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Old Florida comfort and sophistication perfectly describes our architectural design brought to life by McGarvey Custom Homes as their award winning High Tide Model in Naples Reserve. The home has won the 2017 CBIA Parade of Homes Excellence in Construction and Design Award for the $1.5M-1.75 category and we could not be more proud. Jump to: Olde Florida “cracker” Style Home Plans The coastal-inspired residence features 3,507 square feet of living area with 4 bedrooms, a study, 5 baths and offers a total of 5,691 square feet. Old Florida is evident in all the exterior details, which include a concrete-sided facade painted in a soft sea foam palette.
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Give your new custom home design a unique and individual character that leaves a great impression to all that step into the room and view it. Ceiling design creations are unique to the room, the home owner and the overall theme of the house.  We take great pride in the design of the ceilings we create to enhance each room with both form and functionality. Please view a sample of five ceiling designs below that we have incorporated into some of our luxury homes. Vaulted ceilings began centuries ago, they have the ability to take advantage of the high ceilings  in your custom home plan t, creating a light and airy feeling and maximizing the natural light.  They work well in most any room throughout a floor plan, whether it’s...
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Most Popular House Plans of the 1st Quarter of 2016 According to the US State of the Industry & Business Outlook of 2016 hosted by Houzz, $320 billion was spent in the building industry during 2015 alone. That’s higher than the average spent during the housing boom in 2007! Jump to: House Plan Search! Weber Design Group house plans sold all over to states like Oregon, Wisconsin, California, Georgia and Texas, 2016 is starting to look like another great year for us too! During our first quarter, the top three house plans sold on the internet were all single story floor plans with open and casual great room layouts. Ranging in size, each plan offers a different architectural style while maintaining a traditional and appealing floor plan. Here are the...
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Marco Island Mediterranean Home by Architect Weber Design Group
Construction on a new custom residence designed by architecture and planning firm Weber Design Group is now complete. The two-story home built by Larry Taylor Construction was designed specifically for the typical lot in Marco Island that’s unique because of the minimal depth compared to other communities. The residence features wide open waterfront views while offering tremendous curb appeal. This formal living floor plan includes 3,276 square feet under air with four bedrooms, three full baths and one-half bath, wet bar, upstairs loft and office space. Outdoor features include a summer kitchen, covered lanai, custom pool and screened-in deck, and the two car garage offers a workspace with built-in cabinets and additional refrigerator. The transitional Mediterranean façade is complemented by a stucco finish, an arched entry and arched windows,...
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After 25 years of business in a single Naples, Florida location, Weber Design Group carefully chose Palm Beach as the locale for a second Florida architectural design office, which opened in 2015. The Palm Beach location designs and produces luxury single-family residences as well as a variety of commercial projects, catering to the East Coast area. The expansion to Palm Beach, FL was in response to a higher demand from builders, developers for a greater architectural design presence in Palm Beach and the East Coast in of Florida. Palm Beach Florida Office: 721 US Highway One, Suite 115 North Palm Beach, FL 33408 561-345-3604 Palm Beach Architecture Palm Beach was founded in the late 1800’s by Florida railway tycoon, Henry Flagler, who built the lavish Royal Poinciana Hotel in 1894 and the Breakers Hotel in 1901. Over the next 20 years Palm Beach began to take shape throughout the...
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On Saturday, November 21st at the Marriot in West Palm Beach, The Gold Coast Builders Association presented 2015 Prism Awards which served to celebrate achievement for those who have demonstrated design excellence during this year. Gold and Silver Awards were presented to builders, developers, architects, marketing professionals, planners, interior designers, landscape architects and salespeople who have demonstrated excellence in all facets of the building industry throughout South Florida. The 2015 winners were selected by a panel of industry experts and honored at the event which also served as Gold Coast Builders Association’s Installation. Florida Architect, Weber Design Group was proud to take home six achievement awards for Best Overall Architecture of a Single Family Detached Residence over $3M during the fabulous Great Gatsby themed event!        ...
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Below features our most popular house plans for the first half of 2015 Coastal house plans and Olde Florida House Plans dominated the first half of 2015! Check out the Top 5 House Plans that were our most popular floor plans available for purchase from our database with hundreds of stock plans to choose from: Coming in fifth place is our Cape Sabal House Plan. At 2,522 square feet of living space, this single story great room floor plan offers three bedrooms each with their own walk-in closet, three full baths and one half bath, a formal study that opens up to the covered front porch and a fully equipped kitchen including a center island and direct access to the formal dining room. The master suite features access to...
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….. Wondering what are the most important house plan features? Recently, the National Association of Realtors released their annual Home Features Survey.  The information gathered revealed the most important features home buyers considered when purchasing a new home or house plan. 57% of buyers purchased a house plan with a fireplace.  Fireplaces can offer many advantages.  Besides the obvious heating benefits, a fireplace can add desirability to a space, create a sense of togetherness and even provide an inherent calming effect.  Our house plans combine all these aspects, taking into account the strategic placement of a fireplace, centered around a home’s gathering areas and even offering a “fire and water” element for some floor plans!  47% of buyers believed that finding a home with a spacious laundry room was very...
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As 2014 came to a close, we took a look back at a year filled with happy customers from all corners of the world.  From places like Thailand to Mexico, Weber Design Group house plans are unique and diverse enough to be sold worldwide!  Rounding out the top spots for most popular home plans of the year were Mediterranean in style, both casual and formal home plans with moderate square footage and lots of versatility.  Here are the floor plans that took the top three spots! Coming in third place this year was our Trapani House Plan!  This is an award-winning Mediterranean house plan that overflows with character and architectural details from the creative ceiling designs, to the immense amount of sliding glass doors and windows offering unparalleled vistas...
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1st Annual Holly Jolly Gingerbread Challenge ~ Naples, Florida   Design Studio by Raymond will hold the first-annual “Holly Jolly Gingerbread Challenge” from Monday, Dec. 8 through Saturday, Dec. 13.  The exciting contest will feature entries from local pastry chefs, including Christina Gray from A Spoonful of Sugar  and Kimberly Bechtel from Sweeties Custom Cakes .  Visitors to the Naples showroom will be able to see the homes on display and vote for their favorite gingerbread house, as well as place silent auction bids for the culinary creations as part of a fundraiser.  The final day of voting and the silent auction bids will take place on Saturday, Dec. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., when the featured chefs will be performing holiday-themed cooking demonstrations in the Design Studio demo kitchen for guests to participate in.  Winners of the silent auction of each Gingerbread House and the “Fan...
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