McFarland introduces townhomes starting at $135,900 during grand opening event

 

By Michelle Krueger | Saturday, April 05, 2008

Discover how you can move right into your own brand new townhome in a picturesque Cedar Lake neighborhood for just $135,900 this weekend. You'll find all the details on this incredible offer during McFarland Homes' grand opening event at The Townhomes of Monastery Woods from 11am-4pm today and 1-4pm tomorrow.

"People are really enthused about the area," Rita Carmin, McFarland Homes' new home specialist at Monastery Woods, said. "It's a really pretty location, close to the lake, and very convenient for people who are on the go."

Featuring two distinct floor plans, The Townhomes of Monastery Woods include a 1,144 square foot ranch plan, the Augusta, and a 1,653-1,991 square foot 2-story, the St. Andrews, which can be customized three different ways to meet your individual needs for extra closet and storage space, a full second bath and/or a third bedroom.

For a limited time, during McFarland's special grand opening event, the Augusta, featuring 2 bedrooms, 1 ? baths, utility room with laundry tub, eat-in kitchen with sliding glass doors leading out to a 12 x 12 concrete patio, large central family room and master bedroom suite with his and her closets and a walk-in shower that includes by-pass glass doors and a built-in seat, starts at $135,900.

"For those who are looking to move into their new home right away, we currently have Express Homes of this model immediately available," Carmin said. "You can also choose to build your own Augusta and still take advantage of the Grand Opening pricing for a limited time."

The 2-story St. Andrews starts with a standard 1,653 square foot plan and includes 2 bedrooms, 1 ? baths, master bedroom with both walk-in and reach-in closets, second bedroom with walk-in closet, large family room with vaulted ceiling, kitchen with built-in pantry and large dinette area with sliding glass doors that lead to a 12 x 12 concrete patio, laundry room with tub and plenty of additional convenient storage space on the main floor plus a large linen closet and 12 x 9, loft perfect for a computer/office area upstairs.

"A fully customized St. Andrews with 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths for a total of 1,919 square feet starts at $172,900 before special Grand Opening savings," Carmin said. "There's so much you can do with this flexible floor plan to meet all of your needs in a new home, all for a surprisingly affordable price."

All of The Townhomes of Monastery Woods come complete with 2-car attached garages with automatic garage door openers and two remotes plus all the benefits of maintenance-free living with an Association to remove snow and maintain the landscaping, elegant community entryways and water features.

A nice, quiet setting with four wet ponds on the north side of Cedar Lake, Monastery Woods backs up to Parrish on 129th and is very close to Route 41 as well. An emerging hotspot in Lake County, Cedar Lake offers new homebuyers resort-style living in a quiet, country setting along with the desirable amenities of city life. In addition to a thriving downtown business district and an award-winning school district, Cedar Lake features an 805-acre spring-fed lake with more than 7 miles of shoreline and tranquil beaches for the enjoyment of residents.

With plans for a total of 230 homes, McFarland Homes is also building Paired Ranch homes in Monastery Woods.

"We also have Express Homes with Spring Savings and new construction locations available for our Paired Ranch homes in Monastery Woods," Carmin said. "These models will also be open during The Townhome Grand Opening event. Whether you're interested in a new Paired Ranch home or one of the new Townhome models, you'll find unparalleled value, comfort and luxury in all of the homes at Monastery Woods."

In fact, McFarland Homes invites you to pick up a handy "Comprehensive Comparison Guide" that you can take with you and use to shop and compare while looking for your new construction home. This valuable hand out is available in all of their sales offices and thoroughly explains over 40 of the included standard features of a McFarland home.

According to Carmin, some features are visible to you when you go through a new construction home and other items are behind the drywall. Both are extremely important to the comfort and maintenance of your home. Educated home buyers need to know the facts about the purchase that is typically their largest, single investment.

Once you have the facts and compare all of the standard features, McFarland Homes is confident that you will want to become a McFarland homeowner.

From their custom homes division and their first maintenance free, all-brick, paired ranch homes, McFarland Homes has always been an innovator in home plans offered through out Lake County. They currently offer Single Family Ranch Cottages in Griffith's West Haven Manor and Paired Ranch Homes in Merrillville's Mesa Ridge. McFarland Homes also recently introduced their Townhomes in The Gates of St. John.

