Living Better

Don’t Miss our HUGE Price Reduction at 616 Woodland Forest Court in Southern Oaks

A New Plan for Courtyards at Regency

Towards the back entrance of the prestigious Landfall Country Club, we are in the process of creating a quaint neighborhood of European fashioned Courtyard homes.  If you are at all familiar with Hagood Homes, you will recognize Troy’s talent immediately, and will echo the hundreds of Wilmington area Realtors when they say, “She’s done it again”.

Very shortly, we will be breaking ground on the newest gem in the Courtyards at Regency – the Edinborough plan.  The Edinborough plan was custom designed to take advantage of the corner homesite.  Similar to our other Courtyard floorplan, buyers will appreciate the separation and privacy of the guest suites from the Master bedroom suite.  Also keeping with the common theme of open and flowing living spaces, the Edinborough offers a central kitchen surrounded by a dining room, living room and sunroom with direct views to the covered porch.

The Courtyards at Regency, offer an easy lifestyle, so popular with active adults.  Take advantage of the membership to the Country Club of Landfall and all that it offers, 18 holes of a Pete Dye course and 27 by Jack Nicklaus, private exercise rooms, and tennis courts to match any style of play.  Catch up with friends over dinner at the Dining Room or for drinks at the Tavern.

Act now to take advantage or our incredible pricing for living the Landfall dream – visit our neighborhood page for more information on this great plan as well as our others!

What’s Hot…

New month, new year, and New Decade!  Hagood Homes is ringing it in with style.

January’s pick for “What’s Hot” is Regency Lakes at St. James Plantation

Last year we introduced three new plans to the Regency Lake neighborhood in St. James:  the Franklin, the Morehead and the Cameron.  The response was overwhelming and we’re building them as fast as we are able.

St. James Plantation with it’s 81 holes of golf, tennis, waterfront living, nature trails, and sports clubs, is the perfect teammate to our low maintenance homes in Regency Lakes.  With all those activities nearby, who has time  for the weekend “honey do” lists?

Our open and flowing floorplans offer the perfect space for entertaining and many of the homes sit adjacent to the lakes of Regency, insuring your enjoyment of outdoor living!

Couple, easy living, awesome amenities with the new tax credit (click here for more information) you won’t want to delay the purchase of your new Hagood Home in Regency Lakes at St. James Plantation!

It’s a Little Like Stealing…

Remodel – What We Have to Work With

Recently we received a call from Lisa Sledzik, a broker with Intracoastal Realty and the Vance Young Team. Lisa had sold a home in a much desired neighborhood to one of her clients in April. The client then hired someone to help her remodel the much dated home. Unfortunately, the remodel did not live up to her expectations and Lisa was recommending that we take over the job.

This is what we found when we began:

In our next post we’ll share Phase I of the remodel – The Redesign

15% Price Reduction = Unbelievable Value in Landfall

This home has recently been reduced to $995,000.  Listed by Vance Young with Intracoastal Realty – call today for your private viewing:  910.509.1965

Feature Home

An amazing value in Landfall – the showcase home for The Courtyards at Regency.

Have You Seen The August, 2009 Issue of Focus on the Coast?

Hagood Homes was the first builder to be featured in Focus on the Coast in their August issue centered around “Home”.  We had a blast shooting interior photos with the, local favorite Jack Davis.  Pick up your copy today or view it on-line here

Check out the Behind Scenes here

Featured Home

Live better in 643 Belhaven Drive.  This home, a recent award winner for Hagood Homes, is nicely situated against the backdrop of a 16 acre nature conserve.  The open floorplan makes it easy for those who enjoy entertaining.  Located in Wilmington’s most popular uptown address, Marsh Oaks, neighbors enjoy the many amenities:  a competition sized swimming pool, recently renovated clubhouse, playground, and newly resurfaced tennis courts.  Neighbors also relish the receipt of their monthly newsletter, keeping them up to date on all the activities for both young and young at heart.  Call today for your appointment to see 643 Belhaven Drive!

Grand Opening at Chapelwood is a Stunner!

Chapelwood, Chapel Hill’s first and only age restricted neighborhood, celebrated it’s grand opening this past Sunday.  The Hagood Homes team worked tirelessly throughout the week putting the finishing details on the decorated model available to view.

Sunday, over 200 attendees came out to the neighborhood to enjoy the pig pickin’, Italian Ice, and to tour beautifully decorated Cameron floor plan.

Chapelwood (www.ChapelwoodInfo.com) is located off Barbee Chapel Road and just minutes to golf, the campus of the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill, and state of the art medical facilities.  The homes of Chapelwood are all brick, one-story living ranging in size from 1800 square feet to just under 2600 square feet.  Homeowners will live better in their “green” rated homes and enjoy the reduced energy bills that come along with the green building techniques.

Call today (919)960.6321 to find out how you can be part of the Chapelwood experience!

