If you’re in a business leadership position, you know how important it is to get the team away occasionally for strategic planning—and for a chance to unwind. Crystal Springs offers a great way to mix business with pleasure. Our secluded and serene setting is perfect for getting away from the everyday distractions that make creative thinking and strategic planning such a challenge.
Nothing takes out the business kinks better than time on the links! You’ll have your choice between seven great New Jersey courses. With your own corporate golf villa, you’ll be right where the action is—with plenty of room for everyone to relax after your rounds are over.
With four bedrooms, four baths, and 3,100 square feet of space, Highgrove Golf Villa at Crystal Springs is a perfect setting for a management team getaway. You’ll have the privacy you need for strategic planning—and you’ll have easy access to golf, dining, and all the amenities of the nearby Grand Cascades Lodge.
When you’re not using the villa for management get-a-ways, or for private executive outings, it’s a great resource to make available to special clients or to outstanding employees. Crystal Springs’ close proximity to the City ensures that the property won’t stand idle. And an investment in a corporate golf villa will continue to grow in value because demand for quality residences like this—in such an accessible location—will continue to grow. Why spend money on the same old boring business venues when you can invest in something that will grow in value—and provide benefit now?
According to a study by the National Association of Realtors retirees are ditching far-away vacation rentals and exotic retirement getaways and opting to buy closer to home.
Once dominated by young families, the vacation home market is greying. The study showed the average age of vacation home buyers was 50, and the average distance of the home from the buyer's permanent residence was 305 miles.
The reason for the proximity? One-third of buyers said they planned to use their vacation home as a primary residence in the future. “People started seeing vacation homes as an option for retirement,” said Jon Gray, vice president of HomeAway.com, a web site that matches homeowners with vacation renters. In addition, more people are buying vacation homes ahead of retirement and using them as family getaways or investment opportunities. In a separate finding of the same NAR study, 11 percent of survey respondents said they would buy a vacation home for their eventual retirement.
Besides saving money on airfare, according to Gray, post 50s are seeking vacation homes closer to their network of friends and family, and for ease of access. If you’re thinking of buying a vacation home and renting it out some of the time, check out Crystal Springs Resort in Northern NJ, this desirable location will help with the investment opportunity and they have an on-site real estate broker who specializes in vacation properties.
So why not check out some of the amazing new Resort Homes the Crystal Springs Resort Community, NJ has to offer? Our maintenance-free new homes offer the best in design, quality, lifestyle and location. Homes starting at just $199,900, make your dreams a reality at Crystal Springs.
Is it possible that resort living is right for you? Or have you always thought that a resort lifestyle was something for “other” people? If any of the following reasons resonate with you—resort living might just be what you’re looking for.
Reasons to Choose Resort Living in New Jersey
1. You Want to Get Away Without Leaving it All Behind: Sometimes city or suburban life get’s to be too much. You’d like to get away, but you living in some remote area just isn’t practical. What if you could get away from it all—and still be within an hour of the City?
2. You Want More Out of Life Than the Mall Can Offer: If you ever feel trapped by doing the same things over and over, you just might need to open your horizons to activities (hiking, biking, swimming, fishing) you just can’t do in the city or the suburbs.
3. You Want Community—Not Just Neighbors: You can’t always choose your neighbors. And just because you live in the same block doesn’t mean you share the same interests or values. There are places, however where people come together because they share a sense of what’s important to them.
4. You Think Golf is a REALLY Good Thing: Sure, there are a lot of golf courses in New Jersey. But what if you could actually live in a community that has seven outstanding courses and the #1 golf instructor in the world?
5. You Think There Should be More to Life Than Working on the House: You know how important it is to maintain and protect your investment. But that doesn’t mean you should have to spend all of your spare time on maintenance. Crystal Springs offers maintenance-free living with a great homeowner warranty for your peace of mind.
6. You Want a Home That Fits YOUR Lifestyle: If a cookie-cutter home doesn’t cut if for you, you’ll love the ability to customize your new Crystal Springs home. There are a wide variety of options available to begin with—and you can add the touches you want to make your home uniquely yours.
7. You Like Peace and Quiet—But You Like a Little Culture, Too: One of the great things about resort living is the serenity and solitude. But that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the finer things in life at the same time. You can enjoy some of the regions finest wines and dining at any of Crystal Springs’ six great restaurants.
