Riverbend - Standard Features

Design Features
  • Personal services with award-winning in-house decorator
  • Wide selection of floor plans – full customization
  • Hanson Brick or Acme Brick
  • Wood and glass front door
  • Ceramic floor tile in entry, kitchen, breakfast, utility room, powder bath, secondary bath & master bath
  • Dramatic ceiling treatments +
  • Raised or sloped ceilings in master bedroom+
  • Decorative art niches and arches+
  • 5 ¼” colonial base molding
  • Divided light front windows
  • Beaulieu carpet “Thunderbolt” 100% Soft-Sense 
  • Polyester Filament w/Scotch Guard and ½” pad
  • Spacious walk-in closets+
  • Pittsburgh Paints two-tone interior paint
  • Fully insulated One Lite Garden Door at Breakfast
  • Satin Nickel light fixtures
  • Monterrey drag wall and ceiling texture
  • Rounded sheetrock corners (excluding windows)
  • Rocker style designer electrical switches

Kitchen Features
  • General Electric Stainless Steel Free Standing Range with self-cleaning oven  
  • General Electric Stainless Steel microwave vent-a-hood combo
  • Stainless Steel General Electric Energy Star tri-clean wash system dishwasher
  • ½ HP In-Sink-Erator garbage disposal
  • Island kitchen work areas+
  • Designer Moen washer less kitchen faucet with side spray
  • Pittsburg Paints washable enamel paint on kitchen walls
  • 36” Legacy Oak Flat Panel Cabinets, hidden hinges, and crown mould, many stains to choose from
  • Granite countertops with ceramic tile backsplash
  • Recessed can lighting
 
Energy Efficiency
  • ENERGY STAR CERTIFIED HOME
  • Every Benchmark home is individually tested and certified by an Energy Star third party inspector
  • High efficiency heat pump – minimum 15 SEER, engineered specifically for your home Programmable thermostat
  • Jump ducts, transfer grills, or return grills for better temperature control
  • Sealed, insulated, low-E366 double pane low Solar Heat Gain Coefficient windows
  • R-30 insulation – flat ceilings; R-19 – slopes; R-13 insulation – walls
  • R-3 exterior sheathing
  • Radiant barrier roof decking
  • Climate controlled utility room
  • Continuous soffit venting
  • Roof ridge venting
  • CFL lighting at minimum of 80% of fixtures
  • ICAT rated recessed can lights with CFL lighting
  • Poly-foam sealing to reduce air infiltration
  • Quick recovery 50 gallon water heater
  • Engineered attic ventilation
  • Energy Star 52” ceiling fans w/ light kit in family, master bedroom
Bathrooms
  • Enclosed glass shower with 42x42 Mud Set Tile Floor and designer ceramic tile walls in master bathroom
  • Moen designer washer less faucets and shower valve in Satin Nickel
  • Pittsburgh Paints washable enamel paint on bathroom walls
  • Cultured Marble countertops in all bathrooms includes “Wave” Bowl in master bathroom
  • Shaver height cabinets in master bath
  • Steel bathtub with porcelain finish and tile surround in second bathroom
  • Designer lighting in master bathroom
  • Elongated commodes in all bathrooms
  • Medicine cabinets in master and secondary bathroom+
  • Separate linen closets or linen cabinets+
  • Pedestal sink in powder bath+ 
  • Construction Plus and More
  • Every slab is individually engineered by a Licensed Professional Engineer
  • Conventional wall and roof framing
  • Engineered floor system
  • Sub-floor decking glued and nailed
    • Tongue and groove
  • Cross linked polyethylene water supply lines
  • Dimensional roof shingles with 30-year warranty
  • 2 Cat5 Satellite TV jacks
  • Garage sheet rocked, taped, floated, textured, trimmed and painted

Security Features
  • All Living Area Exterior Door Contacts
  • Motion Detector
  • Deadbolt door locks
  • Metal garage overhead door
  • Solid core garage entry door
  • Smoke detectors
  • Exterior lighting at front porch and patio
  • Metal insulated rear door
 
Customer Service and Warranty
  • 10-Year StrucSure Home Warranty
  • Preconstruction plan review
  • Preconstruction site plan review
  • Pre-sheetrock walk through
  • Final orientation prior to closing
  • "Fast Action" customer service department
  • Locally owned and operated since 1992

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Choice, choice, choice (standard selections)
At your color selection appointment, you will meet with our in-house decorator one-on-one and you will choose from:
A minimum of: 
  • 25  Brick selections from Acme or Hanson
  • 5 “interior” wall paint selections from Pittsburgh Paint
  • 2 “30” year roof colors
  • 15 “exterior” wall paint selections from Pittsburgh Paint
  • 5   Mahogany Wood front door styles
  • 6   Interior door styles
  • 5  Old Master Stain colors (front door)
  • 10  Carpet color selections from Beaulieu
  • 20  Ceramic tile selections
  • 5  Cabinet colors
  • 11  Granite colors
  • 7  Bathroom countertop colors from Alamo Marble
  • 2 “Eva or Brantford” bath room fixtures in Satin Nickel

​Many other selections and colors are also available as Optional Choices.