Dataw Island is a private residential community located just six miles east of Beaufort, SC. Surrounded by the ocean, river and tidal marshes, the community has its own marina—just three miles from the Intracoastal Waterway. Dataw is one of the major islands in the Beaufort area and has a rich history, from being populated by [...]
Archive | November, 2008
McLendon Hills
McLendon Hills is a 600-acre, gated equestrian community in the Sandhill region of central North Carolina. Here, a strip of ancient beach dunes decorates the landscape with rolling sand hills and long-leaf pines. Just west of Pinehurst (site of the 2005 US Open), McLendon Hills is close to golf, shopping and dining. The community features [...]
Heritage Wake Forest
If you are looking for a North Carolina retirement community with a lot of variety, Heritage Wake Forest may be an option. Developers have created a community with more than 20 different neighborhoods. Heritage Wake Forest is designed to appeal to singles, families and retirees, with industry and technology, top-rated schools, outdoor recreation and entertainment, [...]
Dolphin Shores
“Discover Your Coastal Retreat” is the motto for the Dolphin Shores gated condominium community in the small town of Holden Beach. Located in the fast-growing southeastern section of North Carolina, Holden Beach is part of the Brunswick Island chain, and has been touted as one of the top “family Beaches” in the U.S. The town [...]
Brigadoon Equestrian Community
Brigadoon is a gated equestrian community in Aiken South Carolina. The Brigadoon website makes one thing clear…this community is about horsing around! In all seriousness though, the community has been designed around the love of horses. If you own horses or wish to realize your dream of owning and riding horses in retirement, Brigadoon would [...]
Cummings Cove
Cummings Cove Golf and Country Club is located in the mountains of Western North Carolina in Hendersonville. Cummings Cove is a gated community surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains. This community is an ideal setting to plot out your North Carolina retirement. Cummings Cove has an 18-hole golf course with clubhouse, restaurant, grill and bar. [...]
Berkshire Myrtle Beach
Berkshire is a community in Myrtle Beach developed by Centex Homes. You probably don’t need to be told that Myrtle Beach is home to the most golf courses per square mile, and there are about 120 within easy driving distance. If you are looking for a peaceful South Carolina retirement community in a convenient location, [...]
Crow Creek
Crow Creek is a golf course community located in Calabash North Carolina, conveniently between Wilmington NC and Myrtle Beach SC. Crow Creek is just minutes from the beach and there is quick access to the intracoastal waterway and rivers in the area. If you’re looking for a leisurely community for retirement in North Carolina be [...]
Grande Dunes
Grande Dunes is a resort lifestyle community in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. Many boomers are turning to resort lifestyle communities for South Carolina retirement because of the level of amenities these types of communities have to offer. Amenities The amenities available at Grande Dunes are top notch. There is a private ocean club with beach [...]
Chinquapin
Chinquapin is a North Carolina community located in Cashiers, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Chinquapin is a sister property to, and built by the same development company, as Trillium which we reviewed here before. Either property provides the perfect setting for a North Carolina retirement community lifestyle. Amenities The amenities at Chinquapin are in line [...]
Chincoteague
Chincoteague is located in the Northwest corner of North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains bordering Tennessee and Virginia. Once completed this gated community will offer the kind of lifestyle that retiring boomers are looking for in a North Carolina retirement community. Amenities Chincoteague is slated to have an Equestrian facility including a horse barn [...]
Tradition Hilton Head
Tradition Hilton Head will be a South Carolina retirement town filled with active adult retirees living in their town, rather than a retirement community. Tradition is located near Hardeeville, South Carolina’s Lowcountry, 20 minutes from Hilton Head Island and Savannah, Georgia. The Lowcountry has been a vacation destination area since the 1950s. Tradition Hilton Head [...]
Mountain Air
Mountain Air is situated on Slickrock Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Selected by Barron’s magazine as “one the top twenty places to retire in the world,” Mountain Air epitomizes southern charm as one of the favorite retirement communities in North Carolina. It is also one of just a handful of communities [...]
Charlestowne at Bradford Creek
Charlestowne at Bradford Creek is located in the Greenville NC area, also known as the “inner banks” of North Carolina. Charlestowne at Bradford Creek is in a very convenient area and offers an active lifestyle with all the amenities you’d expect in a North Carolina retirement community. Amenities Boomers looking for an active retirement lifestyle [...]
