One of A Kind: The WaterStone at Jonica Gap Custom Home Experience

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Building a new home from the ground up is an extraordinary experience – one that was shared by roughly 1.4+ million homebuyers in the U.S. in 2022. A custom home-building experience is second to none – providing an opportunity for the homebuyer to play a more hands-on role in the design and selection of materials, fixtures, and finishes for their new home. According to the National Association of Home Builders’ analysis of Census Data from the Quarterly Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design survey, the popularity of custom home construction is on the rise. The first quarter of 2022 alone saw a dramatic 28% increase in custom new home starts from 2021 statistics. 

With a superlative setting like the one found at WaterStone at Jonica Gap, we believe our homeowners deserve an equally superlative home-building experience. So, we have handpicked some of the South’s most talented custom builders – each one specializing in Mountain Modern design with a commitment to embracing and enhancing the sublime natural settings in which their homes are based. When you opt to participate in our Featured Builder Program, you are afforded a concierge-level custom construction experience unlike any other – with special attention given to you by the WaterStone sales and construction teams every step of the way from contract to closing. 

While methods may vary slightly from one builder to the next, you can expect a seamless and exciting experience during our Six Stepping Stones to Home – Our Custom Construction Process:

Step One: Initial Consultation with Your Custom Builder 

During this first meet-and-greet, you will have a one-on-one with one of our featured builders to talk through your vision of your home-to-be. Come prepared to convey the number of bedrooms and bathrooms you believe you’ll need as well as any special elements – such as a formal dining room, private home office, sprawling outdoor living space, and more. When building your home at WaterStone at Jonica Gap, you’ll learn that communication is key throughout the construction process.

Step Two: Shared Visions Presentation

To ensure you’re both on the same page, your custom builder will take that vision you communicated during your initial consultation and create a “vision board” that includes renderings, images, materials, and textures to help convey the vibe of your new home in WaterStone at Jonica Gap. You will likely also see several potential plans and elevations at this meeting.

Step Three: Homesite Stroll 

You will meet your builder at your homesite to walk the land and discuss your home’s orientation so it will best enhance the setting and ideally capture the essence of the outdoors. For example, you may want your home set so that you can watch the sunrise each morning from a wall of windows in your Owner’s Suite. Every step you take around your property during this meeting brings you one step closer to breaking ground on your new home inside WaterStone at Jonica Gap.

Step Four: Your Home – By Design

As the construction team breaks ground, lays the foundation, and launches construction on your new mountain home, you will have a unique opportunity to meet with your builder’s interior designer. During these design selection sessions, you will select things like the cabinets, countertops, and hardware that will set the tone for the heart of your home, light fixtures that will make a statement in your entry hall and dining room, paint colors for the walls and trim in your family room, tilework that will transform your Owner’s bath to a personal spa, woodwork that will elevate each space, and so much more. While building your new custom home at WaterStone at Jonica Gap, we anticipate this will be your favorite aspect of the home-building process. It will empower you to define your new home’s essence in every room before the drywall is placed and the flooring is laid.

Step Five: Crossing T’s, Dotting I’s

Between design sessions, packing boxes ahead of your big move, and shopping for furniture for your new home in WaterStone at Jonica Gap, your builder will schedule occasional meetings with you during the course of your custom build. These builder meetings are intended to help you understand the various stages, ensure they are meeting your expectations, discuss potential changes, answer your questions, and keep the excitement level HIGH as your new home comes closer to completion.

Step Six: Private Homeowner Orientation 

Once your home is complete, your builder will perform one last walk-through with you to explain the inner workings of your home, show you where all the key mechanicals are placed, demonstrate how to work the appliances and HVAC, learn anything that needs to be fixed, and more. This is your final step in the custom construction process before you head to the closing table, sign on the dotted line, and receive the keys to your one-of-a-kind home inside WaterStone at Jonica Gap!

