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Brookwood - Just Around The Corner

by Jim Brewer, August 21, 2007
Source: Homes Weekly

BROOKWOOD IS ONE OF THOSE GREAT places in Charlottesville that is close to everywhere you want to be. Located off Fifth Street in the City of Charlottesville, this Southern Development community is just one short mile away from the historic Downtown Mall, the UVA Hospital and Interstate 64.

This exciting new community broke ground in May 2006 with the construction of 17 luxury town homes and the completion of the community main entrance and connector road, Brookwood Drive, directly off Fifth Street. This entrance provides Brookwood residents with easy, quick access in and out of the neighborhood. “Brookwood is a great location,” stated Hillary Losacano, the sales manager of the Brookwood community. “It is ‘just around the corner’ from everything in Charlottesville. You are still right downtown but the community still feels very private because it backs directly to the Rivanna Trail, Rock Creek and its surrounding woods.”

Now with building almost completed on the town homes and only two units remaining for sale, Southern Development Homes has also started construction on the first of its thirty-one single family homes in the second phase at Brookwood. These detached singlefamily homes all include one car garages, large unfinished basements which offer expansive additional square footage, high efficiency natural gas Dual Zone heating and cooling, and the high quality construction that Southern Development Homes is known for. Interior upgrades like 9-foot ceilings on the main level, structured wiring, hardwood stairs, designer lighting fixtures, brushed nickel door handles, finish-in-place hard wood entry and two-tone paint interiors are standard features in the Brookwood community.

The first of the single family homes, the charming Newport model, offers 1,667 finished square feet with three bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths and a traditional covered front porch. The Newport represents functional open living space and an excellent value at $349,900. Priced at $374,900, The Chelsea is a 3 bedroom, 2 1/2-bath design with 2,178 finished square feet. The home features an extremely large master suite with a private balcony and an included bonus room, which creates the added space of a study or 4th bedroom on the third level.

The Berkley is the largest and most popular single family home thus far at Brookwood with 2,358 finished square feet, over an unfinished 938 square foot basement. This well laid out plan boasts a much sought after first floor master suite, with an additional 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths upstairs. The Berkley model is exceptionally priced at $399,900.

“One of the biggest advantages in dealing with Southern Development Homes is that we come from a custom home building background,” Hillary remarked. “Superior products go into all of our homes, plus we can customize our product to the needs of our homeowners. Not just with the interior and exterior selections but even the floor plans to some degree.”

Southern Development Homes is hosting a Grand Opening for the general public to celebrate their new single-family model home on Saturday and Sunday, August 25 and 26 from 11 AM till 5 PM. The affair located in their new Berkley model home at 196 Brookwood Drive, will be catered by Bonefish Grill and feature a live broadcast by 106.1 The Corner radio station (Saturday 11am–2pm) as well as many giveaways and various gift certificates awarded to visitors.

“We want everyone to come out, enjoy some lunch, and tour our homes as well as this great community,” Hillary emphasized. “We want them to see the high quality of construction in each home and discover the convenience of a Brookwood lifestyle.”

To see all that is going on in the Brookwood community first hand; from Charlottesville, take 5th Street (towards I-64) to a left turn onto Brookwood Drive. For more information about the Grand Opening this weekend, or for an appointment to visit the community, please call please call Hillary Losacano, Sales Manager with Southern Development Homes, at 434-245-2238.

Related Link: http://www.villasatbrookwood.com

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