Vintage Designs Coming to Cinco Ranch
A new Houston homebuilding company is looking to the city’s past for inspiration, starting out with a new series of designs influenced by homes in historic Houston neighborhoods such as West University and the Heights.
Now building in Park Place at Cinco Ranch, a neo-traditional styled neighborhood in the 7,600-acre west Houston community, J. Kyle Homes has been started by Jason Hammonds, who is serving as president of the new homebuilding company.
J. Kyle Homes has started construction of its Cinco Ranch model home, with plans to open the model in November. J. Kyle is now pre-selling in Park Place at Cinco Ranch, where Highland Homes already has a vintage-inspired model open.
J. Kyle Homes are priced from the $280,000s to $400,000s in Park Place at Cinco Ranch. Ten one- and two-story plans are offered, ranging from 2,500 to 3,800 square feet.
Called the University Series, the J. Kyle floor plans have nostalgic features such as sprawling front porches, high-pitched gabled rooflines, and shingled siding combined with brick and stone. Most plans also have detached garages, another nod to retro style.
Designed by Austin’s Kipp Flores Architects, the plans are decidedly modern inside, with open, flowing spaces accented by crown molding, columns and arches.
Planned for 120 homes, Park Place at Cinco Ranch offers an appropriately old-fashioned setting for the vintage designs by J. Kyle and Highland. The main street is a wide, esplanade-lined boulevard inspired by Houston’s historic Heights Boulevard. The Cinco Ranch version has a winding walking trail, a white gazebo, benches and flowering trees.
Homesites located along the boulevard are bordered by brick and stone retaining walls. The homesites are raised, with steps leading up the sidewalk, and some of the retaining walls have built-in benches facing the street.
“At Park Place, we wanted to offer home buyers the type of neighborhood and home they grew up in, or always dreamed about living in,” said Heather Gould, marketing director for Newland Communities, the developer of Cinco Ranch.
Gould said variety is one reason why Cinco Ranch ranked as the number one community in Houston for new-home sales last year, and also ranked number two in the nation, according to a report from RCLCO, a national real estate advisory firm.
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