The best deal in Ford’s Colony is at 104 Worksop!

The best deal in Ford’s Colony is at 104 Worksop!

3 Bedroom | 3 Bath | 2,209 SQ FT

Now offered at $380,000!

Golf front bungalow with fabulous views!  Located on the 18th hole of the Marsh Hawk course, this charming St. Andrews Village home offers the best in downsizing opportunities and is now priced to sell.

 Features include:

  • Tee box and fairway views from your breakfast area, master bedroom and from the spacious covered porch.
  • The family room features a wet bar, new flooring, wood burning fireplace, and built-in cabinets.
  • All new eat-in kitchen with new granite counters, new flooring and new stainless appliances.
  • NEW ROOF, new interior and exterior paint, some new flooring, new appliances and encapsulated crawl space.
  • Gorgeous golf views from the covered porch and a small fenced yard. 

For more information on this Ford’s Colony home, contact Deelyn at 757.503.1999 or deelyn@lizmoore.com.

JUST LISTED in Ford’s Colony – 123 South Turnberry

4 Bedroom | 3.5 Bath | 3735 Sq Ft

Offered at $625,000.

Located on the 11th tee of the Blue Heron, this spectacular home in sought-after S. Turnberry offers beautiful golf views and extraordinary quality.

Custom built by Bernie Mills, this lovely “Williamsburg meets French Country” home features a unique and charming floorplan. 

Take a Matterport tour of this home by clicking here. 

For more information on this Ford’s Colony home, contact Deelyn at 757.503.1999 or deelyn@lizmoore.com.

New Price for 136 Mid Ocean!

Now offered at $449,000.
4 Bedroom | 2.5 Bath | 2,562 Sq Ft

Wow! Impeccably maintained and move-in perfect home offering an open floor plan with spacious rooms, a fenced yard, beautiful upgrades and a convenient location.

Features include:

  • Great room with coffered ceiling, built-in bookcases and gas fireplace
  •  Kitchen which offers pantry, spacious breakfast area, stainless appliances.
  •  Dining room with hardwood floors and elegant columns.
  •  Living room or home office with French doors and hardwood floors.
  •  Master bedroom suite with a gas fireplace, en-suite bath and great closet space.
  •  Fenced yard with patio.
  • Additional features: hardwood floors throughout the first floor, tankless water heater, extensive millwork throughout, spacious side load garage.

For more information on this Ford’s Colony home, contact Deelyn at 757.503.1999 or deelyn@lizmoore.com.

NEW LISTING in Ford’s Colony – 136 Mid Ocean

4 Bedroom | 2.5 Bath | 2,562 Sq Ft

Offered at $460,000.

Wow! Impeccably maintained and move-in perfect home offering an open floor plan with spacious rooms, a fenced yard, beautiful upgrades and a convenient location. 

For more information on this Ford’s Colony home, contact Deelyn at 757.503.1999 or deelyn@lizmoore.com.

 

NEW LISTING in Ford’s Colony – 104 Berrow

4 Bedroom | 2.5 Bath | 2,771 Sq Ft

Offered at $439,000.

Take a look inside! You will love this conveniently located, inviting home offering an open floor plan, spacious rooms, gorgeous sun room and a 3-car garage.

For more information on this Ford’s Colony home, contact Deelyn at 757.503.1999 or deelyn@lizmoore.com.

Vote Williamsburg for Best Small Town in the South

Williamsburg has been recognized yet again as a great place to live and to visit. 

As part of its search for the “Best of the South 2020,” Southern Living magazine has nominated Williamsburg for the title of “Best Small Town.”

There are 32 other towns on the list, located throughout the south and as far west as Oklahoma. Besides Williamsburg, however, only Fredericksburg was nominated from Virginia. 

The magazine is polling readers for their favorites among such diverse and fun things as bars, restaurants, new and historic hotels, barbecue joints, resorts and chefs. 

Jill Pongonis, media relations manager for the Williamsburg Tourism Council, told the WY Daily the nomination alone significantly raises the city’s profile. 

“They survey about 65,000 readers so the impact of the voters is definitely awareness and reaching a target market that is interested in this destination,” she said. “We do try to get our public relations team out there to . . . work with travel writers to expose them to the wonderful experiences they have here. It’s not by chance, it’s a collaborative effort.”

You can take the magazine’s online survey as often as you wish. Voters are eligible to win a grand prize of $2,500 for doing so. Voting is open until Sept. 16.

New price for the very best value in Ford’s Colony! Golf and water views included!

New Price on 111 Gullane in Ford’s Colony

Now Offered at $499,000!

Exceptional views of a beautiful pond and the 13th hole of the Blackheath golf course are here. You will love this peaceful, private and impeccably maintained all-brick golf and waterfront home.

4 Bedroom | 3.5 Bath | 4,338 SQ FT

Exceptional views of a beautiful pond and the 13th hole of the Blackheath golf course are here. You will love this peaceful, private and impeccably maintained all-brick golf and waterfront home.

 Features include:

  • Great room with fireplace, golf views and access to the deck.
  • Spacious kitchen features tons of cabinet and work spaces, and walk-in pantry.
  • Breakfast bay and sun room with golf and water views.
  • Dining and living room both offer bay windows.
  • Generous first floor master suite with gorgeous views, two huge walk-in closets, and en-suite bath.
  • Additional features: great utility room with storage and sink, walk-in attic storage, central vacuum, fresh paint in many rooms, wired for a generator, cedar closet.

Don’t miss this incredible home. Offered at only $499,000.

For more information on this Ford’s Colony home, contact Deelyn at 757.503.1999 or deelyn@lizmoore.com.

Second-Quarter ‘Market Watch’ update!

