Lacey and Puyallup Ho-Ho-Homes for the Holidays

There are just three move-in ready homes left in the Lacey and Puyallup areas. So, if you want a new ho-ho-home for the holidays, get in your car, truck or even sleigh and stop by today!

New homes in Lacey

A move-in ready home in Horizon features a grand entry with soaring ceilings and a beautiful gourmet kitchen.

One of our new homes in Lacey is move-in ready. Located in Horizon, a community just 15 minutes away from the state capitol, the home features the Chelsea floor plan. Enter the home through a grand entry with high soaring ceilings. The formal dining room even includes a coffered ceiling for added elegance. A beautiful gourmet kitchen is perfect for holiday baking and features a tile island, huge pantry and a nook that opens to a large family room with gas fireplace and gorgeous white decorative mantle. The large master suite boasts a coffered ceiling, five-piece bath and walk-in closet. Upstairs included a laundry room for added convenience. The home even has a den or office space. With 2,156 square feet of space, three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths, this home is great for entertaining. Plus, it is priced from just $237,150. Continue reading

Thanksgiving at Premier Homes

This week, homeowners in Premier homes have been busy preparing for their Thanksgiving feasts. No matter if planning for one or twenty-one guests, our gourmet kitchens and spacious living spaces are perfect for cooking and entertaining.

Cooks love our gourmet kitchens that feature tile islands, stainless steel appliances and granite countertops. Large walk-in pantries store Thanksgiving ingredients, favorite seasonal dinnerware and more. Breakfast nooks, eating bars and separate dining rooms allow ample variety for seating. Formal dining rooms with columns and coffered ceilings set the tone for the big day with plenty of room for guests, the turkey and even the stuffing too. Continue reading

Energy Saving Tips for Premier Homes

Premier Homes

As the weather gets colder, heaters go on and fireplaces are lit. Save on energy with these tips!

As the weather gets colder, heaters go on and fireplaces are lit. However, keeping your house warm can get expensive. This season, save on energy in Premier homes by following these tips.

-Set your thermostat no higher than 68 degrees when home. Lower this temperature when in bed or when you are not home. For every degree that you lower your thermostat, you save about two percent on your heating bill.

-Weatherize your home by caulking and weather-stripping all doors and windows. In addition, use locks on windows to make them tighter and draft resistant. Continue reading

New Homes in Puyallup with Detached Garages

Detached garages

Our Poplar Farms homes offer large homesites with two-car detached garage options!

Looking for new homes in Puyallup with additional space to store your vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles or workshop? We are excited to announce that our homes in Poplar Farms feature two-car detached garages! Because our homesites are so large, we are the only builder offering this option with new homes. Plus, homes still include the standard two-car attached garages.

Poplar Farms is located just 20 minutes from joint base Lewis/McChord in the heart of beautiful downtown Puyallup. Homes are within walking distance to schools, coffee shops and even quaint antique store. The community is also conveniently located to major freeways and the Puyallup Sounder Train Station. Continue reading

Howl-oween Best Pet Costume Contest Winner with an Edge

Lexy the Biker Babe

Congrats to our Howl-oween Best Pet Costume Contest winner, Lexy the Biker Babe!

Join us in congratulating our Howl-oween Best Pet Costume Contest winner, Lexy the Biker Babe! Lexy heated up the competition with her edgy and rockin’ style. She could definitely be the owner of a Harley! Her family, the Tuckers, received a $200 gift certificate. Maybe Lexy can get a new helmet?!

The Howl-oween promotion did not just bring cute animals dressed in their best costumes, it also brought Premier new Facebook “likes.” As promised, for each new “like,” we donated $1 to the Humane Society of Tacoma and Pierce County. In all, we donated about $120! Hopefully, it will help more pets be adopted into good families, such as the Tucker family. Continue reading

Howl-oween Pet Safety

Magoo the Tourist

Magoo the Tourist

Lions, and tigers, and bears! Oh, my! Our Howl-oween contest hasn’t had any zoo animals enter yet, but we do have a tourist, sheep, pirate, biker, Santa, tourist, hot dog and even a banana split! There is still time to enter your pet in our Best Pet Costume Contest on the Premier Communities Facebook page!  Dressing up pets for Halloween sure is fun, but please remember to keep their safety in mind.

