Pardee Homes Offers Final New-Home Purchase Opportunities for Southern California Homebuyers at Laurel Park at Fair Oaks Ranch

    LOS ANGELES, CA, March 02, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- New home shoppers considering a purchase at Laurel Park at Fair Oaks Ranch should visit immediately, as Pardee Homes announces final selections are now for sale. "Laurel Park combines great design, attainable pricing and great location in a popular and well-established master-planned community," said Joyce Mason, vice president of marketing for Pardee Homes. "Our remaining available homes are offered with special pricing, terrific limited-time financing and wonderful upgrades--simply outstanding opportunities to buyers who can act quickly."

Priced from the $400,000s, Laurel Park designs provide approximately 1,830 to 2,432 square feet of living space and up to 4 bedrooms and 3 baths. Each home also provides a two-bay garage.

The versatile designs feature a great room layout or a more traditional plan with formal living and dining. Variations also feature a loft, tech space, optional additional bedroom and a cozy retreat space. Final selections are move-in ready, with desirable upgrades included with purchase.

Featured homes are showcased on Pardee Homes website. Here, new home shoppers will find a listing of available new homes and pricing, plus each home's upgrades. Examples include such extras as a wine rack, upgraded granite kitchen countertops, ceiling fan pre-wiring and much more.

Already at home in Laurel Park is a group of friends who searched area choices together, and ultimately decided Laurel Park was the place for them. Dhiraj Jain and his wife Anita picked their first home here because it provided the combination they could not find anywhere else in their search.

"We didn't like the houses we could afford, and we couldn't afford the houses we liked," said Dhiraj. "Then we found Laurel Park, which was the perfect blend of the homes we dreamed about at a price we could afford."

Although they all considered re-sales and foreclosure homes, new construction won out easily with these buyers. "We really were most interested in new homes," said Shyam Agrawal, who bought here with his wife Poonam. "This gave us more choices and a warranty, and buying new meant we could live in the same neighborhood."

These families also were very particular about the plan layouts that would work for them, and Laurel Park filled the bill.

For Asif and Anisa Tambe, Plan Four was the winner, in part because of its yard. "We wanted a good-sized backyard for our daughter to play in, and we got it," said Asif.

A downstairs bedroom was the priority for Shyam and Poonam, making Plan Two their pick. "It gives us a great guest room when parents or other family members come from India for a visit," Shyam said. "I also like the upstairs; all the rooms are spacious and well-planned."

Laurel Park meets these and other buyer preferences with ease, according to Mason. "These homes are very thoughtfully designed, with layouts and extra touches that mean a lot for everyday convenience and enjoyment of life at home," she said.

A purchase at Laurel Park also means gaining the multiple advantages for everyday living and leisure time at Fair Oaks Ranch, such as convenient local shopping and proximity to area freeways and to Metrolink. Within the community are a K-8 school, a hiking and walking trail, a six-acre park and hundreds of acres of dedicated open space and preserved oak trees.

For close-to-home recreation and socializing, Laurel Park residents can enjoy The Ranch at Fair Oaks Ranch. It features a junior Olympic-sized swimming pool, a sundeck, shaded barbecue and seating areas, children's play equipment and large play lawn, plus a large room with adjacent full kitchen.

The Fair Oaks Ranch environment has proven itself with this group of friends. "One of the most difficult parts of moving is creating new friends; you don't know who your neighbors will be," said Dhiraj. "Buying together gave us a comfort level initially, and that has helped us widen our circle in our new neighborhood."

Part of this wider circle is Srinivas Pulipaka, who met the trio when he, too, became a Laurel Park buyer. "It was pure coincidence that we purchased close together and thus became neighbors," said Srinivas. "Now, it's a big plus for my wife Suvarna, our two boys, Rohit and Rishik, and me."

Pardee Homes' LivingSmart brand complete the value at Laurel Park. With LivingSmart, buyers gain a package of included and optional features that enhance the home's energy efficiency, interior air quality and overall performance and comfort. "When we heard about Pardee's green features we felt they would certainly add more value to our homes and community," said Srinivas.

Shyam said living with Pardee's green features proved their value to his family. "Energy efficiency is not something I gave much attention when buying my home," he said. "But now, I am feeling the benefits. The appliances, fixtures and faucets are all energy efficient and saving me both water and energy consumption."

"All of our new homes at Fair Oaks Ranch are more energy efficient and more comfortable than older homes and homes built to conventional standards," explained Mason. "These advantages are verified by third-party inspection."

Pardee Homes offers generous broker co-op. For more information call Laurel Park at 661-299-5409.

Established in 1921, Pardee Homes is one of the nation's most notable homebuilding companies, active in Southern California and the greater Las Vegas area. Pardee Homes emphasizes master-planned communities that include schools, parks and preserved open space, and is widely recognized for quality construction, customer service, and dedication to the educational and civic goals of the communities in which it builds. Also see www.pardeehomes.com.

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