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Event at Local Community Results in Minor Traffic Jam

Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006
 

Response to Recent Tinton Falls Homes Tour Was Overwhelming

By Jeff Ostroth

THE ERICKSON TRIBUNE

Over 100 Seabrook residents graciously opened their homes to 300 prospective residents recently, in a two-day “Parade of Homes” event that showcased every apartment home style in the community.

“This is was the first Parade of Homes ever held at Seabrook,” says Barbara Chachko, the community’s events coordinator. “Based on its success, I’m sure we will continue it as an annual event.”

Because of the sheer number of people who responded positively to the event, cars were lined up getting into the community, with guests driving from as far away as Long Island and upstate New York.

Priority List Members Only

The event was held exclusively for members of Seabrook’s Priority List. These are people who have indicated their intention to move to Seabrook by joining the list and getting a Priority Date. Based on that date—which is the date they join—members are accorded precedence in reserving those apartment homes in which they have stated an interest.

With Seabrook virtually sold out, it’s essential to join the Priority List if you have any thought about living in the community. Even so, it can be hard to know all the home styles that would be right for you.

Opening Possibilities

For example, says Ruth Phillips, Seabrook’s retirement counselor, “If you’re interested in a two-bedroom Flagstaff design, you might want to look at a two-bedroom Fairmont or Franklin as well. You could also consider a Georgetown or Gilbert, which are extra large one-bedroom homes with a den. They offer just about the same square footage.”

With 26 different apartment home styles and Seabrook’s nearly sold out status, it’s not usually possible to show every style that might interest someone. That’s why Seabrook hosted the Parade of Homes event—to afford Priority List members the rare opportunity to view a variety of furnished residential apartment homes.


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Every Single Style

To organize this event, residents were asked if they would consider opening their homes to Priority List members. The response was overwhelmingly generous, and for the first time ever, all 26 home styles were able to be shown.

A total of 74 Seabrook homes were opened over the two-day event, which ran each day from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Priority List members chose the day they would visit based on the basic type of home that they were interested in. “Thursday we did studio, one-bedroom, and one-bedroom with den styles,” says Ruth.

“On Friday we had all the two-bedroom styles, and we also repeated the onebedroom with den styles because they’re similar in size to two bedrooms,” she says. “For every single style that we showed on Friday we had two, three, five people showing their homes. And some of the residents who have one bedrooms with dens showed them both days.”

Enjoyable for All

Seabrook Marketing Director Madeline Hogan says she’s “very grateful” to the residents who participated in the event. “Because of their hospitality, more than 300 of our Priority List members were able to view every style apartment home that they might be interested in,” she says. “It helped them to better identify what interests them most, so we can find the right home for them.”

By all accounts, this was the largest Priority List event Seabrook had ever hosted. But thanks to Seabrook’s residents and its dedicated staff, it was an enjoyable event for all.

“I had such a good time,” says Betty Reinhold, who opened up her firstfloor two-bedroom Washington to what she estimates were 50 to 60 people. “The people who came in were very enthusiastic, we heard good things about our style, and there were a few things I could show them that they hadn’t thought about. It was like having a party, except I didn’t have to clean up afterwards.”



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