Stylish beach cottages on the comeback along Coast
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – Stylish beach cottages are on the comeback along the Gulf Coast when a Gulfport couple took a chance when they incorporated Tidewater Homes in 2011.
Michelle and Jeff Stanfill believed they could make their business work because enough buyers would care as much as they do about authentic architecture.
The Sun Herald reports the Stanfills said their home-construction business was up 50 percent in 2015 compared to 2014. Their most popular home is the beach cottage.
They are finishing a beach cottage just off U.S. 90 in Gulfport and have started on a second in the small subdivision, which has a total of 12 lots. The cottage is a heartening sight on beachfront property that had been barren since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
