Perhaps no more so than in any other type of community the setting and exterior features in country club developments rank right up with interior design in their level of importance. Country club communities rely on setting the pleasing nature of a verdant landscape coupled with indoor and outdoor recreational centers as key elements that comprise their overall appeal to the segment of the market which finds them attractive alternatives to the more traditional types of neighborhoods. Cherry Valley in Montogmery Township is one of the state's relatively few country club communities. It represents a prime example of the how setting and exterior features come together to create an appealing sense of place. The community of 475 single-family homes is situated around a private Rees Jones golf course with most providing splendid views of fairways broken up with trees, or the homes overlook paddocks equally as pleasing to the eye.
Every home comes with a front garden.
In addition, bushes and trees planted around the front of the homes accent the architectural features of each elevation. All the homes at Cherry Valley are done with cedar siding, stucco, brick, or a combination of these materials. The various designs offer homebuyers a wide choice of exterior elements, such as coining in the brick and stucco to define the edges of the homes. Similar detailing is often added around windows. Boorman notes that an increasing number of homebuyers at Cherry Valley are asking for elevations with stucco rather than brick, and if brick is included the homebuyers prefer small amounts of brick up to the window sills with the rest of the exterior done in stucco.