Dear Friends, Clients and Fellow Associates~
 
This week will be spotlighting the Top Ten Reasons to buy property in Port Royal with its 1,173 acres and its beautiful 3 miles of watefront.  Also spotlighted is the Top Ten Reasons to buy property in the 800 acre Shipyard Plantation with its ocean access and central location…enjoy!

Shipyard Plantation

• It has great Beach!  A major attraction for Shipyard residents, guests and visitors is the community Beach Club on the oceanfront.  The Beach Club events include Mens and Womens group, educational events and multiple social gatherings. There is a convenient walkway to the beach, restrooms, showers, and over 400 beach storage lockers that are rented by property owners below the Beach Club. 
• It has great security!  Shipyard has two gates in two different areas of the Island. Shipyard offers 24 hour security and roaming patrols.
• It has great golf!  Three nine-hole golf courses, recognized as some of the best in the country by the Senior PGA Tour, are available to residents and visitors. Shipyard also features a tremendous practice facility. 
• It has great neighborhoods! There are two residential neighborhoods that wrap around 27 holes of golf. 
• It has a great location. Coligny Plaza is less than one mile and there is easy access to restaurants, stores, banks, movie theaters, a local hardware store, and the the post office.
• It has great bikepaths.Bicycling is very popular in Shipyard, and there are more than twelve miles of bike paths.  Along gorgeous lagoons these paths complete the community, making it one of Hilton Head’s most desired communities.
• It has a great Hotel! The Crowne Plaza Hotel adds restaurants, Health Club, lounges and conference facilities.  Some of the Residents and Guests favorite dining spots are located at the hotel including Signals, Docker’s, Portz, and Brellas Café.
• It has great Tennis!  Shipyard is also home to the Van der Meer Tennis Center. This club has been ranked as one of the countries top twenty- five clubs.  Tennis Magazine has dubbed Shipyard Racquet Club, built for Billy Jean King, one of their “50 Greatest Tennis Resorts in America.”  
• It has a great master plan.  Shipyard was developed with special consideration given to complementing rather than competing with nature.  It just feels good as you wind through the community by bike or even in a car. 

Shipyard Properties for sale and thier price ranges
Shipyard Homes                    $343,000 to $769,000
Shipyard Home-sites           $269,900 to $399,000                                    
Shipyard Villas                       $182,900 to $599,000

Port Royal Plantation

• It has a great neighborhoods.  Port Royal offers two very distinct neighborhoods.  One is completely private and limited to permanent residents and long term rentals.  This community offers 900 single family residences.  The other neighborhood offers second homes, resort villas and the Westin Hotel.
• It has a great beach. Port Royal stretches over 3 miles of shore line with Atlantic Ocean beach and winds around to the sand covered walking beach of Port Royal Sound.
• It has a great master-plan.  The unique Port Royal Plantation has over 1250 acres and 2100 homes with oversized lots.
• It has great security.  Completely Private Security Gate with access for owners and their guests(no short term rentals) and a 24-Hour Full Area Coverage by Port Royal Security.
• It has a great waterfront club.  Private Port Royal Beach Club offers an olympic sized swimming pool and kids pool overlooking the Port Royal Sound.  This recreational facility also offers members club house(for private functions), playground, basketball and beach access. 
• It has great history.  Once 60,000 union troops lived here and this was also the landing for Captain William Hilton’s discovery.  As well, the steam gun and Fort Sherman are remnants left by soldiers during the civil and Spanish American wars.
• It has great tennis.  Port Royal Racquet Club offers 16 courts with Clay, Grass and Hard Court Surfaces.  No matter where you choose to live, as a tennis player you may want to look at the membership programs offered here.  Inside the gates are Four tennis courts, two of which are lit for members and guests.
• It has great golf. Port Royal offers 54 holes of legendary golf nestled within one of Hilton Head Island’s most pristine plantations along the Atlantic coastline. Designed by some of the best golf architects – George Cobb, Pete Dye and William Byrd with the Barony, Planter’s Row, and Robber’s Row.
• It has great Hotel.  The Westion Resort, the only 4 star hotel on the Island, provides a health club that locals can join(or day visit), an excellent seafood buffet and fantastic dining choices. 
• It has great neighbors.  Events include women’s Friday morning coffee, men’s friday lunch group, numerous social clubs, speakers and special holiday events are just a few things that make this community great.

The links below will allow you to visit some great properties in Port Royal.

Port Royal Homes                         $343,000 to $   769,000
Port Royal Home sites                $325,000 to $2,495,000
Tennis Village Villas                    $329,000 to $   799,000

We hope you enjoy these benefit lists.  Next week we will hi-lite Long Cove and Folly Field.  If you would like a complete ownership package that includes maps and best buys please let us know. 

