Today we have the Central Home Tour on Hilton Head.
Port Royal Plantation
We started in Port Royal Plantation at 2 Ordinance Place. It’s a three-bedroom three bath home listed at 695,000. Because this is on the Barony Course of Port Royal, when I saw “three-bedroom and three bath at $695,000” I thought that to be a little high. However, this house is very convenient and very low country. I love the pool. There is a big library. It has blue tiles throughout and very good bedroom separation. It’s kind of like you use one side of the house for you. The master is huge, and it has a sitting area that could be an office or whatever. I was pleasantly surprised with this listing and think this will make my short list.
33 Outpost Lane is a four-bedroom four and a half bath listed at $599,000. This home is low country style. When you walk in, the stairs are right there to your right as soon as you open the door. I like the rounded entryway and I really like that it has a gas stove. I mean, obviously, they are cooks. The flow of the house was not that great. It wasn’t really the type of house that I would choose. So, I think my choice in Port Royal is definitely 2 Ordinance Place.
Palmetto Dunes
20 Heath Drive is a five-bedroom four and a half bath listed for $1,190,000. This one is kind of close to the beach. The curb appeal needs some updating, but I love the architecture inside. It’s light and bright. You don’t need to turn on any lights. It my be very modern for some folks but again, for an ocean-oriented house, it is spacious. One just needs to figure out what to do with the curb appeal. It seems a bit on the high side, especially being as unique as it is.
9 Queens Way is a four-bedroom three and a half bath for $1,200,000. This is in the very coveted area of Leamington right by the gate. Apparently, they are going to include a golf cart in the sale. It’s a decent home. I know that they have been very popular in the Leamington area. It seems to be a bit on the high side. I don’t know, $1.2 million just seems a little high. That is almost like the same prices we were at during the heyday. The house is older. In fact, I think it even sold back then, but it is in the Leamington area. It’s a nice home.
62 Full Sweep is as three-bedroom two bath listed at $625,000. It has that siding that works. It just didn’t do anything for me. It has the good engineered floors but somehow it just didn’t really appeal. It has an original kitchen, but it is priced aggressively and that might be the best buy right now in Palmetto Dunes. It is ocean oriented. It is on the high side. So, you do hear the traffic in the back. So, it’s not my favorite spot. I found the pool to be small and you do hear the road noise coming from 278. The biggest negative is that it only has two baths. So, in that sense, it too needs to be under six in my humble opinion.
I’ll come back to all of the condos in Palmetto Dunes. Let’s go to Wexford now.
Wexford
30 Yorkshire Drive is a four-bedroom, four bath, two half bath home listed at $2,565,000. It seems a bit on the high side. It’s a typical house. The view is okay. It is elegant. I think for that kind of money we can find better homes in Wexford in my humble opinion, but it’s an okay listing.
5 Harrogate Drive is a four-bedroom, five bath, one half bath listed at $1,275,000. This looks like it was a really nice family home. I love the gas burners. It has a big master area and a golf view. It is priced aggressively but there is a lot to choose from in Wexford. It is a little basic with the trim and so on which is why it is priced where it is. You have a golf view and not harbor.
20 Castlebridge Court is a stunning home. They bought it in 2015 for $2,195,000. They have now lowered the price to $1,899,000 from $1,995,000. So, they are more in the money. It is a very pretty home with a pool. It has a nice entryway. I love the feel of it. What’s not to like? It’s a five-bedroom, four bath, two half bath home.
38 Castlebridge Lane is four-bedroom, five bath, one half bath priced at $1,900,000. This is a lot of house. It has all the stones. It’s very ornate. It’s on the cul-de-sac and I think they are half the price that they were. A lot of the stuff is absolutely unique, and you couldn’t rebuild it. It does sit on two lots. It was twice the money before, but it is a big renovation. You have some really unique pieces. I think you’re going to spend a lot of money redoing it. You can tell that during the day the house was just absolutely fantastic. It’s just a lot of house. It’s dated on two different sides. It is a builder’s dream is how I would put it but again, they started at $3,800,000 and they are now at $1,900,000. They are in the money because you are on two lots, you are on the harbor, and it is a spectacular lot.
30 Wexford on the Green is a five-bedroom, six bath, three half bath priced at $2,299,000. When I saw this price, I thought it was a little too expensive. I still think it is somewhat expensive for Wexford on the Green. However, it is the type of house that you need to go in. You could even have a wedding in the front entryway. One thing where I think I can be of benefit to a lot of people is, there are a lot of these that have absolutely fantastic looking pictures and I’m going to start talking about this on my blog because some have pictures that absolutely fantastic and you get there and you are highly disappointed. Then, there are others where the photos don’t look that great for whatever reason, but you just need to see it and I think Wexford on the Green is one of those. There was a lot of attention to detail and a lot of high-end things. It has a beautiful water view and again, I am a sucker for a water view. I love the kitchen even though the sliders are kind of old. The fronts must be newer or something. It is a custom kitchen. It has the whole mother-in-law suite to the side and a pool room. So, it’s a cool house and it looks better than the pictures. You have to almost go in it because you can’t see this much house from the front. It has a beautiful view. I think this would be my favorite in Wexford. However, I would almost think it needs to be under $2,000,000. It really should be under two, but that is my favorite.
That about covers all of the houses. Again, you can tell it is summertime because we have a very short list. Now to the villas.
Villas
In Folly Field, we have 21H Fiddlers Cove Villa, a two-bedroom two bath for $179,000. Boy, those have gone up in price. I remember when you could get those under $100,000 five years ago. So, they have almost doubled in price.
Also, in the Folly Field area we have 241 Hilton Head Beach and Tennis. This is the Admiral’s Row. So, they are the ones closest to the beach. It has two bedrooms and two baths and is listed for $329,000. At that price, you do need to upgrade it but it is probably a great rental machine.
Palmetto Dunes
15 Fazio Villa, a three-bedroom three bath priced at $510,000.
1881 Saint Andrews Common Villa is as two-bedroom two bath listed for $369,000.
In the Shelter Cove area of Palmetto Dunes we have 7447 Anchorage Villas. It is a two-bedroom two bath listed for $274,500.
7152 Harborside Villa is a one-bedroom one bath for $249,000.
Shipyard
193 Evian Villas is a two-bedroom two bath priced at $362,900, which is a good price.
305 Golfmaster is a three-bedroom three and a half bath for $359,900. It’s very spacious. It has been updated somewhat and again, for someone that just wants a lot of space, you are not going to believe this, but I rented 305 Golfmaster when they were first built back in the early 80’s. It’s priced well and is great for someone that is just looking to work and live in the South End. I think that it’s a great price.
That about covers it for this week. I would say that 2 Ordinance Place in Port Royal just exuded affordable low country living. It’s a three-bedroom three bath for $695,000.
30 Wexford on the Green, I think, would be my favorite for someone that wants a little more luxury. So, that about covers it. We hope that we will have more inventory on the next tour. There are pockets of areas where things are moving quite significantly and then there are other areas where they are sitting.
Please keep in mind that you do need a buyer’s agent or someone that knows the area because Zillow is sometimes quite misinformed. We also have over 800 agents that know the market less than five years. So, that means that if you get one of those agents, and they are probably very good sales folks, they really don’t know the ins and outs and what is valuable and what is important. So, if you just tell them to look at these houses, you might miss on something that might be perfect for you.
So, please consider Your Hilton Head Agent to help you zero in on the perfect property for you. Thanks for reading my blog and have a great week.
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Susan Ochsner
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