1807 Ridley Street

In a sea of glossy sameness, this historically inspired new home offers something far rarer: substance. While many luxury builds chase trends and square footage, this one is grounded in time-honored scale and proportion, enduring materials, and restrained, unfrilly detail. It feels considered. Crafted. Built to last — not just to sell. Anchored in those values, it stands as the market counterpunch: substance over spectacle. As it rises (mid-Fall arrival), consider this your invitation to linger — over the floor plan, the finishes, and the photo gallery on McNeill Burbank's website. Then explore. Take a Sunday-styled drive-by. Park the car and stroll a bit. It's tucked into a sought-after sliver of Five Points, a neighborhood with low turnover for three good reasons: no through traffic, an embedded, street-long city park, and authentically walkable streets. Particular niceties await: a wildly flexible main-floor front room that moonlights as an office, bedroom, den, or toddler playroom. Condition storage behind the capacious garage. And a third-floor loft that rises to the occasion. Aside from FOMO, the real benefit of buying early? You get a say in the final touches.