ILLINOIS & WISCONSIN– January 8, 2026 –– If your New Year’s resolution involves a new place to live, you’ll want to visit a Shodeen Homes’ community today and learn more about their open concept ranch, two-story and low-maintenance designs tailored to fit your lifestyle needs and budget.
“What better way to start off the New Year than in a New Home?” said Jaynelle Then, Sales Director for Shodeen Homes. “This is the time of year where homeowners reassess their lifestyle needs. For some, the holidays came with the realization that more room was needed for entertaining and overnight guests. Others may be looking to retire their snow blower and enjoy a low-maintenance lifestyle. Still others, may want the energy efficiency and top-trending features found new home construction. Whatever your needs, timetable and budget, Shodeen Homes has a home for you.”
Shodeen Homes, a family-owned new home builder for 65 years, offers low-maintenance Village homes and traditional ranch and two-story designs for buyers who are ready to move now. These homes include today’s top design trends such as island kitchens with granite or quartz countertops and stainless-steel appliances, 9-foot first-floor ceilings, family rooms with fireplaces, full, lookout or walkout basements and more.
Buyers can start 2026 in a new Shodeen home at the following Illinois communities:
Elburn Station, a 505-acre master-planned community, is walking distance to downtown Elburn and the Elburn Metra station with daily service to Chicago. Low-maintenance Village homes are available now from 1,801 to 1,981 square feet in size with three or four bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, basements, two-car garages and are priced from $409,900.
Traditional ranch and two-story homes, priced from the $470s, are also available and range from 1,613 to 1,766 square feet in size with three bedrooms, two or 2.5 baths, full basements, master bedrooms suites with luxury baths, family rooms with fireplaces, dens or flex rooms and two-car garages.
Elburn Station is an AT&T Fiber community boasting 99% connectivity reliability and includes the 20-acre Elburn Station Community Park. Children attend schools in Kaneland School District #302.
Richland Trails is an established community of 209 homesites just east of Dekalb and south of Sycamore in Cortland. Minutes from the I-88 employment corridor, Northern Illinois University and Kishwaukee Hospital, part of Northwestern Medicine, Richland Trails offers ranch and two-story homes for quick move-in ranging from 1,328 to 2,111 square feet with three or four bedrooms, two or 2.5 baths, basements and two-car garages with prices starting at $374,900.
Homes are also available now in Wisconsin:
Stone Ridge and Edgewood Vistas in Lake Geneva
Just west of Route 12 and north of 120, Stone Ridge, less than one mile from downtown Lake Geneva, offers homes available now, priced from $624,900. These ranch homes range from 1,613 to 2,093 square feet in size with three bedrooms, two baths, gourmet island kitchens, great rooms with fireplaces, full standard or lookout basements, and 2.5 or three-car garages.
The Woods of Stone Ridge, an enclave of 11 wooded homesites of up to 2.5-acres within the larger Stone Ridge community, offers its 2,988-square-foot Abigail ranch for immediate delivery. Priced at $1,324,800, this spectacular residence includes three bedrooms and a study, 2.5 baths, gourmet island kitchen with 42” Brakur custom cabinets and quartz countertops, great room with vaulted ceiling and double-sided fireplace, sunroom, full, 8-foot lookout basement, concrete patio, Trex Deck and 3-car, sideload garage with bonus storage area.
Edgewood Vistas is set among rolling hills and bordered by mature trees and 2.7 acres of open space with a walking path. Priced from the $599,555 two-story homes are available now and range from 2,019 to 2,430 square feet with three or four bedrooms, 2.5 baths, island kitchens, full or walkout basements, Trex deck per plan and two or 2.5-car garages.
Both Edgewood Vistas and Stone Ridge are served by Lake Geneva School District J1, including Badger High School. The communities are within walking distance of Geneva Lake, which offers endless water sports, boat tours and beaches, and its 21-mile shore path.
The Shores of Delavan Lake in Delavan
Shodeen’s newest master-planned community, The Shores of Delavan Lake, offers ranch and two-story homes now with prices starting from $569,900. These homes range from 2,146 to 2,674 square feet with three or four bedrooms, 2.5 baths, full, lookout and walkout basements and two or three-car garages. Minutes from downtown Delavan, iconic Lake Lawn Lodge, Lake Como, Lake Geneva and dozens of championship golf courses, The Shores of Delavan Lake features a community clubhouse and inlet pier with access to Delavan Lake.
To learn more about move-in ready homes at Shodeen communities in Illinois and Wisconsin, visit www.shodeenhomes.com or call (630) 232-8181.
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