FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 3, 2005

CONTACT:
Deanna Baker
iShow.com
425.451.0720
deannab@ishow.com

First NextGen Certified Community Currently Under Construction in Florida

Over the past four years, hundreds of thousands of people have visited NextGen show homes in order to get a first-hand look at the latest in homebuilding best practices and witness the best home technology on the marketplace. The 2006 "Peace of Mind" home, however, will serve as more than a show home-it is also the model for the first-ever NextGen Certified Community, an entire collection of homes offered with the latest technology and building products that draw visitors each year from around the globe.

An exciting development in the NextGen Home Experience™, the new community of Porte de la Mer is currently under construction just 15 minutes from Tampa Bay, Fla. A gated community with waterfront property on the Alafia River, Porte de la Mer is the result of a partnership between NextGen and BrownStone Builders & Associates of Pennsylvania, the builder chosen to construct the 2006 "Peace of Mind" show home.

"We have been approached many times over the years by developers wanting to incorporate the themes and products of NextGen homes into a community, however this is the first time we've decided to do it," says Paul Barnett, president of iShow, producer of all the NextGen homes. "Basically, we wanted to wait until we found a builder that we thought truly embraced the main elements of these homes, and that is BrownStone."

Frank Daly, partner with BrownStone Builders & Associates, says that he thinks the fact that BrownStone is a custom homebuilder made the company an attractive choice. "As a custom builder, we're used to paying particular attention to each individual home's design, amenities, technology, efficiency and structure in order to meet the needs of the most demanding buyer. With this community we're able to take those custom priorities-that custom finish, feel and level of security - and expand it to an entire community."

The NextGen Certified Community will include 52 single-family homes. Offerings will range from exact replicas of the NextGen "Peace of Mind" home - a single story home measuring 2,565 square feet-to two-story homes of approximately 3,400 square feet, and three-story homes on the community's waterfront property spanning about 4,000 square feet.

No matter the floorplan, however, every home at Porte de la Mer will feature the latest innovations in storm-resistant construction, as each will be built to the Institute for Business & Home Safety's (IBHS) Fortified... for safer living® program, a program whose standards exceed current building codes and include the incorporation of more than 15 new technologies approved by PATH, or the Partnership for the Advancement of Technology in Housing.

For images of the NextGen Home Click Here

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