As we approach summer, we are excited to welcome Sonya Dickinson of ReMax Lakefront Realty to The Coves team! Sonya’s years of experience and thorough understanding of the Smith Mountain Lake market will be a valuable resource for buyers selecting their perfect homesite at The Coves. Sonya is a past recipient of the Rookie of the Year and the Platinum and Gold Awards from The Roanoke Valley Association of Realtors. She is a member of the elite RE/MAX international Club and has achieved the Certified Residential Specialist designation.

Sonya always treats her customers as friends; every part of the transaction will be handled with professionalism and experience to make your dream a reality. “From the preservation of open space to the promotion of green building practices, The Coves was the first community at Smith Mountain Lake designed and developed with low impact development principles,” said Sonya. “I am excited to be working with a developer as committed as Optima Properties to making their vision a reality and I look forward to introducing the community to prospective new homeowners.”

The Coves is currently offering specials on homesites starting at $199,000 and interest only owner financing to qualified buyers. Please contact us today at 1-866-483-4321 to learn more about these special offers.

In a recent trip to The Coves, I had the chance to get up at the break of dawn and experience the lake as the sun came up.  You can really appreciate how clean the lake water is when the lake is smooth.  You can see clear to the bottom in some of the deeper areas and watch the fish swim by.

While walking through the waterfront lots, I was able to capture the sun rise through the trees on this amazingly clear day.

It’s no secret that the real estate market has seen tough times over the past couple of years. On a daily basis, there is more news of community foreclosures and developer bankruptcies in both primary and second home areas. At Optima Properties, we feel that our disciplined approach to financial management and singular focus on designing and building world-class, sustainable communities has kept our business sound and growing during these economic times.

Our success is built on four core areas:

Experience

Our management team has the right mix of business, financial, and real estate knowledge. We have the experience necessary to add value at every level of the real estate cycle – from land acquisition, entitlements and community planning to sales and marketing.

Capital

We have a committed and growing group of financial partners that understand our mission and share our desire to profit from a sustainable approach to real estate investment. We finance our projects conservatively with “patient capital” and avoid or limit third party debt in each of our projects.

Principles

We take a holistic approach to community development and lifestyle needs.

Our bedrock is the infusion of quality land use principles into all aspects of our development plans and implementations. We have a passion for what leading architects, land planners, developers and environmentalists are saying about designing and building to enhance quality of life through sustainable development practices.

Relationships

Over the years, the leadership of Optima Properties has established productive relationships with various governmental, non-profit, and development community leaders to help shape our vision and bring it to life. These stakeholders believe in our strategy, support our mission and are essential contributors to our success.

As the economy strengthens, Optima is well positioned to be a leader in providing our customers the best in sustainable community living.

On Monday and Tuesday, John Merritt (The Coves’s Project Manager) and I had a chance to spend some time boating on Smith Mountain Lake.  What is amazing about the lake is how BIG it is!  The vistas of the land are breathtaking and the water is clear and pure.  You can look down and see some of the area’s largest fish swim by.

By boat is a great way to see some of the designs of the waterfront homes and boat docks. We ran into a dock that looks like it was imported from the Far East!  Overall, the quality of the designs of the homes and docks on Smith Mountain Lake are some of the best in the country.  You can tell that individuals living here take enormous pride in their homes and communities.

You can see why this lake attracts individuals who want to enjoy the best of waterfront living.  We saw a wide variety of water activities being enjoyed by the very young, to the seasoned enthusiast.  From the excitement of calm lake water skiing, to the area’s best fishing, the lake provides the ultimate getaway for those love life on the water.

As Smith Mountain Lake’s first sustainable community, The Coves’s understands the importance of maintaing the natural beauty of the lake and the land.  We are committed to following design and development guidelines that  will help protect this amazing lake for generations to come.  Everything we do at The Coves is driven by the guiding principal that the value of the community will be best maintained and enhanced if we take care of the land and lake as our community grows.

Optima Properties, developer of The Coves and Wild Rock WV, has released a significant upgrade to their corporate website.  The new design and content reflect Optima’s continued commitment to designing and developing communities that have long-term value while adhering to sustainable development practices.  The site highlights current Optima projects and will be updated on a regular basis as new communities are designed and developed.  Visit the new website at www.optimaprop.com.