Woodholme Reserve has ‘feeling of prestige’

“There wasn’t even a model, but I bought it anyway off the drawings.”

Now a Woodholme Resident for six months, Jacobs said her leap of faith has been validated.

“With this house, the master and the library and everything is on the first floor. I never have to go upstairs if I don’t want to,” she said.

“My husband and I love it.”

The 21 houses of Woodholme Reserve circle a 10-acre remnant tract of a larger 780-acre colonial estate that once existed in the site. In keeping with the community’s strict architectural guidelines, the houses feature all-brick exteriors.

“The elevations have been very specific; they all have upgraded garage doors,” said Suzanne Strauss, vice president of sales for Richmond American Homes’ Maryland division.

“It’s all part of having a certain streetscape.”

The four-bedroom and two-and-a-half bathroom houses start in the upper $600,000s. Dubbed “estate homes,” they range from 3,100 square feet to more than 5,000 square feet and come with hardwood floors in the kitchens, ceramic tile in all bathrooms and 9-foot-tall ceilings on all floors. Oak stairs, Anderson windows, granite kitchen counters, a separate cooktop with a double oven, and stainless steel appliances also are standard. All the houses are two stories with basements, and have a masonry fireplace in the family room.

Options include upgraded lighting fixtures, hardwood floors, patios, decking and a finished basement that can include a recreation room, secondary room and another full bath.

“It definitely has a feel of prestige,” Strauss said.

Jacobs said she could sense that prestige even before she could actually see it, which is why she made the big move a mile from her old home to her new one in Woodholme Reserve, just off Reisterstown Road near Interstate 695.

The house turned out perfectly for her and her husband, Howard. They couldn’t have drawn it up any better.