Web Site To Give Away Luxury Home In Florida
July 17, 2008 4:18 pm editor's notes, luxury communities, luxury homes, news, real estate events
July 15, 2008, (PORT ST. JOE, Fla., and BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) – MyHomeIdeas.com, a new home and garden portal from SPC Digital, the digital arm of Time Inc.’s lifestyle subsidiary Southern Progress Corporation, will give away a luxurious Idea House in a sweepstakes that will run from August 1 to September 30, 2008. Individuals can enter once per day for a chance to win the prize package worth $1 million. The winning entry will be announced mid-October, and the lucky sweepstakes winner will receive a
coastal home located in WindMark Beach, developed by The St. Joe Company in the Northwest Florida town of Port St. Joe. For a chance to win and for complete contest rules, go to: myhomeideas.com/myhome/homegiveaway.
The Idea House Giveaway is a cross-platform program with online, print and on-location components. MyHomeIdeas.com introduced a new channel on the Web site called “Home Giveaway,” which showcases ongoing original content and updates on the project. Online features on the WindMark Beach Idea Home will include floor plans, before and after images, interviews, footage with the architect and designer, a virtual 360-degree tour, extensive photo galleries detailing unique design elements, color and more. Interactive elements will include a blog where visitors can post feedback.
Promotional advertising for the sweepstakes is appearing in the July, August and September issues of select Southern Progress and Time Inc. magazines and will run in Web sites across Time Warner properties.
The aptly named Idea House will serve as a public showcase for innovative lifestyle and design ideas. Visitors to MyHomeIdeas.com will find hundreds of practical take-away decorating techniques from the home that can be easily applied to anyone’s living space, no matter what your style or square-footage.
“Southern Progress Corporation is proud of our nearly two decade legacy of working with the nation’s leading developers, architects, designers and builders to produce Idea Houses that inspire, motivate and encourage people to create homes that reflect their individual style,” said Jim Sexton, senior vice president and editorial director of SPC Digital. “We’re thrilled that this first home giveaway occurs at WindMark Beach, a community created by St. Joe, with whom we have a strong relationship, to take this concept to the Web in a bold new way.”
The home is located in WindMark Beach, in Port St. Joe, FL., approximately 40 miles east of Panama City and 20 miles west of Apalachicola. It is a 2,020-acre waterfront community that embraces the essence of coastal living and reflects the local Southern style of Northwest Florida. Resting on four miles of beach, WindMark Beach represents a return to a lifestyle that is tied to the water and surrounding community.
“The WindMark Beach community is beautifully situated on one of the last, great undiscovered beaches in Florida,” said Jerry M. Ray, JOE’s SVP for Strategic Alliances. “It is a remarkably special place that captures the spirit of ‘Old Florida’ – relaxed, and resting lightly on the land. The lucky winner of this house will become part of something truly special. We have collaborated with Southern Progress on the creation of a dozen Idea Homes and Show Homes, and we are very pleased that SPC Digital has chosen WindMark Beach for this exciting promotion.”
More information about WindMark Beach can be found at windmarkbeach.com.
The architects on the project are Cooper, Robertson, & Partners of New York and the interior designer of the home is E. Dale Trice of Design Services of Florida in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.

July 17th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Wow, I would love to win this home. I wouldn’t live in FL but I would sell it and use the money to buy a home in LA. Lol
Thanks for the article.
Best, Mike.
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August 13th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Wow, that sounds amazing. This would be especially great for snowbirds looking for a luxury vacation home in Florida. Not sure why Mike wouldn’t want to live here! It’s awesome! I kind of prefer the east coast over here in Daytona, we get the best of both worlds with wildlife, ocean, sand and city (Orlando…) But I don’t think I would deny a free vacation home further west!
October 7th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
life could begin for me if I were to win this home….I visit the site frequently and love everything…would not change a thing
May 25th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Is it a gated community where the home is?