Highland Homes is known for providing an extraordinary home buying experience. Now, they are partnering with Sears Commercial to provide an even more exceptional experience. Both of these companies have been known for their outstanding customer service and their true devotion to customer satisfaction. The two companies will compliment each other by offering Sears Commercial personal shopping service to all Highland Homes homeowners and buyers.

On each Florida new home purchase from Highland Homes, Sears will offer a personal shopper who will meet with the buyer and discuss items and furnishings they desire for their home. Sears stores offer a variety of items that the homeowner needs such as exercise equipment, lawn equipment, outdoor furniture and supplies, large appliances, small electronics, house wares and more. As any personal shopper should, they will shop competitor pricing to ensure you get the best deals that are out there. Those who haven't closed on their home yet, can still take advantage of this luxury as Sears will hold items and invoices until after your closing. To top it off, the company will also offer a 5% discount on all purchases.

Highland Homes prides themselves on doing business with top name brand manufactures, and Sears fits right in. Coming together with these other companies helps ensure quality homes and a quality experience for their customers. Other companies they partner with include Whirlpool, Delta Faucets, Progress Lighting, Pittsburgh Paints, Merillat Cabinets and Mohawk's.

Highland Homes, a home building business in the Tampa area has made it into the news again. This is a common occurrence for the award-winning company due to their success and positive reputation. Recently the Tampa Business Journal named them as one of the leading businesses in the area. There are many reasons this is true, but one main reason was their ranking in Tampa’s annual list of Privately Held companies for Gross Revenue. Highland Homes ranked number 74. With the economy in its present state, this is a great achievement.

This central Florida home builder has received numerous awards and recognitions over the past years due to their business practices and the quality new homes they have built. It’s hard work to keep a company running smoothly and owners, Bob and Joel Adams have remained actively involved keeping the business successful. By keeping a close eye on their competition and keeping up to date with the details of their industry they are able to stand out. According to their marketing director their “pricing strategies are audited and reviewed on a daily basis.” Prices are changing more frequently than usual in Tampa so this is a vital part of their system.

Due to the company’s sales people and culture, they have managed to gain over 30% of their sales through referrals. That’s saying a lot about a company, and in today’s economy it is a great and inexpensive way to gain business. Highland Homes works to provide great quality in both their products and their employees to create customers that are highly satisfied with their business.

Highland Homes is slashing prices again, making now a perfect time to buy. Highland Homes has significantly reduced pricing in several of their communities throughout Central Florida.

Three Winter Haven communities now start at $115,900. Normandy Heights on Winter Lake Road, St. James Crossing off Hwy. 92 near Auburndale and Brenton Manor off Hwy. 27 are all starting with this low price point. All homes in these communities have been reduced to drive new home sales.

These Winter Haven communities are not the only ones with price changes. Every community Highland Homes builds in has been reduced and many communities offer upgraded features too. Some communities now offer floor tile and hard surface counters in the kitchen and baths.

The time has finally come for the re-opening of Ayersworth Glen and Highland Homes is celebrating with a spooktacular Grand Opening event on Halloween. For those that are unaware, Ayersworth Glen has basically been at a stand still since March. The developer was going through a grueling process of refinancing their lots, and during this time, Highland Homes was only able to secure a handful lots. However, the refinancing period is over and Highland Homes has purchased more lots in the popular master-planned community and is eager to begin building again.

The Grand Re-Opening event will be on Saturday, October 31st from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (giving you plenty of time to get back home for a night of trick-or-treating). The day will be jam-packed with festive activities like pumpkins, apples, door prizes, a costume contest and refreshments. Without a doubt, it is the perfect bash to begin the new phase of Ayersworth Glen. You can register for the event on the Highland Homes Facebook page or by calling 813-938-4810.

Located in Hillsborough County, Ayersworth Glen is an extremely popular master-planned development. Highland Homes builds in two different neighborhoods at Ayersworth Glen - Highland Chase and Highland Courte. Both of these communities offer new home shoppers a wide variety of available floorplans and many options for interior features. There is no doubt that these two communities will be highly successful for the central Florida new home builder.

The time has arrived! Finally, Highland Homes has opened for business at Deer Creek in St. Cloud. This is the first community in the Orlando market for Highland Homes and the company is anticipating a warm welcome from its Orlando prospects. Highland Homes has had great response to this new community and the sales trailer is now in place. Saturday, September 19th at 10 a.m. the doors officially opened for business.

Prices in the community will start in the $120’s and will include more than 20 floor plans to choose from. Homes will vary from 1200 square feet up to over 2600 square feet and offer one story and two story floor plans. The homes will all come with Wood cabinets, a stem wall foundation, R-30 insulation, 14-15 SEER AC, garage door openers, screen covered lanai’s per plan, and more. Highland Homes has a personal selection studio in Lakeland, Florida and buyers choose everything for their home. From the outside paint color and roof shingles, to the interior paint, appliances, flooring, lighting and more; buyers choose what they want in their home. With everything included in the price of these Orlando new homes many buyers will opt not to upgrade. However, Highland Homes offers several upgrade features to choose from as well including hard surface counters, raised panel cabinets, raised vanities, tile flooring, etc. Buyers choose what they want according to their budgets and their wants and needs.

Kristen Hash is the community sales manager for Highland Homes in Deer Creek and lives in the Orlando area. She has been employed with Highland Homes for 2 years and has been one of their leading sales people.

