Dave Brewer Inc. earns first place Parade of Homes Award in $1.5 million-plus category

SANFORD, Fla. --- Dave Brewer, Inc., which ranks as one of the top custom home builders in the Central Florida region, was awarded first place for the $1.5 million category in the recent Central Florida Parade of Homes.

Matt Trask, vice president of Dave Brewer, Inc., said the French country style home offers four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths with a four-car garage and 6,200 square feet of living space.

Trask said Dave Brewer, Inc. plans to enter the home in the upcoming Aurora Awards competition for design excellence.

The luxury home is located on Markham Woods Road in Longwood.

Ryland Homes Earns Two Major Awards in Charlotte Parade of Homes

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Ryland Homes earned Gold and Silver awards in judging during the Home Builders Association of Charlotte’s 2011 Parade of Homes.

Krista Long, vice president of sales and marketing for Ryland Homes in the Charlotte region, said the Eastman model home at Lauren Village, 1329 Lauren Village Drive in the University area, won the Parade’s highest award for homes priced from $140,000 to $220,000.

Parade judges bestowed the Gold award on Ryland’s two-story Eastman model home at Lauren Village, which offers three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths in 1,689 square feet of living space with a two-car garage.

The Eastman model home is priced from $136,990.

The Ingleton model home at Westland Farm, 217 Fielding St. in Mount Holly, earned Ryland the Parade’s Silver award for single-family homes priced from $221,000 to $289,000.

The two story Ingleton model home at Westland Farm offers four bedrooms and two and one half baths in 2,630 square feet of living space with a two-car garage priced from $178,990.

About Ryland Homes

With headquarters in Southern California, Ryland is one of the nation’s largest homebuilders and a leading mortgage-finance company. The company currently operates in 28 markets across the country and has built more than 275,000 homes and financed more than 230,000 mortgages since its founding in 1967. Ryland is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RYL.”

Mattamy Homes Earns Two Gold Awards, One Silver in the Home Builders Association of Charlotte's Parade of Homes

CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- Mattamy Homes U.S. Group, the U.S. division of Canada’s largest home builder, earned three top awards in the Home Builders Association of Charlotte’s 2011 Parade of Homes.

Bill Kiselick, Charlotte division president for Mattamy Homes in the Charlotte region, said Mattamy earned both the Gold award and the Silver award in Category III, which includes single family homes priced from $290,000 to $337,000. Mattamy earned a second Gold award for the best new home in category II, for homes priced from $221,000 to $289,000.

Mattamy earned its first Gold award with the Honeyflower model home at South Point Village, located in Belmont off South Point Rd. The Honeyflower model home offers, three bedrooms with two-and-a-half baths in 2,425 square feet of living space with a two car garage. The “Dilworth” inspired home features oversized windows, nine foot ceilings and eight foot doors.

Mattamy Homes offers 10 distinctive three and four bedroom floors plans at South Point Village that range from 1,601 square feet of living space at 2,873 square feet.

Mattamy Homes earned a Silver award in the same category for its Periwinkle model home at Skybrook in Huntersville off Eastfield Road north of Highland Creek Parkway in Mecklenburg County near the Cabarrus County line.

The Periwinkle model home with 2,470 square feet of living space in three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths with a two car garage, is the first of a series of homes Mattamy is building on 50 foot home sites at Skybrook.

Mattamy earned its second Gold award for the Lavender model home at Waterlynn on Waterlynn Club Drive off I-77 in Mooresville. The two-story Lavender model home, with 2,117 square feet of living space, offers three bedrooms with the master bedroom suite on the ground floor, a loft, two-and-a-half-baths and a two car garage.

Kiselick said Mattamy Homes plans to build 157 new single-family homes at Waterlynn ranging in size from 1,800 square feet of living space to 2,600 square feet priced from the $190s.

About Mattamy Homes

Mattamy Homes expanded into the U.S. in 2003 and has divisions in Jacksonville, Orlando, Charlotte, Phoenix and Minneapolis. The homebuilder is the largest and most active in Canada with annual revenues exceeding $1.3 billion.

ICI Homes Earns first place Parade of Homes Award for Islander Luxury Model Home at Avilla in Kissimmee

ORLANDO, Fla. --- ICI Homes, which ranks as one of the nation’s top 100 luxury home builders and developers, earned a first place award in the recent Central Florida Parade of Homes, for its Islander II luxury model home at Avilla, a gated community in Kissimmee.

Rosemary Messina, vice president of sales and marketing at ICI Homes, said the Islander II model home won a first place award for luxury homes priced from $300,000 to $350,000.

ICI Homes is building 81 estate homes at Avilla that range in size from 2,500 square feet of living space to 3,500 square feet in upscale California contemporary design that includes 18 inch ceramic tile floors, tiled roofs, brick pavers, and lush landscaping, with decorative mailboxes and streetlamps throughout the community.

Avilla features a community swimming pool with a large covered lanai, tot lot, tennis and basketball courts. New estate homes at Avilla are priced from $300,000 to $498,000.

Avilla is located on Swoop Circle in Kissimmee south of Osceola Parkway and west of John Young Parkway.