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The American Dream lives on at Helmut Weber Construction’s Falcon Crest in the heart of O’Fallon. The city was voted one of Money magazine’s “Best Places to Live,” and Falcon Crest is one of the few locations where you can still find single-family homes offering affordability cou-pled with unprecedented craftsmanship at prices starting from only the upper $160’s.

Falcon Crest features a “country cottage” look that differs from the typical styles that have saturated the market. “We’ve brought a new trend in housing to buyers who want exciting new construction in O’Fallon at an affordable price,” said sales manager Sheila Knutson. The two ranches, one story-and-a-half and three two-story plans range from 1,200 to 2,100 square feet and include many upgrade features that are standard in their base price like nostalgic glass-paneled front doors and wood entry foyers.

Kitchens are equipped with Maytag appliances including black-on-black smooth-top range, and the homes feature extras such as roof ridge vents, Tyvek Home Wrap and wiring for coachlights and garage door openers.

“All of our elevations have some brick and stone,” Knutson added. Most of the lots are large enough to accommodate 3 car garages.

Because of the success of these new plans, Helmut Weber recently added a new ranch model, the 1,800-square-foot Sierra II with three bedrooms, two full baths, standard vaulted great room and a covered patio.

“The covered patio is very popular with us Baby Boomers,” said Knutson. Those health-conscious Boomers also will appre-ciate the community’s three walking trails with park benches, and families will love the convenient playground and covered pavilion with barbecue pits, horseshoes and more. The walking trails surround a pond with a fountain.

The American Dream just got sweeter, said Knutson. For a limited time Helmut Weber s waiving all lot premiums at Falcon Crest, or buyers can choose from $10,000 in free options.

Falcon Crest, with only 64 homes, is just a five-minute jog from O’Fallon’s Civic Park Recreation Center. To visit the four displays, open daily (excluding holidays) from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., take I-70 to north on Highway K-M, which changes to Main Street, and then turn west on Civic Park Drive to right on Emge and then stay on Emge as it winds back left into Falcon Crest on the left, and turn onto Sunset Lane. Call 636-379-2009.

Meanwhile, only three homesites remain at Locksley Crossing in Lake Saint Louis, and Helmut Weber Construction is treat-ing buyers to unprecedented closeout savings - offering to build the remaining homes at his cost. Two of the homesites back to woods. For more information contact Sheila Knutson at 636-379-2009 for an appointment and visit www.hwcstl.com. To see the community take Highway 40 or Lake Saint Louis Boulevard to north on Technology Drive.

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Did people pay attention when Whittaker Homes recently lowered its prices to 2003 levels at The New Town at St. Charles?

“We had 18 sales in January and 16 in February,” crowed Greg Whittaker, presi-dent of Whittaker Homes and developer of The New Town at St. Charles. “That’s the best sales we’ve had in those months since 2007.”

We did something we didn’t think we could do, he admitted, “We were able to get prices back to when we started New Town in 2003.”

Whittaker has rolled back prices on single-family and cottage homes to 2003 levels, which means a savings of from $50,000 to $80,000. “It’s for a limited time only,” he said, “and part of our ’25 Homes in 25 Days’ promotion.

“And it’s working,” said Whittaker, adding that buyers are taking advantage of lower prices, low mortgage rates and the federal tax credit.

“If you wish you had bought in New Town at the beginning when prices were at their lowest,” he said, “here’s your chance.” For example, a four-bedroom, two-bath ranch with two-car garage normally priced from $242,500 is now priced from $164,500.

As part of the program, Whittaker also lowered the prices on New Town’s popular Tarn Street lakefront homes to the $180’s. “We have contracts on nine of them,” he said.

In 2003, New Town was established as the first true New Urbanism develop-ment in Missouri and one of the premier Traditional neighborhoods in the country,

designed in the mold of Seaside, Florida. Seven years later, New Town has eclipsed Seaside in growth and amenities. New Town is designed to accommodate a wide price range of homes and small businesses in a setting that combines old with new, cre-ating a town reminiscent of the past where children can ride their bikes to the corner market or ice cream shop and residents can walk to restaurants and bars like the new Padavan’s, a New York-style eatery.

Residents can enjoy shopping at Marsa-la’s Market, the new Haute Cakes Bakery, fun under the sun at Shire Lane Pool, sand volleyball, an ice-skating rink and a full yearly schedule of music festivals, all of which contribute to the stimulating atmo-sphere.

“There are so many things to do at New Town,” said Whittaker. “It’s just an unbe-lievable place.”

More than half of the residents in New Town live, work and play within the com-fort of their own neighborhood, which is what helped make New Town the best-sell-ing development out of 18,600 communi-ties in 16 states two years in a row and one of the top 100 places in America to raise a family.

Last year more than 180 families moved to New Town, Whittaker said. “I don’t think there’s any other development that even comes close to that!”

To visit New Town take Highway 364 to north on New Town Boulevard 1.5 miles to the entrance on the right. Call 636-949-2700 or visit www.newtownatstcharles.com.

What?! 2003 prices at Whittaker’s New Town at St. Charles