8. You Want a Place You Can Enjoy All Year Around: You don’t have to settle for outdoor activity that only lasts for a few months. When the seasons change, the options at Crystal Springs change with them. No matter what your passions are—skiing, swimming, hiking, biking, horseback riding, golf, tennis—there’s something good going on all year long at Crystal Springs.
Looking for something to do this weekend? At the Crystal Springs Resort Community there is always something for our homeowners to do!
The resort is now offering wine education seminars at just $30 per person for the public and $25 per person for social members. Whether you’re a wine expert, beginner, or somewhere in between, you’ll discover a new-found appreciation for this timeless.
Sommelier Susanne Lerescu will inspire you with her wine knowledge during this two-hour class, which includes tastings of five varietals. Afterward, explore the 135,000-bottle Wine Spectator Grand Award-winning collection on a mind-blowing tour of the Wine Cellar.
Reserve your spot for Sunday, May 6th in the Napa Room at the Crystal Springs Clubhouse for the wine education seminar and wine cellar tour from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Call 973-827-5996, ext. 3 to register.
While visiting be sure to check out some of the amazing new Resort Homes Crystal Springs, NJ has to offer. Whether you're looking for a weekend getaway, retirement home or year-round residence our maintenance free new homes offer the best in design, quality and lifestyle. Starting at just $199,900, our homes make dreams a reality.
Resort Living in New Jersey
As the school year winds down, your kids’ excitement winds up. And let’s face it—as adults it’s hard not to get a little excited about summer ourselves. That is, until about three weeks after school lets out and those two words every parent dreads to hear surface: “I’m bored!”
It’s not easy keeping kids occupied over the summer once the thrill of being out of school has finally worn off. Of course part of what makes looking forward to summer so much fun for your kids are all the expectations of what they can do. But it’s hard to get excited about one more trip to the mall. That’s when parents start hearing the refrain from those old “Kid’s Summertime Blues”: “There’s nothing to do around here!”
In the late 1950s rockabilly artist Eddie Cochran lamented that “There ain’t no cure for the summertime blues.” Ah, poor Eddie didn’t know that 60 years later there would be a surefire cure for the summertime blues—in New Jersey, just an hour outside of Manhattan! It’s a place where parents never have to hear “I’m bored!” again! Here’s just a sample of the things you and your kids can do at Crystal Springs.
Activities at Crystal Springs
Swimming: What’s summer without time in the pool? But what about those days when the weather doesn’t cooperate? Not a problem at Crystal Springs! You can enjoy a dip any time at one of our year-round pools. Plus you and the kids will have a blast with the 26 thrilling rides, slides, and attractions at the Mountain Creek Waterpark.
Outdoor Activities: There’s tons to do outside, including taking advantage of one of seven public golf courses—all within five miles of each other. If tennis is your kids’ preference, there’s always a game at our outstanding tennis center. If you and your kids enjoy hiking or mountain biking, there are an abundance of nature and bike trails for you to explore. And there's plenty of good fishing nearby as well.
More Family Activities: You don’t have to go far to find even more fun family activities. Farmers markets, bowling, drive-in movies, and live performances are all nearby. There are also dozens of awe-inspiring trails for hikers of all abilities. Your family can also enjoy, bird watching, or mountain biking. You can even go canoeing or tubing down the spectacular Delaware River. Visit a zoo or take a fascinating underground tour of an old mine. Want more specifics? Check out other area attractions here.
Of course, once you visit, you may not want to leave! You may want to
check out the housing opportunities in Crystal Springs Resort. It’s a great investment—for year-round living or for a spectacular vacation home. Chances are we’ve got just what you’re looking for.
Some people may think that talking about resort living and environmental awareness in the same sentence is a bit of an oxymoron. At Crystal Springs we don’t believe it has to be that way.
That’s why Crystal Springs Builders teamed up with US-based Sustainable Travel International (STI) to become the first resort development company to address global warming and offset its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through MyClimate™, an innovative program that neutralizes the impact of GHG emissions.
We’re continuing our strong commitment to develop our properties in an ecologically sensitive manner. We’ve identified greenhouse gas emissions that stem from basic electricity consumption, and we’re taking specific steps to rreduce their impact on global warming.
