Our new construction home in Avondale has all the historic character you'd expect in one of the most desirable zip codes in Jacksonville. It's a two-minute walk to Boone Park, and an easy stroll to The Shoppes of Avondale, Orsay and more. Four bedroom, three bath, 2,537 sq. ft., open floor plan filled with tons of high end designer finishes and fixtures from Waterworks and Visual Comfort. White Oak wood flooring throughout. Island kitchen with farmhouse sink, six burner dual fuel range, butler's pantry. Upstairs owners suite with dual vanities, huge walk-in shower. Spacious laundry room upstairs. Two-car attached garage, mud room, wood deck. Fully fenced-in backyard. Tankless Rinnai hot water heater.

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Advantages to New Home Construction Living in St Johns County
By: Alan Aptheker

There’s been a lot said and reported about the benefits  -- cultural, social, and otherwise – about living in the hottest building boom area around: St. Johns County. Let’s put come quantifiable stats to complement, and substantiate, the buzz around the popularity of this area.
  ·  Cost of living index in St. Johns County: 90.1 (U.S. average is 100) ·  Estimated median household income: $67,056 ·  Estimated median house or condo value: $321,000 ·  Percentage of residents living in poverty: 8.2% ·  Unemployment rate: 9.1% (Source: city-data.com)   Schools. SchoolMatch, the nation’s largest school selection consulting firm, ranks the public school…

Jacksonville New Homes Tract Homes
By: Alan Aptheker

The next blog in our New Construction series will illustrate one of the three different types of new home construction available: A “Tract” home.   Tract Home: “A dwelling that has a similar style and floor plan to those of all other houses in a development. Example: Shady Acres is a subdivision of tract houses. Each home is a 3-bedroom ranch-style house with the same basic floor plan. Tract housing can usually be delivered to the market at a much lower cost per square foot. Volume building makes it possible for the builder to purchase materials and contract for labor at a much lower rate than conventional home building methods. The reason is simple; the floor plans are one of a few popular…

New Home Insulation Q&A. It's all about the "R"
By: Alan Aptheker

Here’s a Q&A about the “R”. What’s “R?” "R" means resistance to heat flow. The higher the R-value, the greater the insulating power. Almost all insulation products have to tell you their R-value Q. What's the first thing I should look for when I buy insulation? A: If you’re looking at insulation with an R-value of 38 from Company A and insulation with an R-value of 38 from Company B, you’ll know the two products offer the same level of insulation. That’s true even if they’re different kinds of insulation — say, if one is blanket insulation, which comes in batts and rolls, and the other is loose-fill insulation, which comes as loose fibers or fiber pellets and requires special…