Toll Brothers has opened for business at Everly, a master-planned community in Spartanburg. For Upstate contractors, it means another national luxury builder putting homes in the ground.
The company announced Oct. 16 that its sales center and model home are open at 7177 Myrtle Burl Way. That's directly across from the Carolina Country Club, a few minutes from downtown Spartanburg and about 30 miles from Greenville. The announcement went out on GlobeNewswire and is posted on Toll Brothers' own website.
What the builder's page lists
The release describes homes "ranging from approximately 2,500 to over 4,900 square feet" and priced "from the upper $400,000s." The company's Everly community page fills in the details. As of Oct. 19, it listed seven home designs with base prices and starting square footage:
- Flynn: one story, about 2,549 square feet and up, first-floor primary suite, from $464,995
- Flynn Elite: two stories, about 2,912 square feet, first-floor primary suite, from $484,995
- Latimore: two stories, about 3,264 square feet, first-floor primary suite, from $499,995
- Huntsman: two stories, about 3,416 square feet, from $514,995
- Alisa: two stories, about 3,645 square feet, from $534,995
- Frasier: two stories, about 3,940 square feet, from $539,995
- Latimore with Basement: listed from $599,995
Base designs on the page range from about 2,549 to 3,940 square feet, shown with a plus sign. The release's "over 4,900" figure doesn't match any single base plan on the page, and the company doesn't say where it comes from. Both the release and the page mention options for finished basements. All seven base designs have two-car garages.
The page also listed two quick move-in homes: a Flynn Elite Farmhouse at $669,000 and a Huntsman Craftsman at $734,000, both with three-car garages. It advertised $10,000 toward closing costs on select homes for buyers who finance through Toll Brothers Mortgage Company.
Home sites measure more than one-third of an acre, according to both the release and the page. That's roomy for a new subdivision.
The amenity count
The release describes "three resort-style clubhouses, each with a fitness center and pool," plus pickleball and bocce courts, playgrounds, walking trails and a 12-acre lake with a pier, pavilion and beach. The community page repeats the three-clubhouse description in its main text. Its highlight list, though, mentions "a resort-style pool, two clubhouses with state-of-the-art fitness centers." The company didn't explain the difference, and it doesn't say whether all the amenities are finished or some are still planned.
Students in the community are assigned to Spartanburg County School District 6.
"Toll Brothers at Everly exemplifies the luxury lifestyle that Toll Brothers is known for, with modern home designs and an extraordinary selection of amenities that appeal to today's home shoppers," said Jason Simpson, group president of Toll Brothers in South Carolina.
Buyers pick finishes at the company's design studio. The release doesn't say how many homes Everly will have or how many Toll Brothers will build there.
Why it matters for Contractors
Toll Brothers isn't a typical builder to sub for. By its own description, the company runs its own architectural, engineering, land development, landscape and building-components manufacturing businesses. That leaves less work for outside firms in some areas. But Toll still depends on local trade contractors for framing, roofing, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, concrete, drywall, trim and finish work on every house.
The product at Everly is the kind that keeps skilled crews busy. Homes run from about 2,500 to nearly 4,000 square feet before options. There are basement options, second-floor and first-floor primary suites, covered patios and three-car garages on some move-in homes, all on lots over a third of an acre. Basements in particular take excavation, waterproofing and foundation work that slab-on-grade starter homes don't need.
Design-studio upgrades also mean more varied finish work from house to house. Trim carpenters, tile setters and cabinet installers should expect fewer cookie-cutter jobs than on an entry-level site.
Bigger lots matter too. A third of an acre or more per house means longer driveways, more grading, more sod and irrigation, and room for the fences, patios and outdoor living spaces buyers tend to add after closing. That aftermarket work often goes to local firms, not the builder.
For Spartanburg-area firms, the practical step is to get on Toll Brothers' trade-partner radar now, while sales are just getting started.