York & Company receives HOBI Award for Conn home.York & Company Construction Services & Planning, known for building spec and custom homes that highlight traditional architecture with historic and period touches, has been awarded the prestigious HOBI Award by the Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Fairfield County Fairfield County is the name of three counties in the United States:
The annual HOBI Awards (Home Building Industry), reviews thousands of entries from area builders and selects the best in several categories that exemplify the highest quality and building standards. The York & Company house was awarded the best Spec Home between $3-$4 million for its use of custom moldings throughout the house, period-style railings and fireplace mantles, and overall quality of construction. The award-winning home has a classic New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. shingle style Shingle style In the U.S., a style of wood-shingle-covered domestic architecture of the 1870s and '80s. Among the finest examples are Henry Hobson Richardson's Sherman House (1874–75), Newport, R.I., and Stoughton House (1882–83), Cambridge, Mass. , with a grand front porch, a portico portico (pôr`tĭkō), roofed space using columns or posts, generally included between a wall and a row of columns or between two rows of columns. connecting the detached two-car garage to the home and beautiful woodwork woodwork: see carpentry; furniture; intarsia; marquetry; veneer; wood carving. , all created by York & Company's own mill shop, York & Company Millwork. From the sweeping grand staircase (If you're looking for the similarly named structure on the RMS Titanic, see Grand Staircase of the Titanic)'' The Grand Staircase is an immense sequence of sedimentary rock layers that stretch south from Bryce Canyon National Park through Zion National in the front entry to the sophisticated and gourmet country kitchen, the home has hardwood floors throughout and antique period style marble fireplace mantles. Its large rooms boast a 6,800 s/f of living space and the home has a private back yard, complete with an in-ground swimming pool. "We always try to include beautiful and authentic period pieces, such as moldings, stair newel posts, old world fireplace mantles, light fixtures and custom cabinetry cab·i·net·ry n. Cabinetwork: finely detailed cabinetry. Noun 1. cabinetry - the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) cabinetwork in our homes," said Nick Barile, president of York & Company. Barile noted that in Fairfield and Westchester counties there is a particularly great need for high quality, period wood pieces in homes, due to the historic nature of the area and the affluence and tastes of the homeowners. "To better meet our customer's needs, we create our own woodwork, including custom moldings, railings and cabinets that mirror the quality and craftsmanship found throughout history in the finest homes." |
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