123 Parkwood Rd, Greenwood, SC 29646

Elegantly spacious, perfectly situated, beautifully appointed! This home was built as a retirement home by John Holman, a custom builder, from Anderson, SC in 1994. He and his wife have been the only occupants since it was constructed and as you might expect comes with many, many features. It is thoughtfully situated on a north/south axis on a special lot to take advantage of pond views and sunny days. As you enter the wide and welcoming front door and into the foyer the living room is to the right and formal dining to the left. The ten-foot slick finished ceilings, layered crown moldings, doorways with glass transoms and hardwood floors throughout evoke utter attention to detail and refined living. Straight ahead on the right is a large half bath and further the stair landing. The formal dining room has a five-panel bay window adding interest and light while the opposite wall is recessed for the perfect display piece. A butler's pantry with cabinets and serving counters connects the kitchen and formal dining. The large kitchen, with double ovens, a large granite covered island and all Kitchenaid appliances is open to the breakfast area where natural light floods from a two story, custom sun tunnel and skylight. The breakfast area then opens to the sunroom from which it may be may be separated by large, folding, glass panels. The sunroom itself has two walls of large, sliding glass panels that open on those days of perfect weather to make it a screened porch. The sunroom also opens to a brick patio but opposite that it shares a two-sided, gas log fire place with the family room. The family room has stained, floor to ceiling cabinets and shelves on two walls to provide the coziness you might expect and then opens onto a sunny deck overlooking the pond and views to Gatewood's lower lake. The family room then opens back to the stair landing at the rear of the entrance foyer and hall and into the master bedroomand what a master it is! It may be the largest master this writer has ever seen outside of Versailles. It is expansive with the exterior wall laden with windows and shutters to control the morning light to one's advantage. Wake up on those cold mornings and walk into the double lavatory dressing area onto heated marble and into the very large walk-in closets. Once past the dressing area the bath provides a jetted tub, separate walk-in shower with steam feature, other necessary fixtures plus a bidet! Back to the other side of the house past the kitchen, is a freestanding ice maker and another pantry. Here you will find an alternate entrance to the front of the house leading out to a low walled brick courtyard profuse with camelia, sasanqua, azalea and crepe myrtle protected by a wrought iron entry gate with a Charleston influence. Back in the house the laundry is found just beyond the kitchen with its own surprise. The washer and dryer there will convey but the best part is the two, built-in, pull out doggy houses. How cute is that! There is copious cabinet and counter space in the laundry as well. The laundry opens onto the same brick patio as does the sunroom for grilling and dining al fresco. Back in the house a door leads directly into the two-car garage with automatic doors that provide a secure entrance into the home. One entire wall of the garage is folding louvered doors concealing a second refrigerator and lots of storage space. As if all the above is not enough there is a separate ancillary structure separated from the main house by a brick walkway leading from back to front laden on both sides with beautiful large leaf English Ivy. Inside is a large, conditioned, finished space with built-ins for an office, billiard room, a playroom or potentially guest quarters although it is not currently plumbed.(continued under addendum below)