Homesite
Orientation, dimensions, grading, drainage, utilities, easements, and neighboring plans.
The Preserve · St. John, Indiana
Local representation, from someone who calls The Preserve home.
Kelli Berggren lives in The Preserve and brings a resident’s perspective to buying, building, and selling within the community.
A closer perspective
Understand the home—and the decisions around it.
The Preserve is a custom-home development in St. John created by Schilling Development. Buyers may encounter developer-owned homesites, builder-controlled lots, custom plans, architectural requirements, allowances, and timelines that should be evaluated together.
Kelli’s role is independent real estate representation: helping clients compare homesites and completed homes, understand market position, organize questions for the appropriate professionals, and keep the full transaction in view.
What to consider
A custom-home decision has more than one price.
Builder
Experience, specifications, allowances, change orders, communication, warranty, and schedule.
Design
What is included, what is upgraded, how selections work together, and where investment matters most.
Resident perspective
What should buyers compare in The Preserve?
Begin with the permanent facts: the homesite’s orientation, grade, drainage, easements, neighboring building envelopes, phase location, road pattern, and the development documents that apply. Then test the proposed home against the lot instead of evaluating the floor plan in isolation.
For a completed home, study the builder, construction records, specifications, maintenance, systems, site work, taxes, association information, and resale context. For a future build, compare allowances, selections, site costs, landscaping, schedule, inspections, warranty, and the complete working budget.
Kelli’s local advantage
Kelli lives in The Preserve. That experience gives clients a more immediate understanding of the development’s physical layout and the practical questions that deserve attention. It does not replace surveys, inspections, engineering, legal review, municipal information, or current developer documents.
Buying, building, or selling
Make your next move within The Preserve.
Tell Kelli whether you are considering a homesite, a completed home, a future sale, or simply want a neighborhood-specific conversation.