Rodrock Development

The Estates of Forest View is a custom build community, with homes ranging from the $425,000s to the $600,000s. The four new Hilmann Home Building plans in The Estates of Forest View feature 3,000-plus square feet and are priced from the $440,000s to the $490,000s. “Custom homebuyers in the upper four hundreds price range will appreciate the attention to fine detail that these homes offer,” says Tom Langhofer, Rodrock Development general manager.

All are situated on woodland-view home sites and feature custom cabinetry, granite counters in kitchen and guest and master baths, see-through or freestanding fireplace overlooking a covered deck. Depending on the plan, expect to also find upgraded hardwoods featuring variable-sized planks.

“The Estates of Forest View provides the picture-perfect setting for custom built homes,” says Langhofer. “Buyers have a number of daylight and walkout home sites to choose from, all designed to make the most of the natural woodland views.”

The River Oak, a four-bedroom, 5-bath reverse story-and-a-half features all-on-one-floor living with a large master suite plus a bedroom that can also double as an office or study on the first floor. Lots of kitchen extras include an oversized raised granite-topped island with sink overlooking the hearth room, great room and breakfast room, a generous walk-in pantry with built-in desk, a built-in butler’s pantry and formal dining room. The open great room features a see-through fireplace overlooking a covered porch, which is also accessible from the master suite. This home features two separate staircases, one permitting interior access to the lower level living quarters, the second providing lower level access from the garage.

The two-story Northbrook plan situates the stairwell adjacent to an outside wall, allowing for even greater interior room expanses. This five-bedroom, five-bath home includes a first floor guest bedroom or office suite with full bath, and a covered porch with fireplace. Upstairs, the ample master suite features a corner fireplace in the bedroom. Master bath amenities include a large walk-in shower and whirlpool tub. All bedrooms in the Northbrook feature private full baths.

The Park Ridge reverse story-and-a-half features four bedrooms and four baths. A large office or craft room is situated near the kitchen, and the large master suite is also on the first floor. The lower-level recreation room features a fireplace, a wet bar and opens to a covered patio. The walkout lower level also includes two bedroom suites with full baths.

The two-story, five-bedroom, four-bath Highland features four upstairs bedrooms, including a large master suite with a large sitting area, corner tub, Euro-style walk-in shower and a bedroom-sized walk-in closet. A fifth bedroom suite is located on the first floor. The Highland kitchen features custom cabinetry, and a custom center island.

“Home buyers in The Estates of Forest View have the added security of knowing that our developer brings a successful thirty-five year track record of value-added residential community development to the table,” says Langhofer.

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“Our company founder, Darol Rodrock, has always strived to reward buyers in his communities by establishing recreational and aesthetic amenities early-on.” Forest View’s five-plus acre recreational amenity opened last summer, and features a zero-entry infinity pool and a cabana, water play area, playgrounds, sand volleyball court, and picnic and grill areas. The innovative Rodrock Development Moms Council, a concept created by Rodrock to help new neighbors get to know each other and have fun. Event such as the annual Easter Egg Hunt and the Holiday Horse-Drawn Caroling event, are organized by community volunteers.

Forest View’s award winning entrance delivers visitors along a winding road past a three-tiered, 50-foot waterfall cascading over natural rock bluff formations.

In Forest View 160-acres of natural woodland greenbelt has been permanently preserved as a home for area birds and other wildlife.

Forest View is in Olathe Unified School District 233. Forest View Elementary School opened in Forest View fall 2009. Middle and high schools are nearby; the new Mission Trial Middle School opened this fall, and is only blocks away.

“Every season in Forest View offers its own unique beauty, and fall especially so,” says Lund. “This is a great destination for a nature outing, and we welcome visitors.”

To preview floor plans and home sites, visit the developer’s web site at www.rodrock.com or contact community managers. For the Estates of Forest View contact Paul Knickrehm and Joyce Lund at 913.254.1000. For The Hills of Forest View contact Glenda Hauck or Darlene Parks at 913.254.1188. For The Meadows of Forest View, contact Barbara Teaney or Anita Hadel at 913.254.1002. Community Welcome Centers are open every day from noon to 5:00 p.m.

Directions: Take I-435 west to K-10; K-10 west to K-7; south on K-7 to 119th Street; west on 119th Street to Clare Road, south on Clare Road to three-tiered, 50-foot waterfall entrance.

Looking to take advantage of record low interest rates? You have more new options than ever in Cedar Ridge Park, the Rodrock Development community just east of Ridgeview Road at 165th. We’re introducing a new two-story floor plan and pleased to announce we’re also opening to outside builders! (With developer approved plans.) The three- and four-bedroom homes in Cedar Ridge Park are priced from the $220,000s to the low $300,000s.

