French Creole Style Home with Acadian Influence
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Near McCullough Road lies a beautiful home in Zachary that Carroll Construction had the privilege of building just in time for a new baby on the way in summer of 2019.
This beautiful French Creole style home features clean lines and bold accents, high ceilings, striking and prominent beams, and expansive front porch with cypress posts that are typical of this style home. The living room, kitchen, and foyer have an open floor plan great for entertaining.
Add to this the outdoor kitchen and you have a space ready for formal or comfortable get-togethers.
Scope of New Construction:
Dimensions:
- Total Living Area: 2,749 SF
- Total Under Roof: 4,309 SF
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- Porches: 522 SF
- Garage/Storage: 938 SF
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Flooring
- 8x39 Wood Look tile in the bedrooms, kitchen, living room, pantry, foyer, and office
- 12x24 Ceramic Tile in bathrooms, utility/mudroom
Countertops:
- All countertops are in a 3cm Willow White Quartz
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Kitchen:
- Appliance package in the kitchen included Frigidaire Professional Series 30” double wall oven, 36” gas cooktop with pot-filler, built in 30” microwave, 19 cu ft all fridge/freezer unit, and 24” dishwasher
- Shaker style painted maple cabinets with bold black hardware as well as the doors in the kitchen upgraded to solid wood
- Specialty features with the cabinets included a trash pull out, soft close doors and drawers, and fully concealed hinges.
- Quartz covered island and large single bowl insulated sink in the kitchen gives great space for food prep and easier cleaning
Exterior Features:
- Outdoor kitchen with a 36” grill and compact fridge, brick cabinet and quartz countertop
- Cypress posts on the front porch and carport with beautiful painted Nordic Spruce bead board ceilings
- Upgraded post-tension foundation
- Custom stain grade fiberglass door for greater energy efficiency with beautiful sidelites keeping the energy efficiency with low-e glass
- Upgraded R-15 Rockwool insulation at the exterior walls gives greater energy efficiency
- Generator pad, wiring, and connections prepared for a future 30 KW generator
- Equipped with 2 energy efficient air conditioning and heater units graded as 16 SEER units
Special Features:
- 36” Electric fireplace placed one foot off the floor with a painted brick surround
- CAT6 wiring available for the surround sound system located in an A/V Closet and Security Camera System
- Tavern hall brick exterior
- Living room, foyer, kitchen and dining room openings have beautiful stained engineered hollow box beams for the fireplace mantel and on the ceiling connecting all the rooms
- Solid wood doors were installed in the master bedroom for acoustics and 6 panel Masonite doors for all other rooms
- Harvard Slate Architectural Shingle Roof
Custom tiled master shower with frameless shower door in the master bath and custom tub/shower combo in the guest bath - The other two bathrooms in the home have all-in-one showers
- All the mirrors in the bathrooms are framed with stately wood frames
Article by Robert Carroll
Robert is a NAHB Certified Graduate Builder with Carroll Construction. Robert joined the team in 2007 after graduating from L.S.U. with a degree in Construction Management. Now as Chief Operating Officer, Robert Carroll is extremely active in the local builder community, a leader in the LHBA, and is an avid supporter of charity and community causes inside the Greater Baton Rouge area.
