Cedar Creek Estates in Mt. Juliet, TN: A 2026 New Construction Community Guide

Cedar Creek Estates is a Drees Custom Homes community in Mt. Juliet that's deliberately small — only 11 homesites organized along a single cul-de-sac off Nonaville Road, positioned a short drive south of the Old Hickory Lake corridor. The price band runs $782,900 to roughly $979,000, putting it in the upper third of Wilson County new construction. Drees structures the buyer experience as a semi-custom workflow rather than a pick-from-three-models production process. If you're researching cedar creek estates mt juliet tn, this is the 2026 community guide — Drees plans, pricing as of May 22, 2026, school zoning (all three zoned schools carry A-grade Niche ratings), and the honest tradeoffs at an 11-home scale.

Table of Contents

• Where Cedar Creek Estates Is in Mt. Juliet
• Who's Building It and What You Can Buy
• Floor Plans and Home Sizes
• Pricing and What You Actually Get for It
• Amenities and the HOA
• Schools
• What's Nearby
• Pros and Cons of Cedar Creek Estates
• Who Tends to Move to Cedar Creek Estates
• Frequently Asked Questions
• A Local's Take

Where Cedar Creek Estates Is in Mt. Juliet

The community address is 1030 Nonaville Road, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122. Nonaville Road runs north-to-south, connecting the Lebanon Road / Highway 70 corridor in the south to the Old Hickory Lake area in the north. Central Pike provides the main east-west connection across this part of Mt. Juliet. The community sits on the lake-corridor side of Mt. Juliet rather than the I-40 side, which means residents are closer to the lake than to the interstate — a meaningful orientation choice depending on whether your daily life involves boats and trails or commute miles.

Drive times as of May 22, 2026 (Drees materials and Google Maps cross-check):

• Downtown Nashville — about 25 minutes via I-40 (per Drees marketing)
• Nashville International Airport (BNA) — about 15 minutes
• Providence Marketplace — about 8 to 10 minutes south
• Old Hickory Lake / Cedar Creek Recreation Area — about 5 to 8 minutes north
• Publix at Providence Marketplace — about 10 minutes south
• Kroger Mt. Juliet (Lebanon Road) — about 8 minutes
• TriStar Summit Medical Center (Hermitage) — about 18 minutes
• Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital (Lebanon) — about 20 minutes

The Nonaville Road location is one of the things that distinguishes Cedar Creek Estates from most other Mt. Juliet new-construction options. Buyers who specifically want to be closer to the lake than to the interstate end up gravitating to this corridor — it's a different daily rhythm than living off Mt. Juliet Road near Providence Marketplace.

Who's Building It and What You Can Buy

Cedar Creek Estates is built by Drees Custom Homes, a privately held builder headquartered in Cincinnati and operating in roughly a dozen U.S. markets including Nashville since the 2010s. Drees positions toward the semi-custom end of the spectrum rather than pure production. What that means in practice:

• Longer build timelines — typically 7 to 9 months per home
• Longer design-center process — two appointments totaling 6 to 8 hours
• Deeper menu of structural options — more elevation, footprint, and finish flexibility than typical national volume builders offer in this price band
• Side-entry garages standard on most plans — a curb-appeal detail that's hard to retrofit later
• Covered outdoor living spaces standard or near-standard on many plans

If you've shopped Beazer, Toll Brothers, or Richmond American and walked out wanting more room to adjust the floor plan, Drees is the response in the Mt. Juliet submarket.

The cost of that flexibility shows up in two places: time and money. The 7-to-9-month build with 6 to 8 hours of design appointments is slower than buying a quick-move-in spec home from a production builder. And the $782K-plus pricing reflects semi-custom workflow overhead. That trade is fine if you have time and want the customization; it's a poor fit if you're under a 60-day relocation deadline.

Floor Plans and Home Sizes

Drees markets 11 plans at Cedar Creek Estates. Plan library spans roughly 2,634 to 3,748 square feet per published aggregator data, with side-entry garages standard on most plans and covered patios or decks common.

Documented plans and pricing as of May 22, 2026:

| Plan | Beds | Baths | Sqft | Starting Price | |---|---|---|---|---| | Dahlia | 4 | 2.5 | 2,855 | $802,900+ | | Courtland | 4 | 3 | 2,634 | $805,900+ | | Kinsley | 4 | 3 | 2,851 | $811,900+ | | Leighland | 4 | 3.5 | 2,954 | $818,900+ | | Wellsley | 4 | 3 | 3,178 | $819,900+ | | Everly | 4 | 2.5 | 3,014 | $825,900+ | | Somerville | confirm | confirm | confirm | confirm | | Monroe | confirm | confirm | confirm | confirm |

The Somerville plan features French front doors and a working pantry layout — Drees uses it as one of its showcase plans. Three additional plans round out the lineup; ask the Drees sales office for the current full plan lineup and which are buildable on which remaining homesites.

