NEWBROOK by Toll Brothers | HALCYN Floor Plan Tour

Hey guys, what's up?

It's Natalie. Welcome to Welcome back to my YouTube channel. I'm super excited for today's video because we are in St. Augustine. But first, if you've never seen me or my face, hi, my name is Natalie Barnes. I'm a licensed realtor in Palm Coast, Florida, who services Palm Coast, St. Augustine, Ormond Beach, and Daytona Beach, and Jacksonville and Orlando. And I specialize in new construction. But today we are seeing Toll Brothers, one of my favorite builders. I'm super excited to show you guys what this community has. We are meeting with the sales rep today at New Brook. We're gonna go take a look, do a walkthrough, and see what this community has to offer. If you like this video or you want more information, all my information will be in that down box below. Let's go take a look.

Welcome in!

Hey, how are you?

I'm doing great, Natalie. How are you today?

I'm good. Welcome!

I'm so excited to have you in our beautiful model here at Newbrook.

This is beautiful.

Thank you. We are excited to host 6 collections of homes here at Newbrook, a master-planned community in Silverleaf. And get this, no CDD fees. No, who doesn't love that? No CDD fees. How cool is that?

Crazy. This community is just so big and so beautiful.

It is very nice. I love that we have a gated community that is a master-planned community within a master-planned community of Silverleaf with no CDD. You can't beat that.

That's so unique. Is that what makes kind of this community different from other Toll Brothers communities, would you say?

I think that because we offer 6 different collections of home, it really gives buyers an opportunity to explore multiple options within the same community. So Newbrook is exclusive to Toll Brothers. We love being America's favorite luxury builder, and today we're going to showcase 2 different collections. We're going to look at our Towns collection, which is going to be right next door, and then we're going to look at our Cypress collection. So what makes Newbrook unique is the variety of home plans that our buyers can look for.

First thing I noticed is how tall these ceilings are. I mean, massive.

Right? What a huge grand entryway, if you will. Over 20-foot ceilings when you walk in, really gives it that open concept and makes the home feel much larger and big.

I'm obsessed. So tell me about this floor plan specifically.

Yeah, so the floor plan that we're in is called the Hausen. That's gonna give you 3 bedrooms plus a great flex space and a loft. 2.5 bathrooms, and this great room that you see here that flows elegantly into our gourmet kitchen. So it's 2 stories, 2-car garage, 2,120 square foot.

Wow, it's a really good size.

I love that we have those tall entryway with the lights, so we have a lot of natural light that's going to come through. As you can see in the kitchen here area, everything's light and bright.

Wow, you could really just like host like any type of holiday here.

Yeah, couldn't you imagine having friends and family over, especially with the backyard? Wait till you see the backyard. But I love that we have our beautiful gourmet kitchen decorated here for you today. You can see those upper cabinets, our 5-top burner gas stove. Who doesn't love that to entertain with?

I love the cabinets all the way up there.

Very classy.

Not a lot of builders are doing that right now.

It definitely gives buyers a personalization touch that they can pick to give it that more elegant feel, if that's where they'd like to spend some of their dollars for design. Definitely. We gotta see the best part of the home.

Oh my goodness, it's like a resort!

It is Florida living at its finest.

I would never leave.

Can you imagine? There's no reason to. We've got a fire pit, we've got an outdoor summer kitchen, we've got the pool right here.

Wow. And Toll Brothers offers this if you want to do it?

Yes, if you like to do a build-to-order. So some of the personal options is, uh, working with a company called Tier One, and they can definitely help make your outdoor living come true.

How easy is that? This is like an amenity center in your own home. Yes. What amenities does Newbrook have?

So Newbrook is going to offer its very own amenity center, which will be exclusive just to the residents of Newbrook. So while we're in Silverleaf and you have access to all the Silverleaf amenities. You'll also be able to have access to a fitness center, a pool house, a clubhouse, green space, fire pits, and other things that will be exclusive here just to Newbrook.

How amazing! Now, does that come with like a CDD fee, an HOA fee?

No CDD, so we don't have to worry about any CDD fee, but there is a small HOA for both the Silverleaf and Newbrook amenities. So monthly with our Cypress Collection, it's about $214 monthly for all of those amenities.

That's amazing. And how many other builders are in Newbrook?

So I'm glad that you asked. Newbrook is an exclusive Toll Brothers community here within Silverleaf. That's only Toll Brothers.

Yeah, that's crazy. Is that like specifically Toll Brothers? Like, do they pick communities and it's only them?