Be sure to visit our website to see all of our great listings(click listing link at the top of the page).  We stand ready to open the doors for you anytime on any property in the Low Country. 

Thanks to our great sellers and buyers that are working to turn this economy around.  

Happy Summer Days on an Island….
Robbie Bunting & Jane Hyers
800-932-3652
islandrealtor@hargray.com

Dear Friends, Clients and Fellow Associates~
 
The window of opportunity for trades is not forever.  Trades have flourished in this market because sellers are looking for creative alternatives to reducing expenses or want to move up.
 
The key to a succesful trade is to negotiate the difference.  It really does not matter what the selling prices are once you have arrived at the difference.  This can be established from a recent appraisal or even fair comps from 2 years ago.  The difference is the difference.  Here is a list of trade properties.  Please email me if you have a property in mind that you would like to trade.  Thank you.

1. A 1 bedroom Beachwalk + a four bedroom remodeled home – looking to trade for a ocean oriented rental home or deepwater residential home up to $1 mill. 
2. A 2 Bedroom Turnberry($329) – looking to trade up to a 3/4 bedroom villa in Sea Pines, Shipyard or Palmetto Dunes up to $550,000
3. A 3 Bedroom Queens Grant($349) – Looking to trade up to a harbor or marina view with 3 bedrooms ($600)
4. Leamington Lagoon lot ($729,000) Will trade for a rental home or villa of equal or lesser value.
5. Haig Point waterfront 5BR home($1,895,000) will trade for improved commercial up to $4,000,000. 
6. Daufuskie Oceanfront 3 BR penthouse($1,000,000) Will trade for an oceanfront lot at Bloody Point.
7. A 4 bedroom Palmetto Hall home($639,000) will trade for a 2 bedroom villa up to $350,000 in Shipyard, Palmetto Dunes or Sea Pines
8. Large 1/2 acre lot with private dock ($569,000) will trade for a rental property or commercial property of equal or less value.
9. Brand new 5 bedroom oceanfront Home ($4,995,000) Will trade for an oceanfront lot/teardown or oceanfront villa.  Alternative looking to trade up to 200 unit apartment complex(A or B quality) anywhere in the southeast. 
10. A 2 Bedroom Oceanfront Hampton in Palmetto Dunes -Will trade to a 2 bedroom Wendover, Huntington, Abbington or Captains Cove.
11. A 5 bedroom Leamington home ($1,995,000) – Will trade to an oceanfront/near ocean villa ($700-)
12. A 4 Bedroom Palmetto Hall Home($975,000) will trade for a lot, villa or smaller home under $500,000.
13. A Big Palmetto Hall Lot($250) will trade for a gated home on the Island that is truly exceptional in a gated community up to $1 mill.

You can view many of the above properties by clicking My Listings.  Please feel free to call me if you would like to discuss the process or email me at robbie@robbiebunting.com.  Thank you.

Happy Trading~
 
Robbie Bunting
& Jane Hyers
 
P.S.  Thanks to our great sellers and buyers that are turning this economy around!

This is 21 acres of the prettiest land you will ever see!  This land was a horse farm in its past with 3 stocked fishing lagoons and a big restored stable.  Recently it has been approved by Beaufort County for 42 home sites that range from 1/2 acre to 1 acre.   The county has run the water/sewer access to the Stillwell Road property line on the New Riverside side of the property.

The location is in the geographic center of Savannah, Hilton Head Island and Beaufort.  It is just down the street from Hero’s on Horseback on Stillwell Road located on Hwy 46 just outside of Bluffton.  If you get to the circle you have gone too far. You will see the signs at the end of Stillwell Road.

Of course, there are many ways the land can be used.  If you are a builder these 42 lots are a great plan for the future(get 10 of your friends together and each take four lots for a total of $150,000 each) or if you want to buy it sell them off individually this is a great plan for the developer or if you just want to build a house and live there this is ready for the nature lover(you could even subdivide it into larger parcels).  The entire parcel complete with all the due diligence and permitting. CLICK HERE FOR ~ 121 Stillwell Plantation Flyer

Take a Sunday drive out and see this incredible land anytime as no-one lives on it…yet! The roads and access are fine. If you wish, call me first for directions, otherwise just stop by anytime.

Happy exploring.

Robbie Bunting
842-0805

P.S.  Let me know if you would like a printable flyer that we can email to you.  Just send me an email at robbie@robbiebunting.com requesting same.