PALMETTO DUNES

Palmetto Dunes Resort is ranked as one of the world's finest luxury resorts.  There are 3 miles of pristine beachfront along the Atlantic ocean and has a unique 11-mile saltwater lagoon system.  This premier resort has full & part time residents as well as tourists who enjoy the beach, fishing, kayaking, canoeing and biking.  There are premier golf courses, dining & tennis in this private gated community. 

  This gem of a property is located mid-island in Palmetto Dunes, in the premier residency of Leamington.  Close to beach, this stellar property offers an opportunity to paddle a canoe or kayak just footsteps away from the back entrance of this designer decorated home.  Golf & tennis are also within this luxurious community.  Invite your friends and family to enjoy a cookout on a spacious back deck facing the lagoon.

If you would like to see a sneak peek at this properties interior.  You can view at 

http://www.lowcountryonvideo.com/web/tour/show/video/branded/2263

For serious inquires, you may contact the agent Jacque Johnson

http://www.jacquejohnson.com/

 

 WINDMILL HARBOUR

170 acres border the Intracoastal Waterway and the Calibogue Sound.   Its most prominent feature is a manmade 15-acre inland harbour with an extremely advanced lock system, one of the community’s main attractions.  Windmill Harbour is the location of the South Carolina Yacht Club.

 Some activities where you can meet your neighbors is at the  Harbour Stroll where property owners and the Yacht Club work together to decorate and celebrate the holidays, a Yard "Sail" in spring and our 4th of July Parade. See what's going on now in  Harbour Happenings

MARINA

Boat slips are available for ownership or rental. Residents can have their boat steps from their home...a boater's dream come true. 

SECURITY

Full-time security staff the 24-hour gatehouse.

This home is for active people  and families that enjoy boating and socializing since this home offers   spectacular views of the Intracoastal Waterway.  Boaters pass by and  are in awe at this stately home.  There are both formal and informal living spaces, a wine cellar,  elevator, gourmet kitchen, and a formal dining room, a catwalk over the lap pool with seating area to watch the boats coming in and out of the harbor.

 For a sneak peak of the great features of this stunning property, you can check out this video.
 http://www.lowcountryonvideo.com/web/tour/show/video/branded/2362/1 .  
For serious inquires only, you may contact Catherine Donaldson @ Sotheby's International Realty
http://celiadunnsir.com/agents/catherine-donaldson/




Credits:
Hilton Head Real Estate.com
Catherine Donaldson at (Sotheby's International Realty)
Photography & Video (Low Country on Video)

For photography or Real Estate Video, you can contact info@lowcountryonvideo.com

"STORY BOOK ISLAND"

AN ISLAND CALLED DAUFUSKIE

 “Story book” location are two words that describe Daufuskie Island according to script writer, “Bruce Turner. 

This remote island is a mere stones throw away from the world-renowned Hilton Head Island.  Peace meets serenity where water meets land.

This place is Daufuskie Island where the only way to get there is by boat. Here you can smell the natural scents of pine and hear the footprints of the wildlife. It is here where the islands breathtaking beauty captivates you. Once a schoolteacher on Daufuskie, Pat Conroy embellished his creativity and wrote, “The Water is Wide” and became a famous author.  His book was based on his true experience living on this gem of an island.

This is an island that is a best kept secret and a jewel for real estate investors or anyone secking seclusion and tranquility.  This island now is residential and has a population of around 300.  Golf carts are the primary mode of transportation other than getting here by boat. 

The lifestyle is what you make of it and you can be socially active or you can enjoy quality time alone or with family with a pitcher of good old fashioned pitcher of sweet tea, a game of monopoly, casting a net or biking to discover the natural wonders of nature.

One of the private residential communities is Haig Point and offers a championship Rees Jones golf course, a traditional game of croquet, championship tennis as well as horseback riding.

