Horton completed about 45 of its planned 180 single-family homes. Horton is building Unit Two at the Cider Grove subdivision in Huntley. The change in demographics no longer want the biggest home they can get, they want a home they can age in place in.”ĭ.R. “Every homebuilder now has a couple of options for single-story homes,” Nordman said. Nordman said the development will offer three ranch floor plans in a response to people’s current desires. Prices will start at $490,000, Nordman said. Plans call for a neighborhood park, as well as 173 urban, farmhouse-style, single-family homes ranging from 1,700-square-foot ranches to 3,300-square-foot two-story homes. “They just started earth work a few weeks ago,” Nordman said, adding that they are installing utilities, water, sewer and road.Ī model home is expected to be up by the end of the year. Jim McConoughey, president of the McHenry County Economic Development Corp., said builders are choosing to build in the county because people “have identified this as a highly livable community.” The struggle to find housing is apparent, whether a rental or a new single-family residence.” “Two out of every three people, if they live here, they work somewhere else such as Kane, Cook and Kendall counties. “There are more people that live here but work in other counties,” he said. Wallen said that as county officials work through the 2050 comprehensive plan, they see housing “is a very, very big subject.” It’s beautiful – the people, the scenery, access to everything.” “There is a demand in the county for housing,” said Adam Wallen, director of planning and development for McHenry County. McHenry County is seeing an increase in new home construction not seen since the early 2000s, including thousands of homes planned for Wonder Lake and hundreds in Huntley and Harvard, officials said.
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