ILLINOIS & WISCONSIN– October 26, 2024 –– The holidays are just around the corner- a time for family, friends, fun and festivities, but is your home entertainment ready?
According to Zoe Denenberg at Southern Living Magazine, open-concept home plans ensure optimal entertaining.
“An open concept design leaves your home feeling warm, bustling and bright- and the large, shared spaces are endlessly versatile and flexible,” Deneberg said. “The design allows guests in the kitchen, living room, dining room and even the sunroom to engage in conversation. You’ll be the family’s favorite holiday host with such an open home.”
Geneva-based Shodeen Homes, a family-owned and operated builder for over 60 years, offers a selection of open-concept, holiday-worthy ranch and two-story designs at communities in Illinois and Wisconsin.
“One of the greatest joys of owning a home is hosting holiday gatherings for friends and family,” said Anna Harmon, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for Shodeen Homes. “We all know where everyone converges, we’ve all been there- the kitchen. Whether you’re encouraging the cook, acting as the sous chef or indulging in appetizers an open kitchen is key to a great holiday party. Combine that with a large family, where guests can mingle, watch the football game or relax around the fireplace and you’ve got the perfect recipe for entertainment bliss.”
Knowing that the holidays are a hectic time, Shodeen offers move-in ready homes or buyers can choose to build at the following communities:
Elburn Station, a 505-acre master-planned community, is walking distance to downtown Elburn and centered around the Elburn Metra station with daily service to Chicago. Low-maintenance Village homes are offered ranging from available now from 1,185 to 2,158 square feet in size with two to four bedrooms, 2 ½ or 3 ½ baths, basements, two-car garages and are priced from the mid-$300s.
Traditional ranch and two-story homes, priced from the $390s, are also available and range from 1,613 to 2,674 square feet in size with three or four bedrooms, two or 2.5 baths, full basements, master bedrooms suites with luxury baths, family rooms with optional fireplaces, dens or flex rooms and two or three-car garages.
Elburn Station is an AT&T Fiber community boasting 99% connectivity reliability and includes the 20-acre Elburn Station Community Park with soccer and lacrosse fields, pickle ball courts, walking paths, multiple playgrounds, a tennis court, two half-court basketball courts, pavilion and a parking lot. The community is served Kaneland School District #302 and is just five miles west of shopping, restaurants and other services along Randall Road.
Just west of Elburn Station, Reston Ponds in Sycamore features ponds, gazebos, walking trails and Southeast Elementary School, part of Sycamore School District #427. Homes quick delivery are priced from the low-$400s and range from 1,613 to 2,625 square feet with three or four bedrooms, two or 2 ½ baths, full basements and two or 2.5–car garages.
Just east of Dekalb and south of Sycamore, Richland Trails in Cortland is minutes from the I-88 employment corridor, Northern Illinois University and Kishwaukee Hospital, part of Northwestern Medicine. Shodeen offers homes in the established community of 209 homesites centered around a wooded wetland area and walking path. Priced from the $320s, homes at Richland Trails range from 1,328 to 2,111 square feet in size with two or three bedrooms, two or 2.5 baths, basements, sodded and landscaped homesites and attached two-car garages.
In Wisconsin, Shodeen offers homes just west of Route 12 and north of 120, at Stone Ridge. Less than one mile from downtown Lake Geneva, Stone Ridge features homes priced from the $530s that range from 1,866 to 2,730 square feet in size with three to five bedrooms, two to 3 ½ baths, gourmet island kitchens, great rooms with fireplaces, full standard, lookout or walkout basements, and 2.5 or three-car garages.
The Woods of Stone Ridge, an enclave of 11 wooded homesites of up to 2.5-acres within the larger Stone Ridge community, offers estate-style homes ranch, two-story and first-floor master designs priced from the $870s that range from 2,589 to 3,005 square feet with three to five bedrooms, 2 ½ to 3 ½ baths, gourmet island kitchens open to great rooms with fireplaces, formal dining rooms, dens, full standard, lookout or walkout basements, concrete patios, Trex Decks, three and 4-car, sideload garages and more.
Edgewood Vistas is set among rolling hills and bordered by mature trees and 2.7 acres of open space with a walking path. Priced from the $420s, homes range from 1,328 to 2,249 square feet with two or three bedrooms, two or 2 ½ baths, island kitchens with granite or quartz countertops, full standard, lookout or walkout basements, Trex deck per plan and two or 2.5-car garages.
Both Edgewood Vistas and Stone Ridge within walking distance of Geneva Lake, which offers endless water sports, boat tours and beaches, and its 21-mile shore path. Lake Geneva is known for its championship golf courses, balloon rides, snowshoe hiking, horseback riding tours and aerial adventures
Sales are underway at Shodeen’s newest community, The Shores of Delavan Lake in the Town of Delavan Wisconsin. The Shores of Delavan Lake will have pier access to scenic Lake Delavan from the inlet. The community is located minutes from downtown Delavan, iconic Lake Lawn Lodge, Lake Como, Lake Geneva and dozens of championship golf courses.
A collection of ranch and two-story homes, priced from the low- $400s, are offered ranging from 1,328 to 2,625 square feet with three or four bedrooms, two or 2.5 baths, 9-foot first-floor ceilings, fully sodded and landscaped homesites and two-car garages with garage rough-in for a future electric car charger.
The Shores of Delavan Lake is located off County Highway F North and bordered by Mound Road to the west in Delavan. Presales are being conducted from the Shodeen Wisconsin office at 416 State Highway 50, next to The Waterfront Pub & Eatery in Delavan. An onsite sales office and model home are expected to be completed in early 2025.
To learn more about holiday worth home designs by Shodeen Homes in Illinois or Wisconsin, please visit www.shodeenhomes.com or call (630) 232-8181.
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