Ryland Homes’ Raleigh division has announced the opening of its new, fully-decorated model home, the Marlette floor plan, in the community of Drayton Reserve located in the town of Wake Forest.

The Marlette, a spacious two-story 3,886-square-foot home, provides homeowners with six bedrooms, five bathrooms and a three-car-garage. The single-family home offers three elevations, featuring an upstairs game room and formal areas. Homeowners can personalize the home to include a screened porch, third floor bonus room and fifth bathroom in the bonus room.

This quiet community showcases beautiful homes with incredible features, such as a sunroom, outdoor living areas, screened porch, master down, ranch-style floor plans and much more. With a variety of nine stunning floor plan options, the homes – located on large homesites that start at 1/3 of an acre – range from 2,475 to 3,886 square feet and from $299,990 to $349,990, allowing homebuyers to select the home that best suits their individual family’s needs.

Drayton Reserve offers its residents excellent amenities with a swimming pool, cabana, tot lot and sidewalks throughout the community. Its location provides convenient access to local attractions and excellent shopping, dining and entertainment opportunities, including downtown Raleigh, downtown Wake Forest, PNC Arena, The Factory and Triangle Town Center.

Additionally, Drayton Reserve offers excellent schools for families with young children, which include: Stanford Creek Elementary School, Rolesville Middle School and a new state-of-the-art high school, Rolesville High School. Drayton Reserve residents desiring higher education can attend excellent nearby colleges and universities, such as North Carolina State University, Duke University, University of North Carolina and Wake Technical Community College.

Each new Ryland home is built with the environment in mind. Ryland’s HouseWorks® program provides homeowners additional value through energy efficient features, including an independently rated HERS® index, HVAC systems with Puron® and much more. This program is designed to preserve the environment, conserve energy and provide more comfort for homeowners.

Since 1967, Ryland Homes has been committed to building high quality, energy-efficient new homes. Today, rooted in its national strength, local focus and unwavering commitment to the customer, Ryland proudly builds in 17 states across the country. For more information about Drayton Reserve and Ryland Homes, please visit www.Ryland.com.

Ryland HomesDiane Morrison, 813-281-1810National Vice President of Sales and Marketingdmorriso@ryland.comwww.Ryland.com