Sterling Begins Construction on Second Home at Steiner Ranch

Sterling Custom Homes, a new home builder in Austin, has just begun construction on its second home at Steiner Ranch; an award-winning master-planned community, just 15 minutes west of downtown Austin.

The new home will be built at the custom home section of Steiner Ranch, The Bluffs. Composed of approximately 4,600 acres, The Bluffs is composed of estate home sites that range from 3/4 to 1.5 acres.

Sterling's newest project at Steiner Ranch is a unique, ranch floor plan that spans more than 5,300 square feet of custom living space. The home also features a spacious six-car garage.

Buyers who are in the market for true luxury will love the bevy of resort-style amenities offered at Steiner Ranch. The centerpiece of the luxurious, master-planned community is the prestigious Uiversity of Texas Golf Club. Other amenities include three community centers with swimming pools, changing rooms, shower and restroom facilities, lighted tennis courts, picnic and playground areas, basketball court and volleyball area and scenic nature trails for biking and hiking.

Adding to the luxury at Steiner Ranch is a Lake Club on Lake Austin with day use boat docks, lighted pavilion, barbecue pits and playground.

If Steiner Ranch sounds like the luxurious community for you, visit the website to find out more.

Sterling Custom Homes is a luxury home builder that uses its more than 20 years of experience to design custom homes that fit clients’ individual needs. For more information, visit the Sterling Custom Homes website.

Sterling Offers Completed Home with Golf Course Views

Are you an ace at golf, but can never seem to find time to get to the course? Do you dream of the day when you can walk out of your front door and directly onto the fairway? Well, now you can make your dreams come true. Sterling Custom Homes, a new home builder in Austin, is offering a rare opportunity to purchase a completed home at Escavera at Flintrock Falls in Lakeway.

The luxury, one-story home offers breathtaking golf course views, four bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, a three-car garage, and Sterling’s popular Guest Casita. Priced at $1,059,780 and spanning 3,905 square feet, this home is large enough to accommodate any lifestyle. Homeowners will enjoy hours of spring entertaining in the home’s large, covered outdoor living area.

Buyers will love living at Escavera at Flintrock Falls, an intimate enclave of 20 estate-sized lots. Home sites range from 1/3 to 3/4 of an acre, priced from the mid- to high- $200,000s. The focal point of this golfer’s paradise is the prestigious Jack Nicklaus designed Flintrock Falls golf course.

In addition to designing custom homes at Escavera at Flintrock Falls, the Texas custom home builder constructs new homes throughout the Austin area.

For more information about Sterling Custom Homes, visit the website.

Open Up Your Floorplan With a Disappearing Glass Door

Are you searching for new homes in Austin, but can't find a floorplan that is open enough to accommodate your lifestyle? Sterling Custom Homes has the solution for you. The builder is known for its innovative and custom designs that create a seamless flow throughout the home. One of Sterling’s most popular innovative designs is the 20-foot disappearing glass wall.

The disappearing glass wall is built into your custom home’s wall cavities. When installed, this door system typically flows into a large, covered outdoor living space. Not only does a disappearing glass door create an easy flow throughout your home, it also creates a dramatic effect that is amplified when placed in an area of the home that overlooks a lake or Hill Country view.

This is the perfect door system for homeowners who enjoy entertaining family and friends. When opened, a disappearing glass door opens your home so that guests can mingle comfortable both inside and outside.

Texas custom home builder Sterling Custom Homes has installed more than 30 disappearing glass doors since 2004. For more information, visit the Sterling Custom Homes website.

Granting Wishes, No Fairy Godmother Needed

Granting wishes doesn't just happen in fairy tales. You don't even need a fairy godmother to make someone's dreams come true. All you need is a computer and some help from Sterling Custom Homes. The new home builder in Austin is donating $1 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation® Central & South Texas Chapter for every new "like" on its Facebook page, up to 300 total fans.

It's easy to donate. All you have to do is visit the Sterling Custom Homes Facebook page, and click the "like" button at the top of the wall.

You're "like" will support an organization that has been providing hope to children with life-threatening medical conditions since 1980. Through its nearly 25,000 volunteers, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® is able to grant a wish every 40 minutes.

Sterling Custom Homes build quality luxury homes in some of Austin's premier, private-gated and resort-golf communities.From Lakeway to Lake Travi9s and Westlake, Sterling Custom Homes is known for exceptional quality, integrity and service. For more information about Sterling Custom Homes, visit the website.

