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NEW COMMUNITIES Newsletter
Vol. 12, No. 503 Tuesday April 27, 2010 Circulation: 30,339
Today's Headlines
* Hampton Lake Joins WaterViewHome.net
* This Week's Deals and Specials
* Special Community Events
* Community News & Updates
* Recently Added to GolfCourseHome
* Follow My Cruise Down the IntraCoastal Waterway
to Golf & Waterfront Communities
* Best Deals of 2010
* This Month's Spotlighted Communities
* Watch for the next issue of New Communities, coming Friday, April 30th!
We are pleased to announce the addition of Hampton Lake, a Bluffton, South Carolina master-planned community, to the WaterViewHome Network. With wooded and waterfront homesites, most of which accommodate boatslips, Hampton Lake is a Lowcountry haven that’s all about waterside enjoyment–from the pools to the beach to the spa–with great golf right around the corner.
> Read the next installment of my trip down the Intracoastal Waterway on WaterViewHome blog.
> The premiere issue of GolfCourseHome Magazine is now on sale here!
NEW THIS WEEK ON WATERVIEWHOME.NET
SOUTH CAROLINA
=> Hampton Lake, Bluffton
Golf nearby, spa and fitness, pool complex, stocked fishing lake, homes from the $200,000s.
DEALS & SPECIALS OF THE WEEK
> GlenLakes, FL alerts buyers to home price reductions that make the community’s array of amenities more affordable. Recently a 4-bedroom, 3 1/2-bath luxury model home with private pool in the GlenLakes estate section—previously listed at $725,000—is now being offered for $625,000. Click here for more information about GlenLakes!
> River Oaks, CT is offering a Trial Membership-Only special for incoming first-year members. Pay a $10,000 deposit for dues and fees, plus certain daily usage fees, and enjoy golf membership privileges. Upon returning in 2011, holders of the 2010 trial membership will be credited their $10,000 fee toward full equity golf membership, which is currently set at $45,000. Click here for more information about River Oaks!
> Daniel Island, SC bids goodbye to the Family Circle Cup tennis championship and continues the sports action as Charleston’s pro soccer team, the Battery, hosts its first home game of the season at Blackbaud Stadium versus the Charlotte Eagles on Saturday, May 1. Other events at the island community include national recording act My Morning Jacket performing the first summer concert of the season. Click here for more information about Daniel Island!
> Hampton Hall, SC looks forward to a busy sporting and social calendar in coming weeks. This weekend it’s the 2010 Tradition: Hampton Hall's Fifth Annual Member-Guest Tournament. On Saturday, May 8 a Chance for a Cure charity run will step off, the Twilight 8K Run/5K Walk. That’s followed by a Mother's Day Brunch on Sunday the 9th and then on Friday, May 14, Hampton Hall hosts a Comedy Night and Kid's Movie Night. Click here for more information about Hampton Hall!
> Reynolds Plantation, GA today hosts the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge Charity Golf Tournament. Competing on the Great Waters golf course at Reynolds will be the nation’s top head football coaches, teamed with former professional and collegiate athletes, vying for a purse of $400,000 in scholarship money. Tee-off is at 8:30 a.m. and the event will be taped for a later broadcast on ESPN. Click here for more information about Reynolds Plantation!
> Woodside Plantation, SC has been honored as a Featured Property in the current special issue on top active adult communities published by Retirement Lifestyles Magazine. The community was praised by magazine editors for award-winning golf; variety of social and special interest clubs and activities; swim and tennis pavilion, and fine dining at The Reserve Club. Click here for more information about Woodside Plantation!
NEW THIS WEEK ON WATERVIEWHOME.NET
SOUTH CAROLINA
=> Hampton Lake, Bluffton
Hampton Lake is a 900-acre lake community minutes from Hilton Head, Savannah and Beaufort. It overlooks a 165-acre freshwater lake with 15 miles of shoreline and is surrounded by a 340-acre nature preserve, collectively offering more than 500 acres of open space.
Residents of this community, voted by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) as “Best Community in America," gather at the Lakeside Amenity Village, with its two stone fireplaces. Its spacious Lakeview Room is home to events of all kinds.
The Lakeside facility houses such attractions as the Spa and Fitness Central, the Tower Bar, waterfront Backwater Bill’s restaurant and the Adventure Lagoon pool complex. Nearby is Dog Paddle Park, the first pet park at any private community in South Carolina.
Explore from the Lakeshore: You can launch boats from Doc’s Boathouse and visit The Outpost campsite across the lake on the shorefront. The lake is stocked with a variety of fish species, including the quarry of choice in Hampton Lake’s popular Tiger Bass fishing derby.
Real Estate: Hampton Lake, SC
- Homesites from the $120,000s
- Villa Homes from the upper-$200,000s
- Arbor Collection - LifeSmart™ Homes from the upper-$200,000s
- Imagination Collection - LifeSmart™ Homes from the low-$300,000s
- Lakeland Collection - LifeSmart™ Homes from the mid-$300,000s
- Cottage Homes from the upper-$300,000s
- Coach Homes from the mid-$600,000s
- Custom Homes from the mid-$700,000s
- The Sanctuary Private Residence Club, priced from the $175,000s
- 25 residences, 8 owners per residence. 6 weeks + unlimited other visits based on availability
- All owners are full members of HL Club and golf members at Pete Dye-designed Hampton Hall
- Click here for more information about Hampton Lake!
