Check out Bella Vita’s feature article in D Magazine’s 2012 D Book!

Bella Vita Custom Homes is proud to partner with Vivint Home Automation.  When you’re looking for a comprehensive way to connect the technologies that run your home, the Vivint Home Security package is the answer. It features all the products in our Security and Energy packages, but also gives you a lot more.  It includes automatic door locks, video surveillance, and non-emergency alerts. From premier security, to heating and cooling, to access control and video surveillance, our home automation package meets your needs today while helping you prepare for a smarter future. And you can manage the entire system through your computer or smart-phone, so you always know exactly what’s happening at your home—even when you’re not there.  In a world where people can connect with each other in seconds from across the globe, it only makes sense that home automation should be intelligent too. That’s why when you choose a Security package from Vivint, you’re not only get premier protection—locks, alarms, motion detectors, and a variety of sensors—but you also get a centralized panel that enables your devices to talk to each other to ensure that every area of your home is safe.  Stop by the Preston Hollow Show Home and experience the Vivint Automation System for yourself!

Goga Denisov is one of Dallas’ premier local artists.  He will be entertaining us for our Nov.5-6 event at the Preston Hollow Show Home. Goga started his performing career in 1999 when he moved to Dallas TX. Here he was introduced to the artists that helped shape his future style. Buddy Guy, Marvin Gaye and Barry White all had a different but consistent effect on Goga’s current sound. Today Goga does not sound like a particular artist instead it is a mix of several performers. Goga’s strength lies in his smoky voice that’s able to camouflage from one song to the other. Goga takes you to the emotional level of the song where words become feelings. On the stage it is fun to watch Goga get into the music. Goga is constantly creating new variations of the same songs, there’s always something new and interesting to see.   I Promise you will not be disappointed if you have time to stop by to listen to Goga, he is a real treat and we are very excited for our customers to hear him perform.

Bella Vita Custom Homes offers more than just a beautiful finished product.  We offer customers opportunities to take advantage of our unique pricing and material usage.  At BVCH we are able to capitalize on market leading price breaks on wood beams, concrete, slate, wood flooring, travertine, interior design, appliances and drywall techniques.  By having a high standard finishout, coupled with large volume based on model home strategies, we are able to utilize our purchasing leverage to start a customer with their dream finishout at an amazing price point.  Our focus is to garner as much opportunity for our customers, with respect to their finishout, so they can “truly”enjoy their experience with building a custom home through Bella Vita.  We take a true team approach to helping our customers live the beautiful life.

Adam Patterson

Chief Operating Officer

We could not be happier that we selected Bella Vita Custom Homes to build our custom home in Dallas.  They really know all aspects associated with building a beautiful home, and they honored what was important to us.  They were dedicated to our project, remained accessible to us during the entire time, and maintained constant supervision of the building process.  We know that we received great value in having Bella Vita build our home, and we would recommend them unequivocally.

MH

TexHomes Realty (www.texhomes.net), providing expertise in real estate in the Dallas, Austin and Houston areas, has partnered with Bella Vita Custom Homes to offer an outstanding Move Up Program for those looking to begin Living Bella Vita.  Bella Vita Custom Homes are exceptional homes of elegance and quality – a superb blend of old-world charm, thoughtful design and modern day function.

With interest rates low, now is an excellent time to move up to a Bella Vita Home.  A TexHomes realtor, using the exclusive Maximum Value Home Selling System®, can often get 5 to 15% more for the home you are selling than a traditionally trained realtor.  As part of the Move-Up program, TexHomes Realty provides its exceptional market expertise and highest quality customer service to efficiently sell your home and facilitate moving up to a beautiful Bella Vita Custom Home.

