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NEW HOME ON HUGE KENSINGTON LOT PRICED TO SELL FAST!!!!!!

You can buy the land and we’ll build a new home on a prime Kensington lot which is over 17Ksf
starting at $739K or you choose from one of our new homes from our Paramount Portfolio of
over 100 new homes or we’ll customize one JUST you.
Walter Johns HS.

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Your clients can buy the existing home at 6411 Kirby on an 9,091sf+ lot for $769,000 or we’ll tear it down and you choose from one of our new homes from our Paramount Portfolio of over 100 new homes or we’ll customize one JUST for your clients.

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Your clients can buy the existing home at 8404 Rayburn on an 8,000sf+ lot for $675,000 or we’ll tear it down and you choose from one of our new homes from our Paramount Portfolio of over 100 new homes or we’ll customize one JUST for your clients.

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New Home designed and built by award winning architects and new home builders
Paramount Construction

New Home Elevation:

Here are some option floor plans for this new home proposed for a building
lot in Bethesda:

New Home Plans designed by Architect on staff.

Take a look at this footprint for our Morgan 32 new home
plan set on this 10,600 sf building lot:

Go Here to see the Morgan front elevation (this link shows the Morgan 40 floor plan)
This new home for sale can be built with modular and prefab and panelized construction
methods.

Call 301-370-6463 or email info@ParamountConstruction.net for more information
on the Bethesda home for sale or any other new homes or building lots in
Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Arlington, Falls Church or McLean for sale.

Modular, prefab, stick, panel, these are all just different methods of construction.
And there are pluses and minuses with each.

For instance, on an addition or a renovation to an existing home, usually, the only
choice that makes any sense is to stick frame.

But when it comes to a new home, stick framing the entire home is probably not
the best option. Stick framing is probably a favorite method of most small builder.
But it has a lot of limitations when it comes to quality.

Watch these videos to see why (future posts will go over pros and
cons of modular and prefab methods):

Watch Part 1 here

Watch Part 2 here

I don’t know if it’s the transplants from the west coast or that
DC really is just less conservative when it comes to home styles
than everyone seems to think.

But, over the last few years, we’ve had more and more
clients requesting contemporary and even modern design (modern
tends to have more of the raw building materials exposed – steel
girders, concrete floors).

Here’s the concept elevation of the new contemporary model home:

In fact, we think there is enough demand for contemporary style
homes that we’re designing a contemporary style home to be built
as a model home in downtown McLean this spring.

We’re dealing with some difficult zoning and setback issues in
Fairfax County now, but hope to push forward for a late spring
ground breaking.

We’re also noticing a trend toward smaller homes the last few years.
Some call it “right-sizing”, one writer actually refers to this trend
as ‘Smallville” homes.

So our contemporary new home model will be on the
smaller side of the home-size-scale. I’ll also have future
posts showing off our Kenwood-15 new semi-custom
home that we’re launching now in the City of Falls Church.
You’ll see The Kenwood in our smaller home series coming out soon.
This new home will be 100% luxury living on the first floor (2nd floor optional
and preliminary pricing coming in around $200K, but we’re still costing
it out).

Here’s the concept floor plans for our Cedar Model.
Please let me know what you think. We’d love your feedback,
so all comments are appreciated. This home
will is slated to be constructed as a modular
home.

If you have more questions or you want to
get an early peak at our full new line of homes,
call me at 301-370-6463 enter your contact information here
and I’ll set up a tour of this home or others under construction in
Maryland, Virginia or DC:

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Breaking news!!

We just started de-construction of an existing home
that will be demolished to make room for our new Model Home.

The Model Home soon under construction in Bethesda is our award winning
Glenbrook Model Home Plan. Please look at photos of the award winning
home we’ll be building here.

Please turn up the volume after about a minute.

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More Breaking News!
Watch this video and in the next few minutes you’re going
to see how easy it is to tour a model home under construction
whenever you want.

Take a Look at our Glenbrook model. This is the Model home
we’ll be building on this Bethesda site. This home won Home of
the year in 2007. We’ve updated the home plan, moved some walls around,
added a bay, added some windows and added stone to the front of the house.

And notice the covered porch, so when your guests and
family arrive for that holiday party, they won’t get soaked in the rain.

If you’re like me, you’ll love having a large open foyer so you and your
guests won’t feel cramped and awkward when you welcome them into
your new home. And notice the easy flowing circulation
path around the foyer, family room ,kitchen and dining room. Can
you see why I’m so excited about showing off this
new model home? Check out the floor plans here.

Notice the home office over the garage. It’s plenty spacious and away
from the action, so you’ll be able to concentrate and focus while you’re
working from home. And the secondary bathrooms are layed out so your
kids 2 bedrooms can share the jack and jill bath. And when your house
guest stays over, they can have their own suite.
As you study these floor plans you’ll realize how nice it is to build your
home customized to your exact needs.

Now the lower level has tons of space. This space can be sectioned off so
you can watch movies in the movie room or just send your kids down so
you can enjoy peace and quiet upstairs while
you’re entertaining your friends. Remember when you were in high school
and your parents made you entertain your friends downs stairs? Well I do.
And that’s why we designed this plan
so the kids can’t sneak out and pool hop like I did when I went to Winston
Churchill High School and pool hopped at Tally -Ho pool in Potomac. But
if you really want a separate entrance, or an Au Pairs suite, we can effortlessly
design it in. And that’s an example of why I’m calling our new home plans
Semi-Custom Homes You Can Customize.
Because with Kevin, our on staff genius architect, making changes to plans so
you get exactly what you want will be easy as playing with etch-a-sketch.

