The BIA made this video about the 2011 Parade of Homes at Olentangy Falls in March 2011, you can see some of the eleven homes while they were under construction.  

 

Most of the homes exteriors are very done, or very close... in the video in March 2011.  The changes that landscaping do are always amazing to me.   How quickly landscaping can make a Parade Home blend right into it's surroundings is wild.

The woman taking the video of the homes in Olentangy Falls was in front of the P & D Builders house.  She shows the M/I  Home, The Weaver Custom Home, The Rockford Home.... she was on the east end of the street... with the 2011 Parade of Homes.

Here are photos of the houses during the Parade of Homes, they were taken on my cell phone...

P & D Builders - Olentangy Falls - BIA Parade of Homes 2011

M/I Homes - Olentangy Falls - BIA Parade of Homes 2011

Rockford Homes - Olentangy Falls - BIA Parade of Homes 2011

Weaver Custom Homes - Olentangy Falls - BIA Parade of Homes 2011

Tuckerman Home Group - Olentangy Falls - BIA Parade of Homes 2011

Really my photos do not do these homes or the landscaping justice.... I believe I found the five homes that match the homes in the video...

"and on down the block there" were the other six homes Manor Homes, Ambassador Homes, Compass Homes, Dominion Homes, Fischer Homes and New England Homes.... All the 2011 Parade homes except the M/I Homes entry were sold prior to the beginning of the 2011 Parade of Homes at Olentangy Falls.

I believe the March 2011 video shows 5 of the 11 homes in the 2011 BIA Parade of Homes at Olentangy Falls that I have pictured here. Or do I have any confused?

I was on the BIA Parade Blog today, looking to see whether they'd announced the People's Choice Awards yet....  I don't see it there.   Am I missing it?  Actually I was looking to see if I could tell how long after the 2010 Parade in New Albany... or the 2009 Parade at Tartan West the announcement was made of who the public voted for....

Instead I watched this video and thought about what a little actually a lot (lots?) of landscaping can do for a new home. 

I never drove into the Olentangy Fallls neighborhood until May 2011, the Friday before Memorial Day... the construction was crazy...  I could not get to the bottom of the hill to see the New England Homes, 2011 Parade entry. I did not know it was a circle.  Duh!  I could have come around to see the New England Homes parade house.  I got to see the New England Home inside and out the Thursday before the parade started.  I digress.. this is NOT about the New England Homes house in the 2011 Parade of Homes.  It did not make the March video... The New England Homes house was way down the hill.

Olentangy Falls is in Liberty Township in Delaware County.  The homes in the Olentangy Falls neighborhood have a Delaware address, their zip code is 43015.  Olentangy Falls is in Olentangy schools.

Lots are still available in Olentangy Falls

There are still lots available in the Olentangy Falls subdivision, which was developed by Rockford Homes.  Olentangy Falls is such a unique location for Central Ohio.  Unique terrain.  If you need a real estate agent...

Lot search... as in land.  Know that this in no way represents all lots and land available in Central Ohio...

2012 BIA Parade of Homes - Meadows at Lewis Center

Meadows at Lewis Center - Olentangy schools

The Meadows at Lewis Center - 2012 BIA Parade of Homes

2011 BIA Parade of Homes  at Olentangy Falls -  New England Homes*

New England Homes cleans up in the awards ceremony

New England Homes

New England Homes video

* I am totally biased about what was the best home in the 2011 Parade of Homes at Olentangy Falls.  No photos here of the New England Homes 2011 Parade entry, but the links have some exterior photos of the New England Homes 2011 BIA Parade of Homes entry at Olentangy Falls. 

The YouTube video on the BIA's blog has 383 views on  July 8, 2011.

The BIA did do a video of New England Homes ... looks like this was made after the Parade of Homes began on June 11.

Parade of Homes - New England Homes from Parade of Homes on Vimeo.

 

The porch has spectacular views. The builder, Doug Annette, of New England Homes said "rookery." This spectacular lot in Olentangy Falls, overlooks a "heron rookery. " I had to look up what a "rookery" is.... 

New England Homes - 2011 BIA Parade of Homes

Olentangy Falls - Southern Delaware County

New England Homes -  BIA Parde of Homes Awards Ceremony 2011

People's Choice - BIA Parade of Homes

Real Living HER's Builder and Developer Services Division is representing New England Homes now. This is very, very recently... like a week or so before the 2011 BIA Parade of Homes started, things were put in place...

The 2011 Parade of Homes is only through Sunday, June 26, 2011. That's this Sunday. Get out there quick if you have not seen the homes and neighborhood. Olentangy Falls is not a typical Central Ohio neighborhood, go take a look.

You have an opportunity to vote for the "Peoples' Choice" at the 2011 BIA Parade of Homes at Olentangy Falls.

