Oakwood Homeowners Deserve an Outdoor Space as Beautiful as Their Home

Oakwood Living Is Beautiful — Until the Ohio Weather Takes Over

Oakwood is one of the Dayton area’s most historic and walkable communities — home to Hawthorn Hill, aviation pioneer Orville Wright’s mansion, and the beautifully landscaped Smith Gardens with its reflecting pond and quiet walking paths. The Wright Memorial Public Library has anchored the community since 1939, while Orchardly Park’s splash pad and sport courts keep families outside, and Hills & Dales MetroPark sits right at the community’s edge with miles of wooded trails. Along Far Hills Avenue, the Shops of Oakwood pair independent boutiques with longtime favorites like Dorothy Lane Market and Ashley’s Pastry Shop.

Oakwood homeowners have built genuinely elegant outdoor lives in this intimate, tree-lined community. But even here, the afternoon sun radiates off your deck with nowhere to escape. Ohio storms roll in without warning. And an Oakwood summer, as good as it is, still turns your patio into a room you walk past on the way back inside for a few too many weeks of the year.

The afternoon sun radiates off your deck with nowhere to escape. Ohio’s legendary afternoon thunderstorms roll in almost daily without warning. And the summer heat turns your outdoor space into a room you walk past on the way back inside.

You chose Oakwood because you wanted to actually live in it — and that should include every square foot of your outdoor space, every week the weather gives you.

3 Summer Frustrations Oakwood Homeowners Know Too Well:

• Punishing afternoon heat turning your patio into an oven by noon
• Fast-moving Ohio thunderstorms ending outdoor entertaining without warning
• Relentless UV glare fading your patio furniture, flooring, and outdoor finishes