Courtyards at Regency in Landfall hosts a Grand Opening Luncheon for Area Realtors

If you are a broker in the Wilmington area, you were probably at the luncheon we hosted at the Courtyards at Regency in Landfall.  Area brokers flocked to the decorated model to visit with Diane Thomas (neighborhood specialist), view the fabulous furnishings and enjoy the wonderful food and good friends.  If you haven’t had the opportunity to tour these homes call Diane Thomas to set your appointment 910.520.0617

Here a “Stimulus” There a “Stimulus”…

Every so often a word or phrase comes along that grabs the public’s attention.  I bet when we look back, “Stimulus” , along with “Bail-Out” will be the hot button words of this era.  Already we are seeing pizza companys such as this Dominos ad and others add the new lingo to their marketing.

Not to be outdone, Hagood Homes is offering a few stimulus’ of their own.

• Stimulus #1 – 647 Belhaven Drive in SaltGrass at Marsh Oaks offers $15,000 to be used by the buyer’s discretion at closing.  Some popular choices?  A rate buy-down.  In conjunction with the already low interest rates using the $15,000 to further buy down the rate can save you around $1200 a year!

• Stimulus #2 – also in SaltGrass at Marsh Oaks – 643 Belhaven Drive (a recent Parade of Homes winner, by the way) is offering a $12,500 stimulus incentive.  Idea?  Use it to purchase new furniture!  This home is perfect for couples “right sizing”.  Whether you are scaling back in living space, or moving up from your first purchase – who wouldn’t love new furniture for a new home???

• Stimulus #3 – Parkside at Mayfaire – 6522 Chalfont Circle is offering a $25,000 stimulus.  Our suggestion?  Add a swimming pool to the already sweeeetttt entertaining area in the backyard. 

As Seen on TV…

We were thrilled when we received the phone call from the Cape Fear Homebuilders Association asking if we would allow the local tv station access to one of our beautifully decorated homes.

They wanted to shoot footage for a Parade of Homes commercial.  We choose our available home in Parkside at Mayfaire – The Dram Tree.  It was easy to shoot, because it offers plenty of natural light and has an open floorplan.

It isn’t the first time we’ve been asked access to our model homes.  A few years ago a commercial for an international flooring company was shot using one of our model homes in Marsh Oaks.  They also did a photo shoot for their print advertising which runs in major magazines such as Better Homes & Gardens.

Hagood Homes is looking forward to this years Parade of Homes, and we hope we will see you on the tour!

It Keeps Getting Better for the First Time Homebuyer!

The pot keeps getting sweeter for first time homebuyers!

As of April 20th the income restrictions for qualified buyers in the USDA Guaranteed Rural Housing Program will change.  Briefly, the USDA program offers 100% financing to buyers that are buying in a “rural” area, that meet certain income limits.  Couple this program with the $8,000 Stimulus Incentive and you could be pocketing cash while owning your very own home!

But what if you aren’t a first time homebuyer?  Hagood Homes will offer you the same “refund” when purchasing a townhome in Three Oaks at Magnolia Greens.  Incidentially, the townhomes at Three Oaks meet the qualifications of the USDA Housing Program!

But hurry, this opportunity will expire soon.

Allow us to provide you with more information – call us today 800.677.7524

Hagood Homes Values Your Kids…

… even if they aren’t yours.  Our homes are built with your family in mind.  We understand that you might be a couple with kids that are grown, but you want your guests to be comfortable when they visit.  Or you might be a couple just starting a family, the room size is not all that important when you bring home your first child, but as they grow, you’ll definitely need the space.  Or perhaps you are a single person, as many of our homeowners are, with family and friends that like to come and stay with you at the beach – your guests will certainly be impressed by the space you are offering them!

One of the many great features in every Hagood Home is the guest bedrooms. The guest bedrooms are not the standard 10×10 or 10×12 room. Our designer, Troy Kenny,  appreciates the fact that a person will be using that room.  She designs the room to fit the person, not the other way around.  In fact, Troy designs all our Hagood Homes with the homeowner in mind. 

We always love to hear feedback from our homeowners and prospective homeowners.  What size guest bedroom do you think is ideal and why?

Twittering the Day Away

At Hagood Homes we like to be on the cutting edge.  We like to keep up with what’s going on around us.  We like a big dose of reality. And so, we Tweet.  We would love for you to join us – @hagoodhomes.

Feel free to leave us a comment here with your twitter id so we can return the favor!

If you are baffled by the whole Tweeting world, leave us a comment and we’ll try to help you figure it out!  That’s what we are here for!

Preparing for 2009 Parade of Homes

Spring is in the air, and with spring in Wilmington comes the annual Parade of Homes.

