Love Palmetto Bluff but want Hilton Head Address?

Here's your chance to have that Palmetto Bluff style while staying on Hilton Head. This immaculate 4BR/3.5BA home is truly a custom property. Located in Crosswinds on Hilton Head, you'll get that small community feeling plus waterfront living. For more information, call Lonnie Goulet at (843)338-0094. Or Visit our website for more information. Crosswinds Drive

Hilton Head Marsh and Waterfront Home Reduced Over $750,000 From Original List Price

WINDMILL HARBOUR ~ HILTON HEAD Unbelievable price reduction in Windmill Harbour. This beautiful home has been reduced over $750,000 from its original price. Nestled on one of Windmill Harbour's most private streets, this 5BR 5.5 BA home features views of Jarvis Creek from almost every room. The entrance hall opens to a formal living room and dining room with a marble surround fireplace and bay window with views of the marsh. Heart Pine flooring and high smooth ceilings are repeated throughout the home. The gourmet kitchen includes granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances including a gas cooktop and warming oven. Plenty of kitchen storage with its many cabinets including extra large drawers and a built in wine rack. A separate bar area includes a wine cooler and a separate ice maker. Located just off the kitchen is a nice size office and the laundry room. The kitchen opens to a large family room with another marble surround fireplace, built-ins, french doors to a lanai and more views of the creek. The master suite is a wing of its own and boasts 2 vanities, floors and multiple spray shower all in stone, his and her closets and a dressing room. A bonus/media room and a full bedroom and bath are located above the 3 car garage. From arched doorways, high smooth ceilings, custom moldings and gorgeous views, this homes appointments must be seen to be appreciated. For more information please visit our site 38 Millwright Drive or Call Lonnie Goulet at (843)338-0094 ~ lonniegoulet@aol.com

Open House Invitation ~ Sunday from 1-4

Looking forward to seeing you this Sunday at our open houses. On tour are 132 Harbour Passage and 3 Leeward Passage. They are open from 1-4pm.  Visit our website at http://www.richardsongrp.com/ for more information on these homes.

Waterfront Home for sale in Windmill Harbour only $399,000

Great waterfront opportunity in Windmill Harbour! With a little TLC, this 3BR + loft/2BA home would be a perfect 10. Great primary residence or low maintenance enough to lock and go. Hardwood flooring, great eat-in kitchen w/fireplace, huge laundry room, & master suite with loft. All with amazing waterfront views. 2400 sq ft per owner. Approved garage plans available. OSCREA. For more information, call Windmill Harbour Real Estate at 843-681-5600. To view this listing please click here.

2 Great New Rental Opportunities in Hampton Lake

Here's Your Opportunity to Enjoy the Hampton Lake Lifestyle in an Award Winning Home.
Rarely are homes of this caliber offered for lease. The Sanctuary at Hampton Lake was honored with three LightHouse Awards in November 2010. Included in these contruction quality awards was "Best Overall", "Best Kitchen" and "Best Bathroom". Not enough awards? Hampton Lake has been voted “Best Community in America” by the BALA Awards. Need more? The interior designer is also an award winner!

Here you will find not only top-notch construction but all of the finishes and furnishings you desire and deserve. Plus this home is located on a lakefront lot with a dock at your back door.

View the slideshow and imagine yourself enjoying the luxuries provided in this fine property.

Offering lease terms as short as 6 months, this property is perfect for you while you search for or build your new home in the Lowcountry.

Don't miss this amazing opportunity to enjoy all that this home and Hampton Lake have to offer. Call now to make your appointment to view either of these outstanding properties. Call us today for more details on these properties. (843)681-5600. Or Visit out site at http://www.richardsongrp.com/

40 Blue Trail Court

3 Bedrooms (including 2 Master Suites)

3 Full Bathrooms

Steam Showers in both Master Suites

One Master has a lake view.

The other Master has a private courtyard patio.

Top Quality Appliance Package

2-Car Garage

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3 Bedrooms plus Study

4 Full Bathrooms

Kids Bunk Room with 4 Beds

Top Quality Appliance Package

Built-in Gas Grill on Patio

Waterfront Firepit

2-Car Garage

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16 old boy builds home for a mortgage-free future.

What an amazing boy! This boy is building his own home and plans to move in it. It's a must read and watch.

Austin Hay is still in high school, but he's building his own house. It's only 130 square feet, but it makes him a homeowner without a mortgage at just 16 years old. Right now, it's parked in his parents' backyard, but he's built it on wheels so he plans to take it to college and then wherever he goes after he graduates.
He's been sleeping in his tiny home for a few months now and he's already decided not to return to big (his parents' home is 1800 square feet). "Living small means less bills, living big means more bills," he explained from the tiny stoop of his new home. "I don't want to pay big bills".

Hay's 130-square-foot home may make him the youngest member of the growing Small House Movement.

