Tour new Wyngate model row next to Blue Valley schools

Question: What’s the only thing better than touring four brand new, fully furnished Spring Parade homes located within walking distance to Blue Valley schools?

Answer: Owning one.

Take it from current Wyngate homeowners, who say there’s one best place to start — and end — your shopping on this last day of the Parade of Homes: in Rodrock Homes’ Wyngate community, where you’ll find the most innovative furnished homes in a family-friendly Blue Valley locale.

Simply begin at 159th and Grant between Antioch and Switzer in Overland Park. Step into tour the new Wyngate model row next to Blue Valley schools and here’s what you’ll find:

Finished just in time for the Parade, Wyngate’s furnished models are the newest in the area.

The four family-friendly two-story and 11/2-story open floor plans each showcase spacious kitchens with large kitchen islands, main-level flex rooms, luxurious master suites featuring dual-head European showers and covered patios.

Situated in a row, the models sit within steps of each other. While that’s convenient for quick and easy viewing, once you step inside you’ll probably want to linger longer.

The newest in lighter, brighter neutrals, natural textures and artistic materials and pops of color make all four Rodrock Homes’ models a must-see for new home shoppers and interior design lovers alike.

Start in Rodrock Homes’ sales office, where the stunning entry of the two-story Somerset greets visitors with a star-burst chandelier. In the dining room textured Phillip Jeffries’ wallpaper captivates, while geometric wainscoting in the first-floor flex room play up the model’s transitional decor. Upstairs, a laundry conveniently connected to the master suite adds extra function to the home’s stylish form.

A more Mediterranean look dominates the interior of the 11/2-story El Dorado, where a rustic red island anchors the kitchen’s patterned artisan tile back-splash. A box-beamed ceiling highlights an already sweeping great room adjacent to a covered patio.

Next door, the Lancaster 4.5 shines with an eclectic style. The bright two-story space, accented with punches of navy, combines smooth gray and white Carrara marble with custom-stained, rustic maple flooring. A basket-weave back-splash in the wine area off the kitchen and an over-grout stone wall in the master suite inject texture and character into the home’s easy-living floor plan, while a charming first-floor powder room — added by Rodrock Homes in response to client requests — remains a Parade-goer favorite.

Completing Rodrock Homes’ model row is the Larsen EX two-story. With a grand curved entry highlighted with contemporary silver disk wall art, the Larsen is built to impress. Two fireplaces and stone finishes cozy up its main level, while the master bath’s barrel vault ceiling and cascading shower tile add shape and texture beyond what’s found anywhere else.

With so much to see in both form and function, the models are turning heads.

“We feel like Rodrock Homes has the most beautiful, well-designed homes in the area, with layouts that are better thought-out,” said Kate Anthony, an interior design graduate who’s also a Wyngate homeowner.

In addition to superior designs, homeowners are also choosing Wyngate because of this: its rare, walk-up access to award-winning Blue Valley schools.

Wyngate’s paved nature trails link kids door-to-door with Cedar Hills Elementary and Pleasant Ridge Middle School. Quiet, intra-community roads also connect high school students to Blue Valley West High School.

“For about 90 percent of our homeowners, our location adjacent to the Blue Valley school campus is key,” said community co-manager Kerwin Holloway.

Selection and timing is also important to buyers who’ve made Wyngate their home.

Apart from its new models, Rodrock Homes gives shoppers a choice of more than 15 different floor plans available for building on a variety of Wyngate sites.

Right now walkout, daylight and level home sites are available. Many back to green space and some to a tree-lined creek.

But what if you’d like a new home faster than building from scratch allows?

“We can do that too,” explained Holloway, who says Wyngate’s inventory currently includes a selection of two-story, 11/2-story, and reverse 11/2-story homes already under construction and ready for customizing to your individual tastes.

Even if you need to move in within 30 days, Wyngate has a couple of homes right now that fit the bill.

But don’t wait too long; homes like the El Dorado are selling before their models have even been drywalled.

And with the Parade coming to a close and next school year starting in just a matter of months, buyers are circling Wyngate more closely than ever. To make sure you don’t miss out, go to 159th and Grant to tour Wyngate’s four new models today.

This story was originally published May 11, 2014 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Tour new Wyngate model row next to Blue Valley schools."