Enjoy a family-enhancing lifestyle in Arabella’s two-story homes.  Equally as important for California living today, Arabella offers solar electric systems on a backyard trellis or integrated into the roof on select homes, providing the opportunity for unprecedented energy savings.

The growing desire among Southern Californians to live ‘green’ — from appliances to cars — can now be satisfied with a new home at Arabella at Pacific Highlands Ranch. Named 2005 Sustainable Community of the Year at the 2005 ELAN Awards, Arabella offers home shoppers a collection of beautiful new energy-efficient homes that feature Pardee Homes’ exclusive Living Smart® program of earth friendly features and options.

"As energy costs continue to rise, consumers are looking for ways to help them reduce their energy consumption," said Andrea Collins, marketing manager for Pardee Homes. "We recognize our customers’ concerns and have taken great strides to incorporate features that make our new homes more energy efficient, and have less of an impact on the surrounding environment.

"When energy-conscious buyers look beyond the dramatic architectural design and family-friendly floor plans at Arabella they find even more to love. Our Living Smart program supports and sustains the environment, while creating added value with features such as sealed duct systems and plush, stain resistant carpeting made from recycled materials."

Every new Pardee home at Arabella is certified by ComfortWise(SM) to earn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star® seal for energy savings and many Living Smart features are automatically included such as an energy-saving 50-gallon water heater, a GE Energy® photovoltaic roof panel system on all ‘California Ranch’ exteriors, fluorescent lights, engineered high-performance lumber and spectrally selective glass for increased energy efficiency and reduced fabric fade.

Arabella combines the best of California then and now, with gracious and elegant floor plans and inviting architectural design graced with stone, wood and iron detailing.  Plan 3 (Early California exterior shown) has four bedrooms, two and one-half baths and a three-bay tandem garage.

In addition to being named Sustainable Community of the Year, Arabella was honored at the 2005 Energy Value Housing Awards (EVHA) for achievement in environmental responsibility. The EVHA is managed by the National Association of Home Builders Research Center, and operated in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Priced from the mid $700,000s, Arabella offers elegant two-story living in a selection of three floor plans that range from approximately 2,007 to 2,453 square feet. With three to four bedrooms and two and one half to four baths, Arabella features exquisite interior touches and family-embracing floor plans with an array of room options, such as lofts and extra bedrooms, allowing for personalization.

Arabella is located in the emerging Pacific Highlands Ranch master-planned community, one of northern San Diego County’s largest coastal sites. Pacific Highlands Ranch has been developed with an environmental sensitivity that appeals to today’s energy-conscious buyers. This premier community, just east of Carmel Valley, offers a prime location and a number of thoughtfully planned and proposed amenities, including an expanse of preserved habitat. Plans for the future include a multi-use trail system for hiking and biking, an exceptional recreation center, an intranet and a Village Center with a complement of everyday shopping conveniences.

The community is located within San Diego’s highly rated North County school districts which include schools in the San Dieguito Union High School and Solana Beach School Districts .

For more information about Arabella, call (858) 794-4818 or go to www.pardeehomes.com. To visit the Arabella sales office and model homes from I-5, take 56 east to Carmel Valley Road and turn left. Go north and then turn left at Pacific Highlands Parkway.