Pardee Homes Announces Release of New Phase of Homes at Award-Winning LivingSmart Neighborhoods in the Inland Empire

SAN DIEGO, CA, March 06, 2011 (Press-News.org) Pardee Homes has released a new phase of homes at both locations of their award-winning LivingSmart Homes neighborhoods. Home shoppers will find new homes are available in master planned Tournament Hills in Beaumont and at Canyon Hills in Lake Elsinore. As the top selling new home community in the Inland Empire last year, LivingSmart Homes received multiple industry and consumer awards, including SoCal Awards Community of the Year and Southern California Consumers Choice Award.

Among the available homes in the new release at Tournament Hills are four of the very popular single-story homes; three with lot orientation towards the San Timoteo Canyon area. All five Tournament Hills homes are situated on large lots.

A new phase is also under construction in master-planned Canyon Hills. This phase of eight LivingSmart Homes will include a selection of homes on approximately 7,000 to 8,000 square foot home sites, including three single-story homes.

"This is a great opportunity for buyers that are selling their home and looking to move up or down in square footage, as we are accepting contingency buyers at our Canyon Hills location," said Peter Altuchow, director of sales for Pardee Homes.

With a total eight floor plans to choose from in two distinct master-planned communities, there is certainly something for every type of homebuyer at LivingSmart Homes. One- and two story floor plans range from three to seven bedrooms, two to four baths with two and three-bay garages and approximately 1,132 to 3,099 square feet. Ingenious touches such as gourmet kitchens with slab granite and stainless steel appliances are complemented by a host of room options such as media niches, extra bedrooms, fireplaces, garage workshops, master bedroom decks and a four-bay garage in select plans.

Priced from the high $100,000s, the LivingSmart Homes are brimming with a wealth of features and recent updates include the addition of several new standard features such as sleek matching master bath mirrors, contemporary sinks and furniture-style cabinetry. Other features include designer-selected interior light fixtures and architecturally specified recessed lighting, separate interior laundry rooms and spacious master bedroom suites with luxurious bathrooms, private dressing areas and walk-in closets. To make buying a new home even easier, Pardee offers a variety of optional features including value kitchen packages, home wiring packages, bath fixture bundles and LivingSmart packages.

Standard energy-efficient features include Energy Star rated dishwashers, low-E spectrally selective glass windows, fluorescent lights in select recessed cans, dimmer switches and occupancy sensors, and radiant barrier roof sheathing. Buyers can also add such earth-friendly options as roof-integrated solar electric power systems, high- efficiency air filtration systems, tankless water heaters, WaterSmart controllers for landscape, reverse osmosis water system in the kitchen, central vacuum systems, and more. Energy efficiency in a LivingSmart home exceeds California's Title 24 criteria, already the toughest in the nation.

Tournament Hills in Beaumont has a gorgeous private lake and about seven acres of park space, walking trails, picnic areas and a new elementary school. Additionally, the LivingSmart Homes' enclave adjoins the East Valley Golf Club, which features 36-holes in two masterfully designed courses.

Canyon Hills offers homeowners trails, parks, schools, convenient shopping and two residents-only recreation centers with beautiful swimming pools, not to mention its proximity to all the great recreational activities that make Lake Elsinore popular with boat enthusiasts, skydivers, wakeboarders and cyclists.

For more information about Pardee Homes and LivingSmart Homes, visit www.pardeehomes.com or call (951) 244-9583 or (951) 769-0308. To visit the models at Canyon Hills in Lake Elsinore, exit I-15 at Railroad Canyon Road and go east 2.5 miles. Turn right on Canyon Hills Road and follow the signs. To visit the models at Tournament Hills in Beaumont, exit I-10 at Oak Valley Parkway and go west, then follow the signs to the models.