3704 N. Queensgrove Circle
www.LoveKingsGrant.com

It was a glorious Saturday afternoon and we were paddling our 2 seat kayak back up Buchannan Creek on the ebbing tide. Pulling our little ship over the bulkhead into our shaded back yard, we looked up at our new home and marveled at how lucky we were to find this gem in the heart of Little Neck’s Kings Grant community, an area noted for its schools, lifestyle, security, and tranquility.

We trooped up to our multilevel deck and fired up the grill, thinking about the salmon that had been marinating all day. Dinner time was approaching as the sun began to set down the creek.

From the deck we walked into our large & open sunroom, the afternoon light filtering through the trees into our favorite room. It opens to and joins the family room with its gas fireplace. We do love our open floor plan because the sunroom and the family room blend together with our remodeled kitchen – Silestone counters, porcelain tile floors, stainless appliances, Wolf gas cooktop, EnergyStar appliances. The refrigerator was chilling a bottle of our favorite Saturday afternoon Chardonnay, and we promptly splashed two glasses full, and walked into the screened porch area, which is right off the kitchen, to enjoy our wine, the dwindling sunlight, and the cool, fresh air!

Talk about a great floor plan … not only for a family, but also for any kind of entertaining.

Topping off our glasses, we checked the dining room to make sure all was set for the dinner party tonight – can’t wait for the salmon – and ditto the living room and half bath. All’s ready except for the cooking….

We romped up the stairs and quickly tidied up the guest bedroom and the 2 children’s bedrooms plus the newly tiled and updated hall bath. Then to the master suite for a stinging hot shower in the updated master bath.

Whew. It has been a full day, but the best was yet to come with the arrival of our friends and neighbors as we celebrated the housewarming of 3704 N. Queensgrove Circle!


Additional Information

LITTLE NECK. It’s a weird name to start with. But let’s look at LITTLE NECK’s history first….

Thousands of years ago, back in 13000BC – 8000BC, Paleo-Indians dwelled in our area. No one knows where they went. Then the Algonquin tribes were here from about 8000BC to 500AD; these too were lost to history. But in the early 17th century, John Smith and the Jamestown settlers wrote about the Chesopeians, members of the lost Algonquians. The tip of Little Neck was referred to as a trading point, where the Indians and setters traded. Thus Trading Point Lane got its name.

An early Jamestowner wrote about the banks of what’s now the Lynnhaven River “that God never fashioned a better place for man’s habitat”. Was he ever right!

As more folks came to the colonies, land grants were given, farms were developed, fishing and oystering began in earnest. Common names then were the Keelings, Woodhouses, Strattons, Wilkinsons. A trip to Norfolk then could be an all day affair!

Then in the 1920s, automobiles and paved roads opened Little Neck to summer visitors from Norfolk. Summer cottages were developed. In the 30s there were oyster houses catering to tourists: off W. Little Neck Rd, on Keeling Cove, at the end of Hurds Rd, and at Poplar Cove. There were potato farms where Sea Breeze is now. Oysters, jonquils, and chickens were harvested near Dix Inlet. Redwood may have housed a dairy farm. Secretive stills were nestled away in the woods. Kids romped through what is now Middle Plantation hunting.

Post World War II, development picked up in earnest with the beginning of Kings Grant. Hundreds and hundreds of affordable homes inched north from Virginia Beach Boulevard. Tree lined Little Neck Road spawned developments like Sea Breeze Farm, Redwood Farm, Middle Plantation, and Bishopsgate well into the late 80s and early 90s. Little Neck was pretty much built out at that point, with only a few small areas suitable for building. LITTLE NECK had become a magnet attracting professionals, medical care specialists, executives, managers, and military officers and civil servants.

LITTLE NECK today is one of the most popular and sought after neighborhoods in Virginia Beach, and by default in South Hampton Roads. It is a haven from the commercialization that has consumed so much of the rest of the area. Aside from the 7-11, a Little Necker has to drive 3-4 miles to shop. There is no through traffic since we are the LITTLE NECK PENINSULA; this is a destination, not a stop along the way.

A very family oriented community; we are home to six churches representing most of the main line denominations. There are public parks scattered throughout with tennis courts, swings, and so on for all ages. The Little Neck Swim & Racquet Club is a year round tennis facility and a seasonal mecca for swimmers and sunners of all ages. A bike bath & sidewalk combination can take one from the Boulevard all the way to the end of Little Neck Road, nearly 5 miles. Bikers, runners, and walkers are seen constantly. Station 20 – home of our first responders – houses our local firefighters and EMTs right on Little Neck Road.

We are blessed with two top notch elementary schools, Kings Grant which serves southern Little Neck kids, and nationally recognized Kingston which serves the rest. Students matriculate up through Lynnhaven Middle and First Colonial High, both highly ranked members of Virginia Beach’s excellent school system.

While our LITTLE NECK peninsula is quiet, tranquil, non-commercial, family oriented, and safe, we are only minutes from Town Center, the Interstate, the Norfolk airport, the oceanfront, Home Depot, Harris Teeter, and Lynnhaven Mall. A quick retreat back to LITTLE NECK is always welcome after a foray into the busy side of Virginia Beach.

If it’s an urban life style you need, then head to Norfolk or Town Center. If it’s a busy road bounded by strip malls and gas stations, head to Great Neck. If it’s the ocean, beach, tourist traffic, and expensive homes, head to the north end gold coast. If it’s new homes, small lots, few trees, and 9 foot ceilings, head to southern Virginia Beach or Chesapeake.

But if it’s family values, security, serenity, peace, quiet, good neighbors, great quality of life, excellent public schools, and a perfect lifestyle, then LITTLE NECK is fundamentally your best choice….and it could be your only choice.

Become one today. A LITTLE NECKER!

Our thanks to Pete Costenbader for his historical research!