Ashton Woods Homes Raleigh Receives Four 2013 MAME Awards

Award-Winning New Home Private Builder-Developer Receives Prestigious Awards For Product Design, Outdoor Living Space And Model Merchandising. End Quote

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (1888PressRelease) April 27, 2013 - Ashton Woods Homes Raleigh (http://www.ashtonwoodshomes.com/raleigh), the North Carolina division of an award-winning national private home builder, has announced that the company received four awards at the 2013 Major Achievements in Marketing Excellence (MAME) Awards. The awards were presented by the Triangle Sales and Marketing Council (TSMC) of the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County (HBA) and the HBA of Durham-Orange-Chatham Counties. The MAME Awards is an annual event that showcases the major achievements in marketing excellence throughout the building industry and the Triangle area. All award recipients were recognized at the MAME Awards banquet held April 12 at the Raleigh Convention Center.

The MAME Awards honored Ashton Woods Homes Raleigh's impressive achievements in advertising, marketing, product design and sales efforts in the Triangle market throughout 2012. The company's Leesville Crest model home in Raleigh, the Fairmont, received recognition for Best Outdoor Living Space and Best Product Design for a Detached Home with a sales price of $550,001-$700,000. The 4,950-square-foot home includes four bedrooms, 4 1/2 baths, a covered patio with an outdoor kitchen and fireplace, first-floor in-law quarters with spacious living space, second-floor game room with full kitchen, an outdoor living area with a pool, a gourmet kitchen and a three-car garage. Specially designed to provide homebuyers with a backyard oasis, as well as a living space that offers homeowners the impression of living in a country manor while actually living in the heart of the bustling North Raleigh community, the rear of the home is flanked with a NanaWall® that provides a sliding glass opening overlooking the home's infinity edge pool.

Ashton Woods Homes Raleigh won Best Model Merchandising for a Detached Home with a sales price of $550,001-$700,000 for the company's Chelsea model, located at its GlenLake South community in Raleigh. Featuring an open spacious design, the two-story, 2,984-square-foot home includes three bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, a main level private master suite, an elevator shaft and a finished basement with impressive options. Its grandiose traditional and modern design provides fantastic entertaining possibilities on the main level and a maintenance-free lifestyle throughout. Conveniently located in the heart of Raleigh, the architecture of the Chelsea epitomizes Old World elegance, with stone, brick and shake accents that enhance outdoor living on porches and within the fenced rear yards.

Additionally, Ashton Woods Homes Raleigh received Best Product Design for an Attached Home with a sales price of $175,001-$225,000 for its Kinsley model, located in the company's Pemberley Townes community in Apex. The Kinsley model offers a covered porch with an optional patio and fireplace, 2 1/2 baths, three bedrooms, and a one-car garage.

Available for sale, the Kinsley provides an open layout that, upon walking in the door, feels like a single-family home. Extremely energy efficient, offering low maintenance living at its finest and nestled within an excellent school district, this model previously earned a 2012 Parade of Homes Silver Award.

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"We are incredibly honored to be recognized with four 2013 MAME Awards," said Tom Anhut, Raleigh division president of Ashton Woods Homes. "These prestigious awards recognize the very best in marketing excellence, and this recognition stands as a testament of the high quality work Ashton Woods Homes Raleigh is dedicated to producing throughout the Triangle. I am incredibly grateful for the contributions made by our talented and steadfast team members, as this would not have been possible without their hard work and tremendous dedication to excellence."

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ABOUT ASHTON WOODS HOMES RALEIGH:
Ashton Woods Homes Raleigh is the North Carolina division of the award-winning national private home builder, and has been a prominent member of the Triangle real estate market since 2010. Close to jobs, schools, shopping and transportation, Ashton Woods Homes Raleigh is a premier choice for new home buyers. The firm has received numerous industry honors, including the 2012 Marketing and Advertising Excellence Award from the Home Builders Association, and the 2011 Builder 100 Private Top 10 List. Led by Tom Anhut, division president for Raleigh, Ashton Woods Homes was named to the Triangle Business Journal's 2012 Top Residential Builders list for the Raleigh-Durham market. For more information, visit http://www.ashtonwoodshomes.com/raleigh.

ABOUT ASHTON WOODS HOMES:
Ashton Woods Homes is one of the nation's largest private homebuilding companies, with operations in Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Killeen, Orlando, Phoenix, San Antonio, Sarasota, Raleigh and Tampa.

Recently named the #1 Most Trusted Homebuilder in America in the Lifestory Research Most Trusted Builders in America Study SM, Ashton Woods is known throughout the industry for building homes with award-winning designs that inspire, and offering homebuyers a high level of personalization options. Ashton Woods is also the only builder to nationally utilize the Environments for Living Platinum Program, a program that certifies the energy efficient status of our homes. For more information, or to experience the excitement of becoming another satisfied Ashton Woods homeowner, visit ashtonwoodshomes.com and search all of our new homes for sale.

Anjelica Cummings
MMI Public Relations
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anjelica ( @ ) mmipublicrelations dot com
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