More than a house — a place to settle into. Custom-built from the ground up by a licensed builder who cared about the details, with a bright, open great room made for gathering, a kitchen ready for your own finishing touches, and a yard of mature shade trees to come home to. Room to grow, room to breathe, and room to make it your own.
A lightly edited transcript of John Clark's narrated video tour — these are the builder's own on-camera descriptions of the home.
Welcome to 132 North State Street — licensed GC John Clark here. A quick shout-out to Glenn Mira, woodshop teacher at Leesville Road High School, and to Al Rhiners — without them this wouldn't be possible. First thing to note is how high these ceilings are: ten feet, with two-by-six frame studs.
Into the kitchen: a beautiful "blue regatta" quartz countertop dotted with gold knobs and handles — meant to look like a starry night as the sun is setting. There's no backsplash and no appliances on purpose: we're offering $10,000 toward those allowances because we didn't want to make the design choices for you. The sink is a fireclay sink from Italy — one of the strongest, most durable you can buy — with the garbage disposal ready to go, plus a pantry with plenty of storage.
Through a custom Therma-Tru door into the garage. Technically one car — you could probably fit two, but don't quote me on that. It's 16 feet wide with a nine-foot-tall door, so you can pull a full-size pickup in and open the doors with no problem. We insulated the ceiling and walls, so it's fully insulated aside from the door, with 5/8" drywall throughout — the same 5/8" drywall we used through the entire house, which is meant to be about 50 percent stronger.
Out on the patio — meant to give a little privacy off the garage door — with beautiful banana plants and roughly a half acre. Both neighbors have been great; we've already agreed about putting a fence in, no problem on either side. (I'm a privacy-shrubbery guy myself, but that's your call.)
Back through the sliding glass door into the dining room and kitchen. This floor was a job to install — premium LVP, 100 percent waterproof. I laid it myself and tore it up three times to get it to hug the pantry just right. Engineered trusses run the entire house, which means there are no interior load-bearing walls — you can rearrange any of these interior walls as you see fit.
My favorite room is the laundry. Note the black hexagon tile. What started as a floor drain we built up into a mop sink, all powered by a commercial-grade hot water heater.
The first bathroom keeps the honeycomb theme, now in gray, with black epoxy grout on the walls and floors — 100 percent waterproof and easy to live with, so you never have to worry about sealing it. Epoxy grout is commercial grade — it's what restaurants use.
The master bedroom has a customizable closet. The master bath has a larger-than-normal door, a white hexagon pattern continuing the black grout, and a walk-in tub. I'm curious about the single-sink vanity — should we have done two? You let me know.
Into the main bedroom — a nice closet at the end for linens, and the largest of the three bedrooms, with a ceiling fan. Thanks to everybody involved, easily over 200 people. I hope you love what you see — stop back by and take a tour. Any questions, please reach out using the contact below.
No interior load-bearing walls — engineered trusses span the house (builder's description).
2×6 framing and 5/8" drywall (marketed as ~50% stronger). Builder's on-camera statements, not independently verified.
Navy shaker cabinets, quartz counters, brass hardware, and a slider out to the backyard.
Premium LVP flooring (manufacturer-rated waterproof).
16 ft wide with a nine-foot door — room for a full-size pickup. Insulated ceiling and walls (drywall taped, not yet painted).
An Italian fireclay sink — one of the most durable you can buy (the builder's description) — with garbage disposal and a walk-in pantry.
Commercial-grade epoxy grout in the hall bath — marketed as waterproof with no resealing, the same grout restaurants use (builder's claim).
A large laundry/utility room with a built-up mop sink and a commercial-grade water heater.
A 0.4-acre lot* with mature shade trees, banana plants, and a patio off the garage for a little privacy.
Make the kitchen yours from day one. Instead of inheriting someone else's appliances, this home is offered with a $10,000 appliance allowance — so you choose your own range, refrigerator, dishwasher, and more to fit how you cook and live.
Allowance offer is subject to change; confirm details at contract.
You're dealing directly with the licensed general contractor who built this home. That means real answers about how it was constructed, and no listing-agent markup between you and the seller. This is a home built to live in, not a quick flip.