Phillippe Home Builders offers maintenance-free craftsman style cottage homes set in Magnolia Gate within The Gates of St. John, a unique and premiere resident friendly community in Northwest Indiana. Located within the award winning Crown Point School District, at the maintenance-free Magnolia Gate homeowners pay a monthly fee to the HOA for snow removal, lawn [...]
Village Green at Coffee Creek, one of Phillippe Builders’ maintenance-free communities, offers luxury townhomes built along the beautiful Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve in Chesterton. Residents enjoy the concept of old fashioned small town living, complete with a village square, along with easy accessibility to I-80/90 & I-94, Porter Regional Hospital, the dunes and lots of [...]
Phillippe Builders, known throughout the area for building quality custom homes, is creating a waterfront community at Marina Shores at Dune Harbor, one of the multi-generation company’s newest community projects. Marina Shores at Dune Harbor is just minutes from I-94 allowing residents the enjoyment and seclusion of living in the sculpted beauty of the dunes [...]
State of the Chamber & Community Awards 2016 Today, July 20, 2016, Phillippe Builders was awarded the “New Construction” winner for our Village Green at Coffee Creek Community by the Duneland Chamber of Commerce. We were thrilled to have been nominated and to succeed at bringing home another wonderful award for our homes. Laura Hetherington, [...]
You’ve done it! You’ve found the perfect home or lot for your family, and you’re ready to take the next step. Planning for a new home, whether you are buying an existing home or planning to build the house of your dreams, takes careful planning and a knowledgeable financial partner to help you through the [...]
Phillippe Builders is excited to announce that we will be debuting our newest home “The Hamilton” during the Home Builders Association of Northwest Indiana’s Fall Parade of Homes. The parade will be September 19th-27th, in The Gates of St. John. The Hamilton is a 3,700 square foot home with a large master suite located on [...]
Phillippe Builders is offering a free gas range, microhood and dishwasher from the Frigidaire Gallery appliance line with any non-contingent contract written before August 31, 2015. The Frigidaire Gallery line features smudge-proof stainless steel. Check out the Smudge-Proof Refrigerator Challenge!
Budgeting for Home Ownership Here’s what to make room for in your homeowner’s budget. Monthly Expenses Principal and interest payment on your mortgage Real estate taxes Homeowners Insurance–ask insurance agent for an estimate Heat–check owner’s current bills Electricity–ditto Optional costs: water, sewer, trash collection, homeowners association dues Repairs Go to your home inspection, ask questions, [...]
Believe it or not, the IRS is nice to homeowners. Tax season will be here before we know it, so here are nine tax breaks that are available to homeowners. 1.) Purchase Costs Deductions: Did you know that any “daily interest” paid on the mortgage at the time of your closing is deductible? Well, now [...]
When people decide to buy a home, the monthly payment is a crucial factor. Conservative underwriting for mortgage payments state that borrowers should allocate no more than approximately 30% of their income for a house payment. Looked at from another perspective, this means if your monthly income is $4,000, you should keep your mortgage payment [...]
