Many “designer homes” are move‑in ready now, which Trilogy optimistically suggests may allow new homebuyers to call Trilogy home by the holidays. And there’s a holiday bonus on select homes that close by December 31 of this year: a six‑month payment deferment. Designer homes are available in each of Trilogy’s three collections: Natura, Veritas and Vita. If you go the other route—choose the site; choose the model; choose the floor, cabinets, et cetera—build‑out is about four months.

Fourteen models are offered at Estancia, eleven of them showcased at the tour center onsite. They range in size from 1,300 square feet to 3,100 square feet. While the floor plans vary in the room‑to‑room flow they create, they share one common attribute: All kitchens are designed to facilitate entertaining. “Market research told us that Boomers like to entertain,” noted Zinger. Ample countertop and floor space characterize the kitchens, all of which are open to family room or living room across an oversize breakfast bar. (Noteworthy functional design situates the refrigerator so that its doors have room to open fully.)

With five models each, the Natura Collection ranges from 1,314 square feet to 1,813 square feet and the Veritas Collection from 1,867 square feet to 2,334 square feet. All models are 2‑bedroom, 2‑bath except the largest Veritas model, which features an additional powder room. In most, the guest bathroom serves to make the guest bedroom a suite by having a connecting door while also serving more general use thanks to a door that opens to the hallway. These guest bathrooms offer the only bathtub in the house as market research had shown the targeted demographic preferred no tub in the master bathroom. Master bathrooms, instead, incorporate spacious shower stalls.

Master bathrooms, in fact, are spacious as a whole. Some take the closet out of the bathroom: In the Flora (Natura Collection), a windowed anteroom with built‑in cupboard separates the master bath from the master closet; in the Serenitas (Veritas Collection), his (wall) and hers (walk‑in) closets face each other across the hallway entrance to the bath.

Hallways take up a minimal amount of the overall square footage, with angled placement of doors providing the privacy that is more conventionally afforded by longer hallways. In the Riva

(Natura Collection), the hall from great room to master suite enjoys a visual advantage from a wall that curves instead of ending abruptly at a corner; in the Serenitas (Veritas Collection), the rotunda at the entry largely replaces hallways as it is, itself, the hub from which open the main rooms (kitchen, dining/great room, master suite).

Courtyards are offered in many of the models, either front courtyards that are, for the most part, sheltered within an enclosing wall or even sequestered behind a turreted gate, or side courtyards that extend, through sliding glass doors, the entertainment spaces like dining or great room. Some models, like the Spiritus (Vita Collection) feature both a front and side courtyard.

The Vita Collection offers the largest of Trilogy’s homes, ranging in size from 2,450 square feet to 3,096 square feet. Ceiling height, too, has been increased; the Vitas’ 10‑ to 12‑foot ceilings are higher than the Veritases’ ceilings, which, in turn, are higher than the Naturas’. In addition to proportionately larger rooms throughout the house, these models include a den as well as the great room or, in the 2,935‑square‑foot Vesta, both a family room and a living room. Of the four Vita models, the two largest (the Vesta and the 3,096‑square‑foot Stellare) are three‑bedroom homes. Bathrooms number at least 2 ½; 3 for the Spiritus and 3 ½ for the Stellare. Another difference in this collection is found in the master bath, which features a soaking tub as well as the oversize shower.

In the Vita’s Aurora model, a wine cellar option is offered for the walk‑in closet facing the formal dining room.  In the kitchen, the living room and the master bedroom, recessed ceilings add dramatic impact; even more so with crown molding, a designer feature shown in the showcased model.

Home is more than house at Trilogy at Vistancia, which provides community amenities that allow and encourage an active and social lifestyle. Clubs provide a physical gathering place; the Internet, a virtual one. A resort‑style community, Trilogy at Vistancia offers outdoor recreational opportunities such as hiking and, of course, golf, and indoor enrichment activities such as lessons in meditation. The 35,000‑square‑foot Kiva Club includes billiards, spa and both indoor and outdoor swimming pools.

Located off Happy Valley Road in Peoria, Trilogy at Vistancia’s tour center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday through Thursday and noon to 5 p.m. on Friday. Call (623) 215‑6315 for more information.