The Traditions

The Traditions at a glance

The Traditions is an active new-construction community in the Zion area of Columbia, in Maury County, Tennessee, off the Old Zion Road corridor near 7190 Old Zion Road (38401), with homes along Traditions Lane. It is a smaller, intentional development — a 20-home community of all-brick single-family homes on roughly one-acre homesites — rather than a sprawling master plan, which is part of its appeal for buyers who want a new home with real elbow room and a settled, low-density feel. The community is in active selling status, and the homes are built and finished, with several described as 100% complete and ready to move in.

The homes here run three to four bedrooms and approximately 3,100 to 3,200 or more finished square feet, with documented pricing from $321,000. That range tends to draw buyers who want a sizable, solidly built brick home on an acre without taking on a custom build from scratch — move-up buyers, relocating households, and buyers who value being able to walk a finished home rather than wait on construction. Because we tour Maury County communities constantly and pull live numbers for you, you are comparing the actual homes available this week, not a static brochure range.

Who builds in The Traditions

The Traditions is built by McBroom Homes, a long-established Maury County builder. McBroom Homes has been in business since 1960 — more than 60 years — and has built 700-plus homes across Maury County, which gives buyers here a builder with deep local roots and a long track record in this market. Working with a single, established local builder means a consistent product and one point of contact for the build, the finishes, and the warranty.

Because every home in The Traditions comes from the same builder, the construction quality and feature set are consistent across the community: all-brick exteriors, granite countertops, wood flooring, tile showers, and energy-efficient windows are part of the program, and homes are delivered with a one-year builder warranty. We represent buyers with McBroom Homes at little or no cost to you, and we help you read the warranty terms, the included features, and the available homes so you know exactly what you are getting.

Homes & floor plans

The Traditions is an all single-family community of all-brick homes on approximately one-acre homesites — a generous lot size that sets it apart from tighter new-construction subdivisions. Homes run three to four bedrooms and approximately 3,100 to 3,200 or more finished square feet, so the product here is squarely a larger, full-size single-family home rather than an entry-level or attached product.

Inside, the verified features include granite countertops, wood flooring, tile showers, and energy-efficient windows, and homes come with appliances included — microwave, stove, and dishwasher. Because the homes are described as 100% complete and ready to move in, much of what you would normally select during a build is already finished, which means a walk-through tells you exactly what you are buying. McBroom Homes publishes its own official page for The Traditions; we point you to the current available homes and walk them with you so you are comparing real, finished homes rather than renderings.

Amenities & community life

The Traditions is a residential, low-density community rather than an amenity-driven master plan, so the day-to-day appeal here is the home itself and the acre it sits on. The included package is practical and move-in oriented: kitchen appliances come with the home (microwave, stove, and dishwasher), and each home carries a one-year builder warranty for peace of mind after closing.

On the practical side of daily living, the community is served by Columbia Power & Water for utilities and by Spectrum for internet, so service providers are established and known up front. With roughly one-acre homesites, the lifestyle leans toward space and privacy — room outdoors around the home in a small, finished community of 20 homes. We confirm exactly what conveys with a specific home, and any HOA or community details, before you visit.

Location, access & schools

The Traditions sits in the Zion community of Columbia, in Maury County, near 7190 Old Zion Road (38401), with homes on Traditions Lane along the Old Zion Road corridor. The location puts you in the Zion area south and west of Columbia proper, a setting that pairs the convenience of Columbia with the open, lower-density character of the surrounding county — which is exactly why the acre homesites and brick homes fit the area.

For schools, the area is served by Maury County Public Schools; the high school assignment associated with this community is Columbia Central High School, and Zion Christian Academy is a private school option in the Zion area. School zoning can change with district boundary adjustments and new-school openings, so we confirm the current assignment for a specific address with the district before you write an offer — a detail we never want a relocating buyer to assume.

What to verify before you buy

The Traditions is an actively selling community where the key details — which homes are still available, the exact lot, and current pricing — move week to week. Before you write an offer, confirm the current price and availability for the specific home you are considering; the exact lot size and orientation for that homesite; the included features and the one-year builder warranty terms; any HOA or community requirements; and the verified school assignment for the address. We pull live builder pricing and MLS figures, confirm which homes are available and complete, and verify the lot and warranty details for you — so the numbers you decide on are the real ones, not a static range. We do not quote HOA dollar figures here; if there is an association, we get you the current amount and what it covers in writing.

Working with The Will Johnson Team

We represent buyers in new construction at little or no cost to you, and because we tour communities like The Traditions across Columbia and Maury County constantly, we help you compare the available homes, read the included features and the one-year warranty, navigate the purchase, and stay on top of pricing and availability. If The Traditions is on your list — or you are weighing it against other Columbia and Maury County communities — call The Will Johnson Team at 615-265-1000 and we will pull the live numbers and set up your visit.

