After graduating from East Carolina University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management, Charles returned home to Ocean Isle Beach, founding Charles Fox Homes LTD shortly thereafter. Having grown up around the business, his family founding Sloane Realty in 1954, Charles knew from the start what kind of company he wanted, and, more importantly, what kind of company he did not want. He wanted to have a company that earned and maintained a solid reputation for unique and beautiful homes, along with an equally solid reputation for customer satisfaction and enrichment of life in the Coastal Carolinas. He did not want to be just another building company, focused on quantity instead of originality. He did not want to further add to the monotony of carbon copy beach houses that had monopolized Ocean Isle Beach for so long. Now, five years later, one could easily note that Charles has accomplished his goal beyond even his own expectation.