Pricing and What You Actually Get for It

As of May 22, 2026, Cedar Creek Estates is marketed in a band of roughly $782,900 to $979,000 per Drees and aggregator data. Inventory currently listed runs $782,900 to $909,900, with the upper end pushing toward $979K once elevation and structural upgrades stack. The per-square-foot estimate works out to roughly $260 to $300 depending on plan, elevation, and lot. A reported $30,000 flex-cash incentive was active on recent listings — incentives change frequently, so confirm with the sales office before assuming.

For market context: the Wilson County single-family median sale price was approximately $500,000 as of November 2025, and the Mt. Juliet median sat around $624,990 as of March 2026 per published market reports. Cedar Creek Estates sits well above both — the premium reflects the small-community / cul-de-sac configuration, Drees's semi-custom positioning, the larger square footage range, the standard side-entry garage detail, and the lake-corridor location.

The honest math: at $260-$300 per square foot for new construction with semi-custom flexibility in Mt. Juliet, you are paying a meaningful premium over both the county median and the typical production-builder spec. The premium is justified by what you actually get — design control, build quality, the cul-de-sac configuration, and the lake-corridor location. The premium is not justified by amenity package, because there isn't one (see next section). Buyers should be clear-eyed about which of those tradeoffs they're actually buying.

Amenities and the HOA

Cedar Creek Estates is small enough that the value proposition rests on lot configuration, home customization, and location rather than a clubhouse amenity package. What the community has on-site:

• Walking, jogging, and bike paths (referenced on aggregator data)
• Sidewalks within the community
• Proximity to the Cedar Creek Recreation Area on Old Hickory Lake — minutes north
• Proximity to Providence Marketplace shopping and dining — minutes south

What it does not have: an on-site community pool, clubhouse, or fitness center. With 11 homesites total, a full amenity package isn't economically feasible for a Drees-scale community. Buyers wanting amenity-rich community living should look at communities like Nichols Vale, Willow Landing, or Tomlinson Pointe instead.

HOA dues are not publicly listed by Drees or in the aggregator data reviewed as of May 22, 2026. An HOA is typical for Drees communities of this size to handle architectural standards and common-area maintenance, but the specific dollar figure should be confirmed with the builder. The national Drees pattern for communities at this scale is HOA dues that cover common-area maintenance, architectural review, and entrance signage — with lawn care and exterior maintenance left as homeowner responsibility, which is typical for detached homes in this price band.

Schools

Cedar Creek Estates is within the Wilson County School District. Per Jome and aggregator data, current zoning assigns:

| Level | School | Distance | Niche Rating (2026) | |---|---|---|---| | Elementary | W.A. Wright Elementary | ~0.9 mi | A (Niche #62 best public elementary schools in Tennessee) | | Middle | Mt. Juliet Middle School | ~1.9 mi | A (Niche #34 best public middle schools in Tennessee) | | High | Green Hill High School | ~1.4 mi | A- (Niche #42 best public high schools in Tennessee) |

This is one of the few small-community new-construction profiles in Mt. Juliet where all three zoned schools carry an A-grade Niche rating, retrieved May 22, 2026. Wilson County school zones can shift annually as the district responds to enrollment growth — always run the specific home address through the Wilson County Schools zone-lookup tool at wcschools.com before assuming zoning.

What's Nearby

• Old Hickory Lake — Cedar Creek Recreation Area — about 5 to 8 minutes north, with boat ramps and day-use areas
• Providence Marketplace (Target, Belk, theater, restaurants) — about 8 to 10 minutes south
• Publix at Providence Marketplace — about 10 minutes south
• Kroger Mt. Juliet (Lebanon Rd) — about 8 minutes
• Charlie Daniels Park — about 7 minutes
• Cedar Creek Sports Center — about 7 minutes
• WeGo Star (Mt. Juliet station) — about 9 minutes, weekday commuter rail to downtown Nashville

For more on the lake side of Mt. Juliet specifically, the broader Mt. Juliet neighborhood guide breaks down how the Nonaville Road corridor compares to the central Mt. Juliet Road corridor and the eastern Golden Bear Gateway area.

