Loudoun County’s transformation in recent decades from a rural county dominated by farms and equestrian facilities to a wealthy, fast-growing region for high-tech businesses has been accompanied by the expansion of housing development.
facilities to a wealthy, fast-growing region for high-tech businesses has been accompanied by the expansion of housing development.
With household incomes among the highest in the nation, developers have focused on some parts of this county, providing upscale residences.
While planned communities along Virginia Route 7 and U.S. 50 corridors have been in place for a decade or more, residential development is now occurring in the less-populated northern section of Loudoun County, bordered by the Potomac River, Route 7 and the West Virginia line.
A few communities are under development adjacent to U.S. 15 between Leesburg and Lucketts.
Raspberry Falls Golf and Hunt Club, a golf course community with views of the Blue Ridge mountains, is a resort-style development with swimming, tennis and golf. Marquis Custom Homes, a division of Van Metre Homes, is building custom houses on half-acre and 1-acre sites priced from $795,900 and higher.
Some of the homes have golf course views.
Call 888/637-7745 or visit www.marquiscustomhomes.com.
Nearby at Selma, Edgemoore Homes, Winchester Homes Inc. and Craftmark Homes Inc. are building single-family houses priced from the upper $600,000s up to almost $1,000,000 on half-acre homesites clustered around village greens.
A few conservancy lots of 10 acres also are available.
Selma residents can enjoy a swimming pool, tennis courts and miles of walking trails.
Call 877/330-2970 for Edgemoore Homes or visit www.edgemoorehomes.com; for Craftmark Homes, call 571/258-1080 or visit www.craftmarkhomes.com; for Winchester Homes, call 703/297-8020 or visit www. winchesterhomes.com.
In Lucketts, Beazer Homes Corp. is building houses at the Village Green at Elysian Heights.
Village Green, set within 1,000 acres of conservancy land, is a neotraditional-style town near the Potomac River and local vineyards.
The development will include a clubhouse, tennis courts, a swimming pool, play areas and parks.
Town homes are available from Beazer priced from the $300,000s, including three finished levels, three bedrooms, 2½ baths, a two-car detached garage and more than 2,800 square feet.
The single-family homes, priced from the $400,000s and $500,000s, have four bedrooms, two to four full baths, a two- or three-car garage and up to 4,000 finished square feet.
Call 703/771-9531 or visit www.beazer.com.
At Waterford Ridge, Toll Bros. Inc. is building estate homes with mountain and wooded views priced from the upper $700,000s to the low $900,000s.
The homes will be built on 3- to 6-acre homesites and have 3,400 to 4,700 square feet, including four or five bedrooms, three or four full baths and a three-car side-entry garage.
Call 540/882-9600 or visit www.tollbrothers.com.
Mitchell & Best Homebuilders LLC is building single-family homes on 3- to 6-acre sites at Waterford View Court priced from the $600,000s.
The homes include a side-entry garage and a morning room off the kitchen.
Call 703/669-9825 or visit www.mitchellbesthomes.com.
Equity Homes Inc. (www. equityhomes.com) has several developments near Va. Route 9.
At Waterford, one home is left and available now, priced at $999,900.
This completed home, set on 3 acres, has a stone and siding front, a three-car side-entry garage, a rear sunroom, an upgraded kitchen, and a finished lower level with a recreation room, media room and den.
Call 540/822-3035.
At Eagle Creek, single-family homes are being built on 3-acre homesites with mountain views. The homes are base-priced from the $600,000s.
Call 540/822-3035.
At Mosby Ridge, 17 estate homes will be built on homesites of 3 to 25 acres with mountain views. This development, which should start sales soon, will be priced from the upper $600,000s.
Call 703/344-0193.
At the Highlands at Round Hill, Equity is building homes priced from the low $600,000s on homesites of 3 acres or more with mountain views.
Call 540/751-2041
At Ridgeview Estates in Round Hill, K. Hovnanian Homes is building homes with 3,433 to 4,300 finished square feet, with four bedrooms, two to three full baths and a two- or three-car garage.
The homes are priced from the upper $500,000s to the low $700,000s.
Call 540/338-6946 or visit www.khov.com.
At the Woodlands at Round Hill, Winchester Homes and Comstock Homebuilding Cos. Inc. are building single-family homes priced from the mid-$600,000s to the low $700,000s.
The homes will be built on 3- to 5-acre sites.
Call 888/714-5104 for Comstock Homes or visit www. comstockhomes.com or call 540/551-5244 or visit www. winchesterhomes.com.
Closer to Purcellville and Route 7, Equity is building 33 homes on 3- to 8-acre homesites at Chestnut Hills. The homes are priced from the low $600,000s.
Call 540/822-3035 or visit www.equityhomes.com.
Nearby at Wright Farm, K. Hovnanian is building single-family homes on 3 to 6 acres, with 3,650 to 5,403 finished square feet, four bedrooms, three or four full baths and a two- or three-car garage.
The homes are priced from the upper $600,000s to the upper $800,000s.
Call 540/338-7001 or visit www.khov.com.
At Hirst Farm in Purcellville, K. Hovnanian is building single-family homes with 2,350 to 3,700 finished square feet. These four-bedroom homes have two or three full baths and are priced from the upper $300,000s to the upper $400,000s.
Call 888/878-6901 or visit www.khov.com.
Mitchell & Best is building homes at Fieldstone Farm in Purcellville, priced from the $700,000s. The community includes equestrian trails, streams and low stone walls. Call 540/687-8534 or visit www.mitchellbesthomes.com.
Farther north in the Lovettsville area, several communities are under development.
Mitchell & Best is building single-family homes with mountain views at Blue Ridge Glen, priced from the $600,000s. The homes will be built on 2- to 7-acre sites, with a side-entry garage and a morning room off the kitchen.
Call 703/669-9825 or visit www.mitchellbesthomes.com.
Ryan Homes is building a community near the new Lovettsville Town Center. At New Town Meadows, single-family homes are available in the Carriage Series, Estate Series and Executive Series.
The Carriage homes, with three levels, have three or four bedrooms, two or three full baths, hardwood flooring in the foyer, and 1,904 to 2,552 square feet.
These homes are priced from the low $300,000s.
The Executive Series homes have up to five bedrooms and up to five baths, with a two- or three-car garage. These homes are priced from the upper $300,000s.
The Estate Series homes are priced from the upper $300,000s to the mid-$400,000s. Call 540/822-4560 or visit www.ryanhomes.com.
Craftmark and Michael Harris Development are building neotraditional-style homes with front porches and rear-entry garages at Lovettsville Town Center, an Elm Street Development Inc. project, where shops, restaurants and entertainment will be available.
The 65-acre development will include a town park.
Both builders are offering single-family homes priced from the upper $400,000s.
Lovettsville is a short drive from the Brunswick, Md., MARC train station for commuters.
Call 540/822-9911 for Craftmark or 540/822-3013 for Michael Harris Development or visit www.lovettsvilletown center.com.
Greentree Homes is building 81 single-family homes at Dutchman’s Creek in Lovettsville on homesites ranging from half an acre to 15 acres.
The development has a stone entrance feature, and the homes have two-car garages, hardwood flooring in the foyer, powder room and kitchen, a gas fireplace and a master bath.
The homes are priced from the $550,000s.
Call 540/822-3000 or visit www.greentreehomes.com.
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