Welcome home to Laurel Lea, one of Wilmington's most private and desired neighborhoods! Located in Porter's Neck near Figure Eight Island and Eagle Point Golf Club, this exclusive community offers lush landscaping, friendly neighbors, walkable streets, quiet living and beautiful coastal homes. Amenities include a large lake, perfect for kayaking, fishing and paddle boarding, along with a beautiful pool, boathouse, boat storage and a community garden. This coastal farmhouse style home is situated next to a natural common area for extra privacy. Enjoy the outdoors with NEW sod, an oversized front porch, rear screened porch, grilling deck, fire pit area and newly fenced back yard. This home offers an open-concept floor plan with 4 bedrooms/ 3.5 bathrooms, with primary suite options on both floors. Downstairs you'll enjoy a recently updated kitchen that is open the to the dining and living room, perfect for entertaining or enjoying time with your family. Downstairs you'll also find a laundry room, master suite and a powder room for guests. Upstairs there are 3 bedrooms/2 bathrooms with a nice hardwood landing, walk-in attic access, as well as pull down attic access, offering great extra storage. The large bedroom upstairs has an en-suite bathroom and custom built-in shelving. There are custom plantation shutters throughout, as well as surround sound downstairs. The rear detached garage offers almost 600 square feet of space, perfect for a guest carriage house or an additional office or flex space. Electrical has been roughed in and it's ready to be easily finished! There is ample paved parking for multiple cars outside the garage. Recent exterior upgrades include an encapsulated crawlspace with dehumidifier, new roof, wood picket fence, and recently replaced front and rear stairs. Seller is licensed NC real estate agent.