RECENTLY ADDED TO GOLFCOURSEHOME.NET
NORTH CAROLINA
Anderson Creek Club, Spring Lake
Gated community, Davis Love III golf, fitness
center, fishing ponds, homes from the $130,000s
TEXAS
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The Reserve at Sugar Tree, Lipan
Gated, master-planned
community, golf, swimming, fishing, homesites from $23,000
NORTH CAROLINA
=>
Scotch Hall Preserve, Merry Hill
Master-planned community,
Palmer golf, marina, shooting club, homesites from $125,000
RECENTLY ADDED TO WATERVIEWHOME.NET!
FLORIDA
=> Oyster Bay Harbour, Fernandina Beach
Master-planned community, boat slips, marina, yacht club, fitness center, tennis, hiking trails
FLORIDA
=>
Sailfish Point, Stuart
Marina and yacht club, Nicklaus Signature golf,
homes from $675,000 to $23.9 million
> Hampton Lake, SC presents an impressive new lakefront model home available for $629,500. This Lakeland Collection LifeSmart™ home enjoys stunning lake views and desirable outdoor living. Owners will be able to kayak their way to the Lakeside Amenity Village and enjoy the award-winning facilities there. Home also includes a spacious Owners Retreat, expansive screened atrium with fountain, and many upgrades. Click here for more information about Hampton Lake!
> Colleton River Plantation, SC offers a price improvement of $103,385 on a wonderfully sited Golf Cottage. Now offered at $895,000, it is next to the Nicklaus clubhouse, the community tennis center and the main clubhouse and pool. A 6-bedroom home, it offers a 4-bedroom lockout suite with kitchen and great room on the main level, plus a 2-bedroom suite with kitchen, dining area and den located on the lockout upstairs. Click here for more information about Colleton River Plantation!
> Woodside Plantation, SC is currently offering a Spring Savings Spectacular on all homesites, including spectacular lakefront sites (only a couple remain available), golf sites on either the award-winning Nicklaus Design Course or the new Hollow Creek Course designed by Fuzzy Zoeller and Clyde Johnston, and scenic or private wooded homesites. This incentive is valid for the next 15 purchasers or until May 15. Click here for more information about Woodside Plantation!
> Amelia Island Plantation, FL is offering a new Play Money Package, good through May. First-time guests will receive $100 per day to play while returning guests will receive $150 per day. Use the resort credit toward golf, spa, dining, tennis, Segway tours, kids programs, alcoholic beverages and more. Resort credit requires a two-night stay and does not apply toward room rates. Click here for more information about Amelia Island Plantation!
> Hilton Head Plantation, SC has a number of Price Improvement deals
on luxury homes. A 3-bedroom, 3-bath residence at 6 Clove Hitch Court
is now offered at just $730,000. Designed for maximum privacy, this 5,561-square-foot home is on a double lagoon/preserve-view lot with an exercise room and private swimming pool. Click here for more information about Hilton Head Plantation!
> The
Reserve at SugarTree, TX has multiple homesites at dramatically discounted prices. Homesite
No. 161, a half-acre golf course lot on the No. 3 fairway is now asking $74,400, a reduction of over $37,000 from the original price of $111,500....
> Scotch Hall Preserve, NC announced its new $139 True Carolina Discovery Package. This visitation offer provides 3 days/2 nights at any of three fine local hostelries. Along with comfortable accommodations there is golf on the community's Arnold Palmer Signature course....
> Brickshire,
VA has a Stay & Play offer
in tandem with a local Bed &
Breakfast that is priced for a one-night
stay at $100. Arrangements can be made to play the two local courses, Brickshire and
Royal New Kent, can be made for $95 for a pair of
midweek rounds or $105 on weekends....
> Hampton
Lake, SC invites visitors on
a three-day, two-night Sneak-a-Peek
visit. Package starts at just $295 a
couple and includes accommodations in a Vacation Townhome, Carriage or Villa Home, plus lunch and/or dinner at a waterfront restaurant, spa treatments or a
round of golf. There are also picnic boat cruises and a Historic
Savannah Trolley Tour....
> The Cliffs at Glassy, SC has listed a fine traditional-style home within walking distance of the golf clubhouse, available at nearly 50 percent off its prior asking price. The home, at 139 Catnip Trail, is now priced at $525,000, down from $925,000. It has three bedrooms (and a possible fourth) plus a formal living area with vaulted ceiling and fireplace....
Remember to check out the premiere issue of GolfCourseHome Magazine featuring the Dream 18 here!
THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHTED COMMUNITIES
These communities are now featured in the GolfCourseHome Home Page Spotlight. See below for names, locations and links.
Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia
Creighton Farms, Aldie, Virginia
Lake Ridge, Cedar Hill, Texas
Regency at Dominion Valley, Haymarket, Virginia
Carolina Trace, Sanford, North Carolina
Kingsmill on the James, Williamsburg, Virginia
NEW COMMUNITIES COMING ONLINE SOON!
GolfCourseHome
* Chesdin Landing, VA
* North River Club, NC
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