Emerald Catalina

Emerald Catalina is a new-construction community in Nolensville, Tennessee, positioned as an estate-tier enclave on the south side of the Middle Tennessee market. The homes here lean toward a more substantial, finished look — two-story designs with full brick exteriors — set within one of the smaller, more deliberate-feeling pockets of the Nolensville area. If you are shopping new construction in this part of Williamson County, Emerald Catalina is worth a close look alongside the other communities nearby.

The builder and the homes

Emerald Catalina is built by Emerald Homes, the luxury division of D.R. Horton. The community is centered on single-family homes, designed as two-story, four-sided brick estate homes — meaning the brick wraps the full exterior rather than fronting one elevation. That detail tends to signal a higher finish tier within a builder's lineup.

On the interior, the published feature set includes hardwood floors, ceramic tile, granite countertops, and stainless steel appliances. As with any new-construction line, some of those finishes may be standard while others come through a design-center selection or upgrade package, and floor plans, square footage, bedroom and bathroom counts, and lot dimensions can vary by plan and by phase. We confirm exactly what is included versus optional on the specific home you are considering before you write anything down.

Amenities and day-to-day living

Community amenities for Emerald Catalina are not published in the information we have on hand, so we are not going to list features that may or may not exist. Some new-construction communities are amenity-rich with pools, trails, or clubhouses; others are smaller residential enclaves where the appeal is the homes themselves and the surrounding area. We will pull the current amenity list — and any homeowners-association common areas — straight from the builder and the recorded community documents so you know precisely what you are buying into.

Location and commute

Emerald Catalina sits in Nolensville, on the south end of the Nashville metro. Commute realities depend entirely on where you are headed and when you leave — traffic on the corridors feeding into Nashville, Franklin, Brentwood, and Cool Springs shifts a lot between, say, a 7 a.m. departure and a 9 a.m. one. Rather than trust a generic estimate, map the drive from the actual homesite to your real destinations and clock it yourself at your true departure time, both ways. We are happy to meet you at the community and ride those routes with you so the number you plan around is the real one.

Who it fits

Emerald Catalina tends to fit buyers who want a newly built, move-in-ready home with a more substantial exterior and finish package — full brick, hardwoods, granite, and stainless appliances — in the Nolensville area. If a four-sided brick, two-story single-family home is the look you are after, and you would rather choose finishes and start fresh than renovate an existing house, this community belongs on your short list. Because the amenity picture and pricing are not confirmed in the public data, we will line Emerald Catalina up against comparable new-construction communities nearby so you can weigh home style, lot, and total cost side by side.

What to verify before you buy here

• Current pricing — builder-published starting prices and phase pricing change frequently, so we pull live numbers on the exact plan and homesite you want.
• HOA dues and what they cover — the monthly or annual amount, what is included, and any common-area or maintenance obligations.
• Lot specifics — the actual lot size, orientation, grading, and any premiums on the homesite you are considering.
• Builder warranty and included-versus-upgrade finishes — which of the hardwood, tile, granite, and stainless features are standard and which are design-center upgrades, plus the full warranty terms.
• Build timeline — whether the home is inventory/move-in ready or to-be-built, and the realistic completion window.
• The real commute — drive the routes to your actual destinations at your real departure times before you commit.

Emerald Catalina inside the larger Catalina neighborhood

Emerald Catalina is D.R. Horton's Emerald-brand section within the broader Catalina neighborhood off Rocky Fork Road in Nolensville. Third-party neighborhood profiles describe Catalina as a roughly 100-to-103-home community that started construction in the 2007-2008 timeframe and built out in phases into the late 2010s, with Turnberry Homes and Drees Homes building the majority of the semi-custom homes on the half-acre-class homesites alongside D.R. Horton's Emerald section (nashvillehome.guru; williamsonsource.com, published 2016). Because Catalina blends more than one builder across more than one phase, confirm with us and with the HOA exactly which phase, builder, and plat a specific address sits in before you assume it carries Emerald Catalina's spec sheet.

