Shipyard was the second planned community by the Hilton Head Company, but was oriented towards a residential as well as resort community. Situated on the ocean side of Highway #278, south of Palmetto Dunes, is Shipyard Plantation, one of the Hilton Head Island's original developments. Successfully blending a residential community with a renowned resort destination, Shipyard offers a full spectrum of amenities whether your stay is permanent, seasonal or for the few weeks of an Island vacation. Amenities at Shipyard include over four miles of trails for biking, jogging and roller-balding. Access to a long stretch of beach, said by many to be the areas finest, is through Shipyard Beach Club. Pools are available in all visitor areas and there are lagoons for fishing. Shipyard also benefits from the amenities of its resident resort, the Crowne Plaza. Shipyard has three 9-hole golf courses, famous for their three-time hosting of the Senior PGA Tour. But at Shipyard, it is tennis that rules supreme. Tennis Magazine has dubbed Shipyard Racquet Club, built for Billy Jean King, one of their "50 Greatest Tennis Resorts in America."
Community Highlights
Shipyard Plantation stretches across over 800 wooded and fairway-lined acres between Palmetto Dunes and Sea Pines. It offers serene residential living as well as a secluded location for vacationers renting property or staying at the popular oceanfront Crowne Plaza Resort. The Van Der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club is also found within the plantation offering 14 clay and six hard tennis courts kept in magnificent condition. 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.
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In 1956, Charles Fraser developed Sea Pines into the first private plantation community on the island. Sea Pines is one of the largest residential and resort plantations on Hilton Head spanning 5,200 acres. The community is most famous for its three championship golf courses, including the Harbour Town Golf Links, home of the PGA Tour's annual. Verizon's Heritage of Golf - The Heritage of Golf. Sea Pines is also associated with the world-recognized Harbour Town Marina and its landmark red-and-white-striped lighthouse, built in 1969 to aid boats traveling on the Calibogue Sound. The marina hosts awe-inspiring yachts as large as 115 feet. Its charming shops, restaurants and outdoor activities are open to the public. Sea Pines has a lush, 605-acre forest preserve, access to five miles of Atlantic Ocean beaches, over 100 tennis courts, two security gates and numerous swimming pools. It is also the location of the South Beach Racquet Club, Sea Pines Racquet Club, Lawton Stables equestrian center, and restaurants and outdoor activities held at South Beach Marina Village.
Community Highlights
The island's oldest and original resort communities
Two marinas: Harbour Town Yacht Basin & South Beach Marina Village
Two racquet Clubs: Harbour Town Racquet Club and South Beach Racquet Club,
Numerous restaurants, shopping, and live entertainment
Approximately 5000 acres of lush semitropical topography
605-acre Sea Pines forest preserve
Atlantic Ocean on the east, and the Calibogue sound to the west
Championship courses, or tennis and beach combing
The Verizon Heritage of Golf (hosted at the Harbour Town Golf Links)
Special Features: Beach, Tennis, Golf, Horseback riding, Water Sports, Marinas, Shops, Restaurants, Nature Preserve.
Sea Pines was the original planned development on the Island, and became the model for those that followed. The "Grandfather" of Island Plantations was founded in 1956 by Charles Fraser as part of a Master Plan to harmonize architecture with its natural surroundings. The concept became an environmental standard mirrored throughout other communities on Hilton Head - and the world.
For a number of years Sea Pines and Hilton Head were synonymous. In fact, the candy striped lighthouse in Harbour Town has come to symbolize the Island and its sensitive mix of residential and visitor oriented developments and recreational facilities blended harmoniously into their natural surroundings
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A recent article in our local Island Packet indicated that the Sea Pines Country Club was suing CSA (Community Service Association) which is in essence the Sea Pines Property Owners Company that maintains our covenants, elects a board and oversees all aspects of common properties and especially security. The lawsuit is about being charged a $5.00 gate fee for non-residents attending functions at the Club.
The CSA board is comprised of 4 groups: ASPPO (Association of Sea Pines Property Owners), Sea Pines Company (or assigns, Riverstone Group), CSA and Commercial Property Owners (Harbour Town, South Beach, and Sea Pines Center) The Sea Pines Covenants direct the board makeup, and how different properties will pay CSA. Commercial properties pay 1/2% of the rent rolls or gross receipts, homes, villas, and vacant lots pay a set fee that can escalate each year by a certain percentage.
The covenants do not address every aspect of who can come into Sea Pines, but early on a gate fee was charged to allow people into Sea Pines to shop, play golf, tennis, eat at restaurants, and generally enjoy the amenities that the different commercial companies had inside Sea Pines.
