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.