NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The HGTV Dream Home 2013 – you have to see it to believe it. And starting today, viewers can take a virtual tour of the custom-built, 3000-square-foot home on Kiawah Island, S.C. by visiting HGTV.com/dreamhome. The HGTV Dream Home 2013 Giveaway opens for entries on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 at 9 a.m. Eastern time and runs through Feb. 15, 2013 at 5 p.m. Eastern.
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The fabulous HGTV Dream Home 2013 will make dreams come true for one winner, who’ll claim a grand prize package that includes the home, a 2013 GMC© Acadia© Denali© and $500,000.
During the giveaway period, viewers can enter twice online per day: once at HGTV.com and once at FrontDoor.com. HGTV Facebook and Twitter fans can elect to receive ongoing updates and new details.
The HGTV Dream Home 2013, designed to exist in harmony with its environment while maintaining a contemporary flair, lies alongside tranquil tidal marshland and near pristine beaches in Indigo Park, Kiawah Island’s first sustainable neighborhood. Certified LEED Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council, the HGTV Dream Home 2013 incorporates the latest green building design and technology to reach the highest level of energy and water efficiency, indoor environmental quality and sustainability.
Reflecting a “Low-Country Zen” design by architect Christopher Rose, the two-story home features a double-height great room, large gourmet kitchen and multi-purpose loft space overlooking the main level. Unique architectural elements include solid beam trusses, heavy timber exterior supports with exposed custom steel connections, a spacious rear deck with a plunge pool and carefully placed windows for panoramic views of the serene tidal marsh grasses and waterways that lead to the Atlantic Ocean.
“This year’s HGTV Dream Home epitomizes coastal living at its best,” said Jack Thomasson, HGTV professional home planner. “Our developer partners are meticulous stewards of the environment and recognize that building a spectacular HGTV Dream Home can co-exist with preserving the beauty and unique attributes of Kiawah Island.”
The fully furnished HGTV Dream Home 2013 features products provided by national advertising partners including GMC, Lumber Liquidators, Inc., Bounty Paper Towels, The Sherwin-Williams Company, BISSELL® Homecare, Inc., Delta Faucet, Kraft Foods NA, Progressive Insurance, Vitamix®, Ethan Allen Global Inc, Johns Manville, and PetSmart, Inc.
About Indigo Park
A collection of 16 green-conscious homes, Indigo Park aims to become the first community with all LEED certified homes within a residential resort. Located just beyond the second gate, Indigo Park is the vision of Dyal Compass, LLC -- DyalCompass.com. Along with Christopher Rose Architects and Royal Indigo Construction, Dyal Compass has developed a community that offers “building with a conscience” without sacrificing luxury, quality, or value. For more information on Indigo Park, visit IndigoParkHomes.com or Kiawahisland.com/Indigopark.
About HGTV
America’s leading home and lifestyle brand, HGTV features a top-rated cable network that is distributed to more than 99 million U.S. households and the HGTV website, HGTV.com, the nation’s leading online home-and-garden destination that attracts an average of four million unique visitors per month. The brand also includes the HGTV HOME consumer products line which showcases exclusive collections of paint, flooring, soft goods and other home-oriented products, as well as HGTV Magazine, a new home and lifestyle publication published in partnership with Hearst Magazines.