Arizona Wife and Mother Receives Keys to Her Dream Home.

On Verge of Buying a Foreclosure, Kristin Pierce Wins $200,000 Home in Taylor Morrison Contest

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Arizona resident Kristin Pierce has finally fulfilled her dream of home ownership, thanks in large part to homebuilder Taylor Morrison.

Pierce was notified earlier this year that she had won the 2009 Taylor Morrison Dream Home Giveaway. This week, she walked through the front door of her completed $200,000 home for the first time while the construction crew who built her dream home watched.

"The shock has finally worn off," said the Arizona wife and mother who beat out 147,000 other entries to claim her prize. "I can't begin to describe how happy this makes our family."

Pierce and her husband were in the middle of signing a contract on a foreclosed home this summer when she learned that she had won. Pierce had searched for almost a year to find the foreclosure property, worth about half the price of their new Taylor Morrison home.

With their new home, Pierce and her husband are getting exactly what they wanted. The couple chose their floor plan, opted for an additional media room to serve as a playroom for their young son and picked every appliance, paint color and floor covering in the 2,240-square-foot home.

"We took great joy in building this home for Kristin and her family," said Charlie Enochs, division president for Taylor Morrison in Arizona. "We're sure they will take as much pride in owning this home as we did in building it for them."

This is the second year that Taylor Morrison has given away a home in its Dream Home Giveaway. Last year's winner, Jennifer Draa, picked a home in a Sacramento Taylor Morrison community.

Taylor Morrison will kick off the 2010 Dream Home Giveaway in January, awarding another $200,000 home to a lucky winner. For more details or to enter, be sure to visit dreamhome.taylormorrison.com starting January 4.

For more information on Taylor Morrison and its communities, visit www.taylormorrison.com.

About Taylor Morrison Taylor Morrison is one of the top home builders in North America, building a wide range of product for discerning home buyers across the country. With more than 150 communities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada and Texas, Taylor Morrison offers first-time, mid-market and mid-to-upscale housing in both master-planned communities and urban infill neighborhoods. The company also operates under the Monarch brand in Ontario, Canada, where it builds single-family homes and high-rise condominiums. Taylor Morrison, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Taylor Wimpey plc (LON: TW), a home building company with 125 years of experience and operations in the United Kingdom, North America, Spain and Gibraltar. For more information, visit www.taylormorrison.com.