Your home is your sanctuary. At Beechwood Carolinas, we consider your health and wellbeing in every aspect of our homes and communities. Your home gym or spa, outdoor living spaces and even your filtration systems are given as much thought and consideration in the planning process as your kitchen and bathrooms. Air, light, water, comfort and sound are integral features of our home design.

From the beginning of the design process, we consider what features truly make a difference in health and well-being. From carefully designing every room for the best natural lighting and offering more energy-efficient windows to selecting in-house air quality systems and water filtration rough-ins. Every aspect of your home, whether visible or integrated, is designed with your well-being in mind.

In our luxury home collection, we offer floor plans with flexibility. Finished bonus rooms and extra bedrooms give you the freedom of a dedicated work-from-home office or homeschool classroom. Create a yoga studio or meditation cave to center your body and mind. Our innovative and spacious bathrooms allow you to create the perfect at-home spa experience. The bonus garage on The Magnolia floor plan is the perfect space for a private at-home gym, so you don’t disturb the rest of your household with your guilty pleasure workout playlist.

At Beechwood Carolinas, we put thoughtful care into our land planning in order to surround our residents with the grounding presence of nature. If you select a meadow or wooded lot in one of our Union County communities you have gorgeous community green space with easy access to local parks and nature trails. Our Lake Norman community offers waterfront or water view homes with access to over 30 acres of carefully preserved natural land with walking trails and parks.

Our thoughtful planning for your wellbeing goes beyond just our homes. Homeownership at our Broadmoor at Marvin community includes social membership at the renowned Firethorne Country Club. This allows you to extend your lifestyle with world-class golf, tennis, swimming and an array of amenities and services.

Check out our communities in your area to find the perfect home for your sanctuary.

Your Beechwood Carolinas home is available with choices that are good for you and the world around you. Environmentally friendly and resilient building materials along with an array of energy-efficient systems, fixtures and appliances are part of the many ways you can customize your new home. Let’s take a look at key elements that our team values when designing your home.

Eco-Friendly Systems

As a buyer, you want a home that exemplifies efficiency and sustainability. We want to empower those choices by offering eco-friendly systems in each home we build. These are not one-size-fits-all, so we take the time to tailor each system for that space. With that in mind, scalability is a characteristic to look for when exploring various options. Examples that fit the bill and are considered when Beechwood designs each home and its corresponding features include: an electronic air scrubber with UV lights, Low-E windows, and walls with an exterior weather barrier. Each home is also HERS Rated, which meets the industry standard for measuring a home’s energy efficiency.

Functional Fixtures and Appliances

The interior design of the home presents not only the opportunity to create a beautiful space, but also to expand on its energy efficiency. Daily habits such as flipping a light switch on and off or turning on an overhead fan can even become more sustainable with the right fixtures and appliances in place. A high-efficiency furnace, gas fireplace with gas high-definition logs, and other features such as LED lighting fixtures can be more beneficial than alternative options a buyer may have utilized in a previous home. With every community of homes our team designs, we extensively research the products that are placed in each space and continue to look toward the future as new products are constantly coming to market. That way, you can rest assured that the fixtures and appliances we’ve chosen are ready to meet your lifestyle, values and standards.

At Beechwood Carolinas, sustainability and energy efficiency go hand-in-hand when designing and constructing our homes. We want you to feel good about and proud of the space you live in. From eco-friendly systems to efficient fixtures and appliances, a home should reflect what the buyer and the industry as a whole values in today’s home building market.

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Whether at home or away, today’s options for security and home management mean your home is a safe haven. Top-of-the-line security features and smart home technology are important to the Beechwood Carolinas team, so each home built is designed with those elements in mind. As the home building industry evolves, so do the expectations of buyers, so developers must take that into consideration year-over-year.

Not only do home builders find new, innovative ways to design homes, but the vendors they partner with continue to improve their products with features that can really set a home apart. When exploring security assets, key boxes we check, specifically for single-family homes, include: a security system monitor with exterior door glass break alert, security cameras at the garage, and video doorbells at the front door.

Smart technology has grown in popularity over the years, and it’s hard to find someone who doesn’t appreciate the convenience that smart living features bring to the home. Components that are incorporated into the design process, such as a USB charging system in the kitchen, under cabinet lighting and under cabinet mounted outlets, create a seamless space with modern touches. Energy efficient elements, including Low-E windows or a HERS Rating, complement those features that ultimately save the homeowner money and support a more eco-friendly lifestyle.

