Potomac Shores in Prince William County offers southern-style homes

Kerri Pagel hasnt yet moved into her new house in Potomac Shores. And while the Prince William County community is far from complete, Pagel says shes happy with how everything is taking shape.

A lot of things drew us to Potomac Shores walking paths, green space, town center things that make a community a home, said Pagel, whose husband, Josh, and their children, Campbell, 10, and Coen, 7, are among the 50 families who have bought southern-style single-family houses in the community. This is a development weve been waiting for for 10 years.

We liked the intangibles, Pagel added, the sense of community, which we can feel even before all the houses are up.

Thirty miles south of Washington along the Potomac River, Potomac Shores is a 2,000-acre community in the early stages of development.

Being built on rolling and wooded land, Potomac Shores is designed to be a mix of residences, retail, recreation and business with a focus on walking and biking. Bordered on the northeast by Powells Creek and on the east-southeast by the river, the land has sweeping water views. Historically it was a water-oriented community catering to fishermen.

Tidewater design: We worked long on creating a theme and distinctive design for the development, said Edward S. Byrne, vice president of project management for Potomac Shores.

We studied indigenous design and architecture across the South, in Williamsburg, Richmond and small-scale towns with comparable features. he said. We wanted a common Tidewater vocabulary that incorporated symmetry, wraparound porches, steeply pitched roofs and many windows.

Stan Brent said a beautifully designed house attracted him and his fiance to the community; they were the first residents to move in. I feel I am breaking ground for the homeowners that will follow me, he said.

The floor plan is smartly designed and gives us abundant footage, Pagel said. We needed two home office spaces plus bedrooms. We wanted bigger space for our children, separate bathrooms for them and a laundry room with space to fold the laundry.

Haynes Davis III said that standards of the homes are incredibly high, and features such as molding are included. Davis said he and his wife, Becky, recently closed on a property and watched their house come out of the ground.

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Potomac Shores in Prince William County offers southern-style homes