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Staterooms starting at $ 625,000 for the Charleston area
The price of Charleston housing continues to rise, and now you can have your own cabin in a stream on Johns Island – starting at $ 625,000.
A mixed-use community developing just outside Charleston, where 1,000 homes will be built, is adding a group of smaller housing options.
The Kiawah riverfront development recently opened the construction of 11 independent one-bedroom fisherman’s cabins. They average 800 square feet and are being marketed as a small second home or vacation home.
“Situated along the Kiawah River, Angler’s Cabins serves as an ideal base for weekend getaways and authentic Lowcountry adventures on the water,” said Carter Redd, managing director of the Kiawah River. “Ready-to-use homes guarantee a carefree escape to isolated maritime islands, where the short drive to downtown Charleston can feel like a world at a distance.
Designed by Julia Starr Sanford of Starr Sanford Design, whose architectural vision has influenced the luxurious coastal community of Alys Beach in the Florida Panhandle and communities like Mahogany Bay Village in Belize and Las Catalinas in Puerto Rico, the fully furnished cabins along a nearby stream The Kiawah River will include screened porches and split-light windows and doors for natural light and cross ventilation.
Amanda Lindroth is designing the interiors, which will have Cerused oak floors, soapstone countertops, custom cabinets with polished nickel details, sofa beds and dining tables. The huts will also be close to several launches for fishing or channel exploration.
Construction is expected to be completed next fall.
The 2,000-acre development, with half the site protected as an open green space, offers customized residential projects and complete floor plans. Homes, except cabins, start at $ 700,000, while homes start at $ 200,000.
A mark along North Carolina Highway 133 north of Town Creek, near the Cape Fear River in Wilmington, indicates the location of the failed colony of Charles Towne. The first Charles Towne, with an “e” not shown on this marker, was attempted six years before the most successful Charles Town, now Charleston, south in South Carolina. Warren L. Wise / Team
The first Charles Towne was not in South Carolina
Six years earlier, a group of settlers landed on what became the Ashley River, another group settled along what became the Cape Fear River in southeastern North Carolina. They called it Charles Towne, but it all went wrong and lasted only three years.
By the numbers
4: Number of new restaurants arriving in the Charleston area.
12: Millions of dollars to build a drainage tunnel to alleviate flooding near the Medical University of South Carolina. Engineering and design will increase the cost.
27: Number of years that Planters Inn and its exclusive restaurant, Peninsula Grill, remained under continuous local ownership before being sold to a private real estate investment and management company in mid-December.
This week in the real estate market
+ New houses: Two new housing developments are planned at Conway and Murrells Inlet.
+ Buy back: Charleston repurchases garage after donating land for development.
+ Managing growth: South Carolina communities are turning the pains of growth into lessons to manage the population explosion.
+ Fuel boom in schools: Better-performing schools help attract new residents to the part of North Charleston along Dorchester Road, which is in Dorchester School District 2.
Charleston’s luxury real estate market among the 10 most expensive in the country
The penthouse at 18 Broad St. in Charleston was sold for $ 12 million in early 2020, the most expensive residential real estate transaction on the peninsula to date. Keen Eye Marketing / Provided / Archive
The rooftop condominium and rooftop terrace of the Peoples Building on Broad Street in downtown Charleston were sold earlier this year for $ 12 million, the most expensive residential sale to date on the peninsula. A new ranking places the luxury real estate market in the Charleston area among the most expensive in the US
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Reach Warren L. Wise at 843-937-5524. Follow him on Twitter @warrenlancewise.