Harvest Hills
Suburban Neighborhood in Saint Charles, Illinois
Kane County 60175
Classic exteriors, modern interiors
Harvest Hills offers both a detached home subdivision with an intuitive floor plan selection process and a townhouse subdivision with landscaping included. Models with names like Norris, Farnsworth and Baker make up the detached homes in Traditions at Harvest Hills. These models take their titles from prominent community members in the history of St. Charles and cover a wide range of architectural styles—a New Traditional-style home can sit alongside an American Foursquare. “Every model has its own floor plan, but three different ‘elevations” or facades all the way from partial porch with stone to full porch,” Bishop explains. “But once you step in it’s the same exact floor plan. You have those 3 floor plans but 9 different possibilities.” The options help the Harvest Hills Homeowners Association enforce a redundancy code, so that no identical models sit alongside each other for maximum curb appeal. Vaulted ceilings, family rooms with fireplaces, finished basements and 2-car attached garages are common features throughout, along with fenced backyards with paved patios and pergolas. Meanwhile, the townhouse community offers New Traditional homes that share a front stoop with their neighbors. “They have different sized yards and you have someone taking care of your exterior maintenance in the townhomes, as well as snow removal and landscaping,” Bishop says. “So it’s good if you don’t want to have to worry about those things, but you can still live in the same area, just with a smaller floor plan.” Prices for townhouses range from about $250,000 to $390,000, while detached homes start at $400,000 for the two-bedroom floor plans to $545,000 for the 5-bedroom options. These price tags are similar to nearby townhouse neighborhoods like Renaux Manor and Remington Glen, as well as the detached community of Anthem Heights—all directly to the north of Harvest Hills with their own homeowners associations.Harvest Hills’ own slice of the St. Charles Park District
Like the rest of the neighborhood, parks near Harvest Hills are professionally managed and well-kept. Tennis courts and open fields sit alongside a mulched play area and shelter at the neighborhood’s namesake park. “The land was donated when the community was built,” Bishop says. “It’s in the middle of the community and surrounded by homes but it’s also run by the St. Charles Park District.” Families often don’t have to travel far for their sporting events, either, since James O. Breen Community Park is just across Peck Road. The complex holds 153 acres of disc golf, lacrosse or pickleball, along with a gated dog park. The great twirling slides at Otter Cove Aquatic Park, a notable summer hangout spot, are visible from the field. And for shady walks, bike rides or skiing come winter, the Great Western Trail follows an old railroad track through St. Charles and beyond.St. Charles schools for Harvest Hills students
Students in Harvest Hills attend schools in the St. Charles Community Unit School District No. 303 which include Davis Primary School for kindergarten through second grade then Richmond Intermediate School for third through fifth grade. These schools receive overall Niche scores of A-minus and A, respectively. Some students instead attend Bell-Graham Elementary School, which serves kindergarten through fifth grade and scores an A. All the schools feed into Thompson Middle School and St. Charles East High School, both of which earn A’s. In addition to Advanced Placement courses, St. Charles East students can take additional courses through the Fox Valley Career Center and Elgin Community College.Heading across Randall to the Kane County Fairgrounds
The Kane County Fairgrounds—St. Charles’ premier outdoor event space—sits just across Randall Road from Harvest Hills. Along with cultural festivals and dirt bike racing, crowds convene here for the Kane County Fair, a highly anticipated annual event. Attractions range from a wine tasting garden to professional bull riding, along with live music and glittering carnival rides. At the monthly Kane County Flea Market, locals peruse open-air wares under tents and indoor areas with air conditioning, collecting antiques and handcrafted artisanal goods. Events extend beyond the fairgrounds, too. More than 100 handmade scarecrows are on display throughout St. Charles each fall during Scarecrow Weekend, and audiences watch with bated breath as boaters reach over the helm towards the final flag during St. Charles’ famous Dragon Boat Races.Getting to Chicago and to St. Charles necessities
Chicago commuters can take Interstate 88 to Interstate 290 for about 46 miles, though they have options for reaching the Windy City and avoiding expensive parking. “If I was to go downtown to see a Cubs game or something like that, the very high probability is that I'd take the Metra from Geneva or Elgin and then have an Uber pick me up to get where I’d need to go,” Bishop says. It’s about 4 miles to the parking deck at the Geneva Metra Station, or 8 miles west to the station in Elburn. As for medical care, the emergency room at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital about 3 miles south off Randall Road.Heading to downtown dining or shopping in Geneva
Harvest Hills is bordered by main commercial thoroughfares, the most prominent being Randall Road. This is how residents reach the Kane County Fairgrounds and the flea market, as well as Geneva, a part of the tri-city area with Batavia. Drivers can pass Jewel-Osco, ALDI, and Meijer before reaching Geneva Commons, a popular open-air mall with a Barnes & Noble, Sephora, Pottery Barn and other popular brands. Upscale chain restaurants include First Watch, where colorful plates of sweet and savory breakfast favorites stack up to a well-balanced start to the day. Fire dancers twirl batons to DJ-curated music at Hacienda Real, which serves authentic Mexican cuisine and cocktails on wooden boards and in sizzling stone bowls.Of course, no St. Charles neighborhood is too far from the Fox River and the city’s waterfront amenities. After dinner at La Zaza Trattoria—an Italian steakhouse with white tablecloths and warm mood lighting—or other upscale picks, folks step out onto a brand-new patio and pergola space: 1st Street Plaza, a setting for live music and conversation on warm nights.


Agents Specializing in this Area
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Jordan Mansk
Responds QuicklyGreat Western Properties
(630) 880-0611
79 Total Sales
1 in Harvest Hills
$545,000 Price
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Joanna Staszel
Exit Realty Redefined
(708) 934-9025
73 Total Sales
1 in Harvest Hills
$275,000 Price
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Tina Marie Mateja
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago
(708) 998-4292
175 Total Sales
1 in Harvest Hills
$435,000 Price
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Susan Macino
Responds Quickly@properties Christie's International Real Estate
(630) 576-9734
154 Total Sales
1 in Harvest Hills
$255,000 Price
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Luigui Corral
RE/MAX American Dream
(224) 212-1953
226 Total Sales
1 in Harvest Hills
$232,000 Price
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Neil Verhagen
Baird & Warner
(224) 970-2987
139 Total Sales
1 in Harvest Hills
$530,000 Price
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1 - Low Crime, 10 - High Crime | Harvest Hills | US |
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Homicide | 3 | 4 |
Sexual Assault | 4 | 4 |
Assault with Weapon | 3 | 4 |
Robbery | 3 | 4 |
Burglary | 5 | 4 |
Motor Vehicle Theft | 4 | 4 |
Larceny | 6 | 4 |
Crime Score | 4 | 4 |
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Harvest Hills Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in Harvest Hills, Saint Charles sell after 13 days on the market compared to the national average of 50 days. The median sale price for homes in Harvest Hills, Saint Charles over the last 12 months is $380,000, up 3% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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