Sales statistics compiled for my quarterly “Deelyn Market Watch” update show 63 homes (including townhomes and condos) have sold in Ford’s Colony through June 30.

The average sold price in Ford’s Colony through the second quarter of 2019 was $515,730, at 93.8 percent of original list price.

Those numbers represent increases of seven and two percent, respectively, over the first quarter.

Other key statistics through June 30:

  • Average months supply of inventory – 5.9
  • Average price per square foot — $147
  • Average days on the market – 94

In all 40 homes closed in the second quarter – 10 in April and 15 each in May and June. 

I appreciated the kind words of clients Bill and Jody Coutros: “Deelyn made the logistical challenges of selling and buying manageable and found win/win situations that could work for all. If we are to move again, Deelyn will be our first choice in real estate agents.”

For information on buying or selling a home in beautiful Ford’s Colony, please reach me at 757-503-1999 or at deelyn@lizmoore.com.

Miller named new GM of Ford’s Colony CC

Peter Miller has been named the new general manager of Ford’s Colony Country Club. Miller was most recently the manager of the City Club in Washington, D.C., like Ford’s Colony also a ClubCorp property. 

Miller has a lengthy background in the hospitality business that includes stints as a chef at The Four Seasons Atlanta, assistant general manager at the restaurant management company Brinker International, and time as general manager at clubs in Florida and Delaware.

A certified executive chef with a culinary degree from the Art Institute of Atlanta, Miller has cooked for two presidents, three first ladies and such celebrities as Paul McCartney and Madonna.

Miller and his wife Kristen have two daughters. He will start his new position Sept. 3.

Vote for Cafe Provencal as USA’s best winery restaurant

Here in Williamsburg, we live near one of the finest winery restaurants in the United States. Is it THE best? We’ll soon find out!

Café Provençal at Williamsburg Winery is among 20 similar venues nominated by USA Today as the nation’s best winery restaurant.

Readers, patrons and especially food and wine lovers may vote once a day for Cafe Provencal as their favorite over the next couple weeks.Voting in the contest — officially USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Award — ends Monday, Aug. 12. The winners will be announced Friday, Aug. 23 — and then later on USA Today. The place to vote is here.

USA Today’s nomination reads: “Chef David McClure takes the helm at Café Provençal at Williamsburg Winery with a menu highlighting local farmers, watermen and “agri-artisans.” This farm-to-farm menu includes dishes like ham and pea soup made with Edwards Country Ham, butter-poached lobster tail salad, seared diver scallops with local purple rice and grilled swordfish with lemon basil polenta and a mustard cream sauce.”

Yum, to all of that!

Williamsburg again is ranked a top travel destination

The Williamsburg Yorktown Daily (WYDaily) newspaper reports that Williamsburg remains one of the best travel destinations in the country, according to Travel + Leisure magazine.

The magazine ranks Williamsburg at No. 13 on its recently released top-15 list of American destinations alongside cities such as Honolulu, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and Austin.

Travel + Leisure bases its ratings on responses it receives from readers about their travel experiences. Travelers ranks cities on sights, landmarks, culture, cuisine, shopping and overall value.

Williamsburg scored 80.51 points, while No. 15 Washington, D.C. scored 80.09. Charleston, S.C., with 87.04 points, was the highest-ranked city.

Williamsburg also appeared on another Travel + Leisure list last spring: the best places to travel to in July. Not to be outdone, the New York Times also featured Williamsburg and the Historic Triangle in its “52 places to Go in 2019” list.

The latter article highlighted the events, still ongoing, surrounding the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Jamestown’s first legislative assembly in the New World. Take a bow, Williamsburg!

You can read the full WYDaily article here.

JUST LISTED in Ford’s Colony – 124 Hollinwell

Just listed in Ford’s Colony
124 Hollinwell

5 Bedroom | 4 Bath | 4,027 Sq Ft
Offered at $519,000.

Take a look inside! Move-in perfect home in sought-after St. Andrews Village with two first floor bedrooms plus first and second floor master bedrooms!

This lovely home features a unique floorplan offering character and charm plus spectacular renovations throughout.

Click here for a Matterport virtual tour of this gorgeous home.

For more information on this Ford’s Colony home, contact Deelyn at 757.503.1999 or deelyn@lizmoore.com.

Ford’s Colony hosts historic national golf qualifying tournament

Ford’s Colony’s status as a premier golf-course community was on display again recently when it hosted a qualifying tournament for the 119thU.S. Women’s Amateur Championship.

When it was over, the third-youngest player to ever qualify for the women’s amateur – 11-year-old Gianna Clemente — was among three women to make the field for the Aug. 5 event to be held in Mississippi.

Clemente is from Warren, Ohio. The other players to qualify also came from out of town, Ohio State’s Aneka Seumanutafa and University of Wisconsin golfer Tracy Lee.

The qualifying event received plenty of national coverage, including in USA Today, CBS Sports and Golf Digest.

Ford’s Colony boasts three championship golf courses — Blue Heron, Marsh Hawk and Blackheath — that offer golfers of any age and ability a first-class experience. 

11-year old Gianna Clemente (center) stands with the other golfers who qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur at Ford’s Colony.

Hello from new community services officer Alan McDowell

I am excited to let you know I am your Police Department Community Services Officer!

I cover Zone 4 in James City County, and Ford’s Colony is in my assigned area.

The Community Services Unit (CSU) is comprised of Community Services Officers and a supervisor. Each officer is responsible for one of five geographical areas of the County (Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5). CSU focuses on community policing and crime prevention efforts and activities. Our goal is to collaborate with citizens to improve crime prevention effectiveness and improve community-police relationships to reduce and prevent crime. To learn more about the programs and services offered to you and your community, please visit our website or contact me at Alan.McDowell@jamescitycountyva.gov or (757) 603-6026.

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