Choose from Two-Story, Atrium Split-level, Reverse-story-and-a-half plans

All feature in Cedar Ridge Park feature:

•           open first floor layouts

•           3 to 4 bedrooms

•           2-1/2 to 3-1/2 baths

•           two- and three-car garages

•           custom wood cabinetry

•           oak end caps on stairways

•           iron stairway spindles

•           knocked down ceilings

•           upgraded kitchen backsplash and floor tile

•           upgraded tile tub and shower surrounds in the master bath

•           and more

Move-in availability: immediate to 90 days

Finish options:  Depending on home, there is still time for new owners to make final paint, wood finish, appliance, lighting and tile selections.

There’s Never Been a Better Time

“This is an exceptional time to be making a move to Cedar Ridge Park,” says Ann Carty. Carty and Michelle Capek are Cedar Ridge Park community managers. “Homebuyers now have the option to choose from homes that are nearing completion and still make final finish decisions, select one of Cedar Ridge Park’s many floor plans and build on the home site of their choice, or bring their own builder and plan,” says Carty. Furnished models are open for touring seven days a week.

Recreational Amenities Already In Place

“Cedar Ridge Park homeowners are already enjoying the advantages Rodrock Development communities offer,” says Capek. “All of our community amenities are in place, which is a real advantage to residents,” says Capek. “Committing to these life-style enhancing features is a Rodrock Development tradition.”

Community amenities include:

*          zero-entry pool with fountain, changing cabana

•           grill and pergola-covered picnic area

•           well-equipped playgrounds

•           stone entrance monuments

•           wrought-iron perimeter fencing

•           extensive landscaping.

Introducing The Madison

Brand new to Cedar Ridge Park, The Madison, features an open great room with a raised hearth fireplace on the rear wall. The fireplace is flanked on both sides by large windows. The home’s generous kitchen includes a breakfast bar island capable of providing extra workspace as well as seating space for small gatherings. An abundance of kitchen cabinetry plus a walk-in pantry provide ample storage.

Upstairs, The Madison’s bedroom level features a conveniently placed laundry. The master suite bath includes a garden tub and walk-in Euro-style dual-head shower. The Madison’s formal dining and large breakfast rooms also set this plan apart.

Bring Your Builder and Your Plan!

For those longing to build, this fall opens even more opportunities for homebuyers, including the option to bring your own builder and floor plan. See community managers for details. Home site selection includes daylight and walkout sites, and most are situated on quiet cul-de-sac streets.

Award-Winning School District

Cedar Ridge Park offers proximity to new schools, shopping and business corridors and convenient highway access.

The new neighborhood is served by the award-winning Spring Hill School District. “The District has announced that the 2010-11 school year is off to a smooth start due to months of planning and preparations by staff and area families,” says Carty.

ACT Score Results Above State/National Averages

Many District successes are already being tallied, including the announcement of its 2010 ACT score results, which are above state and national averages. District enrollment continues to increase, and on August 9th the Spring Hill Board of Education passed the 2010-11 budget, which featured a 1.129 mill levy decrease—the lowest level since 2003-2004—while also ensuring that students and staff have the resources needed for success.

The District’s new Prairie Creek Elementary School is blocks away. The District middle school and new high school are also nearby. For a preview of the District’s schools visit rodrock.com.

In addition, a 20-acre site adjacent to Cedar Ridge Park is potentially slated for a future Catholic Church and school.

The Rodrock Development Moms Council, a unique community-enhancing feature

Community amenities also include the Rodrock Development Moms Council, a concept created by company founder Darol Rodrock decades ago to help ensure that new neighborhoods get off to a great start. Community volunteers plan annual year-round events that provide ways for newcomers get to know each other, and have fun. “Events like the Moms Council’s Easter Egg Hunts and Holiday Horse-Drawn Hayride and Caroling outing, provide a unique sense of community,” says

Capek.

Building on a Legacy

Community developer, Rodrock Development, a respected name in Johnson County residential real estate circles for more than thirty-five years has developed more than sixty new-home neighborhoods in Leawood, Lenexa, Olathe, Overland Park, Shawnee and west Shawnee. “We sincerely believe that, in every price range we offer, Rodrock Development communities deliver exceptional new-home value,” says company founder, Darol Rodrock.

Creating Neighborhoods of Lasting Value

“All of us at Rodrock Development are committed to creating neighborhoods of lasting value, to designing our communities to stand the test of time,” says Rodrock. “If you drive through Rodrock Development communities that we built twenty, thirty years ago you’ll see how beautifully and gracefully they are aging,” says Rodrock. “Rodrock Development communities are built to stand the test of time.

Compare Before You Decide

“A new home can be the single-largest investment consumers make, which is why we’ve always urged homebuyers to compare before they decide. We even hand out comparison checklists in our community Welcome Centers to help consumers do just that,” says Rodrock.

