Bosgraaf to Include Pre-wire for Electric Vehicles in All Garages

Bosgraaf is currently building a home for a client involved in the car industry and has a lot of interest in electric vehicles. At the customer's request, we pre-wired the garage for their family's future electric vehicle, expected to arrive any day. This was mentioned in the Grand Rapids Press this week. Click here for a link to the article.

As you may know, Bosgraaf has been committed to building energy efficient homes by partnering with Energy Star and has been named Energy Star Partner of the Year multiple times. Since 1999, more than 1,085 homes have been built by Bosgraaf and certified by a 3rd party inspector as Energy Star homes. Today, Bosgraaf Companies President Mike Bosgraaf announced his green commitment would go one step further. "Now that Bosgraaf is familiar with the work needed to make a home ready for an electric vehicle, we are committed to building all brand new Bosgraaf homes EV-ready". Mike continues by sharing the statistic that building 1,085 homes to Energy Star standards (versus building to the Model Energy Code standard) over the last decade was equivalent to eliminating emissions from approximately 600 vehicles. Therefore, "extending our green commitment to making a garage ready for an electric vehicle just makes sense for us".

New Teton in Stevens Pointe in Byron Center

The Teton was our most popular floor plan for 2010 and is off to a strong start again in 2011. This Teton will be complete mid-April so will be great for a purchase and move-in this Spring. Located on the Kilburne Court cul-de-sac of Stevens Pointe, you can almost see Countryside Elementary School (a Byron Center Public School) out the front window as it is just across Eastern Avenue. In addition to the benefit of the close proximity to the school, Stevens Pointe also boasts a private pool, it borders the popular Brewer Park, and has easy access to bike paths and nature trails. Click here for all the details about Stevens Pointe.

The Teton is a multi-level floor plan, meaning the floors are staggered instead of stacked on top of each other. When entering from the garage, you can walk down a half flight to the unfinished basement or you can stay on that floor for half bath, laundry, and a wonderful walkout family room. If you walk up one flight, you have arrived at the foyer and front door entrance, as well as the kitchen, dining, and living room. Up another flight and you have 3 bedrooms, including a Master with its own master bath. This is a great floor plan for the family that wants all the bedrooms close by, and two separate spaces for every day living (family and living).

Let's talk exterior. Maureen is not a professional photographer, but she did take a candid photo today so at least you can see the lovely front porch, the stylish dark gray siding (the hottest color trend right now), and stone details. We also think it is nice that our trim carpenter's truck was captured in the photo and matches the siding color perfectly.

We went a little nutty with interior finishes on this one so it features a ton of custom trim, great cabinetry, and GRANITE kitchen counters. With all of these extras, you can still purchase this home for $199,900, and it will be Energy Star Certified after being tested by a 3rd party upon completion. Amazing!