HGTV Invites You for a Smart Home Virtual Tour
The first HGTV Smart Home is move-in ready for one lucky, new owner, and viewers can now check out all the home details through a virtual tour at hgtv.com/smarthome.
Nestled in the beach community of Paradise Key South Beach in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., the home boasts the latest developments in home technology and green living.
According to HGTV, the HGTV Smart Home 2013 Giveaway will be accepting entries starting this month for a grand prize package that includes the fully furnished home, a 2013 GMC Terrain Denali and $100,000, courtesy of Quicken Loans.
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The grand prize package is valued at more than $900,000. Odds of winning the sweepstakes depend on the number of entries. Official rules can be found at hgtv.com/smarthome.
HGTV viewers can enter for a chance to win the home beginning April 11, 2013 at 9 a.m. Eastern time through May 31, 2013 at 5 p.m. Eastern time.
During the giveaway period, viewers can enter twice online per day: once at HGTV.com and once at HGTVRemodels.com. HGTV Facebook and Twitter fans can elect to receive ongoing updates and new details.
Viewers can learn more about the construction process when Behind the Build: HGTV Smart Home airs on DIY Network April 4 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. HGTV will air a one-hour HGTV Smart Home 2013 special April 12 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Designed by architect Mike Stauffer, AIA, and constructed by Glenn Layton Homes, the HGTV Smart Home 2013 measures approximately 2,400 square feet and features more than 1,000 square feet of covered porches, decks and pool.
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Smart home technology connects many of the home’s appliances and devices, and allows occupants to monitor energy use and control home systems such as security, interior climate, lighting and other electronics.
The HGTV Smart Home 2013 is built to meet the Consumer Electronics Association’s TechHome Rating specifications for technology infrastructure.
“The features and functionality of this home are like nothing we’ve ever offered in HGTV home giveaways, and set the standard for creative spaces and ways that consumers can use emerging technology to improve their homes,” said Jack Thomasson, HGTV house planner.
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