"New" development on 395?

Not sure about Oaks at Eden, but DR Horton does have the Prominence site next to Watersound Beach under contract. Sure hate to see low end merchant builders on 30-A.

Whoa...

Does anyone know what is going in at the defunct Oaks at Eden on 395 near Eden Drive? Hope it's not another D.R. Horton! :roll:

Not sure who the builder is - 25 units reduced to 19 for the site.

Not sure who the builder is - 25 units reduced to 19 for the site.

I heard it was DR Horton.........they're taking over all the S/D with infrastructure in place.
Everywhere you look it's a DR Horton Community!

Santa Rosa Beach is turning into Crestview............not good IMO :angry:

I heard it was DR Horton.........they're taking over all the S/D with infrastructure in place.
Everywhere you look it's a DR Horton Community!

Santa Rosa Beach is turning into Crestview............not good IMO :angry:

Oh, are we getting a Hooters!?!?!

Don't be mad at Horton, be mad at the investulators that inflated the bubble and ran everything into the ground. Horton is simply playing the role of buzzard on our real estate roadkill.

It was not going to be high quality construction from previous owner.

I wouldn't call Horton low end. They obviously aren't high end, but the ones I've toured are good builder quality houses.

Plus I like the idea of residents being able to afford non-trailer housing south of the bay.

I wouldn't call Horton low end. They obviously aren't high end, but the ones I've toured are good builder quality houses.

Plus I like the idea of residents being able to afford non-trailer housing south of the bay.

That's why we have been checking them out. It may be the only way we can stay in the area once we sell our "high end" house!

There are differing ideas of value, but the Horton houses have functional floor plans and good basic finishes. On recent parade of homes they often showed better than the higher end places that were badly decorated.
Someone with an experienced eye can see the price point reflected in the details and materials, and they do keep building the same house plans over and over, but overall they do build a decent house.

The same floor plan over and over again really bugs me. The Peach Creek subdivision had the same floor plan right next door to each other, every house in the same color brick. Icky. But to be fair, when St. Joe was building full blast in Watercolor, many of those house were variations of the same handful of plans, but they added variations and mixed them up well, and they were interspersed with true custom houses. The overall look in WaterColor is homogeneous but not repetitious.

My take on Horton quality is that they do what they have to in order to meet Florida building code, but not a step more. We went through one of their models during Parade of homes where most of the second floor seemed out of plumb, and you could feel the bumps where the pieces of subfloor met each other.

But hey, their kitchens were granite and stainless, and all the buzzword stuff.

One of the funnier things about their model was their 'map of Northwest Florida', which proudly had an icon for St. Michael's College located in Niceville among their listings of higher ed in the area. Except that the St. Michael's in question is a semi-sham Caribbean medical school that uses that strip mall office as their American mail drop location, and the actual classes are on an island very far away. (Kind of a sign that their corporate office doesn't really do their local research well.)

Obviously they are not the pinnacle of architectural excellence or custom workmanship, I just think we need to regain perspective about what is decent or affordable housing.

I think it's Artison development group.