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Hot News from TowlesCorp...
Our New Model -
The Bal Harbor!
A "Coastal Contemporary" Home
Viewings Daily 10am-5pm!
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TowlesCorp Bal Harbor Model
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At the Corner of
West Marion & Bal Harbor Blvd
Punta Gorda Isles
This luxurious home has many
interesting design features!
Single Story
3 Bedrooms - 2 1/2 Baths
3-Car Garage
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As soon as you enter our model home, you will immediately notice the 3-dimensional "art" on the entry walls. This was created by Diane Kole of Go Faux It! Decorative Art.
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3-D finish on entry walls
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To achieve this 3-dimensional look, Diane hand carves the designs out of wet plaster as it's placed on the drywall.
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Raindrop ceiling of entry
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While you are standing in the entry, look up. You will see the ceiling that Diane also created. It is called a raindrop ceiling and is applied by hand with a brush.
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Hand brushed ceiling of entry
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Diane added a faux finish to the water closet of the master bathroom. Here, appearances can be deceiving. The walls are actually stenciled to look like wall paper.
To get more information about the faux finishes used in our model home or other creations by Diane, you can contact her by phone at 941-235-0858, email at diane@dianekole.com or check out her website at www.dianekole.com.
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Anatomy of a Million Dollar Home...
Surveyor Says ...
You pass these guys on the street almost every day. One of them stands next to something that looks like a telescope. The other stands next to a pole of some sort. The first guy peers into the telescope and ... what?
Surveyors measure land. You can't have a new Towles Corp. home without a survey, so you need surveyors to get things rolling. You can't put a 200-foot house on a 100-foot parcel. Either the house needs to get smaller or you need to buy land.
Surveyors measure and map land using math, specialized technology and equipment.
That thing that looks like a telescope? That's a Robotic Total Station, or Theodolite. It turns angles and measures distance. The guy with the pole? He's holding a glass prism that allows surveyors to complete distances. The second guy also is in charge of a rod that helps measure elevation.
Together, the instruments allow surveyors to collect data that they turn into accurate maps on projects as diverse as land subdivision, mining exploration, tunnel building and major construction. Surveyors also give advice and provide information to guide the work of engineers, architects and developers.
Towles falls into the latter category. No new Towles house can be built without the proper boundaries set. If you would want to add an addition later, surveying would be put to use once again - and for the same practical reasons.
No one would want to fall into a land dispute with a neighbor. But if some fence-line crisis were to break out, an accurate survey would tell where your property begins and your neighbor's ends.
TowlesCorp
Building
Extraordinary Homes
for Extraordinary People!
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