three-car garage. The eFACTOR Energy-Wise Egret III is priced in the $500,000 range. The two-story, Scottish-inspired Nottingham Parade home at Highland Glen, located in the heart of Jacksonville off Beach Blvd. three miles east of I-295, is a four-bedroom, three-and-one-half bath luxury home and enough---3,888 square feet---space for a large kitchen, nook and covered porch with a summer kitchen, formal living and dining rooms, a two-story family room with a dual-mantled fireplace and coffered ceilings, and a second-floor balcony overlook. The Plantation II Parade home at Magnolia Preserve at Julington Creek ranks as one of ICI Homes’ most elegant designs, with four bedrooms and three-and-one-half baths in 3,160 square feet of space plus a three-car garage. The elegant formal dining room, chef’s kitchen, enormous lanai, grand gathering room and luxurious owner’s suite establish the Plantation II at Magnolia Preserve as one of the most desirable luxury homes in the region. Perhaps ICI’s crowning achievement in the 2013 Parade of Homes is the Preakness V Parade home at Amelia National Golf & Country Club. With four bedrooms and three baths in 2,752 square feet of space and a three-car garage, the Preakness V Parade home is the model of ‘smaller, smarter, sustainable’ design and engineering techniques ICI Homes has invested in all its eFACTOR Energy-Wise homes for the past four years. Such elegant design features as a dramatically offset courtyard entry, a huge owner’s suite and bath with dual facilities, a massive glass-walled family room and fireplace, a formal dining room with a multi-tiered ceiling, island kitchen and covered lanai will likely impress Parade judges, Wilford said “The Parade of Homes is the chance to show off your most creative and inspired ideas before an audience of very discerning home buyers and a distinguished panel of expert judges,” he said.