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The fenced yard contains a patio that is accessed through French doors. The brick wall of the adjacent garage includes an arched niche that can be used for a potted plant or sculpture.
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The formal living room is the focal point of the home. It has a soaring cathedral ceiling with arched beams, wide-plank hardwood flooring and a gas fireplace.
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Buyers can customize their homes with a fireplace with a marble surround or a floor-to-ceiling stone surround.
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The center-island kitchen in the Dixon model at the Village of Idlewild has 42-inch cabinets and recessed lighting. It has 2,508 square feet and is priced from $259,990 to $279,990.
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Ryland Homes is building 875 single-family homes at the Village of Idlewild in the city of Fredericksburg. The homes have approximately 2,200 to 3,540 finished square feet, with base prices from $241,990 to $344,990.
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The Hampton model includes more than 4,700 finished square feet with a two-story family room, a formal dining room, a study, a breakfast area off the center-island kitchen and a formal living room on the first level.
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Toll Bros. is building 90 single-family homes at Cheltenham Estates in Clinton. The homes have 3,408 to 4,937 finished square feet, with base prices from $638,995 to $806,995.
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In this image released by the White House, President Obama receives a briefing in the Situation Room of the White House on the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Taking part in the meeting are, clockwise from top; Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, U.S. Cost Guard Rear Adm. Peter Neffenger, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. (AP Photo/Pete Souza)
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Tighe Barry (right) of Los Angeles and Zaccai Free rally Wednesday outside the Department of Agriculture in support of Mrs. Sherrod, demanding that she be reinstated.
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Chinese firefighters work to clean up the oil spill near the coast of Dalian, China, on Tuesday. Crude oil began pouring into the Yellow Sea after a pipeline exploded last week, and officials say the spill poses a "severe threat" to sea life and water quality. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, look through binoculars toward North Korea during a visit to observation post Ouellette at the Demilitarized Zone in Panmunjon, South Korea, on July 21, 2010. The DMZ is a strip of land that divides North and South Korea at the 38th parallel. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, pool)
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday, July 21, 2010, that the Agriculture Department will reconsider its decision to oust a black Agriculture Department employee, Shirley Sherrod, on Tuesday July 20, over racially tinged remarks at an NAACP banquet in Georgia, following new evidence that her remarks were misconstrued. (AP Photo/Adam Rountree, File)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS British Prime Minister David Cameron hosted a breakfast meeting with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at the British Embassy in Washington on Tuesday. "The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a catastrophe for the environment, for the fishing industry, for tourism. I've been absolutely clear about that," Mr. Cameron said.
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FILE - In this March 29, 2011 photo, a billboard promoting a Katy Perry and Kanye West video "E.T." is shown in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
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FILE - In this July 15, 2009 file photo, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, center, chats with an unidentified Chinese officer as he looks at a turbine inside the China Resources Golden Concord-Co-generation Plant at the Beijing Development Area in Beijing. China has overtaken the United States as the world's largest energy consumer, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday, July 20, 2010. China immediately questioned the calculation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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In this photo released by Greenpeace, a firefighter who was submerged in thick oil during an attempt to fix an underwater pump is brought ashore by his colleagues in Dalian, China, on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. Crude oil started pouring into the Yellow Sea off a busy northeastern port after a pipeline exploded late last week, sparking a massive 15-hour fire. The government says the slick has spread across a 70-square-mile stretch of ocean. (AP Photo/Jiang He, Greenpeace)
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FILE - In this May 26, 2010 publicity image released by CNN, CNN's Anderson Cooper, right, inspects the oil spill during a tour with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, background left, of the contaminated areas in Blind Bay, La. (AP Photo/CNN, Shaul Schwarz)
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In this photo released by Greenpeace, a firefighter who was submerged in thick oil during an attempt to fix an underwater pump is brought ashore by his colleagues in Dalian, China, on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. Crude oil started pouring into the Yellow Sea off a busy northeastern port after a pipeline exploded late last week, sparking a massive 15-hour fire. The government says the slick has spread across a 70-square-mile stretch of ocean. (AP Photo/Jiang He, Greenpeace)
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In this photo released by Greenpeace, a firefighter who was submerged in thick oil during an attempt to fix an underwater pump is brought ashore by his colleagues in Dalian, China, on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. Crude oil started pouring into the Yellow Sea off a busy northeastern port after a pipeline exploded late last week, sparking a massive 15-hour fire. The government says the slick has spread across a 70-square-mile stretch of ocean. (AP Photo/Jiang He, Greenpeace)
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In this photo released by Greenpeace, oil covered the hand of a firefighter who was overwhelmed by the thick oil spill while attempting to fix an underwater pump is seen after he is pulled ashore by his colleagues in Dalian, China, on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. Crude oil started pouring into the Yellow Sea off a busy northeastern port after a pipeline exploded late last week, sparking a massive 15-hour fire. The government says the slick has spread across a 70-square-mile stretch of ocean. (AP Photo/Jiang He, Greenpeace)