Builders and home styles across the neighborhood

Emerald Homes' published plan for this community is the Edinburgh, a two-story, four-sided brick estate design (newhomesource.com listing for the Edinburgh plan in Emerald Catalina). Turnberry Homes and Drees Homes, building elsewhere in the same Catalina neighborhood, are reported to offer traditionally styled homes ranging from roughly 2,800 to nearly 7,000 square feet across the community's history, with four-sides-brick or brick-and-stone exteriors and three-car side-entry garages common across builders (nashvillehome.guru). Bedroom and bathroom counts, garage configuration, and exact square footage vary by plan and by builder — verify the specific floor plan tied to any home you're evaluating rather than assuming it matches a neighbor's.

HOA and amenities — sourced detail

We don't have a builder-published amenity list specific to the Emerald Catalina section, but third-party neighborhood profiles of the broader Catalina community describe a community swimming pool and clubhouse, walking trails, and maintained common green space, with HOA dues reported in the roughly $70-to-$75-per-month range (nashvillehome.guru; williamsonsource.com, 2016). Underground utilities and sidewalks are also mentioned as neighborhood standards. Treat these as directional, not final — HOA dues, reserve health, and the current amenity list are the kind of thing that changes over the life of a 15-plus-year-old neighborhood, so we pull the current HOA financials and rules directly from the association before you're under contract.

Price context — dated, not predictive

We can't tell you what a home in Emerald Catalina will cost today, and we won't try to predict where prices go next. What's on the public record: a May 2016 neighborhood profile put homes in the Catalina community in roughly the $500,000-to-$675,000 range at that time (williamsonsource.com). A more recent third-party market summary reported trailing-12-month closed sales across the Catalina neighborhood in the $950,000-to-$1,525,000 range, with a reported median near $995,000 and roughly $220-to-$288 per square foot (nashvillehome.guru). Those two figures show how much a single neighborhood can move over a decade, but neither one tells you what a specific Emerald Catalina home is worth today — we pull live comps on the exact address before you write an offer or set a listing price.

Schools

Emerald Catalina falls within Williamson County Schools, but we don't publish which specific elementary, middle, or high school a given address is zoned to, and we don't rate or rank schools — that's a decision best made from primary sources. Look up the exact zoned schools for any address at the Williamson County Schools zoning tool (wcs.edu) and review school-level data yourself at GreatSchools.org or the Tennessee Department of Education's site. We're glad to help you pull that lookup for a specific address.

FAQ: Emerald Catalina

Is Emerald Catalina still selling new homes? We have not found a builder-confirmed active inventory count for the Emerald Catalina section as of this writing, and some third-party sites describe the section as built out. Neighborhood construction broadly is reported to have run from roughly 2007-2008 into the late 2010s across all builders in Catalina. Because availability changes fast and inventory can turn over even in an older community, we check current builder and MLS availability before you make a trip out to see it.

Is Emerald Catalina the same as Catalina? Not exactly. Catalina is the larger, roughly 100-to-103-home Nolensville neighborhood off Rocky Fork Road; Emerald Catalina is the section within it built by D.R. Horton's Emerald Homes division, distinct from the Turnberry Homes and Drees Homes sections in the same neighborhood (nashvillehome.guru).

What does the Edinburgh floor plan include? Emerald Homes' published Edinburgh plan for this community is a two-story, four-sided brick estate home with hardwood floors in the entry, kitchen, breakfast area, and powder room, ceramic tile in the bathrooms, granite kitchen countertops with a tile backsplash, and stainless steel appliances (newhomesource.com plan listing). Confirm current standard-versus-upgrade status on any specific home, since builder spec sheets change over a plan's production run.

Is there a pool or clubhouse? Third-party neighborhood profiles of the broader Catalina community describe a community pool and clubhouse along with walking trails (nashvillehome.guru). We haven't seen a source confirming whether Emerald Catalina residents share that same amenity package versus having a separate or no HOA — we confirm the exact HOA and amenity arrangement tied to a specific address before you rely on it.

Emerald Catalina inside the larger Catalina neighborhood

Emerald Catalina is D.R. Horton's Emerald-brand section within the broader Catalina neighborhood off Rocky Fork Road in Nolensville. Third-party neighborhood profiles describe Catalina as a roughly 100-to-103-home community that started construction in the 2007-2008 timeframe and built out in phases into the late 2010s, with Turnberry Homes and Drees Homes building the majority of the semi-custom homes on the half-acre-class homesites alongside D.R. Horton's Emerald section (nashvillehome.guru; williamsonsource.com, published 2016). Because Catalina blends more than one builder across more than one phase, confirm with us and with the HOA exactly which phase, builder, and plat a specific address sits in before you assume it carries Emerald Catalina's spec sheet.

