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Essex Homes Opens New Model Home at Larkin Woods

Carolina builder showcases innovative floor plan at Lexington community

Essex Homes is pleased to announce that its professionally decorated model home is now open at Larkin Woods, a new home community in Lexington, South Carolina. Showcasing the spacious Springfield plan, named the Best Product Design in its class at the SMC REGAL Awards, the model home offers a private escape for each family member, as well as plenty of open gathering space.

The Springfield model, a five bedroom and four bathroom home, showcases a large kitchen with stainless steel appliances, marble countertops, tile backsplash and large island, and it is open to the breakfast area and living room with a coffered ceiling and stacked-stone fireplace. Also included on the first floor are a guest suite with a full bath, formal living room, formal dining room, powder room, two-car side-entry garage and a rear patio with a fire pit.

The second story of the Springfield model home features the stunning master suite, complete with a sitting area and his-and-hers walk-in closets. Homeowners will enjoy a huge spa-like bath that has a double vanity with marble countertops, a dressing area, separate garden tub and a marble-surround shower with bench seating. Also found on the second story are three secondary bedrooms that share a hall bathroom, the laundry room and a family playroom.

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Prospective home buyers are invited to visit the Springfield model home Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Sunday from 1 until 6 p.m.

Located off of Mineral Springs Road near I-20, Larkin Woods will have just 65 all-brick homes priced from the low-$200,000s. Offering nine unique home plans, buyers can select from options that include three to six bedrooms and 2,400 to more than 4,000 square feet of living space.

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Larkin Woods is located in the award-winning Lexington School District One, meaning children will attend Meadow Glen Elementary, Meadow Glen Middle and River Bluff High schools. Only in the second year of existence, these schools have already begun to receive awards and titles for everything from academics to athletics.

Homeowners at Larkin Woods enjoy a prime location just minutes from downtown Lexington, downtown Columbia, Columbia Metropolitan Airport and Lexington Medical Center, as well as a variety of dining and shopping destinations. In addition, I-20, I-26 and Highway 378 are all nearby.

To learn more about the new Springfield model home or the Larkin Woods community, contact Essex Homes by calling 803-518-3638 or visiting www.EssexHomes.net.

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