The 2011 BIA Parade of Homes runs until Sunday, June 26, 2011. The event started on June 11, 2011. The awards from the BIA were awarded at a ceremony on Friday, June 10, 2011 at the Preview Party in the southern Delaware Community on Hyatt's Rd just east of the Olentangy River.

The signs on the 11 parade of homes entries show what awards each house won, Gold, Silver, Bronze and honorable mentions...

The eleven home builders represented in the 2011 BIA Parade of Homes are (in alphabetical order)

1. Ambassador Homes
2. Compass Homes
3. Dominion Homes
4. Fischer Homes
5. Manor Homes
6. M/I Homes
7. New England Homes
8. P & D Builders
9. Rockford Homes
10. Tuckerman Homes Group
    
11. Weaver Custom Homes

The Olentangy Falls home built by Weaver Custom homes won the GOLD AWARD s for

• Interior Design
• Great Room / Family Room

SILVER AWARD for

• Owners Suite

BRONZE AWARD s for:

• Library / Study
• Casual Living Area

according to their sign!

If you visit the 2011 BIA Parade of Homes at Olentangy Falls you can see what awards the members of the BIA conferred on the homes. You will see what home has the best kitchen, what floor plan is the best, what exterior got the gold, which home got the silver for the best master ....

Vote for your favorite home.

BIA Parade of Homes

Ackerly Park, New Albany - 2010

Tartan Ridge, Dublin schools - 2009

Olentangy Falls - Southern Delaware County - 2011

Olentangy Falls - BIA Parde of Homes Awards Ceremony - 2011

People's Choice 2011

It is not too late, you can help decide which home is the "People's Choice" for the 2011 BIA Parade of Homes at Olentangy Falls. I may be biased about what home should win the 2011 People's Choice Award, as Real Living HER's Builder Developer Services represents New England Homes.

New England Homes Ohio a custom builder "Cleaned Up in the 2011 BIA Parade of Homes Awards" on Friday, June 10, 2011 at Olentangy Falls in southern Delaware County.

Breaking NEWS.... New England Homes CLEANED UP in the awards

A photo of the awards on the marble island in the award winning kitchen appeared on both ColumbusBestBlog.com and Columbus Life (on Posterous) during the BIA Parade of Homes Preview Party last night. This same photo of the awards appeared on those two sites during the Parade of Homes Preview Party, June 10, 2011.

"Cleans Up in Awards Ceremony"

The New England Homes entry got the most awards? That's what people were reporting as they returned to the New England Homes house (#1 in the Parade of Homes... just in the order) during last nights Preview Party. I wish I could tell you who said "You guys are cleaning up" as he walked into the New England Homes house. An exciting moment and evening even as a volunteer... Real Living HER's Builder Service Division is working with New England Homes. I probably ought to mention I am working on the Real Living HER New Homes team working with New England Homes now...

Sold!

The BIA Parade of homes has eleven entries this year. Talking to the President of Ambassador Homes last night (during the storm that came through myself and a co-worker were stuck* in the Ambassador model ) that house went in contract Thursday night... By stuck I mean no disrespect to the Ambassador Home, they were not a food and beverage station and we were there during the big storm that came through southern Delaware County last night. I would have been happier stuck in any house with food and drink. We went to the Ambassador Homes entry first after working about two hours at the New England Home. We specifically went to see the interior design of the Ambassador Home. If I understood correctly the President of Ambassador Homes said all of the 2011 BIA Parade of Homes entries are now sold?

Or close? Maybe he said he'd heard M/I Homes was negotiating on their house.

Would that set some sort of record with the Parade of Homes if all the homes were sold before the Parade of Homes opened? Today is the first day of the Parade of Homes. There will be signs in front of the homes telling you what awards they won.

It was awesome that even going into the Parade of Homes earlier in the week, eight of the eleven homes were sold. You've heard from the media that no one is buying homes. No one is building homes... I digress.

Back to New England Homes house which was sold long before the Parade of Homes opened.

If I counted correctly, the gorgeous "Connecticut farmhouse style home" with the wrap around porch received

• 6 Gold
• 2 Silver
• 4 Bronze
• An honorable mention

I will have to sort out what the six Gold awards, 2 silver, etc on the New England Home are... Kitchen, Exterior Architecture, Plan, Library / Study come to mind.

New England Homes is #1 in order of the parade. You will enter through a gate just south (?) of the New England Homes house.

New England Homes has a new website!

New England Homes on southern Delaware County homes

Homes and Builders - New England Homes - BIA site

New England Homes - Olentangy Falls

Olentangy Falls is in Liberty Township and the Olentangy Local School District. Olentangy Falls has a Delaware, Ohio 43215 zip code. Olentangy Falls is on the south side of Hyatts Road approximately 1 mile from Columbus Pike (State Route 23.) Olentangy Falls was developed by Rockford Homes,