In addition to the personalized service you will receive from our Featured Custom Builders, you will also benefit from superlative attention from our sales team. Not only do they want you to enjoy your home-building journey, but they also wish to fill you with a sense of community well before the moving trucks arrive. To learn more about the custom home builders at WaterStone at Jonica Gap, we invite you to visit our Builder Page. Discover more about our nature-forward community in Mineral Bluff, Georgia, and plan your visit at www.WaterStoneGA.com. We welcome any questions you may have at 706-455-3867, and we look forward to the possibility of launching construction on a custom home with you in WaterStone at Jonica Gap!

Pioneers of Posterity: Three Compelling Reasons to Join the WaterStone Founders Club

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As a vision takes shape, those earliest adopters and believers become an extraordinary part of its realization. That is particularly true of the up-and-coming gated community of WaterStone at Jonica Gap. The vision of seasoned developers with more than 50 years of experience to their credit, this one-of-a-kind 90-acre community will soon showcase a series of luxury custom homes boasting Mountain Modern designs, sprawling home sites of one to three acres, a network of trails that lead to an on-site stream and mountain ridge, gathering pavilion with fireplace, and so much more. 

Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, WaterStone is defined by its gracefully rolling landscape, a mix of towering pines and age-old hardwoods, awe-inspiring vistas of mountain ranges in the distance, and passive greenspaces blanketed in mountain laurel, rhododendron, and wildflowers. It takes an exceptional person to see what is and imagine what could be. The Founders Club at WaterStone at Jonica Gap comprises exceptional people who see the promise, just as our developers did when they first discovered this fantastic spot just outside Mineral Bluff, Georgia. Whether building a vacation home for collecting memories or a forever home for creating a beautiful life against an equally beautiful backdrop, we invite you to become one of the first “pioneers of posterity” by joining the WaterStone Founders Club. Needless to say, being among the first comes with its own set of benefits…

  • Be Among the First to Select Your Home Site – as homesites are released, you will be one of the first to know so you can select the ideal home site to fit your vision. To accommodate homes ranging in size from 3,000 to 4,500+ square feet, with plenty of space to secure a sense of serenity, homesites inside the gates of WaterStone at Jonica Gap will vary between one to three acres. You may be among the lucky ones to benefit from stream frontage to add a charming water element to your landscape or have unspoiled views of the sun setting over a distant mountain range. Each home site offers its own degree of distinctiveness. 
  • Be Among the First to Meet with One of Our Featured Custom Home Builders – the developers of WaterStone at Jonica Gap have partnered with some of the South’s most talented custom homebuilders who specialize in Mountain Modern home designs. In the event that you opt to partner with your own custom homebuilder, we will fast-track a review of their home plans to ensure they are a perfect fit for your home site and our community. Of course, architectural plans will need to fit the definition of Mountain Modern, and architectural components must include a mix of natural elements, such as stone and timber with shake, slate, or metal roofing accents.
  • Receive VIP Invitations to Special Events and Experiences – To establish a sense of community in the earliest stages of development, the developers of WaterStone at Jonica Gap will play host to a series of special Founders Club events, to include a ground-breaking, mixers, interior design seminars, and more. 

Whether you’ve joined our Founders Club or are a homebuyer who found your way to WaterStone once word continues to spread, you can expect superlative, concierge-style service throughout the buying experience – particularly when you opt to take part in our featured builder program. The seasoned sales team at WaterStone at Jonica Gap will assist you all the way from contract to close. Then, once your purchase is complete, the concierge experience continues as we craft special experiential packages for you to enjoy, such as fly-fishing excursions, private guided hikes, wine tastings, and yoga under the stars – to name a few. To join the WaterStone Founders Club, please visit the Contact Page at www.WaterStoneGA.com and fill out our Founders Club online form. A sales team member will contact you shortly to welcome you to the Club and provide a timeline regarding when you can expect to start reaping the rewards of being part of our Founders Club. We thank you for accompanying us on this journey toward realizing an incredible vision. We hope you and your family find many years of happiness in your custom home inside WaterStone at Jonica Gap.