Pros and Cons of Cedar Creek Estates

Pros

• Only 11 homesites on a single cul-de-sac — by design the community will be small, finished, and free of through-traffic
• Drees's semi-custom workflow gives buyers more design and structural flexibility than typical national production builders offer at this price band
• Side-entry garages standard on most plans — a meaningful curb-appeal differentiator versus front-facing garages common on competing new construction
• Zoned for three A-rated Wilson County schools per Niche 2026 data — W.A. Wright Elementary, Mt. Juliet Middle, Green Hill High
• Old Hickory Lake recreation within minutes — the community sits on the lake-corridor side of Mt. Juliet rather than the I-40 side

Cons

• Price point ($782K to $979K) sits well above both Wilson County and Mt. Juliet medians, narrowing the buyer pool on resale
• No on-site amenity package (no pool, no clubhouse, no fitness center). Buyers wanting amenity-rich community living should look at Nichols Vale, Willow Landing, or Tomlinson Pointe instead
• 7-to-9-month build timeline plus a 6-to-8-hour design selection process — slower than buying a production-builder quick-move-in. Workable for buyers with time; difficult for buyers on a relocation deadline
• Small community size means limited resale comp pool inside the neighborhood itself — appraisers will reach into nearby Drees and competitor communities for value comparison, which can complicate appraisals on a fast resale

Who Tends to Move to Cedar Creek Estates

Cedar Creek Estates draws buyers in two main bands. Move-up buyers within Wilson County and the eastern Davidson County corridor — typically households with significant equity from an existing home, trading up to a larger floor plan with semi-custom finish selection. Out-of-state relocators with equity from higher-cost metros (California, Colorado, the Northeast, Florida) also turn up at this price point because $850K-range new construction with a side-entry garage and three A-rated zoned schools reads as competitive against their home markets. Retirees and pre-retirees who want a single-floor primary suite and a manageable lot show up at the smaller plans; younger established households with school-age children gravitate to the larger plans for the square footage.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Cedar Creek Estates located? 1030 Nonaville Road, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122, on the north side of Mt. Juliet near the Old Hickory Lake corridor.

Who is the builder at Cedar Creek Estates? Drees Custom Homes, a semi-custom homebuilder headquartered in Cincinnati and operating in the Nashville market since the 2010s.

How many homesites are at Cedar Creek Estates? Just 11 single-family homesites on a single cul-de-sac.

What's the price range at Cedar Creek Estates? Roughly $782,900 to $979,000 depending on plan, elevation, and inventory status as of May 22, 2026.

What schools are zoned for Cedar Creek Estates? W.A. Wright Elementary, Mt. Juliet Middle School, and Green Hill High School — all Wilson County Schools, and all carrying A-grade Niche ratings as of 2026. Verify by address at wcschools.com.

How long does it take to build a Drees home here? Typically 7 to 9 months, with two design appointments totaling 6 to 8 hours at the Drees design center.

Are there community amenities at Cedar Creek Estates? No on-site pool or clubhouse. The community has internal sidewalks and walking paths, and is near Old Hickory Lake recreation areas to the north.

Are side-entry garages standard at Cedar Creek Estates? Yes — side-entry garages come standard on most Drees plans at Cedar Creek Estates.

What's the HOA dues amount at Cedar Creek Estates? HOA dues are not publicly listed; confirm with Drees Homes.

What floor plans are offered at Cedar Creek Estates? Eleven Drees plans, including the Dahlia, Courtland, Kinsley, Leighland, Wellsley, Everly, and Somerville — spanning roughly 2,634 to 3,748 square feet.

A Local's Take

Cedar Creek Estates is the kind of community that doesn't fit the usual Mt. Juliet new-construction conversation, and the buyer pool reflects that. Most of my conversations about this address aren't with first-time-move-up buyers — they're with people who've already owned a home, know what they liked and didn't like about it, and are willing to wait nine months and spend a Saturday in a design center to get the next one right. That's a specific buyer profile, and Drees is well-set-up to serve it. The semi-custom workflow is the actual product. The home is the output.

What surprises buyers once they move in is how much the cul-de-sac configuration changes the daily rhythm of the neighborhood. With 11 homes and no through-traffic, kids end up playing in the street, neighbors actually know each other's vehicles, and the whole community functions more like a single block than a subdivision. That's hard to manufacture in a 300-home master-planned development — it's a structural feature of the lot layout, not a programming choice. The other thing buyers consistently call out after moving in is the side-entry garage. On paper it sounds like a small detail. On the curb, it means you don't see four garage doors first when you look at the houses, which materially improves how the street feels.

The honest counterweight is the resale math. At $800K-plus on a cul-de-sac of 11 homes, the appraisal comp pool inside the community is small. When you go to sell in five or seven years, the appraiser will be reaching into nearby Drees and competitor communities for comparable sales, which can complicate an appraisal during a softer market. The other consideration is amenities — buyers who tour Cedar Creek Estates and then tour Tomlinson Pointe or Nichols Vale come back asking why one has a pool and clubhouse at a similar price tier. The answer is community scale. A 200-home community can spread a $4 million amenity build across 200 households; an 11-home community simply cannot. For some buyers that's a feature (lower long-term HOA exposure and no pool politics); for others it's a missing piece. The Mt. Juliet new-construction overview walks through the trade across communities if you want to see how Cedar Creek Estates stacks up against amenity-equipped competitors at the same price point.

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