Builders and home styles across the neighborhood

Emerald Homes' published plan for this community is the Edinburgh, a two-story, four-sided brick estate design (newhomesource.com listing for the Edinburgh plan in Emerald Catalina). Turnberry Homes and Drees Homes, building elsewhere in the same Catalina neighborhood, are reported to offer traditionally styled homes ranging from roughly 2,800 to nearly 7,000 square feet across the community's history, with four-sides-brick or brick-and-stone exteriors and three-car side-entry garages common across builders (nashvillehome.guru). Bedroom and bathroom counts, garage configuration, and exact square footage vary by plan and by builder — verify the specific floor plan tied to any home you're evaluating rather than assuming it matches a neighbor's.

HOA and amenities — sourced detail

We don't have a builder-published amenity list specific to the Emerald Catalina section, but third-party neighborhood profiles of the broader Catalina community describe a community swimming pool and clubhouse, walking trails, and maintained common green space, with HOA dues reported in the roughly $70-to-$75-per-month range (nashvillehome.guru; williamsonsource.com, 2016). Underground utilities and sidewalks are also mentioned as neighborhood standards. Treat these as directional, not final — HOA dues, reserve health, and the current amenity list are the kind of thing that changes over the life of a 15-plus-year-old neighborhood, so we pull the current HOA financials and rules directly from the association before you're under contract.

Price context — dated, not predictive

We can't tell you what a home in Emerald Catalina will cost today, and we won't try to predict where prices go next. What's on the public record: a May 2016 neighborhood profile put homes in the Catalina community in roughly the $500,000-to-$675,000 range at that time (williamsonsource.com). A separate, more recently published third-party market summary reported trailing-12-month closed sales across the Catalina neighborhood in the $950,000-to-$1,525,000 range, with a reported median near $995,000 and roughly $220-to-$288 per square foot (nashvillehome.guru). Those two figures, years apart, show how much a single neighborhood can move over a decade, but neither one tells you what a specific Emerald Catalina home is worth today — we pull live comps on the exact address before you write an offer or set a listing price.

Schools

Emerald Catalina falls within Williamson County Schools, but we don't publish which specific elementary, middle, or high school a given address is zoned to, and we don't rate or rank schools — that's a decision best made from primary sources. Look up the exact zoned schools for any address at the Williamson County Schools zoning tool (wcs.edu) and review school-level data yourself at GreatSchools.org or the Tennessee Department of Education's site. We're glad to help you pull that lookup for a specific address.

FAQ: Emerald Catalina

Is Emerald Catalina still selling new homes? We have not found a builder-confirmed active inventory count for the Emerald Catalina section as of this writing, and some third-party sites describe the section as built out. Neighborhood construction broadly is reported to have run from roughly 2007-2008 into the late 2010s across all builders in Catalina. Because availability changes fast and inventory can turn over even in an older community, we check current builder and MLS availability before you make a trip out to see it.

Is Emerald Catalina the same as Catalina? Not exactly. Catalina is the larger, roughly 100-to-103-home Nolensville neighborhood off Rocky Fork Road; Emerald Catalina is the section within it built by D.R. Horton's Emerald Homes division, distinct from the Turnberry Homes and Drees Homes sections in the same neighborhood (nashvillehome.guru).

What does the Edinburgh floor plan include? Emerald Homes' published Edinburgh plan for this community is a two-story, four-sided brick estate home with hardwood floors in the entry, kitchen, breakfast area, and powder room, ceramic tile in the bathrooms, granite kitchen countertops with a tile backsplash, and stainless steel appliances (newhomesource.com plan listing). Confirm current standard-versus-upgrade status on any specific home, since builder spec sheets change over a plan's production run.

Is there a pool or clubhouse? Third-party neighborhood profiles of the broader Catalina community describe a community pool and clubhouse along with walking trails (nashvillehome.guru). We haven't seen a source confirming whether Emerald Catalina residents share that same amenity package versus having a separate or no HOA — we confirm the exact HOA and amenity arrangement tied to a specific address before you rely on it.