The Seabreeze is the newest floor plan offered by award winning Cardinal Builders at The Cottages at Southport and The Cottages of Holly Ridge. This four bedroom three bath home boasts an open floor plan with hardwood floors standard in the living and dining areas. The nine foot smooth ceilings, extensive crown molding and 7 1/4" base board molding throughout add a nice finish to this home. The large kitchen comes standard with granite countertops and tile backsplash as well as designer cabinets. This floor plan offers GE Clean Steel appliances standard with the home including the regrigerator. The bathrooms include tile floors and shower with corner seat and soap niche, raised vanity heights and 3/4" thick cultured marble with recessed oval bowls. Oil rubbed bronze door handles and hardware, plumbing and light fixtures all come standard as well the Craft Master Interior door, corvado, two plank door with Classic Shaker style with elegant smooth finish. A gas fireplace with tile or granite surround and hearth is standard or can be replaced with built in shelves at no additional charge.

Cardinal Builders uses the RESNET Energy Smart Construction program with all their homes. Some of the examples of this are Simonton windows with low E and energy efficent glass with argon gas filled panes. The DP 50 rating exceeds the building code wind load requirements. The crawlspace foundation is sealed and conditioned with a vapor barrier and all duct work is inside the crawlspace. The Cottages at Southport offers tankless water heaters standard with every home as well as a 14 SEER Trane HVAC system. The exterior is a James Hardee cement board lap siding and Certain Teed Landmark Designer Shingles. The home comes standard with a custom front porch with choice of handrail and column design, custom rear deck and an extensive landscape package with sod throughout the entire yard, an irrigation system with community water system and beautiful flowering shrubs and trees. The finished two car garage includes storage access with ladder as well as an All Steel Carriage House Garage Door and Chamberlain lift master professional 1/2 HP garage door opener with two remotes. Please stop by one of our Cottage locations for a personal tour.

Written By:  BlueCoast agent Wayne Bigg