Welcome to the Reserve at Meadow Wood. The reserves at Meadow Wood is offering the masterpiece and designer collection the new homes for sale in Crescent Springs, Kentucky. And just released, Fisher Homes is now accepting appointments for a new phase of designer home sites at the Reserve at Meadow Wood. The neighborhood features a wide variety of large culdesac and flag home sites, as well as home sites with beautiful lake views. Conveniently located only 10 miles from downtown Cincinnati off of Buttermilk Pike. Reserve at Meadow Wood is only two minutes from I-75 and I-275, offering quick access to local attractions in Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati. Similar to Sanctuary Village, another Fisher Homes Community Reserve at Meadow Wood is located in the Kenton County School District, which includes River Ridge Elementary, Turkey Foot Middle, and Dixie Heights High School. Parochial schools nearby include St. Joseph and Villa Madonna Academy. Let’s check out these new homes for sale!
Fischer Home Masterpiece and Design Collection Difference
Eric:
Hi Andrew! Tell us a little bit about what’s going on here, this new phase that’s opening up, where are we? Give us a little context of where we’re at right here.
Andrew:
Sure. Thanks, Eric. So here we are at the Reserve at Meadow Wood. I’s our community inside Crescent Springs, Kentucky. So nestled in just off the Buttermilk Pike exit off of I-275.
Eric:
In terms of someone wanting this location, what do you think are some of the top perks of being here in Crescent Springs?
Andrew:
So as far as the location, it’s quite established again, just off of a major interstate. And with that comes a lot of niceties, including access to eatery shopping, dining opportunities, gyms, and banks. All within minutes of the community, in addition to about a 15-minute commute to downtown Cincinnati to catch a Reds or bangle game, or maybe 10 minutes of CVG if you’re heading now on vacation.
Eric:
And we also talked about Sanctuary Village, which Cresent Springs really is adjacent to Villa Hills. So one of the big advantages here, I think if you’re looking in the entire Cincinnati area of present springs, which is a little bit more of an established neighborhood, it’s not brand new, is that you are super close to the airport. In fact, from the back of this model, we can see I-275. So you’re right off the interstate. You’re probably 10, 12 minutes to the airport. And you’re probably 10, 15 minutes to downtown.
So when did this neighborhood open up? How long has it been going and where are we at heading into this new phase?
Andrew:
We’re about two years old total now, I believe, here in reserves at Meadow Wood. Traditionally, and up to this point, we’ve only offered our masterpiece home collection. Only about one or two home sites remain at this time, but we just released a brand new designer collection phase.
Eric:
And talk to me about the big differences. If you go on the site, you can check out the different collections. But what are some of the differences between the masterpiece and the design collection?
Andrew:
Sure! Both are phenomenal home collections. The masterpiece side of things is really just a bit larger in a few different senses. As far as the home sites. They’re gonna be traditionally larger than a designer home site, so a little more land is incorporated into our masterpiece collection homes. And the homes themselves are also a little bit larger, larger in the fact, square footages will peak over 4,000 square feet included, not including the unfinished basement that comes with the home as well. And also a little bit larger, if you will, in the options they include. The Masterpiece will include things like granite, and vinyl plank in certain areas of the home.
The designer collection that we just released really offers all of those same things, but gives the homeowner the opportunity to add them if they would wish. The floor plans in our designer collection are gonna start at about 1800 square feet and go to about 3000 square feet under the roof on the first two floors. We have floor plans such as ranches, and our five-story concepts. First-floor owner suites are back kitchens with big islands. You’ll find all of that still standard in our designer collection.
Eric:
And you said lot sizes. What’s a typical lot average lot size for the masterpiece versus the design collection?
Andrew:
So here in this community, you’ll see home sites in our masterpiece collection about 90 feet wide at the curb. So it’s really about the width which obviously is gonna lead to a larger home site overall. Uh, the designer collection is gonna be more traditionally 65 to maybe 80 feet or so at the front curb.
Eric:
That’s great. Thanks.
The design collections have similar layouts, right? A lot of the different models are kind of named differently. So you can kind of find those parallel models?
Andrew:
Absolutely. So Eric mentioned the Blake, one of our most popular first-floor owner suite plans inside the Masterpiece collection, but we can meet that same demand in the designer collection with say the Charles or the Keaton, both of which offer a first-floor owner’s bedroom.
