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to be too much. We need-ed to downsize, so westarted to look at otherplaces in the area; someolder communities, re-sales, townhouses andcondominiums. We de-cided that we wanted aone-level home and thatwe didn’t want to be in anapartment-like building.We wanted a single-fam-ily home.” Tony agreed,adding, “We had a few re-quirements. We wanted atwo-car garage, we want-ed two bathrooms andtwo to three bedrooms.”

Being from Manala-pan, Mary Ann and Tonywere familiar with K.Hovnanian’s® Four Sea-sons at Manalapan, thepopular 55+ lifestylecommunity located justoff of Pegasus Boule-vard. In fact, while theylooked at several otherhomes, this was the onlyactive-adult new-homecommunity they visited –and as Tony Musich not-ed, there was simply nocomparison. “This washands down the best,” hereflected. “We looked atother places that justdidn’t meet our needs, orthe prices they were ask-ing were not worth thevalue. This had every-thing we wanted in onepackage.” The Musichsmoved into their newhome at the end of Sep-tember and have been de-lighted ever since.

A lot of homebuyershave similar feelingsabout K. Hovnanian’sFour Seasons at Manala-pan. The community at-tracts a large number of55+ buyers by offering aunique collection ofhome designs in a tre-mendous location, alongwith a low-maintenancelifestyle and a variety ofresort-like amenities.Buyers have a choice often unique single-familyhome designs, pricedfrom the upper-$300s(subject to change). Thehomes feature generousliving areas with two orthree bedrooms, two orthree baths and two-cargarages. The striking

models include function-al, flowing floor plans de-signed to create a sim-pler, more comfortableand more efficient livingenvironment.

The Musichs pur-chased an elegant Mar-bella model, which wasan ideal size and layoutfor them, with two bed-rooms, two full baths, aluxurious owner’s suite, adesigner kitchen withbreakfast nook and agreat room. “We didn’twant anything too big,”Mary Ann shared. “Butwe did want a nice-sizefamily room and a bigmaster bedroom. Wespend so much time in thekitchen, the bedroom andthe family room, so wewanted them to be a goodsize – and they really are.We also extended outback and had a nice paverpatio put in.”

K. Hovnanian's FourSeasons at Manalapan of-fers homeowners notonly a variety of impres-sive home designs, butalso a wealth of amenitiesand activities to enjoy.The community’s grand,luxurious Clubhouse is atwo-story, 29,000-square-foot facility where neigh-bors, families andfriends gather for fun,fitness, relaxation andsocializing. The Club-house features threepools: an indoor pool andspa, an outdoor pool, anda swimming area de-signed especially forgrandchildren. Otheramenities include tenniscourts, a putting green, acozy fireplace lounge, anoutdoor poolside patio, acomputer room, card andbilliards rooms, games,arts and crafts and muchmore.

The Musichs are look-ing forward to utilizingthe facility, once they fin-ish unpacking and set-tling in. “It’s a gorgeousclubhouse,” Tony said.

Make plans to visitsoon, take a tour of themodel homes — includ-ing the newly redesignedMarbella model, whichjust opened. For direc-tions or information, call888-422-9488; or visitwww.khov.com/Manalapan.

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conveniently onsite atHickory Pines.

“The Design Centerwas very helpful,” Franksaid. “I was really im-pressed by the way ev-erything was priced outperfectly for every op-tion you could ever thinkof.”

Overall, Frank couldnot be more pleased withhis homebuying experi-ence thus far at HickoryPines. “It has been great,”Frank said. “Beverly Pri-

ma [the Sales and Market-ing Director for Pr1maCorporation] is wonder-ful to deal with. I even re-ferred three families toHickory Pines.” TheMeles are expected tomove into their new homein early 2014.

