Vineyards Townhome Comparison: Bonnet vs. Gilliam vs. Stranahan vs. Westland

Vineyards has 4 townhome floor plans: the Bonnet, Gilliam, Stranahan, and Westland. All 4 are two-story homes with a one-car garage, but they differ in size, bedroom count, and layout. Here's how they compare.

The Basics

All 4 Vineyards townhomes share the same overall shape: two stories, a one-car garage, and bedrooms grouped upstairs away from the main living space downstairs. Beyond that, they split into two clear sizes.

Bonnet: The Smallest Option

If you don't need a fourth bedroom, the Bonnet is the most compact and typically the lowest-priced townhome at Vineyards. It still includes a full living room, dining area, and kitchen downstairs, with all 3 bedrooms and both bathrooms upstairs. It's a reasonable fit for a couple, a small family, or a buyer who wants a lower price point without giving up a full kitchen and living space.

Gilliam and Westland: The Middle Ground

The Gilliam and Westland sit close together in size—1,863 and 1,908 square feet—and both add a fourth bedroom plus a flex room downstairs. That flex room is useful as a home office, a playroom, or extra storage, something the Bonnet doesn't offer.

The difference between these two comes down to layout details rather than square footage. Both include a great room, kitchen, and patio on the first floor, with all bedrooms upstairs. If you're deciding between these two specifically, the floor plan drawings on each model page are worth comparing side by side, since the room dimensions differ slightly even though the overall footprint is close.

Stranahan: The Largest, With an Extra Bathroom

The Stranahan is the largest townhome at Vineyards and the only one with 3 full bathrooms instead of 2.5. That extra full bathroom matters most for households with more than one person needing to get ready at the same time in the morning or for a household with a guest bedroom that gets regular use.

Thinking About a Home Office or Flex Space

If working from home, even part-time, is part of your routine, the flex room on the Gilliam and Westland is worth weighing carefully against the Bonnet's simpler layout. A dedicated flex room downstairs gives you a closed-door space separate from the main living area — useful for video calls or a workspace you can walk away from at the end of the day without it sitting in your living room. The Bonnet and Stranahan don't include a named flex room, so a home office there would mean converting a bedroom instead, which only makes sense if you don't need all the bedrooms for sleeping space.

Choosing Between the 4

If bedroom count is your main filter, the decision is simple: the Bonnet is the only 3-bedroom option, and the other 3 all offer 4 bedrooms. From there, the Gilliam and Westland are close enough in size that the choice often comes down to which specific homesite is available or small layout preferences. The Stranahan stands apart mainly for its extra full bathroom.

None of the 4 townhomes at Vineyards include a fenced backyard—that's not part of the included features for any of these plans, so if a fenced yard is a requirement for you, that's worth knowing up front rather than assuming it's included.

Making the Final Decision

Once you've narrowed things down using square footage and bedroom count, the last step is simple but easy to skip: walk the finalists in person, back to back, on the same visit if possible. Two plans that look nearly identical on a spec sheet can feel noticeably different once you're standing inside them — natural light, ceiling height, and how open the kitchen feels to the living room rarely come through fully in a drawing.

Thinking About Resale Value Within the Group

Since all 4 townhome plans share the same community, amenities, and location, the resale differences between them tend to come down to size and bathroom count rather than anything else. A 4-bedroom plan like the Stranahan, with its extra full bathroom, may appeal to a broader range of future buyers than the smaller Bonnet, simply because more households search for 4 bedrooms than for 3. That said, a lower price point has its own appeal to a different set of buyers, so neither is a clear "better" choice for resale—it depends on who's likely to be shopping in a few years, which is difficult to predict with certainty this far out.

Touring All 4 in One Visit

Because all 4 townhome plans sit within the same community, it's usually possible to view more than one model or finished home in a single visit. If you're genuinely torn between two of the plans—say, the Gilliam and the Westland—walking both back to back, on the same day, makes the differences far more obvious than comparing floor plan drawings from home. Ask the sales team which specific homes are available to walk through on the day you plan to visit, since not every plan may have a finished model on-site at all times.

What They All Have in Common

Every Vineyards townhome includes granite countertops in the kitchen, quartz countertops in the bathrooms, a Home Is Connected smart home system, and a tankless water heater—a feature specific to the townhomes at Vineyards, not included on the single-family plans. Read what's included in a Vineyards home for the full features breakdown.

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Compare Vineyards townhomes in person

Simon Karim and NationalHouseSearch.com can walk you through all 4 Vineyards townhome plans and check what's currently available. Call 561-704-0091 or schedule a visit to get started.