Building The Dream in Seneca, SC

Doug Coghlan, President, Hillcrest Homes

A native of Southeast Michigan, Doug Coghlan moved to the Upstate five years ago and began a unique and environmentally friendly home building business that not only allows him to live his dream, but also creates dream homes for his clients.

The economic forecast for Michigan was bleak. He knew of the Lake Keowee area through relatives, and learned that the Upstate area is economically strong. States Coghlan, “I like the people, like the area, love the lake. It gives me an opportunity to do what I love for a living”.

Upon moving his family to the area, Coghlan bought five lots on Lake Keowee and built five homes in one year, which are listed with Jocassee Realty. This project marked the beginning of Hillcrest Homes of Keowee, Inc.

Hillcrest Homes is unique in luxury home building because of the special touches Coghlan adds such as imported materials from Mexico, salvaged materials from old mills like heart-pine mantels, beams and fireplaces, and even hand crafted chandeliers made by Coghlan himself. He puts enormous time and effort into finding unusual pieces for the custom homes he builds. Coghlan feels that these special features create a warm feeling for the families who purchase the homes.

Another reason that Hillcrest Homes is special is their environmentally friendly reputation that they continually strive to live up to. The company is incorporating environmentally friendly “green” practices into every home it builds on Lake Keowee, and is offering environmentally conscious buyers many of these products and features at no additional cost.

“With the areas lakes, mountains and waterfalls and more than one million acres of protected forests as a backdrop, building green homes is good for business – and for the environment”, said Coghlan.

Hillcrest Homes of Keowee, Inc. can be contacted at
1-877-2-KEOWEE or www.BuildKeowee.com.