History Worth Repeating..
At Almond Grove Estates
in Shafter, CA

There was a time when neighborhoods centered on the lives of the people who lived within them. Like a nostalgic moment out of a Norman Rockwell painting of Midwest America circa 1930-1940, that time has come again in the charming enclave of California Ranch-Style homes that is Almond Grove Estates in the quaint town of Shafter, California. It is time to welcome back white picket fences and front porch swings. In this uniquely crafted town-and-school-close neighborhood, you will find the warmth and charm of the past now embraces your dreams and goals for the future for you and your family.

Almond Grove Estates renews the unique tradition that is California Ranch-Style architecture with beautiful sprawling single story designs that take you back to a nostalgic bygone era, but also meet your contemporary needs in some very exciting ways. Be thrilled once again by soaring open-beam ceilings that you haven’t seen in new housing in decades. Be enchanted by front and rear covered porches that are a beautiful and integral part of the architectural footprints. These uniquely designed homes have a flexibility of thought that encourages your self-expression and individuality, from your choice of optional den, office or workplace rooms to additional bedrooms and bathrooms. Homeowners may also select exterior details such as roof cupolas and weather vanes, multiple-choice siding, masonry veneer and porch detailing. Each home is designed to extend the living space into the expansive outdoor areas where you may plan your garden, fern-grotto or pool, deck and landscape areas to suit your individual lifestyle. We’ve woven threads of the past into the future of these warm and inviting California Ranch-Style single-story, detached homes. Each one of your individually inspired details will add materially to the beautiful texture of your unique neighborhood living environment.

Neighborhood-close schools and nearby park await your evening stroll down charming lamp-lit streets. When was the last time you walked a few blocks down quaint neighborhood streets to the local high school football game on Friday night? The character of that bygone street-scene reflects the neighborly, friendly-spirit of mid 20th century America that has come alive again in Almond Grove Estates. Yet it all fits so comfortably with the active life you and your family live today.

Nearby downtown shops and services, as well as robust employment and entertainment opportunities in the greater Bakersfield market-area, complete the village neighborhood setting, offering you all-in-one-place convenience, warmth, safety and abundant employment opportunities you have missed for too long in other places you may have lived.

History’s best lessons have been graciously reapplied in this lovely country-town setting to create a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you and your family at Almond Grove Estates. Welcome back to a “new” way of life...again.

Tom Williams
President
Saddleback Southwest Homes

 

 

 

Almond Grove Estates
  • Beautifully blended California Ranch-style architecture
  • Front yard landscaping with automatic sprinklers
  • Dual glazed white vinyl windows with decorator accents
  • Custom-styled roll-up garage doors with opener and two or three transmitters
  • Raised panel entry doors with decorative hardware and dead bolt locks
  • Dramatic masonry veneers (some plans)
  • Concrete walkways and driveways
  • Attached 2 and 3-car garages with direct home access entry
  • Underground utilities
  • Charming flower pot shelves (per plan)
  • 6-foot masonry block walls surround rear and side yards for added privacy

 


 

  • Dazzling granite counters
  • Beautiful stained wood cabinetry
  • Incomparable quality General Electric (or equal) appliances including 5-burner gas cook-tops, 30 inch electrical ovens, built-in touch-control microwave, multi-cycle dishwasher and garbage disposal
  • Deep. double compartment white cast-iron sink
  • Storage pantries
  • Convenient island work center
  • Large separate breakfast nooks
  • Elegant recessed ceiling lighting
  • Plumbed for ice maker
  • Decora white rocker-style electrical switches
  • Large family room media niches (per plan)
  • Washable interior wallpaint
  • Spacious linen cabinets

 


 

  • Thermostatically controlled central air conditioning and forced air heating, separately zoned (per plan)
  • Decora white rocker-style electrical switches
  • Large family room media niches (per plan)
  • Washable interior wallpaint
  • Spacious linen cabinets
  • Convenient interior laundry rooms with gas hook up and laundry tub
  • Quality carpeting in living, family dining areas, bedrooms, halls and closets
  • Elegant nine foot high volume ceilings throughout, soaring to 14 to 20 feet (depending on plan)
  • Oversized windows
  • Formal entry in choice of wood parquet or ceramic tile
  • Bull-nosed wall corners
  • Decorative raised-panel doors
  • Attractive metal gas fireplaces with electronic ignition and glass doors
  • Decorator-selected light fixtures
  • Easy care sheet vinyl in kitchens, nooks, laundry rooms and secondary baths
  • Decorator selected hardware
  • Multiple phone outlets and television outlets
  • Custom hand-troweled ceilings throughout
  • Pre-wiring for ceiling fans

 


 

  • Hand set tile counter tops with dual china sinks
  • Nine foot ceilings
  • Spacious oversized walk-in closets
  • Luxurious oval tubs
  • Separate ceramic tile showers with shatter proof glass enclosures
  • Plate glass mirrors
  • Recessed medicine cabinet with mirror

 


 

  • Granite kitchen counter-tops
  • Upgraded masonry veneers
  • Security-system
  • Mirrored wardrobe doors
  • Upgraded maple cabinets
  • Interior walls insulated
  • Additional TV cable outlets
  • Tub enclosures with tempered glass in the secondary baths
  • Upgraded cook top
  • Upgraded oven
  • Upgraded dishwasher
  • Additional bedrooms and baths
  • Flooring totally upgradeable Secondary Baths
  • Fiberglass tub/shower combination with simulated ceramic tile surround
  • Ceramic tile countertops
  • Plate glass mirrors

 


 

  • Wired for fiber-optic cable
  • Heavy duty 200-amp electrical panels
  • Automatic night time setback thermosat
  • Stub-out for gas barbeque
  • Fully insulated exterior walls and ceilings
  • Gas to dryer location
  • Copper interior water lines
  • Smoke detectors in all bedrooms
  • Double security locks on front door
  • Prewired for cable TV
  • Category 5 wiring to most rooms
  • Energy efficient dual-glazed windows with vinyl frames
  • Architecturally coordinated, energy efficient, fire retardant concrete roof tile
  • 75 gallon water heater with energy-efficient recirculating hot water system w/timer

Saddleback Southwest Homes
Quality Developers for Over 30 Years