Welcome to Southern Cross. Nearly twenty-two unzoned acres on Hadnot Creek in Carteret County — a compound built with an intentionality and quality rarely seen on the North Carolina coast. No deed restrictions. No HOA. A fully equipped pier and boat lift, a custom main residence, a carriage house functioning as a complete second home, a professional workshop, and more infrastructure than most buyers think to ask about. This is not a property you scroll past. It stops you. The land is unzoned — no constraints on what you can keep, grow, build, or run here. Bring horses. Farm the acreage. Gentle terrain, wooded sections, and direct tidal creek frontage with marsh views only moving water can provide. The main residence (three bedrooms/two and a half bathrooms) is a custom low-country design that wears its heritage well. Wide covered porches wrap the home, drawing the outdoors in and creating shaded living spaces that feel like natural extensions of the interior. Built in 2010 using ICF construction — the same structural methodology used in commercial buildings for its strength, energy efficiency, and wind resistance — every detail reflects how seriously this home was built. A Kohler whole-house generator, dual heat system, and engineered double-footer construction are the foundation. Over two thousand five hundred heated square feet of living space sits above one thousand four hundred eighty +/- square feet of heated and cooled garage. Inside, Brazilian cherry floors, a two-story stone fireplace, a custom kitchen with copper sinks and a thirty-six-inch gas range, a primary suite with direct rear porch access, and a library/office with a private half bath create a main level that feels both grand and deeply grounded. The carriage house (one bedroom/one and a half bathrooms) deserves its own conversation. Designed with classic proportions that complement the main residence without competing with it, this one thousand two hundred forty-six square foot heated & cooled living space sits above a three-car garage and offers a complete kitchen, loft great room, full bath, bamboo & tile floors, skylights, and a cupola that floods the space with natural light. Whether it becomes an income-producing rental or multigenerational suite or guest quarters or creative studio; the privacy of the main residence remains fully intact. The choice is entirely yours. The supporting infrastructure is equally impressive: A professional woodworking workshop built in 2024; a twenty-four by fifty metal utility building with five garage doors; pool; pool house studio; sawmill; drying shed; chicken coop; tool shed; greenhouse; RV; boat parking pad with electric round out this compound built for people who know how they want to live And anchoring it all: A pier on Hadnot Creek w/ boat lift kayak rack electricity water had not creek is living amenity all its own kayak from your backyard cast line off your from dock while herons egrets osprey eagles work marsh around you when ready more had not creek opens directly into expansive white oak river putting miles open water coastal exploration right at your doorstep what makes southern cross truly rare balance strikes deep privacy nearly twenty-two unzoned acres without trace remoteness daily life historic swansboro cape carteret cedar point minutes away along grocery stores retail restaurants coffee shops star hill golf western park recreation center nearby aquatic gym facilities more emerald isle beach roughly fifteen minutes across high-rise bridge putting one finest barrier island beaches east coast within easy reach any day week this privacy on your own terms space water land live exactly as you choose w/ full coastal community just down road this property deserves experienced not just described four-bedroom septic serves both residences pool pool house unpermitted structures buyers verify permitting requirements prior purchase