From 12 noon to 3 p.m. you can tour our last 4 available inventory homes with varying floor plans. Meet the neighbors, enjoy some food and check out our 4 remaining home sites.

Of course there will be fun games and free prizes in our raffles to go along with the food and new homes! Take a turn in the money machine where you can not only grab cash but also closing costs and even valuable upgrades for your new Essex Home!

We hope to see you at Hucks Landing on Saturday! For more information check out the Hucks Landing community page on our web site.

Directions To Hucks Landing:
From Uptown Charlotte take I – 77 N to Exit 18. Go Right on W.T. Harris Blvd. for approximately 3 miles turn Left on West Sugar Creek Road. Proceed approximately 2 miles turn Left on Hucks Road. Go approximately .6 of a mile turn Right into Huck’s Landing (across from Croft Community School).

WHERE: Magnolia Point Model Home (Get directions here)
WHEN: Sunday 9/11/11
TIME: 2pm – til the ice cream’s gone!
RSVP: Dana Jones at (803) 513-4488 or email

Bring a chair and your favorite ice cream topping to share!

Magnolia Point is one of our new home communities in Irmo, SC located just minutes from Lake Murray off of Lake Murray Boulevard and Weed Drive. One and two-story floor plans are available with several new homes currently under construction! Come see our decorated model and talk to our site agent Dana Jones about your new home at Magnolia Point!

Gamecocks fans have you heard about the 100K Pigskin Payday by Essex Homes? You could win $100,000 CASH by entering our drawing, here’s how:

1) Visit any Essex Model Home to Register

Or sign-up online at www.essexhomes.net/100k. Your chances of winning double by registering at one of our model homes so swing by one of our communities around Columbia SC or Charlotte, NC and talk to our agent about entering the drawing!

THE DEADLINE EACH WEEK IS WEDNESDAY MORNING SO BE SURE TO GET YOUR SCORE IN ON TIME

2) Guess the final score of any Gamecock football game this season
Here is the complete 2011 South Carolina Gamecocks Football schedule:

3) Your name is entered into the drawing and if your name is selected and you guessed the correct score, YOU WIN!

If your name is drawn you automatically win a tailgate package even if your score guess is not correct. Tailgate package thanks to Jewelry Warehouse & Rush’s!

For more information and to see a full list of rules go to our website http://essexhomes.net/100kqr.cfm. We wish you lucky guessing.. GO GAMECOCKS!!

The Tour of Homes is an event we look forward to every year.. Many different builders and developers other than ourselves will participate with six featured new home communities and 44 new homes. This offers a wide range of home prices, custom floor plans and special features for you to explore and find the perfect fit for you!

Copies of the Tour of Homes Plan Book will be available beginning September 17 and during the event at any Columbia-area Russell & Jeffcoat Real Estate office or at any Featured Community.

Stay tuned for more information throughout the Tour of Homes by following us on Twitter @EssexHomesSE and looking for #tourcolumbia.

Essex Homes has added real estate agent Melita Heyward to our team at Allans Mill, one of our Premier communities located in North East Columbia.

Melita brings with her 4 years of new construction experience. Our site agent for Allans Mill, Samantha Taylor says she’s excited to have her as part of her team! Melita will be working Wednesdays and Fridays at Allans Mill, contact her today to talk about our available homes for sale at her new community! (803) 767-8960 or email her!

Be involved from start to finish in the building process of your dream home on these .50 acre, cul-de-sac lots! Enjoy easy access to all the new Wesley Chapel shopping and dining as well as lower Union County taxes and award winning schools.

When we say this is a Grand Opening, we mean this new home community is brand new.. not even on our web site yet! Contact our agent Jenn Weldon at (704) 616-7315 or jweldon@essexhomes.net for more information, and hurry… These impressive lots won’t last long!

This party is hosted by Allans Mill site agent, Samantha M. Taylor. Please RSVP to Samantha ASAP at (803) 477-0474. To get to Allans Mill take I-20 or I-77 to Alpine Road exit, Alpine to left @ Old Percival (blinking yellow light), Subdivision will be on the left!