Um, not in all cases. We do have some other communities around St. Johns County, um, that will have multiple builders in there. But what's making Newbrook special is not only the 6 collections that you can pick But then also that it's a gated community that's going to have its own amenity center.

How cool! I'm ready to go for a dive, literally.

Let's go back inside, right? We didn't bring our bathing suits.

I know, we should have. Is this a popular floor plan?

It is. You know, I think that people can really help visualize and see themselves in a decorated model, so having a decorated model definitely helps this be one of our, one of our leading floor plans.

Beautiful. What type of buyers are you seeing that are gravitating towards this kind of home?

So I think it's a mixture. I think that we have some retirees that are coming in, people that want to downscale, if you will. Maybe they're tired of that 4,000, 3,000 square foot and they want something a little bit smaller. But with the uniqueness of the flex space downstairs, it gives you the opportunity if you want a little bit of a man cave or a home office. So not only are we having retirees, we're also seeing a lot of first-time homebuyers people that are growing families that want to, you know, have around 2,000 square foot, 3 bedrooms, but still have enough room for a growing family. So a little bit of every buyer we're seeing here.

Yeah, this is like the perfect downstairs living area.

I think so. You've got your half bath here, you got your powder bath, so that's convenient where buyers don't necessarily have to go into your primary or even the, you know, the secondary bath, if you will.

Upstairs?

Absolutely, let's do it. Let's venture up to the second store. So second story, we're gonna have— still, you're gonna notice to the left here, natural light coming through.

I love the stairs. I've never seen like— looks like wood.

This is— I'm so— I'm glad that you noticed that. No carpeted stairs here, girlfriend. I love that we use real wood for our floors. You can do different colors of stain, but No carpet on the stairs unless you would like to have carpet. So here's our little landing area for loft. We have it decorated for another sitting area.

So this is, um, typically like another living area. Yeah, I love that. And then over here you have another bathroom.

So here we have laundry.

Oh, laundry!

What I do love also about Toll Brothers is they got really smart and they put where laundry is where the primary is. So you'll notice if primary is downstairs, laundry is going to be downstairs and vice versa.

And it has a window. Lots of natural light. I love these doors. I love that option of, you know, you can see inside.

Gives it a different look and feel.

Yeah. And I love the carpet. This is such a soft carpet.

It's a nice texture, gives a little design. We have a variety of personalization options. You know, we have a really amazing state-of-the-art design center off of Phillips Highway where buyers, if they're doing a build-to-order, can actually go through and personalize every element of their home. So we have unrivaled selection of choices when it comes to choosing Toll Brothers. How cute is the nursery?

I want to take pictures of it for Arabella.

So cute, so cute.

What is the most popular floor plan, and why would you say?

I think so far what I've seen is that the Hauson is definitely, um, a leader, mainly because of that square footage taking you to 2,000 square foot. We do have one that's a little bit bigger called the Osprey and the Sailor. They offer one additional bedroom and one additional bathroom. So while this one is a 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath, if you need that extra 4th bedroom plus a flex, and then you also need a little bit more space, then our Halsen, um, would be going up one with the Osprey or the Sailor. So definitely Halsen because it's the model, but one step above would be, size-wise, our Osprey and our Sailor, which are always very popular because it's a 4/3.

I love it. I mean, this floor plan, I feel like it's just so livable. Bathroom, I feel like no one does it like Toll Brothers.

We definitely know how to curate a beautifully designed model.

It's just so beautiful. And then this is the master?

This is our primary. You got it.

It's just gorgeous. I love the windows.

We normally have, um, a lot of people noticing how tall the ceilings are, how tall the doors are. So there's a lot of nice quality included features that we give with our build, one being 10-foot ceilings downstairs, um, 9-foot-4 ceilings upstairs, 8-foot doors downstairs. We do, would do a smaller door upstairs just because the ceiling height differential. We also use taller windows in general to let more of your natural light in. So there's a lot of great included features that maybe you have to pay a little bit additional at another builder, but I'm happy to say everything structurally is pretty standard for us.

I love it. Now obviously incentives change every single month, pricing never guaranteed. When you come in here, the next day it could be something completely different. What is— today, what is the starting price of this?

So the starting price of the house is going to be around $460,000. We would then add any design selection. We typically will guess around— I say guess, an average would be 15 to 20%, um, should someone want to pick those structural options and then also those design elements. And then plus you have your home site, so you're in control of the budget when we do a build to order. But right now we have two house-ins available for a quick move-in. They're not as plush as our model, but they definitely have the opportunity to add all the extras that our model has. But those prices are at $514,000 and $524,000 as far as a scaled-down version of the model itself. So it can definitely be in the, um, the low fives.

