Builder - November 2008 - (Page 37)

SUCCESSSTORIES INNOVATIVE IDEAS WITH PROVEN RESULTS VILLAGE VIBE: Fiber-cement clapboard siding and white trim give each building cluster (in this case a townhome duplex) an authentic look. ■ EDITED BY JENNY SULLIVA N ATTACHED LUXURY Houses on the Hill I Attached homes outside of Manhattan have a New England state of mind. t’s hard to imagine there could be any sort of unﬁ lled housing niche in the overbuilt landscape surrounding New York City, but builder Bill McGuinness seems to have found one. Palmer Hill, a verdant community planted in the space between Stamford, Conn., and upper-crust Greenwich, Conn., is offering a lifestyle option that, until recently, was tough to come by in the area: luxury in a medium-density setting. “With attached housing, what you typically ﬁnd around here is very vertical, Trump Tower–type new construction. Or, if it’s garden-oriented, it’s a small inﬁll project with fewer than a dozen units and no amenities,” says McGuinness, principal of the Pawling, N.Y.–based design/build ﬁrm Sun Homes. Palmer Hill cherry-picks the best of both product types. Located just 35 miles from midtown Manhattan—a door-to-door commute to Grand Central Station is less than an hour—the property offers all the classy amenities you’d ﬁ nd in a luxury highrise (party rooms, pool, hot tub, ﬁtness center, yoga/dance studio, business center, etc.) but in a quaint, village-like setting that feels more like Martha’s Vineyard than an extension of the Big Apple. Crisp clapboard townhomes and shingle-style condos maintain a low proﬁle and are anchored by a clubhouse in the same style. The 20-acre site plan preserves large chunks of green space and accents them beautifully with natural stone walls. Rather than leveling the topography, Sun Homes (see page 38) allowed each cluster of LOCATION: ■ ■ Evan Joseph STAMFORD, CONN. Community: Palmer Hill Total acreage: 20 ■ Date opened for presales: September 2007 ■ Product: Townhomes and condos ranging from 2,300 square feet to 4,000 square feet ■ Price range: $886,000 to $1.25 million ■ Total number of units at buildout: 195 (20 income-qualiﬁed affordable) ■ Sales to date: 45 ■ Builder/Designer: Sun Homes, Pawling, N.Y. ■ Developer: Buckingham Partners, Haddonﬁeld, N.J. ■ Interior designer: Lynn Morgan Design, Rowayton, Conn. W W W.BUILDERONLINE.COM nov e m ber 2 0 08 B U I LD E R ■ 37 http://WWW.BUILDERONLINE.COM

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