Custom Home Complete in Daniel Island Park

As always, we are excited to welcome a new family into our Structures family of Homeowners, and this month, Daniel Island Park gains a new neighbor too!  This beautiful custom home was designed by the talented architects at Flatfish Island Designs with 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, and a finished apartment suite above the garage.  The home takes advantage of an excellent golf course location with lovely views from spacious porches - including a back porch with a cozy, custom fireplace. 

Take a look inside this most recent custom home below, and then visit our website to view our full portfolio of homes!

Best of Houzz 2015 for Design

The votes are in from the Houzz community, and Structures has been given the honor of Best of Houzz 2015 for Design!  Houzz is a design website for those looking to collect great custom building or remodeling ideas, fun interior details, inspiring architecture and so much more.  We are thrilled to be selected in the Design category this year (check out details about our 2014 win, too), which means photos of our custom homes were some of the most popular among the 25 million monthly users on Houzz!  Read the official Houzz press release for more details about the award, and while you're there - visit the Structures Profile!

Charleston Restaurant Week!

If you've been following our blog for a while, you know that Charleston Restaurant Week (January 7th - 18th) is one of our favorite Lowcountry offerings!  And this year is no exception - the list of incredible culinary options has grown tremendously with several new restaurants opening in Downtown Charleston recently.  Not all of the options are downtown, though.  There are several restaurants in West Ashely, Daniel Island, Kiawah Island, and more.  Restaurant Week deals offer several courses at outstanding restaurants for various reduced price points.  Included this year, too, are great budget friendly lunch options as well!  (Three meats, two sides, and a dessert for $19 at Swig and Swine...yes, please!)

With so many fantastic choices - you really can't go wrong.  But my personal pick (since you asked...) would be the coziest cocktail bar with an old-fashioned feel - The Gin Joint.  Featured in Garden & Gun magazine as one of the 50 best Southern bars, The Gin Joint is locally owned by Joe and MariElena Raya, and will be offering $10 cocktail + food pairings for Restaurant Week.  Check out their menu HERE and enjoy this week!   

Giving Back This Thanksgiving

It's official -the holidays are here!  As we approach the season this year, especially this week of Thanksgiving, we'd like to pause to say how truly thankful we are for all that we have.  It is an incredible blessing to live in this amazing city and work with the BEST clients, subcontractors, and suppliers around.  And it is a privilege to be surrounded by this talented, top-notch team here at Structures.  We have much to be thankful for!

In that spirit of gratitude, the Structure team decided to give a little something back to our community this season.  Led and hosted by Designer Kathryn Elliott, we pooled some resources and spent Saturday afternoon together assembling care packages for One80 Place, a local non-profit organization.  One80 Place serves the Charleston community by providing shelter and food as well as health care, education, legal, and counseling services to help end homelessness.  They have two facilities, one in downtown Charleston and one in Summerville, and they provide shelter each night for approximately 155 people.
 

 Soap, Deodorant, Toothbrushes & Toothpaste, Combs
Ready for packing up for donation!

Listening to statistics on homelessness in Charleston

Seeing the quality services and impact One80 Place has in our community, we jumped at the chance to help out!  The whole Structures family - including spouses and little ones - gathered to assemble bags filled with a few basic essentials that we'll deliver to One80 Place.  They will then be distributed to men and women who stay in their shelters. 

 

We had a great time serving together, and we are grateful for an opportunity to help our community in this small way.  We would encourage you to check out One80 Place if you are interested in making donations or volunteering! 

And the Customer Service Award Goes to...

We are thrilled to announce that Structures was a big winner at the Charleston Home Builders Association's 2014 PRISM Awards!  We were honored to receive the coveted Excellence in Customer Service Award given each year to the builder who exemplifies extraordinary customer service during their build process.  The best part of this award is that it is based on ratings and reviews from our clients themselves using GuildQuality, a third party surveying company.  GuildQuality gathers survey responses from each of our clients after they have moved into their custom home.  We are SO thankful for our wonderful clients and proud to give them the best building experience around!

Design Manager, Deborah Way & Owner, Steve Kendrick and 

Project Manager Chris Hulsey (not pictured) representing the Structures team at the ceremony!

In addition to bringing home the Customer Service Award, Structures also received a PRISM award for Best Single Family Home in its price range for an incredible DesignBuild project in Daniel Island Park.  This custom home was designed by Beau Clowney Architects and Project Manager, Dave Hargis and Design Manager, Deborah Way helped the home come together to perfectly suit the clients needs.  It is an honor to be recognized for this beautiful custom home. 

Owner Steve Kendrick receiving the Customer Service Award!

 

The PRISM Awards are held annually at the American Theater in downtown Charleston and recognize excellence in real estate and home building in our great community!

(Photos courtesy of Charleston Home + Design / Patrick Brickman)

Park Day on Daniel Island

Structures is very excited to be a participating sponsor of Daniel Island's annual Park Day this Saturday, November 1st from 11-4 PM!  Park Day is a fun, family-friendly, outdoor Fall festival that supports several Lowcountry non-profit organizations (see the full list HERE.)  In addition to visiting the Structures Building Company booth, you can also check out live entertainment, a Food Truck Rodeo, a small petting zoo, face painting, a climbing wall and so much more!  There is something for everyone in your family, and we'd love to see you there!  Admission to Park Day is FREE, and proceeds from activity costs will support local charities.  For all of the details, including a map of the day's food vendors and activities - check out the Park Day website.

Charleston Style & Design Fall Feature!

Be sure and pick up the Fall issue of Charleston Style & Design to check out one of our recently completed homes!  The magazine recently photographed and featured this incredible custom home situated on the Wando River on Daniel Island.  The 4 bedroom, 3 1/2 bathroom home was designed by Clarke Design Group and offers amazing deep water views and the perfect open floor plan for entertaining guests.  

We simply love this home (and the wonderful homeowners!), and we hope all the readers of Style & Design will too!  View the full portfolio on our website - all photography by Holger Obenaus. 

Find the article, "Riverside Living" on page 311.