We’re proud of our record for environmental excellence that includes initiatives such as:
- Our Ballyowen Golf Club that has been designated as a “Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary” by the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary System (ACSS), the educational division of Audubon International
- Our partnership with the National Biodiversity Parks Land Trust to preserve a 1300 acre green belt surrounding the development
- Our investment of a $70,000 federal grant to improve wildlife habitat on Ballyowen, Black Bear and Crystal Springs, three of its seven golf courses
- Our alliance with the NJ Non-Game Program to help restore the federally endangered bog turtle habitat within Crystal Springs
- Retaining the services of Go Native’s Dennis Miranda, a naturalist with 20+ years experience in the Highlands, and founder of the Crystal Springs Nature Club
- Our efforts to recycle rain water for use in landscape irrigation within the Crystal Springs residential community
If living in an environmentally responsible way is as important to you, we invite you to take a closer look at Crystal Springs—and to check out our additional green initiatives. We’d love to have you join us!
You've been dreaming about Purchasing a New Jersey Resort Home... is now the time?
Some people believe that timing is everything. Of course, it’s great when your timing is spot on. Everybody wants to “buy low and sell high.” If you’ve been considering a move to a New Jersey Resort Community, is now the “perfect” time to do that?
In a recent (March 19, 2012) Barron’s article, Jonathan R. Lange wrote: “. . . there are signs that the long nightmare for American homeowners is in its terminal stage, and that, maybe, just maybe, home prices will bottom and begin to turn by the spring of 2013—if not before” (you can read the entire article here).
Does that make now the “perfect” time to make a move? Does the “perfect” time even exist? You could argue that point until the cows come home, but now is a really good time to look at this kind of investment. After all, when you’re considering a home, there’s more to the equation than simply timing.
Location. Location. Location: You’ve heard the old real estate mantra a million times. The thing is, it’s still true. Where you decide to live makes a huge difference. And if you want to live in a place that’s surrounded by beautiful vistas, peaceful serenity, and still within easy access of the metro area, your choices are limited. And those areas are becoming increasingly difficult to find. For now, you can still find that at Crystal Springs.
Quality of Life: Breathtaking vistas are a wonderful thing, but most of us want more from life than a nice view out the front door. Maybe we want to enjoy nature, but we need a little more. Crystal Springs offers a wide variety of amenities that contribute to a great quality of life. With your choice of fine dining, outdoor sports activities, spas and fitness centers, and social events, you’re sure to find whatever you need to enjoy life in the community right outside of your home.
Value: Getting a good deal on a home is really only a deal if what you end up with has real value. The maintenance-free homes at the Village at Crystal Springs are high-end homes with lots of personal touches and attention to craftsmanship and detail. And there are lots of different plans from which to choose. You’re guaranteed to find something that fits your unique lifestyle.
Is now the “perfect time” to purchase the New Jersey home you’ve dreamed about? All we can say is that with interest rates where they are, and with availability still good for now, it’s a really good time. It may not be perfect, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a better time!
If you’re a golfer you know that it’s that time of year when just watching golf on television just isn’t cutting it anymore. It’s time to get out on the links and work out the kinks!
Here’s some good news: New Jersey is home to some of the finest golf courses and amenities anywhere in the country. And you can access seven of the premiere golf courses in New Jersey—all within an hour’s drive from Manhattan!
That’s part of the reason that Crystal Springs is the Northeast's premier golf resort community. These seven outstanding golf courses in beautiful Sussex County, have been designed by some of the game's best architects, including: Fazio, Robert Trent Jones, von Hagge, and Rulewich. In addition to that, Crystal Springs boasts the #1 golf instructor in the world at The David Leadbetter Golf Academy.
We invite you to take a closer look at these incredible courses: Ballyowen, Black Bear, Cascades, Crystal Springs, Great Gorge, Minerals and Wild Turkey Golf Clubs.
But why just hit the links when you can actually live on them? Crystal Springs also offers some of the most outstanding housing opportunities in the New Jersey and New York Metro areas. Here you’ll find golf course front homes of outstanding craftsmanship that mirror spectacular scenery and serenity surrounding you. You’ll find whatever you’re looking for, whether it’s a single-family home, a townhome, a condominium, an estate home, or even a a golf villa, or a vacation home.