We had a great experience working with Rod Watson. From the moment we arrived in the model home, Rod warmly greeted us and made us feel comfortable. Upon subsequent visits, he always seemed genuinely happy to see us. When we decided to purchase our lot and began to design our custom home, Rod was there with us every step of the way. Since we were doing this from afar (Maryland), it was especially important to us to be sure to “get it right.” In the many after-business-hours phone calls and emails exchanged during the construction of our home, Rod patiently helped us make important decisions, presenting us with the pros and cons of each issue. He made invaluable suggestions and worked especially hard to insure that our house turned out as beautifully as we had envisioned. Rod is smart, funny, personable, and very knowledgeable about the new home construction market. Love his accent, too!

Anita and Ralph

After 4 years of looking for the right builder, we met Rod Watson. Rod Watson created an oasis in our minds that became a reality in our custom home. He has a unique ability to hear what his customers desire and deliver much more than expected. Many times we have heard how difficult the custom building process can be. Not with Rod Watson! He was there for us every step of the way, always helping us get one step closer to our dream. We never felt like we were working with a builder, but rather going through an experience with a friend who was looking out for our best interest the whole way. Rod Watson and his team are amazing and we are reminded every day in our beautiful home just how lucky we are to have experienced their un-matched expertise. Thank you Rod for not just building our home, but for becoming our friend in the process.
 
Brandon and Kelly

With Halloween around the corner it feels like the right time to talk a bit about the “bones” of your home.  The frame is literally the skeleton of your home so it is crucial to make sure all the “bones” not only fit together properly but are also sized for the loads of the home that is the floors above, the roof, etc.  There are many things to take into consideration when sizing lumber, but one of the key factors to think about is what is going above and how will that weight be transferred down.  For example, a traditional shingle roof carries much less weight than a slate or tile roof might so those framing members would be sized differently.  There are numerous things that Bella Vita Custom Homes does as a standard to ensure that our homes will be structurally sound for years to come, but one of the things we will point out today is the use of finger jointed studs.
 What are finger jointed studs and what do they mean to you?  First of all the studs of the home create the walls that hold the skeleton together and without them there would not be much of a home to speak of.  Finger jointed studs are basically small cuts of wood left over after cutting long pieces at the lumber mill.  With the “green” initiatives in full swing all across the country the lumber mills have created a way to utilize these pieces and make full sized studs out of pieces 12”- 24” long that would have previously been tossed aside.  Since these are “left over “pieces does that make these pieces of wood a lesser quality?  Quite the opposite actually.  Finger jointed studs are slightly more expensive than a traditional stud because it takes more time to put these pieces together to make one piece and also because the final product is stronger than a traditional stud.   Finger jointed studs provide an added benefit beyond simply being a stronger piece of wood in a vertical application; they are actually a straighter and more consistent piece of wood than a traditional stud.  This is all because the finger jointed pieces are kiln dried and since the pieces are smaller they are less likely to bow and twist like a traditional stud.  What that means for you is a straighter stronger wall today and 10 years from today.

At Bella Vita Custom Homes we strive to promote the most energy efficient home inside and out.  By partnering with Texas Turf Solutions we feel that creating an outdoor oasis is a relatively simple task.  By installing the artificial turf you are eliminating a major expense, such as maintaining and watering your lawn, which is a unique opportunity that literally pays for itself.  Now is the perfect time to take advantage of all the benefits that the SYNLawn system has to offer.  While saving on the maintenance costs you also open the door to getting money back from your local water authority.  On average, the typical household in America uses over two-thirds of their monthly water consumption on lawn irrigation.  Water conservation has become such a major concern that more city water authorities are offering rebates encouraging the use of the SYNLawn. You are getting a perfect green lawn that will literally pay for itself.  Texas Turf Solutions has the largest selection of synthetic landscape grasses in the industry.  Texas Turf Solutions is the only grass company that manufactures, distributes, installs, and warrants the products they sell.  They also are the only vertically integrated company in the business which enables them to have superior quality control over every aspect of manufacturing, state-of-the-art research and development, precision installation methods and the only manufacturer-backed warranty in the industry.  These technologies are helping environmentally conscious builders like ourselves take “green” building to the next level.