Wilmington Magazine Jan-Feb 2023

quality control. Great exposure for them
as well.”
But the process was not unlike the
Charter Building Group’s usual process.
They work closely with their in-house
designer from start to finish.
“From the beginning, we identify finishes
that are appropriate for [our client’s]
budget and neighborhood style,” Overton
explains. “We don’t want our homeowners
to feel they have run away with the budget,
which has become even more important in
this inflationary market.”
In this case, the client was HGTV, but
who’s the homeowner?
The HGTV Smart Home 2022 was
offered as part of a network sweepstakes,
with a grand prize package of more
than 1.2 million dollars. The winner,
out of Columbia, South Carolina, was
announced in August. She had the option
to take the home package or a cash prize,
and she chose the latter (perhaps due to
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