Catch holiday spirit at Shoal Creek Valley - KansasCity.com

Come home for the holidays at Shoal Creek Valley, a Northland community that not only offers quality-built homes in a range of styles and prices, but also an atmosphere that emphasizes the importance of family togetherness.

Now that Thanksgiving has arrived, Shoal Creek Valley residents have caught the holiday spirit. Many homeowners opt to reserve the community?s beautifully appointed Gate House for their family gatherings. And once the last leftovers have been consumed, the holiday fun continues with community-wide events like a Day with Santa, sponsored by Shoal Creek Valley and Oakhill Day School.On the heels of a wildly successful Homes of Note tour, Shoal Creek Valley continues to welcome prospective homeowners as they explore all the 1,900-acre master-planned community has to offer including a prime location, multiple neighborhoods and a rich amenities package. Located in Kansas City?s Northland at Missouri 152 and Shoal Creek Valley Parkway, Shoal Creek Valley currently features seven neighborhoods that each offer homes in an array of prices and styles. Prices range from the low $200,000s to $1 million-plus, providing homeowners with a wide range in which to budget and design their dream home within Shoal Creek Valley.Prospective buyers can purchase a home site to create a custom-built home or can opt for a speculative home to accommodate a faster move-in timeline. Every model home and speculative home currently available in Shoal Creek Valley has been sold, a testament to the large and ongoing demand from prospective homeowners. New 2013 inventory is under way right now that will give residents a wide range of styles and prices to choose from throughout Shoal Creek Valley?s seven neighborhoods. Competitively priced home sites in The Greens at The Preserve include wooded, golf-view and greenway-view sites. The Village offers two neighborhoods that allow buyers an opportunity to build in the $200,000s and up. The Meadows at the Village offer quaint, bungalow home styles with pricing in the low $200,000s and The Enclave at the Village offer more conventional-style homes in the $250,000-and-up range. Incredible wooded walkout lots are available now.No matter which neighborhood homebuyers choose, they have access to Shoal Creek Valley?s impressive amenities package that includes parks, swimming pools, two clubhouses and walking trails that provide fun for all ages and all seasons.The Gate House in The Preserve offers homeowners a banquet room, screening room, large kitchen, reading room and all-new sound and media center. Its resort-style swimming pool features fountains, spa and cabana. The Gate House offers outdoor entertainment areas on the clubhouse balcony and main-level patio, as well as a barbecue pavilion and gardens with walking paths.Residents also gather at The Park House in The Village, which offers a clubhouse with full kitchen, fireplace, plasma television and an outdoor patio for entertaining with a barbeque and fire pit.?Our residents have used these facilities for private functions on an average of every four days,? said Tom Johnson of Realty Executives at Shoal Creek, who markets Shoal Creek Valley with Edie Waters of RE/MAX Innovations. The $4 million family-friendly water park next to The Park House features a zero-entry toddler pool and two huge water slides, lazy river, suntan island, splash park and ample open and covered seating. To top it all off, yet another pool offers a serene, secluded environment with waterfall, cabanas, restrooms and changing areas.In The Meadows, homeowners enjoy The Village Park and Pavilion that features an open-air picnic shelter, one-acre Neighborhood Park with a stone barbecue grill, stone table and chairs, and lots of open green space. ?The neighborhoods at Shoal Creek Valley are sought after as the savvy buyer understands it is about location, location, location,? Johnson said. ?Shoal Creek Valley provides great shopping and it is in the Liberty School District with Liberty Oaks Elementary School on site. Clayview Country Club, a private club, is also on site and Shoal Creek Golf Course meanders through the community. ?Shoal Creek Valley offers convenience, fun and a balanced lifestyle for the entire family,? he added. ?You couldn?t ask for a better place in which to celebrate the holidays!?The community, which has a Kansas City address, is 20 minutes from Kansas City International Airport and minutes from Interstates 35 and 435, providing 15- to 20-minute drives to the Sprint Center, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Power & Light District and the Country Club Plaza, Johnson said.

Source: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/22/3916618/catch-holiday-spirit-at-shoal.html

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