Crystal Springs isn’t just about golf. It’s a community . . .with plenty of activities for the whole family. You don’t have to settle for getting away for a round of golf. At Crystal Springs you can get away for life!
We all dream about the perfect home. And for many of us “home” is much more than the walls that surround us. Home includes the neighborhood, the community, the activities, the social interaction, and the overall environment. It’s a place we can relax or engage—depending on what we feel like doing. It’s a place of comfort and seclusion with easy access to fun activities, fine dining, in the middle of natural grandeur. If you can picture yourself in that kind of a place, you’re picturing life in a New Jersey Resort Community.
That kind of community, however, doesn’t have to be filled with rows of cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all homes. After all, individuals who share a love of the good life are still individuals. The style of home that’s “picture perfect” for one person may not be your dream home.
A wide variety of exquisite quality New Jersey resort homes is just one of the things that makes Crystal Springs stand out from the crowd. Whatever your lifestyle, Crystal Springs has a home that will let you enjoy it to the fullest. You can choose from 10 different models of Condominiums within the community. Or, if Luxury Townhomes are what you’re looking for, you can chose from four different models. Crystal Springs is a great family community, so if you’re looking at Single Family Homes you’ll have 13 different models from which to choose. And if exquisite Estate Homes are where you picture yourself, you’ll find plenty of variety, with 12 different models to consider. Even if you’re envisioning the luxury of Golf Villas for your family—or even as a corporate getaway for entertaining company VIPs—you’ll find them in Crystal Springs.
Resort living in New Jersey may not be for everybody. But if you can picture yourself living in luxury, wrapped in the natural beauty, serenity, and seclusion of some of the most beautiful vistas the Garden State has to offer (and just miles from Manhattan), you really need to check out Crystal Springs!
The most exciting event of the year is on March 30-April 1 2012 here at America's #1 Residential Resort Community, NJ.
The Featured Guest of Honor Chef Thomas Keller along with many other notables of the food and wine world will be presenting a fabulous program not to be missed. The event benefits James Beard Foundation and Bocuse d'Or USA Foundation.
Beginning Friday evening and continuing on until Sunday morning there are over 14 fabulous events for you to choose from.
The Friday night events are sold out but there is plenty to explore and enjoy on Saturday beginning at 11:00 AM with Thomas Keller's book signing, all day and into the wee hours of Sunday Morning with the "Meet The Chefs & Winemakers After Party" from 10pm to 1am. Wow sounds exciting.
On Saturday after the book signing you can Meet NJ's Best Burger Chef from the NJ 2012 Burgers and Zin contest from 12pm-1pm.
From 12pm-3pm enjoy a Marketplace Lunch - 21 & Over Only - featuring a wide selection of Artisanal breads, local produce, seafood and antipasto alongside NJ wineries. 
Other Events Include
- 1pm Barrett & Barrett tasting of sought-after wines from husband and wife winemakers Heidi and Bo Barrett
- 2pm Secrets of the Crystal Springs Wine Cellar tasting of rare bottles and prized vintages with owner Gene Mulvihill
- 3pm The Classic Cocktail Reinvented seminar and tasting with St. Germain also at 3pm The Leading Ladies of Wine panel and tasting with Heidi Barrett, Deborah Brenner, Diane Snowden & Terry Wheatley, we are attending this event.
- 4pm Terroir in Chocolate & Wine tasting pairing with Pastry Chef Marc Aumont of The Modern, NYC, not to be missed.
- 4pm The House of Walker premium whiskey tasting with Master of Whiskey Peter O’Connor – including two rare ones – Johnny Walker Blue Label and the King George V
- From 7pm-10pm is the Grand Tasting – where more than 25 top chefs from NJ and NYC join leading wineries and distilleries from around the world in this showcase event. Dress code: cocktail attire for women, jackets preferred for men, no jeans.
Then the after party.
On Sunday at 12:30pm-2pm there will be a Champagne Brunch in the Emerald Ballroom, 21 & Over Only. Traditional French brunch featuring a selection of bubbly including top Champagne houses, Moët & Chandon and Dom Perignon.