Carol Stream · DuPage County · IL
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About the community
New Pulte ranch duplexes across the road from a 713-acre forest preserve.
Villas of Fair Oaks is a small new-construction duplex community at the northeast corner of Lies Road and Fair Oaks Road, in the far northwest corner of Carol Stream. Pulte Homes built 32 units in 16 buildings on about 9.19 acres, using its Landings Series ranch duplex product, after the village board approved the subdivision in June 2024 on land annexed only months earlier. The two streets inside it, Preserve Drive and Quarry Court, are literal references to the setting: the 713-acre West Branch Forest Preserve sits directly across Fair Oaks Road, and West Branch contains the 40-acre Deep Quarry Lake. The community is sold out, so everything on the market now is a resale. It was designed and marketed for downsizers and empty nesters, with first-floor primary suites standard and the exterior work handled by the association.
At a glance
Built 2024 to 2025 by Pulte
Thirty-two ranch duplex homes in 16 buildings on about 9.19 acres, approved by the village board in June 2024 and now sold out.
First-floor primary suite standard
The Provence ranch plan puts the owner's suite, kitchen, gathering room, and laundry on the main level, with an optional second-floor loft, bedroom, and bath.
Forest preserve across the street
West Branch Forest Preserve, 713 acres with over 2 miles of trails, Deep Quarry Lake, and Bass Lake, is directly across Fair Oaks Road.
Maintenance-free by design
A monthly association assessment covers the exterior work. There is no clubhouse, pool, or gate inside these 32 units.
School District U-46
Spring Trail Elementary, Eastview Middle, and Bartlett High School, not the Carol Stream districts most of the village uses. Confirm by address.
Two-car attached garage on every home
The approved site plan provides 128 parking spaces, working out to two garage and two driveway spaces per home.
Retention pond on site
A 1.93-acre pond is part of the site plan, and some homes back onto it.
What’s close
Villas of Fair Oaks sits at Lies Road and Fair Oaks Road on Carol Stream's far northwest edge, with West Branch Forest Preserve directly across the road.
- Forest preserves
- West Branch (713 acres, Deep Quarry and Bass lakes, permit boating and fishing) across Fair Oaks Road, connecting north to the 1,172-acre Hawk Hollow and its 5.6 miles of trails.
- Schools
- School District U-46, the Elgin-area unit district, with Spring Trail Elementary in Carol Stream, Eastview Middle School and Bartlett High School in Bartlett. This is not CCSD 93 or Glenbard North. Confirm current boundaries with the district.
- Highway
- Army Trail Road about a mile north and North Avenue about two miles south are the main arterials. I-355 is roughly nine miles east and I-88 roughly eight to nine miles south.
- Train
- No walkable station. Metra's Milwaukee District West line at Bartlett and Hanover Park is four to five miles north, and the Union Pacific West line at Winfield and Wheaton is four to six miles south.
- Shopping
- The Army Trail Road corridor about a mile north carries Costco, Jewel-Osco, ALDI, and a run of casual restaurants.
- Recreation and hospital
- The Carol Stream Park District's Fountain View Recreation Center with an eight-lane indoor pool and full fitness floor, plus Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield about five miles south.
What it’s actually like to live here
Villas of Fair Oaks is a deliberate answer to a specific problem: the DuPage County homeowner who raised a family in a 1970s or 1980s split-level, is done with the stairs and the snowblower, and does not want to leave the county to solve it. Thirty-two attached ranch homes, one main-floor primary suite, an attached two-car garage, and an association that handles the outside. The village pursued the project on purpose, framing the approval as a way to let longtime residents age in place, and that intent shows in the product. This was never priced or laid out as a starter community.
The setting is better than the address suggests. West Branch Forest Preserve sits directly across Fair Oaks Road: 713 acres of prairie, wetland, floodplain forest, and two deep former quarry lakes with fishing piers and permit boating, and its trails connect north into Hawk Hollow and onward into a regional network. Living across the street from that is a different experience from living in an interior subdivision, and it explains the street names. Everyday errands are a mile north on Army Trail Road, where a Costco, a Jewel-Osco, an ALDI, and a run of restaurants sit within a few minutes. Central DuPage Hospital is about five miles south in Winfield, and the park district's Fountain View Recreation Center, with an eight-lane indoor pool and a full fitness floor, is the practical winter amenity for people who bought a home without a basement gym.
The tradeoffs are worth stating. This is a duplex, which means a shared wall and a neighbor you did not choose, and the maintenance-free pitch comes with a monthly assessment that was set by the builder during sell-out and typically resets once homeowners take over the board. There is no clubhouse, no pool, and no gate inside these 32 units; the amenity is the forest preserve and the park district, not the association. The location on the far northwest edge of the village buys quiet and open space but puts every Metra station a drive away rather than a walk. Base plans are compact, so the homes that live large are the ones where the original buyer paid up for a loft, a sunroom, or a basement, which means inventory here is not interchangeable. And because everything was built in 2024 and 2025 on land that was vacant until then, the property tax picture is still settling, and a buyer who anchors on the first bill will be unpleasantly surprised by the third.