Sterling Custom Homes, Unique Homes Deserve Unique Driveways

You've decided to go through with it: You're finally going to design the luxury home of your dreams. You contacted luxury home builder, Sterling Custom Homes to get started, decided what interior design elements fit best with your lifestyle and are now ready to get the project underway. You've thought of everything, right? Wait, what about your driveway? It is one of the first exterior elements that visitors will notice about your custom home. And after all, doesn't a unique home design deserve a unique driveway.

Sterling Custom Homes, can help you design a driveway that will complete your home’s exterior design. From simple brushed concrete to exposed aggregate, Sterling has a bevy of options to reflect each buyer’s individual style.

Before beginning any driveway project, Sterling Custom Homes determines the key factors that will influence the driveway design elements including community requirements, style of the home and preferences of the buyer. Then, the builder can begin to narrow down its clients choices and offer suggestions.

In addition to brushed concrete and exposed aggregate, the Texas custom home builder offers buyers other options including salt finished, stained concrete, stamped concrete, paver bands, full pavers and a combination of styles and finishes.

For more information or to start the driveway design process, visit the Sterling Custom Homes website.

Customize the Master Suite to Fit Your Lifestyle

Shouldn't the Master Suite in your home say something about your lifestyle? At the very least, it should be more than a bedroom, bath and closet. At Sterling Custom Homes, one of Austin's premier custom home builders, the Master Suite should be the crown jewel of the home -- the room that describes you.

“We have created many one-of-a-kind master suites to match the lifestyle of our home owners,” said Duke McDowell, president of Sterling Custom Homes. “These highly customizable rooms should be well-thought out to create the perfect retreat for the homeowners. This is one of the areas where our extensive experience pays valuable dividends to our clients.”

Sterling Custom Homes offers new home buyers several options for personalizing their Master Suites. Why not add a little relaxation in the form of a coffee room or a massage room? Or stay fit with an exercise room. No matter what you come up with, Sterling Custom Homes can help you build it. This Austin custom home builder believes that creating a Master Suite that is as unique as you are requires excellent customer service. The building process is about commitment, understanding and effort.

Currently, Sterling Custom Homes is building five custom homes in the Austin area that feature unique Master Suites for each owner's lifestyle. If you're looking for your own dream home with a Master Suite to match, why not choose Sterling Custom Homes? The builder will work with you through every step in the process to ensure that you get the perfect home while staying within your budget.

For more information, visit their website or call 512-263-2214.

If you're a Realtor working hard to sell luxury homes in Austin, TX, then you know it's not an easy task. However, Sterling Custom Homes wants to assist you. Sterling Custom Homes is offering seven convenient, one-hour mandatory continuing education courses, taught by Master Builders Duke McDowell and Gary Grambley.

"These courses will help Realtors better understand the steps Texas custom home builders take to create luxury custom homes, from choosing the right home site to establishing a warranty," said McDowell, president of Sterling Custom Homes. "They will be better equipped to sell custom homes in Austin and to succeed in a part of the market they may not have worked in before."

The Texas Real Estate Commission has approved these courses, for Mandatory Continuing Education for Texas Realtors, and courses have a flexible class format. This gives you as a broker or realty office manager, a way to take several courses in one long session, or fit in one course at a time if you have a tight schedule. Topics taught in the courses are: choosing the right lot, plan evolution, custom home framing, custom home foundations, cost plus vs. fixed price, custom home warranty and green building.

Duke McDowell, GMB, CGB, CGP, a graduate of Texas Tech University, has a degree in Engineering with a Construction Option. He has spent his life in home building, and also been recognized for his contribution to the home construction industry, when he was inducted into the Engineering Technology Academy of Texas Tech University.

Gary Grambley, CGB, GMB, is the director of sales and marketing for Sterling Custom Homes. He works closely with clients and other Realtors, and introduces them to Sterling Custom Homes' exclusive process and unparalleled finished product. He is a graduate of Sam Houston State University, where he earned a BBA in Accounting as well.

To schedule a course for your team, please call Sterling Custom Homes at 512-263-2214. The MCE courses for Realtors are available for a nominal fee.

For more information about the long-time luxury custom home builder, Sterling Custom Homes, visit www.SterlingCustomHomes.com. You can also stay up-to-date with the latest company news, by subscribing to their blog, interacting on Facebook, or following on Twitter.