A guest recently asked – how did you stumble across Topsail Island? Good question. The thing is you almost have to know someone who knows someone who knows someone. This is North Carolina’s secret…. A hidden gem.
And I did happen to know someone– my brother-in-law retired in Hampstead. Hampstead is the beach town of Topsail Island. If you -blink - you missed it. I always wanted Ocean front property having grown up on the Connecticut side of Long Island sound. I have been all over the world with my military career - seen many oceans worldwide. So, my sister said – you need to check out the beaches of Topsail Island. Her husband’s family went there on vacations way back in the day.
So, in 2005 while at a tradeshow in Altana for my business, where we decided everything went wrong that could have – I said to Tom - let’s get out of here and drive to Topsail and look at properties. That was in November 2005. May 2006, I closed on the dunes. The following year, the Regis.
I finally felt I had my little slice of heaven. And that is what Topsail island really is.
So why this property? Location location and the view