Getting around: location, commute & area growth

The Traditions sits off Old Zion Road in the Zion community, southwest of downtown Columbia — roughly 2 miles once you're on Old Zion Road itself, reached via Zion Road off US-412/TN-99, putting the courthouse square, the Maury County Register of Deeds, and downtown shops and restaurants within easy reach without being in the middle of town. Maury Regional Medical Center, the area's main hospital, is at 1224 Trotwood Avenue in Columbia, also a short drive away. For commuters, standard driving-distance estimates put Nashville at roughly 46 miles / about 49 minutes and Spring Hill at about 18 minutes via I-65 (figures as of 2026 — actual time depends on route and traffic), which puts commuters working in Spring Hill, Franklin, or Nashville within a realistic daily-commute range while still living on an acre in a lower-density part of Maury County. We map the exact drive time from any specific address at The Traditions to your workplace before you commit.

Columbia and Maury County have also been among Tennessee's faster-growing areas in recent years: the Tennessee State Data Center's 2025 county estimates (released 2026) show Maury County growing roughly 3.2% that year, and Columbia's population has grown from about 41,994 at the 2020 Census to an estimated 52,221 in recent tracking (figures as of 2026). A significant driver is the Ultium Cells LLC battery-manufacturing plant in neighboring Spring Hill — a General Motors/LG Energy Solution joint venture documented at a $2.3 billion original investment plus a $275 million expansion, targeting roughly 1,700 employees. In 2025, GM and Ultium Cells announced the Spring Hill plant would be retooled for lower-cost lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells with commercial production targeted for late 2027, and GM separately announced a temporary layoff of about 700 workers there beginning January 2026, with operations expected to resume by mid-2026. We can't predict future employment levels or home values tied to any single employer, but we can talk through the commute and trade-offs if a Spring Hill-area job is part of your move. Separately, Columbia's retail core has been in transition: the former Columbia Mall (opened 1981 as Shadybrook Mall) at 800 South James Campbell Boulevard was acquired by Nashville-based Highland Capital in December 2024 and redeveloped into an open-air center — renamed Columbia Center — anchored by Academy Sports + Outdoors, Five Below, and Bealls, per reporting on the sale.

HOA, price context & what we could not verify

We have not located a recorded homeowners' association or a published set of covenants specific to The Traditions on Old Zion Road in our research — McBroom Homes' own marketing for the community does not reference an HOA, and we did not find a plat or declaration of covenants for this specific subdivision in publicly searchable records. That does not rule one out: recorded plats, covenants, and any POA documents for a Maury County subdivision are filed with the Maury County Register of Deeds, which (not a builder's marketing page) is the authoritative source, and we pull those documents for the exact lot before you write an offer. For general market context only — not a prediction of what any home at The Traditions will sell for — citywide data from Redfin put Columbia's median sale price at $392,000 in March 2026 (down about 2% year-over-year), while Zillow's home-value index for Columbia showed an average value of roughly $374,557 as of an April 2026 update (up about 1% year-over-year); both cover all of Columbia, not the Zion area specifically, and the two sources disagree because they measure different things over different windows. We can't predict future prices — citywide medians are not a substitute for pulling comparable closed sales near a specific address, which we do before you write an offer.

Property taxes & investor checklist

Maury County's tax rate for the current fiscal year is published by the Maury County Trustee and Assessor's office; recent public reporting cites a county rate near $0.739 per $100 of assessed value, with a typical countywide annual bill in the neighborhood of $900–$1,500 depending on assessed value and any applicable city rate — but Tennessee's assessment formula (25% of appraised value for residential property, then the rate applied) means the only reliable number is the one the Assessor's or Trustee's office quotes for the specific parcel. Before you buy or invest here, verify: the recorded plat and any covenants/HOA documents for the specific lot (Maury County Register of Deeds); the current-year property tax bill and assessed value for the specific parcel (Maury County Assessor/Trustee); the FEMA flood zone status for the specific address (FEMA Flood Map Service Center, msc.fema.gov); which homes remain available and current builder pricing, which moves week to week; the one-year builder warranty terms; and school zoning for the specific address, which we verify directly with Maury County Public Schools and GreatSchools.org rather than characterize ourselves.

Frequently asked questions

Is there an HOA at The Traditions? We have not found a published HOA or covenant set for this specific community in our research; we verify directly with the Maury County Register of Deeds for any specific lot before you buy, rather than assume either way. Is The Traditions in a flood zone? We don't publish a flood-zone determination here because it varies lot by lot — look up the specific address on the FEMA Flood Map Service Center (msc.fema.gov) or ask us to pull it for you. How far is it from Nashville or Spring Hill? Roughly 46 miles / about 49 minutes to Nashville and about 18 minutes to Spring Hill by typical driving-distance estimates (as of 2026); we'll map the exact commute from a specific address. What will my home be worth in a few years? We can't predict future prices or appreciation — we show you dated, sourced comparable sales and current listing data at the time you're deciding. Does The Will Johnson Team only work with McBroom Homes? No — we represent buyers across new-construction communities throughout Maury County and Middle Tennessee, including other builders, at little or no cost to you. Call 615-265-1000.

