This beautiful modular home, owned by Richard Wildermuth of Connecticut Valley Homes, is an example of what custom home plans can mean for you.

CONNECTICUT VALLEY HOMES
Designing Custom Modular Homes to fit your Lifestyle
Southeastern Connecticut is a real estate hot spot these days, and it
seems new homes are popping up everywhere. Sure the ranches and split levels of the 50s and 60s are seeing their fair share of resale in the area, as are the contemporaries and raised ranches of the 70s and 80s. But the reality is there are hundreds of properties being subdivided and developed all over the region. So what are your options in new construction? Again, they are numerous. And today, so many people are opting for prefabricated units offered by
modular construction companies because the advantages
of utilizing modular components often far outweigh traditional site-building – controlled environmental conditions in the factories, reduction in construction time, and cost factors are just the beginning.

It makes sense then to talk to people like Richard Wildermuth, builder and president of Connecticut Valley Homes in East Lyme. Since 1981, Wildermuth and Connecticut Valley Homes have delivered and constructed more than 1,300 modular houses. And while their very first clients did not have the design options that buyers have today, they were once the pioneers for a new standard
in home construction. Now, the limits to what you can have in a modular home are the ones you set. Yes, you can certainly
choose from the several model styles Connecticut Valley Homes has to offer, as well as browse through their extensive collection of welldesigned floor plans, but they will gladly use your
plans and ideas to design a custom home to fit your lifestyle.
Just to show us how much Connecticut Valley Homes has to offer, Mr. Wildermuth invited us to his home in East Lyme — a modularly constructed Greek Revival-style farmhouse. The house is a perfect illustration of what custom home plans can mean for you. His idea for the design of the 15-acre parcel was to mimic surrounding properties and styles, incorporating the area’s rich history and remaining true to that history.“I wanted to make the house look like it’s been here for a long time,” said Wildermuth. “To make it look like it fits. That was my inspiration.” And the nearly 3,000-square-foot home does just that. By integrating old fashioned details with modern conveniences, it is difficult to discern
whether the home is an updated renovation of a classic or newly constructed – and there’s no way to believe it arrived on the property in several pieces. The home’s features, like unpolished granitefireplaces, an open country farmhouse-style kitchen,
bumped out dining room overlooking the property’s pond, and a three season sunroom connecting the house to the three-car attached garage, perfectly link the past to the present. The design elements inside reflect the traditional simplicity of the outside,
and likewise.

Wildermuth’s creation of his personal space is a glimpse at what he and Connecticut Valley Homes can design for you. Bring your ideas — they’ll deliver. Call the East Lyme office at (860) 739-6913 for more information. Or stop by to view the models Monday – Friday, 10-5, Saturday & Sunday, 11-4. Take Exit 74 off I-95. Turn left onto Route 161, and left at the stop light onto Route 1. Model homes are 200 yards on the left. Additional photos and building ideas are available at www.CTValleyHomes.com.
Photos by JEFF EVANS / The Day

By Kristen Wic

 

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