While some features are simply a plus, many buyers have non-negotiables that fall within the security and smart home category, and if a home doesn’t have one of those items, it at minimum needs to come with the capability to make those additions down the road. For example, a new build may not be sold with an electric car charging station, solar panels or a backup generator, but a high-quality builder that values smart home living will incorporate a rough in so the buyer can add those capabilities if desired.

State-of-the-art technology and appliance solutions are available to simplify each buyer’s life and give them peace of mind. We aim to meet our buyers’ needs and desires to fit their lifestyle and protect what’s important to their everyday routines. A home is way more than a place to sleep at night, and we want each one to feel elevated.

As we continue to build exceptional homes in the Carolinas, we’ll keep up with the changing trends and find ways to provide even more value for our homeowners.

If you are interested in building a home with Beechwood Carolinas, please contact us today. We would love to help turn your dreams into reality!

After the Obey Creek development failed to find retailers to fill its mixed-use project, a new development may be slated to take its place. The South Creek development is proposing more than six hundred townhomes and condos in the space across from Southern Village.

The South Creek development by the New York based developer Beechwood Organization is proposing 650 units of housing on 40 acres of land with an additional 80 acres preserved for greenspace. The space will also be accompanied by 42,000 square feet of commercial and retail space.

A rendering of the townhomes proposed by the developer. Early concept plans of South Creek plan for 103 townhomes and 546 condos (Photo via Beechwood Organization).

The project aims to fill in the “missing middle” housing gap in Chapel Hill with a mix of townhomes and condos. Housing consultants have told the town it needs to grow by roughly 485 homes each year to meet the rising demand.

Following years of negotiations and approval by the town, East West Partners, the original developers of Obey Creek, said their mixed-use project would not be built because demand for office and retail space has decreased since its original approval in 2015.

Earlier this month the Chapel Hill Community Design Commission reviewed concept plans of the project. While no formal action was taken at the meeting, the commission provided the developer with feedback before they submit the final application to the town.

John Oxenfeld is the primary architect on the project. He said the design for South Creek was based on the culture of Chapel Hill.

“It’s really influenced by our vision for what South Creek is, which is deeply influenced by the areas agrarian roots, the natural landscape, the dynamic community, the proximity to the hospital and the university,” Oxenfeld said. “It’s our goal to make a place that celebrates all these unique qualities.”

Beechwood’s concept plan show three-story townhouses and four- to seven-story condo buildings. Shorter buildings would be near the highway, with taller buildings further down the hill. Oxenfeld said the goal was to create seamless interactions between the site and Wilson Creek, which is adjacent to the property.

Concept plans for South Creek show 40 acres for housing and 80 acres preserved for greenspace. The buildings range from three to seven stories depending on topography (Photo via Beechwood Organization).

The site is also adjacent to the U.S. 15-501 South highway. Lee Bowman, the development consultant on the project, said he believes this is an important project because of its proximity to Southern Village.

“We understand, and don’t take lightly, this opportunity we have,” Bowman said. “This is the gateway from the southern side of Chapel Hill into town. As we are looking at that concept, it has been in our mind as well as how traffic interacts with the project site.”

Before that gateway can be created, however, the design commission is calling for improved pedestrian safety so people can safely cross the highway. Commission member Susan Lyons said the current plans do not accommodate residents who want to walk across the street to Southern Village for shopping or recreation because of the existing highway.

“The transition to 15-501, which is a highway,” Lyons said. “It’s an interstate highway, and I think recognizing we have houses facing that is going to be significant.”

A rendering of the proposed retail in South Creek. Concept plans say there will be about 42,000 square feet of commercial and retail space on the site across from Southern Village (Photo via Beechwood Organization).

Lyons said it would be a shame to have this new development force people to get in their cars to cross the street. She also said she was concerned about the price of the buildings.

“I have a hard time seeing how you’re going to meet a price point that leaves this in the missing middle,” Lyons said.  “With the materials that you have, the grading issues and the quality and look of those buildings. I hope you can because this is what a project should look like.”

Despite these concerns, Bowman said he and the Beechwood team remain committed to providing multifamily housing in a walkable community.

“Our goal with all of our housing here is to hit that missing middle within the town and frankly, the nation at large for the need for more middle market housing,” Bowman said. “The ability to leverage the BRT, and UNC hospitals, and the university only a mile or two away, we really envision a transit-friendly development that can provide quick, non-car commutes up to those job centers at UNC and the hospitals.”

The concept plans will go through revisions and town staff before being voted on by the Chapel Hill Town Council. The council would have to terminate the Obey Creek development agreement before negotiating a new permit for Beechwood.

Original article from Chapelboro.com

Author: Benjamin Rappaport