Seneca at Southern Highlands, a 2024 Best in American Living Awards (BALA) winner, exemplifies the tenets of outstanding housing and community design. Through innovative land planning, thoughtful design, and elevated features, this award-winning community showcases the future of high-density home building.
BALA CATEGORY: Single-Family Community for Rent
- Location: Las Vegas
- No. of units: 50
- Monthly rental price: Over $5,000
- Lot size: 5.11 acres
- Entrant/Architect: KTGY, Los Angeles
- Builder/Developer: Christopher Homes/Seneca Living, Las Vegas Interior,
Henderson, Nev. - Interior Designer: Design Tec, Newport Beach, Calif.
- Landscape Architect: Nuvis, Newport Beach
- Photos: Christopher Homes
Single-family build-to-rent (SFB2R) communities typically offer an affordable solution to wannabe homebuyers. But at Seneca at Southern Highlands, in Las Vegas, the community of detached homes provides luxury-level living for those who prefer to lease, attracting them with a gated community of well-appointed, two- and three-story residences with views of the Las Vegas Strip.
“Residents of both luxury for-sale and rentals want quality, space, and a level of customization, but they don’t want to fuss over details themselves,” says Bill Ramsey, principal of KTGY, the project architect.
Selecting finishes to an appropriate level of luxury was critical to attracting the target market. “I wanted to be sensitive to high-end trends and tastes, so it’s like you designed it yourself,” Ramsey says.
But he and the team also wanted Seneca to be turnkey for the people living there, offering a limited scope of finish options that are durable and maintain relative economies of scale, while also enabling efficient production—all critical elements of any SFB2R project.
The contemporary-style stucco, stone, and wood-clad homes have clean lines and flat roofs. Residents can choose from a range of floor plans with varied heights to take advantage of views and the surrounding mountain ranges. The homes include high-end features such as dedicated offices, private terraces, and generous kitchen islands.
Wellness and sustainability features and a unique level of services available to Seneca renters also set the project apart.