In addition to the Cy-press home design, Hick-ory Pines also offers theFraser model, with 2,630square feet of livingspace, an expansivekitchen with a breakfastnook, first floor flexareas, an attached two-car garage, a diningroom, family room, full

basement, two and a halfbaths and four bedrooms.The Ash model offers2,000 square feet of livingspace, and includes threebedrooms, two and a halfbaths and an attachedtwo-car garage. Other of-ferings include the Bal-sam home design, featur-ing 2,150 square feet, andthe Spruce home design,featuring 2,900 squarefeet of living space. Bothdesigns offer four bed-rooms, two and a halfbaths, an attached two-car garage, and a fullbasement. Home designsare priced from the upper

$300s.Located in the North

Dover section of TomsRiver, Hickory Pines issurrounded by scenicparks, private and publicgolf clubs and some of theJersey Shore’s bestbeaches and boardwalks.

The Hickory PinesSales Office and DesignCenter is at 1100 HickorySt. in Toms River, just offof Route 9/LakewoodRoad. For more informa-tion about Pr1ma Corpo-ration and their commu-nities, please call 732-505-6464 or visit HickoryPinesHomes.com.

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provides a one-stop-shopapproach to building acustom modular home.

Zarrilli Homes’ Laval-lette customers Richardand Amy Costello aretestament to the speed ofconstructing a custommodular home with Zar-rilli. “They’ve got it downto a science,” RichardCostello said.

Once full permits aresecured, Zarrilli typicallyhas the home ordered

with the modular compa-ny, constructed at the fac-tory, delivered, and on theground within 3 weeks.The day of delivery, thehome is set on its founda-tion within hours. “Ichecked the time stampson my photos and the firstpiece was lifted into theair at 8:30 (a.m.) and thelast piece was set at 11a.m., so the actual assem-blage of the house onlytook 21⁄2 hours,” AmyCostello said. “Prettyamazing, I think.”

While Zarrilli has de-signed hundreds of cus-

tom modular homes overthe years, they have, how-ever, pulled out a subsetof their most popularshore home plans to beused as a starting pointwith homeowners anx-ious to get home. With lit-tle or no modification tothese plans, the construc-tion process can be great-ly expedited, thus makingfor a quicker move-indate. For those who mighthave the luxury of time, atruly custom home can becreated at their awardwinning design center,where Zarrilli Homes

utilizes a 3-D home designsoftware where clientscan take a virtual tour oftheir home before anyfabrication begins.

Anyone interested inattending an upcominghouse set, seeing Zarril-li’s completed homes orothers currently underconstruction in the Shorearea is invited for a tour.To schedule a tour, call732-262-4848, stop bytheir newly remodeledDesign Studio located at186 Mantoloking Road inBrick or visit www.ZarrilliHomes.com.

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The New JerseyApartment Association(NJAA) honored WaltersGroup with a prestigiousaward for Stafford Pre-serve at the 20th AnnualGarden State Awards cer-emony.

Stafford Preserve, aluxury apartment-rentalproject, garnered theGreen Building — Excel-lence in Property Man-agement — Mid to High-Rise Apartments/ BuiltAfter 2010 award. Theproject was also a finalistin the curb appeal catego-ry.

“It’s an honor to be rec-ognized by NJAA for cre-ating a vital developmentthat fills a need for newapartment rentals in ourcommunity,” said Ed Wal-

ters, Jr., president andfounder. “Our hard-work-ing staff provides thehighest level of manage-ment and maintenanceservice to our residents toensure that all of ourproperties are well-run.”

NJAA celebrated theachievements of apart-ment industry leadersacross the state, present-ing 165 awards to mem-bers, member propertiesand associate members atthe annual gala event held

at the Hilton East Bruns-wick, NJ. This year’snominations were open in40 categories to all NJAAmembers including indi-viduals and propertiesthat showcased industryexcellence.

Stafford Preserve ispart of the Stafford Parkredevelopment located inStafford Township at Exit63 of the Garden StateParkway. When complet-ed the multi-phased pro-ject will consist of 216residences in 18 build-ings.

For more informationon Stafford PreserveApartments, visitwww.spreserve.com orcall 609-978-8005.

Walters Group receives NJAA award

Stafford Preserve, a luxury apartment-rental project,garnered the Green Building — Excellence in PropertyManagement — Mid to High-Rise Apartments/Built After2010 award.