Gated housing development comes to Purdy
April 6, 2020
Umar Akhtar, of Purdy, in front of construction site.
Sheila Harris
Umar Akhtar announced Friday that construction is underway on the first house in Akhtar Estates, a gated development planned for the 20 acres where Purdy Mobile Home Park, along Highway 37, has long stood. Phase 1 of Akhtar Estates will consist of six homes situated on one-acre lots, each with three bedrooms, two baths and a garage.
“We expect to have our first house finished in July,” Akhtar said. “It will be our demo home, built on a concrete slab with hurricane bolts placed through the floor joists into the concrete. We’ll let home-buyers customize homes. If someone prefers a basement, we’ll build their house over a basement. We’ll customize interior features, too, including paint colors, floor and counter-top coverings, and other special features.”
“The new homes will have 1,600 square feet of living space, plus a garage under the same roof,” Akhtar continued. “Price tags will start at $175,000, and can go upward, depending on the amount of customization a home-buyer desires.”
“The mobile homes have all been sold, and will be removed from the property within the month,” Akhtar said.
According to Akhtar, his family has owned the property and the mobile home park since 2010, when they bought it at a land auction and moved here from Nixa.
After his graduation from Purdy High School in 2016, Akhtar acquired a business degree, then joined his father, J.R. Akhatar, in his real estate renovation and development business.
“We listed the mobile home park for sale for a while, but because of sewage problems that needed to be addressed, the property was difficult to sell,” Akhtar explained. “The mobile homes were hooked up to an outdated sewage lagoon, and the cost of hooking onto Purdy’s city sewer was very prohibitive for prospective buyers. After much consideration, we decided that a housing development, each with its own new septic system, would be the best solution - both for us and the community. The one-acre lots will provide needed setback space for septic lateral lines, while providing plenty of room for a garden, plus play-area for children.”
According to Akhtar, whose family is originally from Pakistan, a portion of the proceeds from each home sale will go to a non-profit organization that helps provide housing to families in need.
Umar Akhtar announced Friday that construction is underway on the first house in Akhtar Estates, a gated development planned for the 20 acres where Purdy Mobile Home Park, along Highway 37, has long stood. Phase 1 of Akhtar Estates will consist of six homes situated on one-acre lots, each with three bedrooms, two baths and a garage.
“We expect to have our first house finished in July,” Akhtar said. “It will be our demo home, built on a concrete slab with hurricane bolts placed through the floor joists into the concrete. We’ll let home-buyers customize homes. If someone prefers a basement, we’ll build their house over a basement. We’ll customize interior features, too, including paint colors, floor and counter-top coverings, and other special features.”
“The new homes will have 1,600 square feet of living space, plus a garage under the same roof,” Akhtar continued. “Price tags will start at $175,000, and can go upward, depending on the amount of customization a home-buyer desires.”
“The mobile homes have all been sold, and will be removed from the property within the month,” Akhtar said.
According to Akhtar, his family has owned the property and the mobile home park since 2010, when they bought it at a land auction and moved here from Nixa.
After his graduation from Purdy High School in 2016, Akhtar acquired a business degree, then joined his father, J.R. Akhatar, in his real estate renovation and development business.
“We listed the mobile home park for sale for a while, but because of sewage problems that needed to be addressed, the property was difficult to sell,” Akhtar explained. “The mobile homes were hooked up to an outdated sewage lagoon, and the cost of hooking onto Purdy’s city sewer was very prohibitive for prospective buyers. After much consideration, we decided that a housing development, each with its own new septic system, would be the best solution - both for us and the community. The one-acre lots will provide needed setback space for septic lateral lines, while providing plenty of room for a garden, plus play-area for children.”
According to Akhtar, whose family is originally from Pakistan, a portion of the proceeds from each home sale will go to a non-profit organization that helps provide housing to families in need.
Shown above: a digital conception of Phase 1 of Akhtar Estates, which will be located on the west side of Highway 37 in Purdy. The houses shown are for visualisation purposes only.
