On the west side of Redwine

Road five miles south of Fayetteville, the 630-acre

Highgrove development is across the road from WhiteWater

Country Club with its 18-hole Arnold Palmer-designed

championship golf course. The Highgrove property is

adjacent to the southeastern city limits of Peachtree

City.

Kingston Hill Development

Company is owned by Scott and Jennifer Barnett and Joel

Cowan Jr., the son-in-law, daughter and son of Joel H.

Cowan Sr., the original developer of Peachtree City who

also developed Palmetto Dunes Resort on Hilton Head

Island and Phipps Plaza in Atlanta.

The Highgrove planned unit

development, begun in 1996, will ultimately have

approximately 300 homes, priced from $300,000 and is

currently entering the fifth and sixth of nine phases.

With the initial four phases complete, there have been 55

new home sales in the community with home buyer interest

in the community accelerating rapidly in recent months.

Each Highgrove home is

built containing elements of design from small Southern

towns and farm houses of the past or from historic cities

such as Savannah and Charleston. This general theme of

charm and casual elegance is carried throughout the

community.

Five-foot sidewalks, with

green space between the paved walkway and the street, and

street lights along the tree-lined roadways create an

eye-appealing streetscape and provide a

pedestrian-friendly neighborhood. The developer has added

to the beauty of the development by planting a Sunset red

maple tree at least every 75 feet.

Home sites are a minimum of

one acre in size, and the homes are close to the sidewalk

and street. Many homes have picket fences, front walks

and large front porches, encouraging interaction with

friends and neighbors. An open flame gas lantern adorns

every front yard, and homeowners are encouraged to use

indigenous plants such as Southern Magnolias, wisteria

and American boxwood in their landscaping.

Other features found at

many Highgrove homes include outdoor liveable spaces such

as breezeways and conversation gardens with benches, and

the large backyards provide private space for homeowners.

Interiors of the homes

offer open and flowing designs and features more suited

to today's life-styles.

Highgrove home buyers have

the flexibility to choose their own custom plans and home

sites and from any of the seven approved builders. The

builder team is composed of well known and award-winning

local companies, including Arbor Construction, Bob Dixon

and Associates, Chris Parrott Homes, Darryl Graves

Builders, Jordan Homes, Regency Homes and Trademark

Builders. This group includes two past presidents of the

Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia and several

past "Home Builders of the Year" from that

organization.

The community has more than

89 acres of natural areas, parks and recreation area,

including the private clubhouse, a reproduction of

"Edgemont," a Virginia plantation home built in

1976. Influenced by Thomas Jefferson's style of

architecture, the "Meeting House" is tucked in

among the old pecan trees where the Redwine home place

once stood.

The clubhouse area will

contain a swimming pool, four lighted tennis courts,

playground, multipurpose athletic field and basketball.

Highgrove will have three other parks in the community,

complete with gazebos, benches and play areas, and there

will be nature trails and natural areas.

Residents of Highgrove have

easy access to the shopping districts, entertainment

opportunities, medical facilities and churches in

Fayetteville and Peachtree City area and to Atlanta's

Hartsfield International Airport. The community is served

the state's best public schools. The system's schools

directly serving Highgrove are the new Peeple's

Elementary, Rising Star Middle and Starr's Mill High

schools.

In addition, several highly

rated private schools are within short driving distance.

For information about

Highgrove and the upcoming Tour of Homes, phone

770-719-2939. Highgrove marketing team members are Brenda

Matthews and Mary Ermer of Re/Max Results.

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