Getting around: location, commute & area growth

The Traditions sits off Old Zion Road in the Zion community, southwest of downtown Columbia — roughly 2 miles once you're on Old Zion Road itself, reached via Zion Road off US-412/TN-99, putting the courthouse square, the Maury County Register of Deeds, and downtown shops and restaurants within easy reach without being in the middle of town. Maury Regional Medical Center, the area's main hospital, is at 1224 Trotwood Avenue in Columbia, also a short drive away. For commuters, standard driving-distance estimates put Nashville at roughly 46 miles / about 49 minutes and Spring Hill at about 18 minutes via I-65 (figures as of 2026 — actual time depends on route and traffic), which puts commuters working in Spring Hill, Franklin, or Nashville within a realistic daily-commute range while still living on an acre in a lower-density part of Maury County. We map the exact drive time from any specific address at The Traditions to your workplace before you commit.

Columbia and Maury County have also been among Tennessee's faster-growing areas in recent years: the Tennessee State Data Center's 2025 county estimates (released 2026) show Maury County growing roughly 3.2% that year, and Columbia's population has grown from about 41,994 at the 2020 Census to an estimated 52,221 in recent tracking (figures as of 2026). A significant driver is the Ultium Cells LLC battery-manufacturing plant in neighboring Spring Hill — a General Motors/LG Energy Solution joint venture documented at a $2.3 billion original investment plus a $275 million expansion, targeting roughly 1,700 employees. In 2025, GM and Ultium Cells announced the Spring Hill plant would be retooled for lower-cost lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells with commercial production targeted for late 2027, and GM separately announced a temporary layoff of about 700 workers there beginning January 2026, with operations expected to resume by mid-2026. We can't predict future employment levels or home values tied to any single employer, but we can talk through the commute and trade-offs if a Spring Hill-area job is part of your move. Separately, Columbia's retail core has been in transition: the former Columbia Mall (opened 1981 as Shadybrook Mall) at 800 South James Campbell Boulevard was acquired by Nashville-based Highland Capital in December 2024 and redeveloped into an open-air center — renamed Columbia Center — anchored by Academy Sports + Outdoors, Five Below, and Bealls, per reporting on the sale.

HOA, price context & what we could not verify

We have not located a recorded homeowners' association or a published set of covenants specific to The Traditions on Old Zion Road in our research — McBroom Homes' own marketing for the community does not reference an HOA, and we did not find a plat or declaration of covenants for this specific subdivision in publicly searchable records. That does not rule one out: recorded plats, covenants, and any POA documents for a Maury County subdivision are filed with the Maury County Register of Deeds, which (not a builder's marketing page) is the authoritative source, and we pull those documents for the exact lot before you write an offer. For general market context only — not a prediction of what any home at The Traditions will sell for — citywide data from Redfin put Columbia's median sale price at $392,000 in March 2026 (down about 2% year-over-year), while Zillow's home-value index for Columbia showed an average value of roughly $374,557 as of an April 2026 update (up about 1% year-over-year); both cover all of Columbia, not the Zion area specifically, and the two sources disagree because they measure different things over different windows. We can't predict future prices — citywide medians are not a substitute for pulling comparable closed sales near a specific address, which we do before you write an offer.

Property taxes & investor checklist

Maury County's tax rate for the current fiscal year is published by the Maury County Trustee and Assessor's office; recent public reporting cites a county rate near $0.739 per $100 of assessed value, with a typical countywide annual bill in the neighborhood of $900–$1,500 depending on assessed value and any applicable city rate — but Tennessee's assessment formula (25% of appraised value for residential property, then the rate applied) means the only reliable number is the one the Assessor's or Trustee's office quotes for the specific parcel. Before you buy or invest here, verify: the recorded plat and any covenants/HOA documents for the specific lot (Maury County Register of Deeds); the current-year property tax bill and assessed value for the specific parcel (Maury County Assessor/Trustee); the FEMA flood zone status for the specific address (FEMA Flood Map Service Center, msc.fema.gov); which homes remain available and current builder pricing, which moves week to week; the one-year builder warranty terms; and school zoning for the specific address, which we verify directly with Maury County Public Schools and GreatSchools.org rather than characterize ourselves.

Frequently asked questions

Is there an HOA at The Traditions? We have not found a published HOA or covenant set for this specific community in our research; we verify directly with the Maury County Register of Deeds for any specific lot before you buy, rather than assume either way. Is The Traditions in a flood zone? We don't publish a flood-zone determination here because it varies lot by lot — look up the specific address on the FEMA Flood Map Service Center (msc.fema.gov) or ask us to pull it for you. How far is it from Nashville or Spring Hill? Roughly 46 miles / about 49 minutes to Nashville and about 18 minutes to Spring Hill by typical driving-distance estimates (as of 2026); we'll map the exact commute from a specific address. What will my home be worth in a few years? We can't predict future prices or appreciation — we show you dated, sourced comparable sales and current listing data at the time you're deciding. Does The Will Johnson Team only work with McBroom Homes? No — we represent buyers across new-construction communities throughout Maury County and Middle Tennessee, including other builders, at little or no cost to you. Call 615-265-1000.