Now take a look at the actual award winning home.
Can you Imagine yourself opening the door at your next holiday party and
greeting your guests in this bright, spacious, 
dynamic foyer. Wouldn’t that be nice?

Just think how pleasant it will be having all those guests over watching the
Redskins at your next Superbowl party. You’ll love being able to socialize with
friends and family while your cooking in this spacious open floor plan with 9 foot ceilings.

And here’s a fact for you, homes with open floor plans, homes with rooms
flowing easily from one to another, are just more pleasant to live in. Are
you beginning to see how much more enjoyable a new home will make your life?

I think you’ll really like this new updated award winning plan. We’ll be giving tours
of the model home during construction, if you don’t mind the construction mess,
and if you want to imagine what building your home will be like, you’ll definitely
want to walk this model home while we’re building. And in 6 months, when the
model home is complete, you’ll be able to tour the finished product. We’ll also be
starting a few other model homes around town. We’ll let you know as they go up.

And by the way, stay tuned for our semi custom homes coming out in the spring.
And you’ll be surprised to discover how affordable we’re going to make these to you
before we open these fresh, dynamic new home plans up to the general public. We’re
calling this new line of homes, semi-custom homes you can customize.

Obviously, you can clearly see the advantage of living in an award winning home design
that you can customize to meet your exact needs.

You are ready for your dream home, right?

If you have more questions or you want to
get an early peak at our full new line of homes,
call me at 301-370-6463 enter your contact information here
and I’ll set up a tour of this home or others under construction in
Maryland, Virginia or DC:

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With owning a home affordability getting better and home mortgage rates still near historic lows, the timing could be perfect for buying a new home. And in this relatively flat market or marginally up (at least inside the Washington DC beltway – Bethesda, Chevy Chase, McLean, Arlington, Falls Church – specifically) market, there are many options to consider. But before you start contemplating about the home style and number of bedrooms, here’s a real quick overview of some segments of the Maryland, Virginia Washington DC housing market.

1. “Resale” homes probably represent the biggest percentage of the market. Built years, or even decades ago, these homes were designed and built to reflect the requirements and the tastes of previous owners. They may be outfitted with outdated fixtures and technologies, and have poor construction. Buyers of these homes often fall in love with them for their character, their location or their “good-enough” fit with their needs, and accept the necessity of investing additional time and resources in remodeling and rebuilding.

2. “Spec” homes are built based on the speculation that a buyer can be found during or shortly after construction. These new homes may be designed with up-to-date floor plans and features to fit current preferences. When acquired before completion, a buyer may be able to select some finishing touches. But this type of home construction may also be designed to minimize cost and get the largest proceeds for the home builder, potentially leaving homeowners with less than the best materials and designs that are not as contemporary.

3.“Custom” homes are built according to the buyer’s specifications, usually on land they already own. While this type of new home construction embodies only ten percent of the market, it gives the homeowner the most control. Working with an “on your lot” custom home builder, the buyer determines all facets of home construction—from site selection to the home’s style, size and floor plan, types of windows and doors, flooring and siding, and all the details—cabinets, lighting fixtures, drawer pulls, paint colors, etc.
While “on your lot” home builders are sometimes thought of as large home builders, they can also accommodate today’s trend towards “right-sizing”. These days a custom home builder may work on smaller homes starting around 1500 square feet. Benefits include keeping material and labor costs to a minimum (potentially in the low $250,000 range), and customizable floor plans.
In keeping with price sensitive and “green” lifestyles, another benefit of working closely with a new custom home builder is the opportunity to incorporate the latest energy- and resource-efficient products and trends. Per the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), “Today’s homes are built twice as energy efficient as new homes a generation ago, making them more affordable (” The latest in energy-efficient materials¹ include windows with low-emittance (low-E) glass coatings, upgraded insulation, high efficiency HVAC systems, geo-thermal HVAC systems (check this new home in Falls Church with Geo Thermal ) house wraps and tight construction.
Federal tax credits for Consumer Energy Efficiency² may also be available for new home construction, covering 30% of the cost of materials and labor for systems such as geothermal heat pumps, solar water heaters, solar panels and residential fuel cells. Note that in order to qualify, these systems must be placed in service before the end of 2016.An added bonus for those considering purchases of custom homes—”Current costs (hbrnetwork.com/building-materials/construction-costs-profits-both-down-from-peak-levels.aspx) of building a new home are relatively low,”—according to Jason Dickens, president of the Athens Area Homebuilders Association. 2009 lumber and other material prices have dropped considerably when compared to 2005. “Right now is a very good time to build a house.”
Also, if you’d like to delve into modular home design and construction or prefabricated home building techniques, let us know. We have a new home line of semi-custom homes coming out in 2011.
So, while the acquisition of an existing “resale” or “spec” home will more than likely involve trade-offs, a custom home is a good option that offers real value in function, design and satisfaction—and the fulfillment of owning the home of your dreams.

MAKE SURE YOU WATCH THIS VIDEO IN “FULL SCREEN” MODE

Video of award winning new custom home in McLean Virginia, large remodel and home addition
project in Bethesda and New Home of The Year winner in Falls Church Virginia.