- April 15, 2024
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Farmhouses aren’t just for farms anymore.
A new community in Manatee County, from Lakewood Ranch-based homebuilder Neal Communities, aims to capitalize on the design’s popularity by giving homeowners the option to live in their own urban farmhouse-style house.
The community, Canoe Creek in Parrish, is a big undertaking, with about 621 home sites on 304 acres. Homeowners will be able to choose from 13 floor plan options at Canoe Creek, and each floor plan has at least one farmhouse elevation.
Charlene Neal, president of Charlene Neal PureStyle and vice president of design at Neal Communities, tells Coffee Talk the community’s location gives it a bit of a rural feeling, so the urban farmhouse style made sense. “Farmhouse architecture would have originally been a home that was added onto or a barn that was added onto,” Neal says. “The elements are very simple. It’s very bright, and it’s also authentic to Florida.”
Canoe Creek has generated some buzz — the community has an interest list with about 600 people. Homeowners are expected to be able to move in during late spring 2019.
At the Canoe Creek clubhouse, meanwhile, Neal will convey the farmhouse look by using elements such as painted white brick, board-and-batten siding and metal roofing.
The community marks the first time Neal has employed the urban farmhouse theme in one of the company’s neighborhoods. It was first popularized by the television channel HGTV and the show “Fixer Upper,” with stars Chip and Joanna Gaines, she says, and the impact of the style hasn’t faded.
Canoe Creek likely won’t be the only time Neal offers homeowners the chance to get their hands on farmhouse style. “I do think we’ll do it in other locations that are architecturally appropriate,” she says. “I’m just excited. It’s a new, fresh look for us, and for me, on a design level, it’s been really fun to work on.”
