The focal point of the apartment is an entertainment-sized living room with gas log fireplace. The open design adds an adjacent large dining room (table for eight) and study/TV room, with built in bar and ice machine, and small gas-grill deck built out to meet the magnolia tree. The large family kitchen sports over-under convection ovens and a central cooking island. The master bedroom offers a queen sized bed and separate bath and shower. The second room off the hall doubles as a study and guest bedroom (sofa bed) with its own bath.

The complex provides plenty of adjacent parking and is fully handicap-accessible. The apartment itself is all on one floor, the second floor, accessible by stairs and elevator, with pleasant neighborhood and courtyard views.

Raleigh is an easy two to three hour drive from the ocean to the East and the mountains to the West and North. The world-class golfing resorts in the Sand Hills are just an hour to the South. And historic Richmond lies three hours to the North.

The Tilsons will promise to vacate the premises if they are not already here in Maine, but will leave behind directions to the local attractions, of course, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, America's oldest public university (the source of the slogans about Blue Heaven), Duke with its amazing architecture and crown jewel chapel, and North Carolina State University, the third point in the academic triangle which has made the area one of America's richest intellectual, scientific and cultural centers. The triangle is known for its entertainment events, a local opera company and strong theater and chamber music seasons, the North Carolina (State-run) Symphony and Museum of Art. All will be in season during the months of this offer.