Hello Everyone. I am your Cedar Lake Indiana Realtor. We are going to try to keep you up today about this town. I am going to give you a little bit of history first. This is an old Resort Town. In the 40, 50, 60, 70's this town was the place to go. If you lived in or around Chicago you had a second home here. People would come from all over and buy a little bit of land and build a little bitty shack. Yes some of those shacks are still here today as they were back then. But most of them have either been torn down and a new home built or have been added on to. We have many wonderful Lake in the middle of our town which makes it great for family fun. This is a small town, (well used to be anyway) haha. We have one of the best school systems in the country here today.  Here is the History of our Town. On my next post we will talk about what is happening here today and how things are changing by leaps and bounds...I will be adding pictures from the past and present in all my posts.. This is from our chamber site

As a "resort community", Cedar Lake has had a history full of excitement and change. Early historians say the Potawatomi Indians first roamed the area now called Cedar Lake. It was documented that the land was part of the Indians main food trail as they traveled from what is now East Gary through Cedar Lake to Momence, Illinois. The Indians found good hunting and fishing in the spring and fall and were friendly with the white men who settled the area in the late 1830's. The Indians stayed until a mass movement forcing them to the west in the 1840"

A lodge built in 1834 to accommodate European hunters still exists today and overlooks the lake from a high bluff on the east side. Through the years it has been covered by modern siding, but if it could, its interior walls could tell some wonderful old tales.

Geologists say the lake was the result of a melting glacier and the collection of its water in a clay-lined depression. Although it is approximately 794 acres today, experts say it was much larger 150 years ago. Today the lake is 2.1 miles in length and 0.9 miles in its widest point. It is 16 ft at its deepest but averages 8 to 9 ft.

With the establishment of a railway in the 1870's, Cedar Lake became a popular resort with many vacationers arriving from the north to spend days or weeks at the various hotels that lined the shore. For the visitors convenience, local hotels also provided excursion boats to bring the visitors from the Monon train station on the west side of the lake to the various facilities. The visitors were able to soak up the sun and enjoy the water. Through the years approximately 55 hotels were located on Cedar Lake. The sad tale is that none of those marvelous frame structures continue in business today.

One recorded incident suggest the Monon Railroad brought out thousands of employees from the Marshall field store in Chicago for picnics and family outings. The trips on the Monon added to the resort image of the area. The railroad in fact, purchased acreage along the western shore of the lake which they named Monon Park.

In later years the Moody Bible Church purchased the property and later it became the Cedar Lake Bible Conference Center. Today the Center offers private housing in addition to offering a place for retreats for young and old alike.

In looking at Cedar Lakes early industry much of it revolved around the lake. During the winter months the ice industry employed local residents as well as itinerant workers brought them from Chicago by train to cut large blocks of ice from the lake. These giant cubes were sent to the meat packing houses like the Armour Meat Company in Chicago. Many of the tools used to cut ice can still be seen at the Lake of the Red Cedars Museum located on the lakefront adjacent to the present Town Hall.

In the ensuing years, cottages were built around the lake and in many instances mothers brought their children out for a week or a month of vacation while fathers visited on the weekends. True to a resort image, many of those cottages were built on small 25ft lots because of the seasonal use.

The resort feeling began to change in the 1940's during WWII when workers came up from the south to work in the Gary steel mills. Workers quickly converted the summer cottages to year round homes for their growing families. Unfortunately, in many cases the small cottages and lots did not fit year-round use but many of the new comers made do. In later years when the economy improved, many of the early cottages were torn down and larger houses built.

While Cedar Lake became a town in 1967, legal issues forced the incorporation to cease over two years. Finally in 1970 with everything in place Cedar Lake was once again on the map as an "official" Town. The towns population stayed between 6,000 and 8,000 for many years until a swing in growth throughout the county brought new faces to the area. The Census Bureau list the 2005 estimated population at 9,901.

Hello Everyone I hope you are all doing fine. Here in Crown Point Indiana we are filming a move about John Dillinger Public Enemy Number 1. Our town sure has been jumping for sure. Here is a link to the pics of the filiming and so on I hope you enjoy..  This is part of our history. John Dillinger was in the Crown Point Jail House, this is where he got caught..  http://www.nwi.com/special/dillinger/

 Happy Thursday..Paula

Well today will hopefully be full of sunshine wherever you are.
Today usually is a busy day in our office. People start thinking of moving and selling and so forth.

I also want to wish you all a very Happy Easter Weekend. If traveling Be Careful.
Bless You all here on Active Rain  Paula

Hello Everyone. I have listings so don't misunderstand me. I just got back from my first Formal listing appt.
Wow am I wired. I do not know if I got the listing yet but it was a great meeting. The people were just wonderful and I really enjoyed thier home. We seemed to hit it off right away and my price of thier home seem to be on target..The home is really nice and alot of love has been put into it. So wish me luck everyone. If I get it you know where I will post the listing first. After the MLS of course...

Thank you all for your information and support here. This is a great place.

 Paula Reno, Realtor.

I am looking for information about this program Point2NLS.com can someone tell if it is worth anything and should I invest money into this..??

 Thanks Paula