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age Aiken, broker/owner of Page Aiken Partners Real Estate, has three examples of the potential beach cottages
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have for retaining their inherent charm while keeping up with contemporary requirements. The first, at 115 Florence St.,
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in the King City neighborhood, features a 1930s dwelling. The second, the home of
“Susie’s beach cottage passion began (when
Susie and John Julian, is another 1930s
she was) a child with fond memories of family
beach cottage at 1121 Ocean Blvd., and the
beach vacations and a love of St. Simons was
third is the a stately oceanfront estate at
further inspired by the writings of Eugenia Price,”
103 Frazier, also in King City.
said Aiken. Sunny Brook Cottage is the ultimate
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beach cottage, and filled with Susie’s personality, he said. Aiken said the renovations were extensive and included refinished hardwood floors, exposed beams, tongue-and-groove ceilings, quartz countertops, a full chef’s kitchen and fully refinished bathrooms. Sunny Brook Cottage has 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, and a swimming pool and is directly across from the beach access at Myrtle Street. “(It is) everything you would dream of having in the ideal St. Simons Beach Cottage,” Aiken said. “(The renovations) give the Sunny Brook Cottage a unique blend of historic finishes with modern amenities.”
103 Frazier St. | St. Simons Island
This beach cottage can be found at the
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corner of Butler Ave and Florence Street in
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the King City neighborhood and steps from
4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 4,389 sq. ft.
the Pier and the Atlantic Ocean. This historic 1930s beach cottage was added to and reimagined in 2004, combining the historic Palmetto Cottage, a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom beach cottage featuring a large screened-in porch with the 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom Tree
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When Franklin Aiken built his oceanfront home in 1927, in King City, he used lumber from a lumber mill he owned. “He built 103 Frazier Street, ‘Sea Marge,’ using on the best cuts of indigenous quality hard oaks for beams, framing and floors,” Aiken said. When Joy Corti and her husband purchased the home in 2015, Brent Anderson, a local builder, invited Aiken to tour the renovation. “He pointed out how my great-grandfather Franklin Aiken had used the best quality materials, evidenced by the craftsmanship and how well the wood had maintained its integrity over the years.” Aiken later toured the home, post-renovations, with Joy Corti who shared how their renovation modernized the home by opening up rooms, and in some instances, raising the ceiling height where there was attic space above. Mrs. Corti also added a new chef’s kitchen by expanding the old kitchen into an older, unusable TV room, and expanding the footprint to accommodate new gas appliances, center island seating with quartz countertops, finely crafted soft cabinetry and completely upgraded electrical and plumbing systems, along with bathrooms. “In all this was a major renovation, and both she and Brent highlighted where they sought to compliment the original structure in every way possible,” he said.
Required renovations: At this beach cottage, screened-in porches and kitchens are the most renovated areas. “Prior to … air conditioning, beach cottages were designed with multiple porches to capture air flow of cool ocean breezes in the heat of the summer,” Aiken explained. “Over the years, it has been convenient to turn these areas into
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much-needed additional living space.” In the older beach cottages, he explained, kitchens were typically placed apart from living space and often at the rear of the home. “Modernizing and opening the kitchen to the main living areas has been the most common challenge to a beach cottage renovation,” he said.
Retaining the charm: Aiken advises looking for elements that may have been masked during previous renovations. “Past renovations have covered up original tongue-and-groove paneling,” he said.
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