To really get a sense of the quality of lifestyle, you can see a dream home that I had a pleasure to showcase along with Jon Sanders thanks to Tom Jackson. Broker in Charge of Gateway Realty.  He has over 20 years experience where he has specialized in real estate on Daufuskie Island.  This property listed below signifies quality in homebuilding design, craftsmanship and structure.

http://www.lowcountryonvideo.com/web/tour/show/video/branded/2214/1 

If you would like any information on Daufuskie Island you can contact Tom Jackson, at

http://www.tomcjackson.com/prop_daufuskie.htm 

If you are a realtor and would like a home featured for Beaufort country area of South Carolina you can e-mail info@lowcountryonvideo.com

Many thanks to those who participated in this video showcase of such a premier property!  Thank you Tom Jackson, Bruce Turner, Jon Sanders to make this all happen!

Credits:
Jon Sanders - Video
I did the photography of this shoot and you can view the website at www.lowcountryonvideo.com

LOW COUNTRY LIVING

 

One of the best-kept secrets of the Low County is off the private gates off Hwy 46 in Bluffton, SC.  As you drive in the moss-draped road, you are surrounded by tranquil forest and once you arrive into the Village of Palmetto Bluff you will note its breathtaking beauty.  You feel like you have found the rarest pearl in an oyster shell.

 

Preservation and integrity for the guests and homeowners are managed by Cresent Resources, LLC for the pristine land in Palmetto Bluff.  They have a Design Review Board for every homeowner to help ensure the standards and character and help protect every homeowner and their property investment.

This is only one of the best kept secrets of Low Country living! There is an exiting new innovation in the Real Estate market that I am personally committed to and will be showcasing more properties soon in Low Country featuring Video tour marketing.

 This site will be featuring Luxury, Homes for Sale, Rental and Vacation properties.

http://www.lowcountryonvideo.com/

For more information, you can e-mail me at bestkeptsecretofthelowcountry@gmail.com

GULLAH CELEBRATION

February is a month of celebrating tradition and history here in the Lowcountry.  Every February, the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina in Hilton Head helps bring back time and share some great culture that exemplifies the heritage with a Gullah Fest located at 14 Shelter Cove Lane in Hilton Head,  "A Taste of Gullah" from Noon-until 4:00 p.m.   This is a great festival to indulge in some "original island gumbo", ribs, and chicken. 
For more contact information, you may contact (843) 255-7303 or www.gullahcelebration.com

The Gullah are the descendants of slaves who live in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina and Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands.
Historically, the Gullah region extended from the Cape Fear area on the coast of North Carolina south to the vicinity of Jacksonville on the coast of Florida; but today the Gullah area is confined to the South Carolina and Georgia Lowcountry. The Gullah people and their language are also called Geechee, which some scholars speculate is related to the Ogeechee River near Savannah, Georgia. The term "Geechee" is an emic term used by speakers (and can have a derogatory connotation depending on usage). "Gullah" is a term that was originally used to designate the language spoken by Gullah and Geechee people, but over time it has become a way for speakers to formally identify both their language and themselves as a distinctive group of people. The Georgia communities further identify themselves as either "Saltwater Geechee" or "Freshwater Geechee" depending on their proximity to the coast.
The Gullah have preserved much of their African linguistic and cultural heritage. They speak an English-based creole language containing many African loanwords and significant influences from African languages in grammar and sentence structure. Properly referred to as "Sea Island Creole," the Gullah language is related to Jamaican Creole, Barbadian Dialect, Bahamian Dialect, and the Krio language of Sierra Leone in West Africa. Gullah storytelling, cuisine, music, folk beliefs, crafts, farming and fishing traditions, all exhibit strong influences from West and Central African cultures.

Celebrating Gullah culture

Over the years, the Gullahs have attracted many historians, linguists, folklorists, and anthropologists interested in their rich cultural heritage. Many academic books on that subject have been published. The Gullah have also become a symbol of cultural pride for blacks throughout the United States and a subject of general interest in the media. This has given rise to countless newspaper and magazine articles, documentary films, and children's books on Gullah culture, and to a number of popular novels set in the Gullah region.

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullah