While Florida may seem very far away to many of us here on the Washington coast, a beach town called Seaside in Florida was one of the primary inspirations for Seabrook, WA!

Casey Roloff, Town Founder of Seabrook, explains, “I fell in love with Seaside and I am excited to build a town here in Washington with many of the same elements that sets Seaside apart from other development.” Although the architecture may differ between the two towns, both Seaside and Seabrook share quite a few similarities:

• Seaside’s town plan was created using 80 acres and Seabrook’s plan was made using 88 acres.
• Both beach towns are located on previously overlooked stretches of coastline.
• Seabrook and Seaside were designed to ensure a resident’s primary needs are located within a 5-minute walk of the town center.
• The retail center of each town was designed to be the heart of the community.
• A variety of pedestrian and bicycle friendly routes were created to encourage walking and bicycling as the primary modes of transportation.
• Charming regional towns like Seaside, OR, Cannon Beach, OR, and Carmel, CA,  influenced home design codes and architectural guidelines in each town.
• Small cottages, large family beach houses, and homes of every size and shape exist to provide something for everyone.
• Seaside and Seabrook have held property values better than any other town on their respective coastlines.
• Both Seaside’s and Seabrook’s Town Founders live in the towns they worked to create.

Like Seabrook, “It was never about selling real estate,” says Robert Davis, Seaside’s Town Founder. “It was more about selling an idea of how people can best live side-by-side in a community.”

“Seaside grabbed the imagination, not to mention the emotional heart strings of homebuyers who wanted to be a part of the Davis’ vision of Serendipity on the Gulf.” – Robb Report, “Seaside’s 30th Anniversary Special.”

Read the full Robb Report Seaside article and learn about the other similarities between Seabrook and Seaside!

For 40 years, Earth Day has been an important day for raising people’s awareness and appreciation of our environment. Many of us think of preserving Mother Earth in our daily actions and more people are catching on the green fever that surrounds the Pacific Northwest.

Seabrook’s town design was in fact based on the belief that any sort of activity, even a real estate development, should first and foremost preserve the environment around it. Since its establishment, Seabrook has emerged as one of the leaders of sustainable development nationwide, with recognition coming from all corners of the country. We compiled a list of some of our sustainable efforts we think you will find interesting.

1. Walk-able Town Plan

From the beginning, Seabrook has been designed to provide beach lovers with easy, walkable access to all amenities one would require at the beach. Everything at Seabrook is within a 5 minute walk, and cars are stowed away nicely in garages and allies to gather some dust while you stroll around Seabrook in your flip flops. Find out more about the town master plan right here.

2. Very Low Light Pollution

Every light bulb in Seabrook is energy-efficient and every light post uses the minimum amount of wattage to save on electricity. In addition, every street light is subtly located on corners and pathways looking downwards instead of upwards. This way your view of the star struck sky from our town and the beach isn’t hindered by the lights that surround you.

3. Recycling = Less is More

Seabrook has implemented its own recycling system and every house is provided with a bin for general and glass recycling. If you walk around town, you will notice our employees and residents with reusable, ceramic or aluminum water bottles and cups; plastic water bottles are a foreign object to many at our beach town. Even our sales office will offer you water or coffee in a ceramic cup. Everything starts with the little things right?

4. Sustainable Design

One thing we can learn from the past is that traditional architecture is timeless. We have focused on this type of architecture that has stood the test of time and are creating a public beach resort for the ages.

5. Green Building

Everyone talks about green building, we actually do it. We build our homes to last hundreds of years, and we already have many homes with a LEED certification. 70% of the trees fallen on site for development are used for cedar shingles, picket fences, and landscaping features throughout Seabrook.

There are many more facets of Seabrook that make it a leader in environmentally friendly real estate developments we can dwell on further. Our sustainability pledge keeps us on course in everything we do, and we keep adding new ways in which we can preserve the beautiful nature around us and around the world.

If you have any suggestions or ideas in which you see Seabrook being more environmentally friendly, please share in the comment box below.

Happy Earth Day!

This week’s neighborhood preview features Lily Walk, Seabrook’s newest neighborhood.

Lily Walk is a unique type of neighborhood for Seabrook. Situated just east of South Alder Park, it will feature 16 homes surrounding a grass park in the middle. The views of many of the homes will look eastward towards a future organic farm. A much sought-after feature at our beach town – the pedestrian promenade – will encircle the neighborhood. In addition, multiple walking trails will be accessible just east of South Alder park, in the preserve area known as East Alder park.

Six new house plans are being introduced for this part of Seabrook: Bluebell, Primrose, Beach Daisy, Lily, Trillium, & Huckleberry. They all come in different varieties and feature one or two stories with total square footage ranging from 416-1,008 sq.ft. You can see all the details for the houses in the Lily Walk package below.

We are very excited for this new part of Seabrook and there is already a strong interest shown. Since the neighborhoods introduction two weeks ago, we have already sold 3 new beach homes. In the meantime, we have put together a package of all the Lily Walk details for you to look at your own leisure. Here is what all you can find in the PDF binder below:

• Streetscape Rendering
• 19 Home Plan Flyers
• Master Plan Illustrative
• Seabrook Lot Map

The file is pretty big and takes a bit to download, but it is surely worth the wait. To view it, just click on the file below or right-click it and save it on your computer.

Lily Walk Binder

All of the home plans are already listed on our website, so you can browse our listings for more information. As always, don’t hesitate to contact us either through the comment section below or by calling (360) 276-0099.

Starting with last week’s Beach Camp Cottage neighborhood preview, the Seabrook Blog will feature weekly updates on the fast-moving progress around Seabrook. Today, we take a quick glance at the Compass Park cottages, located South of the North Alder Cottage Court.

The four beach houses comprising this sunny Compass Park corner are an ideal mix of size, design, and location. Each Compass Park cottage is about 1,500 sq.ft. with an attached garage (a new facet of Seabrook) and natural cedar shingles. A second story walkout balcony faces South, making the front of the house one of the warmest and most desirable places to soak up the sun.

Inside, the houses welcome you through a porch to an open floor plan – this truly captures the feeling of being at the beach. Three bedrooms on the top floor circle a media/family room.

Three of the four houses have already been sold and two are currently under construction. The first homeowners are expecting to move in during the middle of March and are very excited for their beach house to be completed. And you know what? So are we!

Which part of town would you prefer, the Beach Camp Cottages or Compass Park? Let us know in the comments below, and make sure to check back next week for our oceanfront Northwest Glen neighborhood update!

As the summer is slowly progressing into its final stages, sales at Seabrook could not be moving at a faster pace! People have been visiting Seabrook’s Sales Office in record numbers which has led to a big wave of sales!

Click on the image below to see the full list of sales and closings that have been made so far in 2009. The list is going to grow, however, so check back on our blog for the latest updates on Seabrook’s growth.