AWARDS & ACCREDITATIONS
William E. Poole Designs, Inc. is the only firm ever to be licensed by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation to replicate the Williamsburg historic homes.
2008
Pinnacle Award- Top Designer- Hanley Wood Design LLC
Fastest Growing Designer Builder- Hanley Wood Design LLC
2007
Best Selling Home Plan - Hanley Wood Magazine
2006
Best Selling One-Story Home - Home Planners LLC
2005
Best Selling Home 1501 - 3000 sq. ft. - Home Planners LLC
Best Selling One-Story Home - Home Planners LLC
Best Selling Home Plan - Eplans
Best Selling Home Plan - Hanley Wood Magazine
2004
Best Selling Home Plan - Eplans.com
Best Selling Home 1501 - 3000 sq. ft. - Home Planners LLC
Best Selling One-Story Home - Home Planners LLC
2003
Best Selling Home Plan - Home Plan Publication
Best Selling New Design - Home Planners LLC
2002
Momentum Award - Home Planners LLC
Best Artwork - Home Planner Publication
Southern Living magazine chose Poole to create their Southern Living Historical House Collection.
DEVELOPERS CAPITALIZE ON POOLE’S POPULARITY
WILLIAMSBURGH COMMONS, Cary, North Carolina
• Williamsburg Themed Development sold forty-four (44) building sites in less than six (6) months
PRESTON, Cary, North Carolina
• American Wood Councils’ House of the Year (the Natchez) features in Colonial Homes Magazine (April 1989)
• 16,000 local visitors
• Over 2,000 orders for house plans the first year
• MOST POPULAR HOME DESIGN EVER built in almost every state and worldwide
SHERWOOD OAKS, Thousand Oaks, California
• David Murdock commissioned Poole to design forty homes, including for celebrities to kick off Grand Opening
BENT TREE, Raleigh, North Carolina
• Poole revived failed development. Grand Opening attended by over 16,000 visitors. Projected first year sales were concluded within thirty (30) days of opening
PRESTWICK AT LANDFALL, Wilmington, North Carolina
• Planned unit development sold out in thirty (30) days
THE GOVERNOR’S LAND, Williamsburg, Virginia
• Marina Village, a William E. Poole neighborhood, sold out thirty (30) days after initial presentation
• Colonial Homes Magazine’s 20th Anniversary Home (The Providence); October 1995
KILGORE PLANTATION, Greenville, South Carolina
• Grand Opening attended by thousands, raised $70,000 for the Children’s Hospital charity
• Feature Home (The Wedge): Southern Living’s House Plans, Summer 1994
• Feature Home (The Beaufort): Southern Living’s House Plans, Summer 1994
• Feature Home (Rose Hill): Southern Living’s House Plans, Summer 1995
ROBERT TRENT JONES INT’L GOLF CLUB, Manassas, Virginia
• Poole was commissioned created cottages for the golf member village
LOWES/ SOUTHERN LIVING SHOW HOMES
• The Atlanta, GA model had 69,579 paid visitors
• Fifteen(15) model homes built totaling 200,154 paid visitors
ANATOLE, Cleveland, Tennessee
• Grand Opening attended by over 10,000 visitors from thirty states during a two week period
• Southern Living House Plans Feature House (Summer Hill): Spring 1997
ST. JAMES PLANTATION, Southport, North Carolina
• Featured 3 fully furnished model homes (Culpeper Cottage, Edisto River Cottage, The Beaufort)
• Feature Home (Edisto River Cottage): Southern Living’s House Plans, Summer 1997
GOVERNORS CLUB, Brentwood, Tennessee
• Grand Opening attended by over 14,000 visitors from thirty-eight states
• Seven (7) fully furnished model homes
• Colonial Homes House of the Year (Hudson Valley): Colonial Homes Fall 1998
• Southern Living House Plans Feature House ( Pillow House): October 1998
ISLANDS OF BEAUFORT, Beaufort, South Carolina
• Grand Opening attended by over 11,000 visitors from five states
• Nine (9) fully furnished model homes
• Classic American Homes Magazine (Eastern Shore Cottage); March 1999
• Southern Living House Plans Feature House ( Eastern Shore Cottage): Spring 1998
25th ANNIVERSARY HOUSE FOR CLASSIC AMERICAN HOMES , Greensboro, North Carolina
• Classic American Homes Magazine (The Longview); April 2000
• Open to High Point Furniture Market featuring William E. Poole Signature
Furniture Line
DAY BREAK SQUARE AT LAKE JEANETTE, Greensboro, North Carolina
• Six (6) fully furnished model homes
• Southern Living House Plans Feature House ( Salisbury): Spring 2001
LEDGES, Huntsville, Alabama
• Over 270 lots sold in just under one (1) week
BAY CREEK, Cape Charles, Virginia
• Two (2) Neighborhoods developed as William E. Poole communities
• Twenty-eight (28) Poole homes with a spectacular show home (Verandas) Spring 2003
THE PEARL, Calabash, North Carolina
• Scheduled to open Spring 2011 featuring six (6) fully furnished model homes and William E. Poole Signature Golf Cottages