For more information on Deer Creek visit the Highland Homes website at www.highlandhomes.org or contact Kristen at 407-690-8988. The Sales center is located in Bristol Cove of Deer Creek off Old Canoe Creek Road in St. Cloud. The hours of operation are 10-6 Monday through Saturday and 1-6 on Sundays.

Highland Homes is pleased to announce their model home opening in St. James Crossing, one of Florida home builder's newest communities. Located in Winter Haven these new homes are priced from the $120's. The model home opened August 21, 2009, and the grand opening of the community will follow in the near future.

The model home features the Casa Key II home plan that is designed with three bedrooms, two and one-half baths, and a two car garage. This plan has incorporated many design features to make the home as live-in comfortable as possible including large, open foyer, high ceilings, breakfast bar, luxur master suite, and a screened lanai great for entertaining family or guests. The model home features 1,567 square feet and is a great example of the quality homes built by Highland Homes. Extras such as garden tubs, vanities and walk-in closets make these homes extra appealing to homebuyers.

Homes in St. James Crossing range in size from 1110 to over 2400 square feet. Other features included in homes throughout are Merrilatt cabinets in several stains, Mica counter tops,  Armstrong vinyl flooring and landscaping with irrigation.

The community consists of 150 beautiful lots all within walking distance of Lake Mariana and convenient to popular shopping and dining destinations in Winter Haven. It is also conveniently located off Hwy. 17/92 and close by the Winter Haven airport.

Highland Homes is expanding into the Orlando market. The award-winning central Florida home builder has developed a solid reputation for building quality homes in popular areas like Lakeland, Winter Haven, Zephyrhills, Davenport and Wimauma but now they are branching out to the metro Orlando area with their newest community Deer Creek.

In this economy is fantastic just to have a builder opening a new community, but the fact that it is Highland Homes' first venture into the Orlando market makes it that much more exciting. Deer Creek will offer new homes in St. Cloud priced from the $130's. The community is expected to open on September 1st.

Homes at Deer Creek will be built with Highland Homes' high standard, which includes a stem wall foundation as opposed to a monolithic slab. In addition, the builder partners with several brand manufacturers Whirlpool appliances, Merillat cabinets, Delta Faucets, Pittsburgh paints, Armstrong flooring, Mica Countertops and several others to ensure all products and material are of the highest quality.

Stay tuned for more updates and information about Deer Creek, and to be among the first to take a tour of the community, register on the Highland Homes site.

Highland Homes wants to know which Greens of Hidden Creek model home is more appealing to buyers. So the creative thinking Florida new home builder decided to sponsor a Facebook contest for the community.

The contest is simple. In order to submit an entry, visit the Highland Homes Facebook page and write which model home you think is most appealing to buyers. Highland Homes is encouraging contestants to give specific details about the features of the model they most enjoyed. Additionally, they want to know which features visitors considered not as great.

Five minutes of writing on the Highland Homes Facebook wall could win you a $100 gift card. Every entry is automatically entered to win.

Both of the models at the Greens were decorated by Stacey Antonakos-Perez, the Highland Homes Studio Manager.

The first model at the Greens is the Monroe model. Using bold colors and decorative touches, the model is transformed into a home which appeals to buyers. The home offers three bedrooms, two baths, a two car garage and a large master suite with a luxury bath and screened covered lanai.

The second model is a two story home with a master on the main. It offers large walk in closets, a double vanity and separate shower and soaking tub. Upstairs is the bonus room and three secondary bedrooms.

The Greens of Hidden Creek featuring Wesley Chapel new homes showcases the "green" home with the most innovative energy related products a home can have. The green built Florida new homes have double pane, low-E glass, insulated foam wall block, R-30 insulation, Whirlpool Energy Star appliances and more. Such energy efficient features can save a home owner almost 40% on monthly utility bills.

We have a great deal on an inventory home at Normandy Heights that we wanted to share with you. Hurry in to buy this upgraded Winston II at astonishing savings - recently discounted over $20,000!

The home features four bedrooms with two baths and 2,350 square feet of living space. Inside you'll find many upgraded features including Corian countertops, stainless steel appliances, a jetted whirlpool tub in the master bath and more. In addition, the home is situated on an extraordinary homesite with no backyard neighbors.

At the current price of only $204,900, this Winter Haven home will not be around for long. And this is a great home for the first-time homebuyers in the area that are wanting to take advantaged of the $8,000 home buyer tax credit and low interest rates.

Call 863-293-1726 to set up a private tour of this exceptional home.

Great news for everyone who has ever wanted to tour a house but either didn't have the time or lived too far away to make the trip. Highland Homes provides virtual tours of various model homes. These virtual tours are available anywhere you have internet access. So if your drinking coffee at the local Starbucks or sitting at home in your pajamas, you can take the virtual tour. It isn't difficult to find the tours either, Highland Homes has created a YouTube page so that anyone interested in watching the virtual tour will have easy access. Currently, eight of the model homes including Sherwood B, The Winston II B, and others are available for viewing on Youtube.

This Central Florida builder thought of it all when it came to providing curious home buyers with visual footage of the homes. Take for example, the video below. In roughly a minute and a half you have seen the entire house including beautiful furnishings and decorations. The tour takes you from a gorgeous street view of the house through the living room into the kitchen then to the garage and ends with a look at the bedrooms.

Highland Homes is happy to embrace a different way for consumers to easily view some of their beautiful Florida homes. Good-bye boring still images, hello video!