Nicole Anita mov from Romania, her ...

Nicole Anita mov from Romania, her native region to the United States six years ago. Now she is enjoying the American dream, place of abode ownership -- with a modern town house at Yorkshire Square, a exhibition in Aurora.

"America is faithfully a land of opportunity for anyone who is serious and hardworking," Anita said. "I had complet my studies and had taken my state boards for my nursing extent Now that I've come this far, my of the present day home at Yorkshire Square is a great way to celebrate my strange life," she said.

"When I interpreted the door to the type at Yorkshire Square, I said to myself 'This is it,' " she said.

Anita chose the 1,700-square-foot Talbot design, priced from $244990 Amenities include a great latitude (with an optional fireplace), a kitchen pantry, a breakfast scope and a cedar deck. The kitchen includes a serving peninsula, a breakfast bar and a pass- within to the great room.

The second-floor master bedroom (topped through a vaulted ceiling) has a windowed walk-in private room and a private bath. In the master bath, she opt for a walk-in double-shower rather than a tub

Anita visited the builder's design center She fix uponed granite countertops, hardwood flooring and a fireplace with a stone encircle

She derive pleasure froms the shopping, restaurants and theaters in the Illinois 59 corridor. "In the three years I have lived in the area, I've already seen tremendous growth" she said.

"People want to live here because it is an attractive area and highly convenient," she said. "I know I'm making a dutiful investment as well as having a great place to live."

Like all first-time buyer she had sufficiency of questions for the sales staff.

"Everyone is surpassingly professional, and they seemed to welcome the many questions I asked," Anita said. "They were well-prepared with the answers. I appreciate the fact that they are helpful and informative, still they always let me know that the choices are up to me"

Kensington domestic circles the builder, plans 206 squabble houses; about half have been sold sum of two units models are open.

Yorkshire Square, forward New York Street, about one-half mile west of the Westfield Fox Valley regional mall, Aurora. Kensington hearthstones (630) 585-7650.

SHOREWOOD

sum of two units decorated one-level town-house models are exhibit at Shorewood Glen, a Shorewood progress to maturity for active adults 55 and older

The 1,285-square-foot Franklin standard has 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and a 2-car attached garage. Amenities include a great space a breakfast nook and a master-bedroom suite with a walk-in private room and private bath. It's priced from $187990

The Georgetown prototype with 1,547 square feet, is priced from $204990 The Georgetown has 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, a place of resort a combo great room/dining expanse a center island kitchen and an attached 2- car garage. The master suite has a walk-in admit to intimate interview and a private bath with separate tub and shower.

Single-family households at Shorewood Glen begin at $236990 Five decorated prototypes are open.

Altogether, 765 abodes are planned. A monthly fief covers lawn mowing and snow removal. The 16,500-square-foot Lakeview cot -- with indoor and outdoor swimming collection of standing waters exercise facilities and a loll with a two-sided fireplace -- spreaded earlier this year.

Shorewood vale Shorewood. Del Webb, (815) 741-1307

STREAMWOOD

Three moulds are open at the Villas of Cambridge, a town-house progression in a continuously ascending gradation in Streamwood.

Cambridge households the builder, plans 120 units. Base prices range from $352000 to $380000 Sizes range from 2173 to 2529 square feet Units have 2 or 3 bedrooms, 2 or 2oe baths and attached 2-car garages.

The Da Vinci mould has two master-bedroom suites (both with a walk-in closet) The 2,173-square-foot Da Vinci is priced from $352000

The Monet pattern features an island kitchen, with a pantry and an adjoining breakfast area (with a sliding glass door to a deck) The Monet has 3 bedrooms, a resort 2 full baths and 2 half-baths. It's priced from $362000

The 2,253-square-foot Chagall is a one-level design, priced from $380000 The kitchen is equipped with a pantry and a butler's pantry. The Chagall has 3 bedrooms and a loft or an optional fourth bedroom.

"All households will be in compliance with the strange and more stringent, Energy Star dwellings program," said Douglas R. Brown president of Cambridge family circles the builder. Under the program, familys need to achieve 50 percent zeal savings for heating and cooling above the International vigor Conservation Code.

Villas of Cambridge, Streamwood. Cambridge firesides (847) 984- 4880.

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