See inside the ‘Big Easy,’ the home Tyler Perry bought for Hilton Head grandma
How Hilton Head grandma Josephine Wright’s family funded a home isn’t traditional: Atlanta-based actor Tyler Perry promised to pay for it after Wright’s nationally publicized fight against developers for her land.
The recently installed five-bedroom home on the land isn’t traditional either. It’s a 1,872-square-foot customized manufactured home built by Clayton Homes and sold by Palmetto Homes of Beaufort.
Manufactured homes are different than traditional homes because they’re built off-site and then transported and assembled on-site. They last on average 30 to 55 years. The Wright family’s home base model is called the “Big Easy,” which costs about $180,000 before installation and customization, according to Clayton Homes.
Despite Wright’s death at 94 in January, Perry affirmed his promise to pay for the home in a social media post.
“Your four children, 40 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren will still be able to gather at YOUR house on YOUR land and tell the world what kind of fighter that you were,” he said.
Before her death, Wright was able to walk through home models, according to Madison Aust of Palmetto Homes of Beaufort. Aust said they worked with the family and Perry’s design team to add upgrades including:
- a converted den to create a fifth bedroom
a porch
- granite countertops
- higher-quality insulation
- a permanent foundation
- tabby shell skirting
- closet upgrades to real wood shelving
- window blind upgrades
- A/C unit and hot water heater upgrades
- fireplace upgrades
- vinyl siding upgrades
- higher wind zone resistance to be able to withstand wind zone 3 instead of the standard requirement of wind zone 2
The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette visited Palmetto Homes of Beaufort to see what the inside of the “Big Easy” model looks like. Take a look inside:
This story was originally published April 11, 2024 at 4:04 PM.