Here are some pet safety tips for residents in our new homes in Lacey, Auburn, Bonney Lake, Everett, Fife, Lakeland, Olympia, Orting, Puyallup, Spanaway and Tumwater:

-Don’t assume that pets will love their new costumes. Try costumes on in advance to see how they react. If they don’t like dressing up, don’t make them. Continue reading

Tour Homes for Sale in Puget Sound before Visiting Maris Farms

Our homes for sale in Puget Sound are conveniently located near Maris Farms—the source for fall fun! Tour our homes at Navarro Estates in Puyallup and then take a quick drive to Maris Farms to enjoy a corn maze, pumpkin patch and haunted woods.

Maris Farms

After checking out our homes for sale in Puget Sound, visit Maris Farms for some fall fun!

Set on an eight to 10 acre field of corn, the corn maze gets everyone lost with its winding trails and dead ends. Can you solve the clues to get out? It can take up to 45 minutes! After finishing the corn maze, visitors can head over to the farm’s pumpkin patch. With many sizes and colors, there is truly a pumpkin for everyone. Don’t want a traditional pumpkin? Pick out a nice red or white one! Plus, the whole family will enjoy watching pumpkins fly from the medieval pumpkin catapult. Continue reading

Enter Our Howl-oween Pet Costume Contest

Howl-oween

Happy Howl-oween!

Kids love dressing up on Halloween. We are sure to see lots of princesses, ghosts, ghouls, sports figures and cartoon characters trick or treating from our Auburn, Orting, Tumwater, Spanaway, Olympia, Fife and Lacey homes.  Sometimes you even see the family dog dressed up and following the kids along the route. To make sure everyone is included in this festive holiday,  Premier Communities invites you to sniff out some special treats for your furry friends on Facebook this Howl-oween. Enter your pet in our Best Pet Costume Contest for the chance to win the grand prize, a $200 gift certificate to the place of your choice (You choose, it’s our treat!).

To enter just post a picture of your favorite Spooky dooby doo, black cat or other pet in its Halloween costume on the Premier Communities Facebook page. Or feel free to email the photo to mthorson@premiercommunities.com and we will post it for you. The photo with the most “likes” on November 1 will win. If you don’t have a pet then make sure to vote for Continue reading

Top Five New Eats near Pierce Homes

Just moving into the area? Or are you a local living in one of our Pierce homes and ready for a change? Here are our top five new eats that we think you may like:

My Cheese Shoppe

My Cheese Shoppe has over 75 cheeses! You're sure to find your favorite.

My Cheese Shoppe
Where:
202 S. Meridian, Puyallup

Priced by the wedge, not the pound, My Cheese Shoppe is just a small, walk-in space with a display case filled to maximum capacity with, well, cheese! There are more than 75 cheeses that are sourced from Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, Wisconsin and New York, as well as imports from Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

Gibson’s Frozen Yogurt Shoppe
Where:
8 N. Tacoma Ave., Tacoma

Thirty toppings, eight yogurt flavors, self service and yogurt weighing in at a caloric investment of 80-100 calories per 4-ounce service? Gibson’s, we like you!  The yogurt is YoCream, a product that adds active and live cultures to the yogurt after it’s pasteurized, so it’s a pretty healthy indulgence.  But leave it to the toppings to add a little excitement (a.k.a. fat and calories!)– granola, mini marshmallows, peanut butter cups, hot fudge, caramel and more. Continue reading

Buy Pierce Homes with Zero Down

Low on cash but interested in Pierce homes? No problem! Premier Communities has four fabulous move-in ready homes in Pierce County that qualify for the USDA Loan Program. This loan allows homebuyers to purchase a home with zero down. Do not miss your chance to take advantage of this great opportunity!

Pierce homes

The Redwood in Copperfield has spacious rooms and is fully landscaped.

The Redwood home in Copperfield in Bonney Lake was just completed on Homesite #70 and has 1,653 square feet of space with three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths. The home is priced at $219,950 with a $5,000 bonus. People love the size of the master suite as well as the walk in closets in every bedroom! Home is fully landscaped, fenced, and features handscraped hardwood floors and a decorative full height backsplash in the kitchen. Copperfield is a quiet community near Lake Tapps, well known for its fishing, swimming and boating opportunities, and is just minutes from local shopping such as Target, Marshalls, Albertson’s and more. Continue reading