Previously on Parade

A look at the progress of the featured 2013 and 2014 communities

The 2015 BIA Parade of Homes community is in the early stages of home-building, but work is well under way in the last two areas to host the Parade.

Jerome Village

Jerome Village – located in Plain City, within the boundaries of the Dublin City School District – hosted the 2013 Parade.

There were 12 homes on that year’s line-up. When the decade-long building process is done, there will be 2,200.

The development is divided into neighborhoods, and all homes must fall into one of 11 approved styles, from Georgian and Colonial to Queen Anne and American Farmhouse.

One major neighborhood highlight – the Jerome Village Community Center – opened in May. The center, designed to look like a vintage barn, contains a swimming pool, a fitness center and Italian restaurant Pasquale’s Pizza and Pub. A shopping center is planned for the northern part of the neighborhood.

Though each home in the community must conform to one of the approved styles, custom home-builders are still able to customize most aspects of house design.

Bob Webb Homes has multiple plans from which buyers can start, though the company can also start from scratch, says founder Bob Webb.

Bob Webb Homes is building in the Arrowwood neighborhood. Its houses in Jerome Village range from $550,000 to $750,000, and square footage starts at about 2,850 and runs up to 4,000.

“We’re getting ready to go into another area with other builders called Eversol Run, which is in a very nice end of Jerome Village,” Webb says.

The company has a model in the neighborhood now and will soon have a second, says Webb.

Truberry Custom Homes is also in Arrowwood, which is the semi-custom neighborhood in Jerome Village. Its homes there hover around $550,000, though some have climbed to the $700,000 area. Sizes range from 3,000 to 5,000 square feet.

Truberry also has a set of plans from which customers can start, though it can also build from scratch as long as the project meets the community requirements, says General Manager Rob Little.

Its homes there have incorporated such features as a stone arch through the middle of one house, a covered porch and a custom golf range in a basement.

“(We also) did a really neat basement with an epoxy floor and a cool custom bar,” Little says.

Truberry has more than a dozen lots and a model in the community, and is soon to break ground on a new Jerome Village model – featuring an outdoor covered porch with a fireplace and a bonus space in the attic – which is slated to open in the first quarter of 2016.

Trails End

Trails End, in southern Delaware County within Olentangy Local Schools, was home to the 2014 Parade.

Like the 2013 Parade, the 2014 Parade had 12 homes, and the neighborhood is projected to have 148 homes when complete. Low density is a major area of emphasis in Trails End, with half of the community’s 216 acres set aside for open space.

The neighborhood had something of a slow start following the end of last year’s Parade, but has picked up significantly since late spring, says Little. Building is now visible in multiple areas after a long period of just the Parade homes being visible.

Truberry has built a handful of homes in Trails End, and is now constructing an inventory home and a homeowner project.

“We have other homeowner (homes) that are soon to be dug, so there are things happening,” Little says.

Truberry’s homes have been selling from $700,000-$900,000, with square footage falling between 3,500 and 5,000.

The company is now working with developer the Edwards Land Company to buy lots in the final section of Trails End.

Bob Webb Homes is now obtaining sites to expand its presence in Trails End. Its only home in the neighborhood is the one it built for the 2014 Parade.

“During the Parade, we only had one lot available to us, but now, there are lots available for us to buy,” says Webb.

The company’s homes will generally be $750,000 and up, with square footage starting at 3,000. The neighborhood is designed to accommodate walkouts, which Bob Webb’s homes incorporate.

The company is planning to build its first spec house in the neighborhood soon.

Garth Bishop is managing editor. Feedback welcome at gbishop@cityscenemediagroup.com.