Wow. And what's like your timeline, would you say, from contract to close for like a 2B build?

Yeah, so our cycle time here at Newbrook with quality being top of mind is going to be 10 months, and that would be from contract to settlement, um, give or take 30 days. We're taking 10 months plus or minus 30 days.

Wow, that's a good timeline.

I think so, between permitting and all the fun things that go into building your beautiful new home.

Yeah, wow, look at this closet.

Yes, closet, love. So closets are something that definitely people like organization in. So while this wouldn't be something that Toll Brothers would offer you during the construction process, it's great for our buyers to be able to see, hey, what is possible once I move in.

Yeah, because like having a visual of, I want to do a built-in, what would that look like? It's so nice to see, you know, after you move in. Beautiful. And then this is—

that's going to be our primary bathroom with a beautiful shower.

Welcome to the shower. Hi, who left? Do you get different— this is like not your style, you're like, oh, I want to change this, that— you can go to the design studio, pick out different levels of tile, and really customize the home?

Absolutely. Um, if that's something that one of our homebuyers would like to do, you can absolutely pick out every element that you just chose, from the glass to the faucets to the colors to the lighting. You can choose all of that. But I think you'll find too, once exploring the community, that even our quick move-ins are very nicely appointed, um, because I don't know if you know, Natalie, but actually all of our cute quick move-ins are actually still curated by the design team.

So, oh, that's cool.

Yeah, right. It's not just going to be something that happens to be together. No, the design team actually curates those models for our quick move-ins, and they're beautiful.

Wow, I love that. I mean, Toll Brothers just does such a good job. And then the toilet room.

Yes, I love that the water closet— and now there's no door there because of the model, but Yes, there's always going to be a door on that water closet, so we have a little extra more privacy.

Okay, so let's just say me, Sam, and Arabella, first-time homebuyers, are coming in. We're thinking, you know, we're going to grow our family, first time, don't know really what to expect. What floor plan would you think would work the best for us knowing we want to grow but being here for a very long time?

So what's really great about the Halston is it could definitely be a contender. Why? Because that base home design is going to come with the 3 bedrooms and your loft that we're here, but you also have the flex space downstairs. So if you'd like to ever turn that into a full bedroom later, you now have 4 bedrooms. So with a little over 2,000 square foot, I think it's a great starter home. Um, not too much to clean because who has time to clean, right? But as far as spacing with the 2 levels, I think that would give great spacing for, um, a first-time family, definitely.

Obviously this is a cute— a very, very nice neighborhood. Why do you think builders are seeing this community and wanting to be here the most?

So I think that our binder— our buyers are binders. You do have to have a binder. But I do think that buyers really appreciate Newbrook because of the quality construction. We have many construction guys that are working here. The customer service is amazing. We really go above and beyond to give an extraordinary experience from contract to settlement. Quality of construction is amazing, but also our unique architecture. I think when people see a Toll Brothers home, there's something that's different about it, that distinct architecture. So that distinct architecture stands out along with the extraordinary customer experience, and then not to mention all the choices. So some of our pillars being our unrivaled choice, the prestigious location— people love Silverleaf, so why not have a luxury home within that master-planned community? So based off of the design choices that you get, the type of architecture that Toll Brothers is building backed by quality construction and then extraordinary customer service. Why would you say no to that?

Well, also, I think coming here from Palm Coast, I did not know the area very well. I haven't really spent a lot of time up here. I could not believe how much new construction and the growth around this neighborhood has been. It's just like insane.

There's a lot of growth. And so it's interesting that you bring that up. So you may be familiar with a community Nocatee. So Silverleaf is a newer community. Nocatee is selling out in its final— I don't even know if you can buy new construction there anymore. But Silverleaf is like the new Nocatee. So why do I say that? Because people love to be in St. Johns County, the prestigious location, the great schools that want to be around. But yes, there's lots of opportunity. It's a growing city. There's lots of expansion, new schools that are coming in. They have a new K-8 opening down the road, Magnolia Oaks. So new schools that are going in, easy access to 95. So Silver Leaf in New Brook is the place of where it's happening.

Oh, well, thank you so much for showing us around. This is so beautiful. I'm definitely going to bring buyers, and all your information will be in the down box below. So if they have any questions, they can either come to me, to you.

I'm here, um, pretty much 5 days a week. If you need me on one of my days off, I'm happy to be here. You know that.

Awesome. Well, thank you so much.

Always a pleasure to see you, Miss Natalie Barnes.

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