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Homes feature latest in design, construction
Park City Showcase offers new and exciting ideas for first-time and seasoned home buyers.
Among the annual presentation of new homes, the one in Park City is typically at the top of the list of attendees.
One reason is the homes featured are among the most expensive offered up for viewing.
And, according to Greg White, this year's chairman of the Park City Area Showcase of Homes, there's even more reasons to attend. "Never, in the history of the Showcase, have we had so many of the more expensive homes or so many homes," he notes.
The Showcase will run Aug. 23-25, Aug. 30-Sept. 2 and Sept. 6-8. This, too, is an extension of the show. Past years it has covered only two weeks.
Tickets can be purchased at any of the 21 homes being presented, from Timber Lodge Collection in Ogden and from Smith-Tix. Cost is $10 per person. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Purchase of a ticket will entitle the buyer to enter to win one of three trips to a Marriott property anywhere in the United States. The trips are for anywhere from two to six people and for up to 14 nights in a Marriott.
Homes this year will be located in Park City, Heber, Midway, Kamas and Woodland.
Visitors will notice certain trends showing up in this year's collection of homes.
One of the most striking is the use of stone on floors and walls. Hardwood flooring is yet another popular trend right now. Walk-in closets continue to be popular and are now starting to show up not only the master, but other bedrooms.
A number of the homes also feature main-level living with the master suite on the same level as the kitchen and family room. Larger garages are also starting to show up. A three-car garage is becoming more and more common, and even some four-car garages.
Another popular feature among this year's homes are covered porches, patios and decks.
Exposed beams and the extensive use of wood, which is called the "Park City" or "Deer Valley" look, is something else visitors to this year's show will notice. Also popular are large, stone fireplaces.
Parade visitors will see the latest in architectural design, home products, landscaping and decorating. First time, as well as seasoned home buyers, will want to discover the new and exciting ideas that this year's show has to offer.
At the time individuals buy a ticket, they will be given a Showcase program that will give a description of the homes, as well as the addresses. A ticket will be necessary for each individual walking into the homes.
One of the homes this year is valued at nearly $4 million. Among other things it has a custom THX-rated home theater system with seating for 12.
One showing is the Marriott's Mountainside that offers owners the opportunity to exchange vacation weeks with 1,800 other destinations around the world.
Another home, valued at $2.2 million, has used wood taken from a barn in southern Utah, had it milled and then has used it as flooring. The sink in the home, to maintain the old farmhouse look, was custom cut from granite.
Another home, called the "Tree House," actually has a Douglas fir growing form the foundations, through the center of the hickory floor in the great room and up to the roof.
The mosaic tile work in one of the homes is certain to be the center point of attention.
On two of the homes, accented with the log look, the builders have gone back in time to learn a method of sealing in spaces between the logs called chinking. This gives the homes a true historic look.
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