Contact information:

Community managers Michelle Capek and Ann Carty, 913.829.5813

Cedar Ridge Park Welcome Center and furnished models hours:

Sunday through Saturday, noon to 5:00 p.m.

Directions: I-35 south to 151st Street exit, east on 151st Street to Ridgeview Road, south on Ridgeview Road to 165th Street to community entrance.

Johnson County new-home community developer Darol Rodrock has weathered many economic ups and downs since entering real estate more than three decades ago. His company has successfully created more than sixty new-home communities and counting throughout Johnson County, and Rodrock cites that “more than 20,000 people come home to a Rodrock Development community every day.” During a recent interview Rodrock offered pointers for today’s homebuyer.

Question: What do new-home buyers need to know about timing today’s real estate market?

Rodrock: A critical housing shortage is looming. The new-home inventory that was in the pipeline two years ago is dwindling, and the clamp down on builder financing is still causing new-home starts to plummet. I predict that the market is coming back, but there will be fewer new homes available. And, as supplies dwindle, home prices will trend upward.

Question: Do you expect mortgage rates to go even lower?

Rodrock: That’s hard to imagine. Right now we’re seeing 30-year fixed rates as low as 3.75, significantly lower than the 5.25% rates we saw thirty-eight years ago. I’m thinking that current interest rates may be the lowest we’ll ever see in our history.

Question: Given the changes your industry has recently undergone, what should buyers do on their own behalf?

Rodrock: A home is a decision buyers live with for a long time, which is why we’ve always believed in making every effort to ensure that they’ll want to. First, find a trusted professional realtor. Look into available mortgage programs, and figure out what monthly payments would be. Pre-qualify for a mortgage loan.

Investigate both the developer’s and the builder’s fiscal strength. Assess their level of commitment to the future of Johnson County, and to seeing the community through to completion.

Call or visit the full-time on-site real estate professionals who staff our community Welcome Centers for information about our communities, price points, builders and the floor plans they offer. Many of our real estate pros have been with our company for years, and all are well-versed experts in the ins and outs of new-home buying and building.

Question: With sixty new-home communities, Rodrock Development must be doing something right. What is it?

Rodrock: I suppose you could say “it” is our intention to make good on our promise to Building Better Communities, our company motto. We understand that it’s not just a house that people are buying. It is their home, a way of life. A key part of our company’s mission is to offer communities where people enjoy life, and each other, more. For us it’s not just about buying land, and building houses, it’s about building strong relationships with our homebuyers, and helping our homebuyers build relationships with new neighbors.

I suppose that because I spent much of my youth in orphanages and numerous foster homes, it’s gratifying to see families enjoying time together. Whenever I consider including a swimming pool or a park, or installing walking trails in one of our communities, what I’m really envisioning are the sunset walks residents will be taking, the picnics and pool parties that will enliven their summers. It’s all about helping people create more happiness.

Question: Is that why you created the Moms Council?

Rodrock: It is. In 1989 we realized that we had hundreds of people moving into our communities from out of town or out of state. Our idea was to help organize community volunteers to plan year-round events that would encourage people to get to know their neighbors—like Easter egg hunts and holiday horse-drawn hayrides. We believe it works because it’s a from-the-heart idea.

Question: Any words of wisdom about selecting the right builder?

Rodrock: Yes. Look for the builder that’s as passionate about building your home as you are about living in it. We’ve worked with many of our builders for decades, so we KNOW them. Over time, they’ve proven their ability to innovate new-home design and construction, and conduct business with integrity.

Question: Anything you’d like prospective new-home buyers to know about you?

Rodrock: I’ve always been committed to helping people improve the quality of their lives. I taught school for ten years at Shawnee Mission West High School before I started in real estate. My business has always been in Johnson County.

I currently live on a farm in Johnson County. I’ve always enjoyed agri-business as well as being around horses and cattle. My other passion besides new-home community development is riding in cutting and pleasure horse competitions. I enjoy associating with other people throughout the U. S. who also love animals.

Question: Any other advice?

Rodrock: Only a prospective homebuyer knows if making a new-home buy now is right for them, but interest rates are at all-time historic lows, and the market supply is dwindling. I cannot urge those strongly enough who feel secure about their job, and secure about the direction the economy is headed, to get serious about making a move now.

We invite homebuyers to begin their search with us, and compare all that the Rodrock Development communities offer. We guarantee, today’s buyer won’t find a more welcoming community than a Rodrock Development community, nor a better value, no matter where they look.

Rodrock Development communities are staffed with onsite real estate professionals who are happy to answer questions about home prices, availability, interest rates, mortgage payments and more. Visit the developer website for community locations, furnished model home hours and more information.

Contact: Rodrock Development, 913.681.1212

Web: www.rodrock.com

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