The questions buyers actually ask
Villas of Fair Oaks FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Villas of Fair Oaks. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- What does the HOA actually cover?
- Villas of Fair Oaks is structured as a maintenance-free community with a monthly assessment, which is the reason the village supported the project. The specific inclusion list is not published publicly, though the standard structure for a paired-villa community of this type covers lawn care, landscaping, snow removal from drives and walks, and common area and detention pond maintenance. Assessments in a brand-new association are set by the builder during sell-out and frequently change once homeowners take over the board, so obtain the declaration, current budget, reserve study, and assessment schedule before writing an offer.
- What are property taxes like?
- Roughly $11,000 – $16,000 per year, depending on home size and value. DuPage County assessor records are the source of truth. Happy to pull a specific bill on any home you're considering.
- What's the typical closing timeline?
- 30 to 60 days from accepted offer to keys. Cash deals can close in two weeks. Conventional financing is usually closer to 60.
- Who built Villas of Fair Oaks and is it still selling?
- Pulte Homes built the community as part of its Landings Series, on land developed by Bridge Street Properties. The Carol Stream village board approved the 32-unit subdivision in June 2024. It is sold out, the sales center is closed, and the village confirmed in 2026 that the community was nearing completion and already completely sold. Everything available now is a resale.
- Are these single-family homes or attached homes?
- They are attached ranch duplexes, sometimes called paired villas. There are 32 units in 16 two-unit buildings, so each home shares one wall. They are sold through a homeowners association and MLS classifies them as attached, but they live like single-story detached ranches with their own attached two-car garage and their own front door.
- Do these homes have a first-floor primary bedroom?
- Yes. The Provence is a ranch plan with the owner's suite and the secondary bedrooms on the main level, along with the kitchen, gathering room, and laundry. Some owners added an optional second-floor loft with an additional bedroom and bath, which is where the larger square footages in this community come from. That upstairs space is a bonus rather than a requirement for daily living. Basements were an option rather than standard, so confirm basement status unit by unit.
- Is this a 55 and over community?
- It is designed and marketed for downsizers and empty nesters, but the sources conflict on whether any age restriction was actually recorded. Pulte did not market it under an age-qualified brand and no age requirement appears in its materials, while the village at one point described it as aimed at buyers 55 and older. If an age restriction matters to your plans in either direction, confirm it in the association declaration rather than relying on marketing language.
- Is there an HOA and what does it cover?
- Yes. This is a maintenance-free community, which is exactly why the village supported it, and there is a monthly assessment. The specific list of what the dues include is not published publicly, though the usual structure for this product covers lawn care, landscaping, snow removal, and common area and detention pond maintenance. Assessments in a brand-new association are set by the builder during sell-out and frequently change once homeowners take over the board and the true cost of landscaping, snow contracts, insurance, and reserve funding is known. Get the declaration, current budget, reserve study, and assessment schedule before you write an offer.
- Why do property taxes jump on a new-construction home like this?
- Illinois assesses a parcel as of January 1 and bills a year in arrears. Every lot here was vacant land until 2024 or 2025, so early bills often reflected little or no improvement value. Once the township assessor picks up the finished house and the parcel is fully assessed, the bill can rise sharply, and a lender escrow set from an old bill will come up short. DuPage County effective rates generally run in the range of roughly 1.9 to 2.3 percent of market value depending on the exact combination of taxing districts, and this parcel sits in School District U-46, a unit district that taxes differently from other parts of Carol Stream. Ask whether the parcel has been fully assessed and underwrite your payment on a fully assessed basis.
- Who is the real estate agent for Villas of Fair Oaks?
- Joe Keegan is the local licensed Illinois real estate broker who covers Villas of Fair Oaks in Carol Stream, IL through Subdiview, a neighborhood-first home search for the Chicago suburbs and collar counties. Joe prices and negotiates from the live MRED sold comps for Villas of Fair Oaks specifically, not national averages, and can help you buy or sell here. Reach Joe at 224-385-8779 or joe@joekeeganhomes.com.
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Market snapshot
Villas of Fair Oaks, by the numbers
Live MRED data, refreshed daily. The numbers below tell you what this market is doing today, not what Zillow's algorithm thinks it might be doing six weeks from now.
Typical list price
$601,153
Typical sale price · last 90 days
$680,847
Avg time on market
11 days
Sold in the last year
10
This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC for the period August 16, 2025 through August 16, 2026. Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC does not guarantee nor is it in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by Midwest Real Estate Data LLC may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.
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