Eric:
You guys are building the model home across the street, correct? For the design collection, which design is that?
Andrew:
It’s actually the Charles. So it also will be a first-floor owner suite over there.
Eric:
All right, well we’re talking masterpiece. We’re talking about design and what people really want to know. So what’s the price difference between these two new homes for sale? Can you talk us through that?
Andrew:
So our Masterpiece Collections gonna offer homes in the $500,000 to $600,000 range starting while our designer collection will be at about $425,000 and up from there to about the $510,000.
Eric:
So you’re getting in this great neighborhood, this great location, the lots might be a little bit smaller, the options on the home you can build up, but it’s giving accessibility to a lower price point to get in this great community.
Andrew:
Exactly Eric. And that’s what we do. By having different home collections, we can really offer a home to suit, you know, a lot of people’s needs.
Eric:
What are the few things in the masterpiece collection that we wouldn’t maybe see in the design collection?
Andrew:
So we talked about some of the trim options like we saw the multi-piece crown in the study, but also the cedar beams exclusively offered in the Masterpiece home collection.
Eric:
And then you said the flooring as well?
Andrew:
That’s just really the included flooring is the difference. the hardwood that we see in the Masterpiece collection can totally be achieved in the designer collection. It’s just that the starting prices in the Masterpiece home are already gonna begin with a vinyl plank that’s optional in the designer collection.
Andrew:
In the Charles model home which is our designer model home. A lot of the same elements as with the Masterpiece model home can be met. Two-story gray room, but there are no cedar beams. White cabinet, some really nice modern trim to that, some extra windows, albeit in a bit of a smaller package or footprint.
For the Charles model upstairs, there are two bedrooms upstairs with the walk as well for additional relaxation space.
Eric:
All right. Andrew, so lots just released. Where are we at with this community?
Andrew:
So just released approximately 30 home sites are released now for our designer collection, including call-up site sites. Some really fantastic opportunities.
Eric:
We are asking about the pricing of new homes for sale going up. And if you could just put in context the last few years where we’re at now, is it still going up really quickly or is this starting to slow down other builders’ incentives, anything like that?
Andrew:
Sure. Great question Eric. I talked to a lot of customers about it, and we have recently really seen our pricing start to stabilize or a plateau if you will. We’re not seeing those monumental jumps on a monthly basis. We still see appreciation but nowhere towards the leaps and bounds that were happening during the thick of the Covid pandemic where we were facing so many supply issues and labor challenges where prices were just raising sometimes $10,000 -$12,000 in a week or two.
Eric:
Andrew, thanks again for joining us. Always a pleasure to have you!
Help in Buying New Construction Homes with Team Sztanyo!
I was just wrapping up with Andrew, talking to him about his family. His oldest are just starting to get into preschool. He was looking at the Sztanyo Vanyo and he was like, “Man, I’m in the market right now shopping for a car” Cause he had like a five-seater SUV but they have three kids now. And so he’s like, “I think I need to jump to the minivan.” His wife has a minivan and he’s like, the pricing is crazy. You know, I’m cars right now. He’s like, I feel like my buyers where I have to actually weigh what I’m gonna buy. He’s like a new minivan’s, like $50,000 but the SUVs are even crazier. They’re like $65,000. And it was just kind of funny cuz he is like “I feel I’m in the buying shoes I feel like I can relate with my buyers.”
Well, that’s kind of the idea of this community right now where you’ve had the masterpiece and maybe in the last few years he said “it’s been nothing about focused on square footage and how much house can you get” And now with inflation and now with interest rates have gone up and maybe knocking you out of your, you know, bracket down on buying power, a community like this might make a lot of sense where you can buy new homes for sale in the $400,000 or at least start at that price. Whereas on the masterpiece level, you were in the $500,000 and $600,000 probably. So that’s why we wanted to do this story to show you this great location here in Crescent Springs, Kentucky. With this new phase, a little bit more approachable and attainable than the Masterpiece Collection.
As always, guys, even if you’re going through new homes for sale, we recommend you reach out to us at Team Sztanyo to help you through the process. Cause then you’re getting the best of both worlds. You’ve got someone like Andrew on the sales counselor side with the builder helping you along the way, who’s got all the knowledge on the builder side, but you also have representation from an agent. It costs you nothing extra. The builder pays for that commission on your end. So why not reach out?
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