About Merrick's Merrick Woods

The first ENERGY STAR home to be built in Merrick is sprouting up on Woodbine Avenue in Merrick Woods, an amalgam of majestic style, quality and green elements to create an elegant environment with an eye to energy conservation. Without sacrificing style or livability, the builder is employing the best available technology to create a home that delivers comfort, performance and lower utility bills. Ever mindful of the escalating cost of energy, coupled with diminishing resources, homes built to ENERGY STAR specifications save homeowners approximately 30% in energy costs while creating a quieter, healthier living environment.

With the brick facade being installed as this is written, the final touches will soon be in place on the exterior of this stately home. As of this moment, buyers still have the option to choose their own finishes and be part of the design process. A four bedroom, two and a half bath colonial, it offers 9' ceilings on the first and second floors, an upper level laundry room, granite and stainless appliances in the well laid out gourmet kitchen. Custom Pella doors and windows, moldings, two zone central air, central vac, hardwood floors and porcelain tile, pavers front and rear, an in ground pool, 200 amp electric are just a few of the additional elements that make this home unique and special. Unseen but integral to the value of this home is the 2x6 construction on all exterior walls with R19-R24 insulation, employing a hybrid system to improve the thermal efficiency of the structure.

Though others may follow, this first segue into the world of green construction in Merrick certainly has been done with panache.

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About the author:

Geri Sonkin is a Licensed Broker Associate serving Long Island sellers and buyers for over 22 years. Areas of expertise include Nassau County, Suffolk County, Queens and Brooklyn. Specializing in resales, new construction, co-ops/condos, waterfront homes, estates. For more information: www.LongIslandsBestHomes.com For new construction: http://175Sherman.GreatCustomHome.com or http://2274Woodbine.GreatCustomHome.com 516-457-7103

All text and graphics contained herein Copyright © 2009 Geri Sonkin & its licensors. All rights reserved.

On Nassau County's south shore of Long Island, just 41 scheduled minutes from Penn Station on the Babylon line of the Long Island Railroad, sits a well manicured enclave of homes on tree lined streets, known as Merrick Woods. Just moments from shopping, schools and the charming revitalized town center, yet a world away in feeling, this well loved area as it exists today was developed in the early to mid twentieth century. Homes have evolved over the years, some taking on a whole new persona while others wear subtle changes that only enhance the vision conceived in the developer's mind.

Housing styles include wonderful old tudors, ranger ranches (sprawling homes that lend themselves to the many updated and reconfigured styles they've become over the years), colonials, cape cods and a smattering of split levels, hi ranches and splanches.

There's a sense of permanence here in the woods that appeals to the many buyers who choose this as their future destination. It's quietly elegant, friendly in feeling and accommodating to people in any stage of their life's journey. The children of "the woods" attend schools in one of three districts, #29 (North Merrick), #25 (Merrick) or #4 (Bellmore), depending upon the street the house sits on. Excellent schools all, it is common for people who grew up here to gravitate back to Merrick Woods and all of Merrick for that matter, when they marry and begin to raise their own families.

For the new home lover, occasionally new construction springs up, offering buyers the best of two worlds. For one lucky person, such is the case right now, with a majestic custom colonial (the first Energy Star home built in Merrick) on the market.

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About the author:

Geri Sonkin is a Licensed Broker Associate serving Long Island sellers and buyers for over 22 years. Areas of expertise include Nassau County, Suffolk County, Queens and Brooklyn. Specializing in resales, new construction, co-ops/condos, waterfront homes, estates. For more information: www.LongIslandsBestHomes.com For new construction: http://175Sherman.GreatCustomHome.com or http://2274Woodbine.GreatCustomHome.com 516-457-7103

All text and graphics contained herein Copyright © 2009 Geri Sonkin & its licensors. All rights reserved.