While at the party the doors will be open to all Essex Homes inventory homes so that they can be toured! Here are the new homes we have available at Allans Mill:

MLS #283934
$119,900
239 SORREL TREE, Columbia, 29223
3 bedrooms / 2 baths / 1,300 sq. ft.

MLS #277963
$109,900
174 KINGSTON RIDGE, Columbia, 29209
3 bedrooms / 2½ baths / 1,270 sq. ft.

MLS #277965
$109,900
22 SPARTA, Columbia, 29061
3 bedrooms / 2 baths / 1,251 sq. ft.

MLS #283784
$166,400
235 SORREL TREE, Columbia, 29223
4 bedrooms / 2½ baths / 2,575 sq. ft.

Lot 17 – The Lexington A
129 Hickory Knob Court | Price: $268,810
4020+/– square feet | 5 bedrooms | 3.0 baths
The first floor features a formal living AND formal dining room and a bedroom and full bath. The large family room has a gas fireplace and beautiful coffered ceiling. The kitchen is very spacious and features a bar as well as an eat in breakfast area and butlers pantry off the dining room. Don’t miss the HUGE laundry room area right off the kitchen!

The second floor has a truly impressive Owner’s Suite with a large sit in area and deluxe bath with double vanities, garden tub, separate shower and 2 walk in closets. There are an additional 3 bedrooms all with walk in closets and large media room or play room, depending how old your kids are! This is an all brick home with a side entry garage. There’s still time to pick the carpet and hardwood and paint color!

Lot 24 – The Katherine A
932 Indian River Drive | $286,960
5 bedrooms | 2.5 baths
This is an all brick home with side entry garage built on crawl space. The first floor features an Owner’s Suite with lovely bay windows and a deluxe bathroom with a walk in closet. There is a formal living room and dining room, large kitchen with bar, breakfast area and laundry room. The large family room has a gas fireplace and beautiful coffered ceiling.

The second floor features four good size bedrooms all with walk in closets and 2 full bathrooms. The Katherine also has a large media room or play room!

For more information about these available inventory homes contact our Indian River site agent, Barbara Ricker.

Charlotte is a great city that only gets better with every year that passes. Forbes.com names Charlotte # 8 in a list of The Next Big Boom Towns in The U.S. based on the low home prices and short commutes in this newer Southern city compared to “the persistent transportation bottlenecks that strangle the older growth hubs”. The article also notes the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport as a plus for the town.

If your thinking of calling Charlotte, NC your new home town you should look into our new home communities, many of them are just a short commute into uptown Charlotte. Essex Homes offers over 55 custom home designs in Charlotte, showcasing various features, architectural options and floor plans to fit every lifestyle and budget. Contact any of our community site agents, their information is listed on each of the neighborhood pages. Our agents can help you find the house you’re looking for in Charlotte, and if we don’t have one that’s move in ready, pick a lot and we’ll build your custom dream house from start to finish.

Lot 24, The Portsmith – 124 Lanchire Street – $152,400

• 4 bedrooms
• 2 bathrooms
beautiful stone accents
• formal dining room
• oversized family room
• eat in kichen area
• patio for entertaining
• low maintenance exterior with sprinkler system

Lot 32, The Monticello – 104 Lanchire Street – $129,990

• 3 bedrooms
• 2 bathrooms
large family room with high ceilings
• spacious owner’s suite with separate shower and garden tub, double vanity
• patio for entertaining
• low maintenance exterior with sprinkler system
• large open kitchen area

Lot 191, The Hancock – 220 Windy Hollow Drive – $143,700

• 3 bedrooms
• 2 bathrooms
• eat in kitchen area
• large owner’s suite with walk in closet separate shower and garden tub
• patio for entertaining
• low maintenance exterior with sprinkler system
• art niche’

For more information about these available new homes contact our site agent at Manchester Park Edwin Gerace at (803) 609–7653. Or come on by our model home, open Sunday and Monday 1 to 6 pm or Tuesday through Saturday 11 am to 6 pm! That way you can see all of our floor plans available for new construction and the move in ready homes at Manchester Park!

Also: Don’t forget to like Manchester Park on Facebook and see more pictures of these beautiful new homes while you’re there!