Get a look inside Piper Trail’s mod­el cot­tage for week­ly Tour Tues­days open houses.

March 04, 2020

Ten months after break­ing ground, and with 19 of its planned 48 cot­tage-style homes already built, and res­i­dents mov­ing in, vis­i­tors to the inno­v­a­tive Piper Trail pock­et neigh­bor­hood in Fort Wayne can now drop by and explore a ful­ly fur­nished mod­el home dur­ing a Tour Tues­days week­ly open house from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

With eight dif­fer­ent open floor plans, rang­ing from 1,140 square feet to 1,676 square feet, Piper Trail homes are designed for the needs of active adults ages 55+ who are ​“right-siz­ing” from a larg­er house or con­do. Although the cot­tages have small foot­prints, Piper Trail archi­tect Dodd Kattman’s savvy designs max­i­mize usable space. And with an open kitchen, vault­ed ceil­ing, cus­tom fin­ish­es and large front win­dows, these airy cot­tages offer a real sense of spaciousness. 

Each cot­tage fea­tures an open floor plan, plen­ty of nat­ur­al light, attached rear two-car garage, and some­thing that is sad­ly miss­ing from many of today’s homes: an invit­ing front porch where res­i­dents can sip their morn­ing cof­fee and neigh­bors can stop by for a chat.