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Sitting amidst the towering saguaros and majestic mountains of the Sonoran Desert, homes in Toll Brothers’ Boulder Ranch community in Scottsdale, Arizona, are undisputed showpieces of luxury indoor-outdoor living.
The homes feature three new floor plans that facilitate what Toll Brothers project manager Ben Steimel calls “campus lifestyle.”
Indoor-outdoor spaces in the homes at Sterling Grove are designed for al fresco dining, entertaining, and gaming.
Natural light pours through the Series 3700 Vinyl Multi Slide-Door in a Sterling Grove home.
Set on 780 acres, the community is centered around a tree-lined courtyard with four cornerstone parks, streams and ponds, desert gardens, and fragrant citrus groves. The community features 25 home designs ranging from 1,500 to over 4,000 square feet, and all merge landscape and architecture through the use of massive moving glass walls.
“We bring indoor-outdoor living into every model we create, regardless of the size,” Rhea says, “and with that, the key component is the multi-slide door.”
Model homes at Sterling Grove showcase the Series 600 Multi-Slide Door and the Series 3700 Vinyl Multi-Slide Door. Rhea has his favorite things about each product.
Multi-slide doors create open spaces and blur the boundaries between the inside and outdoors at Sterling Grove.
“For the Series 600 Multi-Slide Door, it’s definitely the low threshold option you can get,” he says. “It is such a great way to introduce indoor-outdoor living with a seamless transition.”
“My favorite thing about the Series 3700 Vinyl Multi-Slide Door is two-fold,” Rhea says. “First of all, it’s competitively priced. And then, it offers high energy efficiency.”
Energy efficiency is important to Toll Brothers, and Western Window Systems’ multi-slide doors helped them achieve their energy efficiency goals through the use of low-E, argon-filled glass and thermally broken aluminum.
“All of our homes here at Sterling Grove are Energy Star rated,” Rhea says. “We integrated Western Window Systems into those plans and have come out with some amazing HERS ratings.”
A 90-degree configuration of Series 600 Multi-Slide Doors eliminates a connecting post, creating a seamless transition from the indoors to the outside.
The energy efficiency and ease of operability of Western Window Systems doors makes it an attractive option for homebuyers who want indoor-outdoor living, and a perfect partnership for builders who want solid service.
“Western Window Systems is really a turnkey solution for us. The quality and the service we get from them is absolutely outstanding. The company stands behind their product,” Rhea says. “The service is great, the installation is easy, and people really enjoy the ability to open the doors up and just really enjoy this wonderful Arizona environment.”
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“That’s not only indoor living that’s open and free, but also indoor-outdoor living,” he says. “So, it incorporates a lot of indoor courtyards, side courtyards, open front courtyards, a lot of atriums, and a lot of expansive spaces outside the traditional rear yard.”
Toll Brothers further differentiated its designs at Boulder Ranch with indoor-outdoor living options including floor-to-ceiling multi-slide doors that expand space and maximize views of the surrounding desert landscape. “If we can add a door somewhere – it’s usually just a window or a blank wall – it allows us to open the house up at any point so that we can truly maximize our views and surrounding scenery,” Steimel says.
“If we can add a door, it allows us to open the house up at any point so that we can truly maximize our views and surrounding scenery.” Ben Steimel, project manager, Toll Brothers
Toll Brothers’ choice to achieve Boulder Ranch’s airy campus lifestyle aesthetic is the Series 600 Multi-Slide Door. Low-E, dual-pane glass provides energy efficiency, while stainless steel ball-bearing rollers make it easy to operate, even with the large panel sizes.
“Western Window Systems are an amazing tool for us to meet our design objectives,” Steimel says. “We incorporate a lot of Series 600 Multi-Slide Doors in our homes because of the large, expansive views they allow, the ease of use, and the energy efficiency they provide.”
Floor-to-ceiling sliding glass patio doors create wide and bright openings throughout the Boulder Ranch model homes, giving views of property features like sparkling infinity edge pools and an indoor-outdoor patio.
“We incorporate a lot of Series 600 Multi-Slide Doors in our homes because of the large, expansive views they allow, the ease of use, and the energy efficiency they provide.” Ben Steimel, project manager, Toll Brothers
The indoor-outdoor patios are especially dramatic when designed with 90-degree, open corner configurations of Series 600 Multi-Slide Doors, which is an option in Boulder Ranch floor plans. This configuration completely removes the barrier between the indoors and the outside, and the lack of a corner frame or connecting post provides unobstructed views.
This seamless transition is impressive to homeowners not only for the views, but for the effortless operation of the sliding door systems. “Our homeowners are always extremely pleased with the functionality and the aesthetics of the door,” Steimel says. “When you open a Western Window Systems door, you can feel the quality.”
“Our homeowners are always extremely pleased with the functionality and the aesthetics of the door. When you open a Western Window Systems door, you can feel the quality.” Ben Steimel, project manager, Toll Brothers
With moving walls of glass throughout Boulder Ranch homes, people are perpetually surrounded by panoramic views of the Sonoran Desert, so much so they sometimes insist such sights must have been purposely planned.
“A lot of guests who visit our model home tell us, ‘You must have taken great time to position the home just so, so the views are just so,’” Steimel says. “And I tell them, ‘Honestly, we didn’t spend a lot of time on it. The views are all around us, so it’s easy to capture the views.’”
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