Since their debut in Coastal Living as its Cottage Retreat Idea House in September 2005, the Cassique Garden Cottages have received local and national exposure. They are now garnering award recognition as well, winning a Pinnacle Award for high standards in craftsmanship in homebuilding by the Home Builders Association of South Carolina.
Each year, the Home Builders Association of South Carolina awards a Pinnacle Award to homes in eight categories. The Cassique Garden Cottage won the category for the price range of $2 million to $4.99 million homes.
Along with winning the award, the Cassique Garden Cottages will be featured in the Home Builders Association of South Carolina's official magazine, Palmetto Home. Palmetto Home Magazine serves to promote South Carolina's homes of excellence and highlight efforts to not only build a dream home, but to showcase communities where exemplary homes are built.
Kiawah Development Partners (KDP) assembled a talented team of architects and interior designers to assist with the project. The design team - KDP's chief architect John Haley, Atlanta-based architectural firm Norman Davenport Askins, Charleston architectural firm McKellar & Associates, and Atlanta-based designer Jacquelynne P. Lanham - developed a single level floor plan designed around a central courtyard, placing nature at the focal point of each home. Nature lovers and privacy seekers enjoy The Garden Cottages for their sure sense of authentic materials, their superb craftsmenship, elegant appointments, and master suites as generous as they are comfortable.
Simonini Builders, widely recognized as one of the nation's premier luxury custom homebuilders, managed the construction of the Cassique Garden Cottages.
The architecture of The Garden Cottages embraces the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement of a century ago, offering an exceptional mix of English country styling and Charleston's historic preference for gardens. In each home, as many rooms as possible open onto and connect with the courtyard garden.
High ceilings and dramatic tall windows add manor house proportions to intimate surroundings.
For more information on the Cassique Garden Cottages, contact Kiawah Island Real Estate at (843) 768-3400.