Small builders, BIG VARIETY
Developer went all-custom in Timber Crest addition for Parade of Homes Spring Festival
Even before breaking ground for Timber Crest addition in east Edmond, the Premium Land LLC team knew exactly who they wanted to have building in the neighborhood.
They were looking for “smaller custom homebuilders,” said Zach Holland, Premium’s director of land development, “with a variety of styles, floor plans and great customer service.”
Nine builders work in Timber Crest, the featured neighborhood in this year’s Parade of Homes Spring Festival, organized by the Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association. The addition is west of Midwest Boulevard, north of Covell Road.
The event continues with new homes open free to the public from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and again May 4-6. Maps and home descriptions are available at www. paradeofhomesok.com.
Jim Campbell Homes of Midwest City is one of the nine fitting the bill for Timber Crest. Campbell’s home at 3208 Drake Crest Drive is one of more than 100 new houses entered in the parade all over the metro area.
The home presents a melding of traditional and contemporary. The exterior features a mixture of rough stone and more modern-looking brick.
Custom trim ties together the interior, where rounded corners and
arched doorways soften the space, but something unexpected — like the glass trim around a mirror in the guest bathroom — offers a satisfying pop.
Diane Campbell, sales manager and Jim Campbell’s wife, calls it a transitional style.
“Jim and I, our goal is to design our homes to be as livable as we can,” she said.
Jim Campbell Homes has three homes under construction along Drake Crest Drive alone. In the parade home, “livable” translates into a mudroom, a large utility room with a sink and a kitchen complete with a breakfast bar and walk-in pantry.
The covered back patio features a fireplace of its own, and the whole house comes prewired for surround sound. The master bath features both a large soaker tub and separate shower.
“We have a tendency to build what we like to live in,” Diane Campbell said.
The four-bedroom, three-bath home comes in at about 2,400 square feet, falling within the neighborhood’s target range: homes priced at about $350,000 and up and averaging 2,300 square feet to 3,500 square feet.
City amenities, country living
Holland said the location was a natural draw for development. With Interstate 35 less than 2 miles away and the Kilpatrick Turnpike a few miles south, Timber Crest residents can get to most places in the metro area in just a few minutes.
“I mean this is where everything is going,” he said. “We liked the location, the closeness to I-35 so you can get anywhere you need to be in the city.”
Trees and rolling terrain offer a natural cushion against the hustle and bustle of city life, but it’s still close at hand.
“So you have all the great options — dining, shopping, entertainment, health care — but you still feel like you’re set out in the country a little ways,” Holland said.
Timber Crest is in the first of three phases of development, Holland said, and it ultimately will have 188 homes. But what really sets it apart, he said, is the land not being developed for homes.
“We have over 20 acres of common area that will never be developed,” Holland said. “Within that common area, we wanted to provide options that families can use year-round.”
Those amenities include a large playground, a scenic walking trail, a four-goal basketball court, space for football and soccer plus a nine-hole disk golf course. A dog park also is in the works.
Several neighborhoods are folded here into the rolling landscape of east Edmond, where frame farmhouses can still be glimpsed through the trees. But Holland said nature offers a special treat for Timber Crest.
“The neighborhood sits up on a hill,” Holland said, “so you really have great views, trees and everything, plus there’s all kinds of wildlife.”