Hay expects to spend about $12,000 building his home (the used trailer cost him $2000) and he's paying for it working two summer jobs (at a camp and at a park snack bar). He's cut his costs in half (the home's estimated DIY price is $23,000) though this is a considerable discount from the home's estimated price of $23,000 because Hay has scavenged everything from doors, windows and flooring to the kitchen sink (the hardwood floors were $25 at a salvage yard and so was the stainless steel sink).
For more info & links, original story here: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/16-yr-old-builds-tiny-home-to-guarantee-... 

Hurricane Preparedness

Although we don’t need it for Irene, this may come in handy should we have a storm threat any time in the future. While browsing a few blogs, I came across this one about preparing your “Go Bag”.  I thought it was a good list of items to have on hand in case of an emergency. Let’s hope we never need it.

 

Get Yourself a ‘Go Bag’.

by Natasha on August 26, 2011

in mommy blog

On Tuesday we had a 5.9 earthquake.
This weekend a category 2 hurricane is expected.
Oh yeah, & I live in Washington D.C. These things are not supposed to happen here! Much less in the SAME WEEK!!
I took this as a nice little warning to get my butt in gear & finally put together that ‘go bag’ P & I have been talking about doing for ages.
What you ask is a ‘go bag’? Well dearest, for an entire family it’s actually more likely to be a ‘go bin’ & it’s a container that has everything you need in a ‘oh sh@t!’ situation, all packed & ready to go. You grab it, throw it in the back of your car & hit the road. It’s also a good contained place that you know all of your ‘in case of emergency’ supplies will be while you’re still at home.
Here’s mine…

• First Aid Supplies: Red Cross First Aid Kit, thermometer, infant, children & adult Tylenol, hydrocortisone cream, antibiotic cream, aspirin, children & adult Benedryl, prescription meds (an epi pen for Sam & imitrex for my migraines) CHECK MEDS FOR EXPIRATION DATES, they lose their strength when they expire!
• Food for 3 days: you’re supposed to get non-perishable, low sodium, cooked items. I found that I could save room with vacuum sealed bagged items like rice, tuna & beans & also opted for the individual plastic tubs of cooked pastas since they’re lighter than doing just all cans. Although I did end up with a bunch of canned veggies & soups. Pouch baby food is also easier to pack than jars.
• Can opener
• Weather Radio (ours takes batteries & also has a crank for after they die)
• Utility Knife Multitool- several lists I read recomended a pocket knife in addition to a screwdriver, pliers & a wrench. (for turning off gas) With this tool it’s all in one
• Large Knife- I bought a large, pointed tip, chef knife that came in it’s own plastic case at Target for $13. Let’s just say I didn’t buy it for chopping tomatoes
• Blanket- my red cross kit also had the small foil emergency blankets in it
• ponchos
• flashlights/batteries
• water-proof matches (camping section at Target, or you could put regular ones in a ziploc baggie)
• write out all your emergency phone numbers & put the list in a ziploc baggie
• coloring books/crayons/stickers
• glo sticks (I bought the ones with string necklaces on them so I could hang one on each kid if need be)
• cash in small increments in a baggie
• spare clothes for each family member
• local map
• permanent marker/paper/duct tape
• copy of important paperwork like id’s, insurance info, house deed, birth certificates all in a baggie
• spare house key
• tupperware container for leftover food
• string
• Make sure if your first aid kit doesn’t have CPR instructions in it you print some out
• toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, contact solution, lady supplies, TP)
• Pets- pet food, water for pet, leashes, make sure ID tags are on collars & if you can put an additional ph number for an out of town relative that has a different area code on the ID. Chances are phone service in your area might be out.

Another thing I did today is I bought a few landline phones. After the earthquake on Tuesday cell service was out for a good 30 minutes which was pretty scary. We only have one landline phone that I was able to call out on & it’s a cordless so after that battery died I would’ve been out of luck. I’m plugging in one corded phone on each level of the house.
So with all that I say bring it Hurricane Irene. Ok, not really, I’m just showing off. Please don’t take my power away. Pleeeeassse!
By the way, in case you missed my classy earthquake story on twitter…
I was on the pot.
Yep. I had just sat down & had Sophie with me (of course, because peeing alone would be silly) when I heard this weird rumble. I actually thought it was a large military plane flying overhead but it just kept growing, & then the glass shower walls started to shake. That’s when instinct kicked in. I grabbed Soph & ran to Sam’s room, scooped her out of bed (she was napping) & crouched in Sam’s doorway with both girls until it was over. All of this sans pants. Lovely. When it seemed to be over I quickly threw on some nearby pajama pants and may or may not have decided to postpone wiping until I was sure we were out of immediate danger. These are the instincts that keep mankind going people. Survival of the fittest, not cleanest. You don’t need to know any more details of what exactly happened, just know that I’m quite sanitary most of the time, just not necessarily during life or death moments. Oh, & be sure to throw some TP in your go bag.

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