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Saturday, July 4, 2009
Two popular game shows come to mind in describing Grand Oaks Preserve, a 154-townhome village in lower Dorchester County.
In a neighborhood with a swimming pool, playground and lagoons, the three-bedroom units start in the $110,000s, showing that for many buyers, “The Price is Right.”
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Realtors in one Carolina One Real Estate office have teamed up to focus on distressed property, notably foreclosures and short sales.
Lonnie Plaster, broker in charge of the agency’s Metro-North Office in Goose Creek, came up with the strategy.
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
Heritage, antiquity and tradition spotlight architectural designs in the Charleston area. After all, settlers landed here in 1670. Classic styles clearly are popular.
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Poplar Grove barn nears completion
Final touches are being applied to the Poplar Grove Equestrian Center. The stalls have been assembled and installed, complete with automatic water dispensers and an innovative stall-matting system.
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
When dealing with people trying to sell their homes, Tori Stein hears this all the time:
The dwelling’s fascia is faded or worn, which can mean wood rot. Homeowners wonder if they can get by just with a paint job, but Stein advises against it. She says that some things are too important to touch up or gloss over.
Stein, vice president of locally based Atlantic Builders Inc. and current president of the Charleston Trident Home Builders Association, has a pet five-word answer: “It is what it is.”
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
The time-honored real estate mantra is location, location, location. But what does that mean, exactly?
If it’s a house, then residing close to shopping, restaurants, golf courses can be a draw for the convenience. But such a spot can be jammed with traffic. Of course, a waterfront hideaway can be alluring, but it may be miles from civilization.
The best deal, then may be to live near amenities AND an isolated body of water – if that were possible. Well, maybe it is. Consider the setting of 1873 Ellis Creek Landing.
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
Cases where homeowners negotiate a sale via their lender because they owe more than the home’s value have drawn attention in the down economy.
To shed light on the practice, four local businesses are sponsoring “The Long and Short of It: The Anatomy of a Short Sale.” It will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Carter Real Estate Center’s Wachovia Auditorium at the College of Charleston.
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
Early West Indies settlers made their way centuries ago to Charleston and had a telling influence on the region’s architecture.
The home styles intrigued contractor Kevin Kalman and his wife on a trip to Barbados. Kalman returned to build a few homes in the Barbados tradition, such as 25 Lafar St. in Daniel Island Park seven years ago.
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
The typical pictures of dream homes spotlight pristine yards with kids throwing a football or playing hide and seek.
Yet for many people these days, take away the plot of grass and you have their ideal locale – a condominium or townhome.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Charleston’s peninsula, wedged between the Cooper and Ashley rivers, is maybe four miles long and three miles across at its widest point,
That much people don’t dispute. What’s less clear is the name for the land mass, stretching from the much-photographed Battery to the city’s northern limits at Pittsburgh Avenue. Recently, a new name has popped up for the evolving neighborhoods in between such as Ansonborough, Elliotsborough and notably those along Cannon and Spring streets. The monicker is “midtown,” or if you prefer, “mid-town.” Here’s how Melaina Pate, proprietor of locally based Pate Properties, described a house she has listed at 130 Spring Street. “Almost new construction in Charleston’s trendy ‘midtown’ area (Spring and Cannon Street Corridor),” she says.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
A golfer herself, Sissy Dziedzicki says she can relate to the “fantasy” home for rent at 17 Oatly Circle on the Shadowmoss Golf Course.
“It’s a beautiful place,” says Dziedzicki, office manager at Southern Shores Real Estate west of the Ashley.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Conference promotes energy savings
If “kung fu architecture” sounds like a kick, then you might want to check out a two-day seminar next week.
The event is the Atlantic Green Conference, to be held June 19-20 at StoreHouse 10, The Navy Yard at Noisette, in North Charleston. Sponsors are Charleston Trident Home Builders Association and The Sustainability Institute.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
You can hardly beat the Atrium Villas’ location, one block from the Atlantic Ocean and a wedge shot from Seabrook Island’s two golf courses. Yet, in other aspects, the complex has had its share of problems. Notably, the 44 condos are more than two decades old. A couple of years ago, the Atrium Villas property owners group realized it was time to act. They agreed to impose a one-time $60,000 per owner assessment to pay for an overhaul of the grounds and the villas’ exteriors.
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