Hosted by the Wilmington Cape Fear Homebuilder’s Association, this event takes place over two weekends (April 25-26 and May 2-3).  The Parade of Homes is an opportunity for the builder community to showcase their homes to the public over the two weekends.  Each entry is judged by volunteers coming from outside the area that are in the building industry.  Homes are categorized by price range and have a chance at being awarded a bronze, silver or gold awards.  Last year there were over 100 homes ranging in price from the $100,000’s to well over a million.  The homes, located from Brunswick County through New Hanover and Pender Counties were well attended.  Hagood Homes’ entries in several of their neighborhoods saw as many of 400 people through their doors.

This year’s entry for Hagood Homes is located in SaltGrass at Marsh Oaks.

The “Cordgrass” is a new plan for us in SaltGrass at Marsh Oaks.  It will feature over 2200 square feet of living space, most of which is on the first floor.  The open plan is sure to please, with the living room and back porch, as well as the master suite overlooking the nature conserve that is beyond the back yard of the home.  This home will be available for sale and priced at just $400,000. 

Marsh Oaks is Wilmington’s premier uptown neighborhood featuring a bounty of amenities such as a neighborhood pool, clubhouse, tennis courts and playground.  The close knit community enjoys a private neighborhood website, an informative newsletter, and many groups and clubs in which homeowners can be involved.

Please plan on joining us at this year’s Parade of Homes.  Mention this post and receive a keepsake, courtesy of Hagood Homes.

Southern Oaks, a street for dreams…

When a neighborhood is perfectly planned, down to every last detail, it looks like Southern Oaks.  Allow us to accentuate some of those details for you.

Before the first home was built, the Hagood Homes team got together and planned each home to fit perfectly on each homesite.    Southern Oaks, with it’s location near Bradley Creek in Wilmington, North Carolina, called for an exterior color pallette that fits it’s coastal lifestyle.  Each exterior color and accent color was chosen to blend perfectly when the neighborhood was complete.

The exterior features, such as the metal roofs, exposed rafters and exterior window trim are reminiscent of coastal cottages from classic American architecture.

Each of the floorplans were designed with the homeowner in mind.  Open living spaces, well thought out kitchens, perfectly sized bedrooms are themes in each of the six floorplans.  Each of the homes offer outside living in their front and rear porches, another reflection of the lifestyle one enjoys in Wilmington, North Carolina.  Neighbors are invited to gather on the wide front porches or stroll along the side walk.  Homes are accentuated by landscaping inside their quaint picket fences.  Even the picket fences are individually designed.

Homeowners in the neighborhood have delighted in choosing interior features to customize their home.  From the hardwood floors, to the tile baths to the kitchens adorned with granite and tile backsplashes, each were chosen from the Hagood Home design center.

There are not many opportunities remaining to call a new home in Southern Oaks yours.  Only one home, the model at 616 Woodland Forest Drive is ready to move into.  Another home will be ready in just a few months. Feel free to stop by our model and tour the home for yourself.  Find out why so many others have decided to make the dream in Southern Oaks come true.

Call Shirley Fowler at 910.620.7198 to set your appointment.  Model Home is open 11-5 daily except Sundays.

$8,000 + $10,000 = an opportunity not to be missed!

There may never be a better time to stop paying rent and own your own home and Hagood Homes is sweetening the pot!

If you are a first time buyer who is renting,  it can equal big savings in a Hagood Home townhome in Three Oaks at Magnolia Greens.  The recent stimulus package offers an $8,000 tax credit for first time homebuyers if you purchase a home between January 1, 2009 and December 1, 2009.  In addition to the $8,000, Hagood Homes is offering a discount of $10,000 (or 5% of the purchase price) to buyers who are currently renting.

Three Oaks townhomes offer low maintenance living, ideal for the first time homebuyer.  The open floorplan with the volume ceilings are up to par with the chic style you may be looking for as a first time buyer and with the option of two or three bedrooms you can match your home to your needs.   The amenities offered at Magnolia Greens, along with the convenient location to downtown Wilmington help to complete the package!

Visit  the Magnolia Greens sales & information center, open daily, and ask to see our decorated model today!  Check out the virtual media!

New Model in SaltGrass at Marsh Oaks

It’s been months since Hagood Homes had a model available in SaltGrass at Marsh Oaks, the last one having been sold before the holidays.  Last week we moved into our new model home located at 647 Belhaven Drive.  The reviews from the public so far have been outstanding!  Everyone has enjoyed the soothing, coastal colors.  The plan, the Sea Lavender, has been a favorite of the buyers in SaltGrass, so much so that we only have one more opportunity to build the home.  The plan lends itself to enjoying friends and family at home, with it’s open layout.  The model home is situated on a wonderfully wooded homesite adjacent to the nature conserve.  From the living room and the screened porch beyond, the future homeowner has awe-inspiring views of the pond.  Sitings of the local deer have already occured.  Be sure to come and visit the model open 6 days a week from 11-5!