1st American Builders Snags Gold, Silver Awards at 2008 Parade of Homes

1st American Builders, Raleigh's Builder of the Year, and one of the Carolina's largest family-owned new home builders, is pleased to announce its recent recognition at the 2008 Raleigh-Wake County Parade of Homes event for two of their townhome floor plans. The awards were announced at the recent Parade of Homes' awards dinner.

Both winning floor plans can be found at Renaissance Park, a community located 3 miles south of Downtown Raleigh. Receiving the Gold Award for Parade entries priced from $200,000 to $239,460 was The Monticello, a 1,863 square-foot townhome plan featuring 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a loft, eat-in kitchen, separate dining room, rear-load garage and covered patio. The Oakville townhome floor plan received the Silver Award for Parade entries priced from $239,461 to $257,000. At 2,491 square-feet, the Oakville floor plan features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a family room with breakfast nook, kitchen bar, separate dining room and a 2-car rear-load garage.

"It's an honor to be recognized by the Raleigh HBA for our designs," said Geoff Shiley, chief operating officer for 1st American Builders. "We have learned that to be successful in today's market, our floor plans must reflect the styles and trends of today's buyers, and I think both of these winning plans successfully achieve this."

1st American builds single-family homes and townhomes in communities across the Triangle. The company has established a reputation for unparalleled design and quality construction in homebuilding. 1st American was recently recognized as the Builder of the Year at the 2008 Major Achievements in Marketing Excellence (MAME) awards. Twice, the company was named to the Triangle Business Journal's Fastest 50 Growing Businesses.