The covenants have evolved over many years and at some point in time a provision was added to make all policies of CSA enforceable under the covenants. This in essence gave the board the ability to interpret the covenants the way they saw fit.
The gate pass committee has continually changed its policies over the past years and it seems they can never get enough revenue from the gate. It's not about who is coming into Sea Pines, but what we can charge them. I have been on the opposite side of this battle numerous years having run a short term rental company and managed commercial properties in Sea Pines.
The policies have changed and each time it gets harder and more expensive to do business in Sea Pines. The only exception is the Sea Pines Company.
This new law suit between the Sea Pines Country Club and CSA will determine if the policies that CSA directs are truly enforceable under the covenants. It will be interesting to see the outcome of this lawsuit. It might be in the best interest of CSA to settle the lawsuit outside the courts because they have the most to lose. If the courts rule that the policies are not enforceable, it would set the CSA board and their position in jeopardy.
The simple way to settle the suit would be to go back to what the covenants do say and charge the 1/2% on gross receipts for any and all groups wanting access to Sea Pines for a function going on in Sea Pines. NO EXCEPTIONS for any commercial activity having a function needing gate access.
What CSA wants to do is charge the Sea Pines Country Club an excessive tax for functions. Assume a function that cost $25.00 a person and Sea Pines charges a $5.00 fee for every two people that's a 10% increase in the cost of the event.
CSA has been trying to change the covenants for several years and it is no wonder the property owners have not passed these covenants. Our board needs to listen to the residents and do what is best for Sea Pines.
Sea Pines is by far the most desirable place to live on the island. It has everything that people want in a place to live on the island. We have the best beaches, four premiere golf courses, fun commercial centers with good restaurants, some of the best retailers on the island, miles and miles of bike trails, world class tennis facilities, a 900 acre forest preserve, and hundreds of other acres of open space, two marinas, and great fishing in our lagoon system. No other community has all of these amenities, and that is why Sea Pines is by far the best place to live.
The board needs to understand that we are a diverse community with year round residents, part time residents, commercial properties, short term renters, and guest of residents. We are all part of this community and everyone benefits from the overall mix. The tourists support our community, the local owners of commercial operations support our community, the residents support our local charities and businesses, and the second home owners come and enjoy the lifestyle that is Sea Pines.
We need a board that supports all of the property owners not a select few who feel that we should not have commercial operations, short term renters, and locals who buy annual passes to Sea Pines. There are other communities on the island and off island that are strictly residential they can move to if that is how they feel. Sea Pines is what it is, and we either embrace what we have or don't buy in Sea Pines. I personally would not live anywhere else on the island.
The design of Sea Pines separated the villas and commercial activities into certain areas. Lighthouse road between the beach and Harbour Town and the South Beach Marina Village contain the bulk of all villas, all commercial centers, and golf operations. The residential areas are in pockets surrounding the corridors of commercial and multifamily villas. It allows residents to have access to these great amenities, but then go home to a quieter neighborhood.
It is also what has made the appreciation of property values what they are. It has been and still is the best place to buy real estate, and today is a great time to find a good deal.
If anyone were to ask me I would reccomend that the boards of CSA and the Sea Pines Country Club pick up your dirty laundry and come to an agreement that is amicable to all.
Property of Charlie B Fraser 2008
I am not a firm believer in averages on homes that are not similar. However, they do serve a purpose n spotting trends in the market place.
Sea Pines plantation is located on Hilton Head Island and considerred the premier residential resort destination on the island and else where. The develpment guidelines that were established by Sea Pines Company are copied all over the world. Numerous employees of Sea Pines have gone on to develope world class residental and resort communities. So, when it comes to real estate on the island Sea Pines tends to lead the way in sales, appreciation and rebounding from down turns in the market.
The number of new listings peked in March 2008 and the number of homes going under contract had two strong months: February and July 2008. September had a good month for new contracts, but October was dismall.
The month of October was by far the worst month for our economy in a long time, and hopefully we will begin to rebound over the next year.
2008 YTD we have had 322 new listing, 120 go under contract, 119 close, 170 DOM and the CP was 92% of LP.
2007 YTD had 389 new listing, 151 go under contract, 143 close, 141 DOM and the CP was 93% of LP
2006 YTD had 343 new listings, 134 go under contract, 137 close, 101 DOM and the CP was 94% of LP
2008 has had fewer sales, the homes have been on the market longer, and the Closed Price(CP) to List Price (LP) has decreased each year by 1%.
We are definately in in a Buyer's Market, and we have the inventory for buyers to find what they want.
Contact me today to find the right home for you.
I am a lowcountry native who grew up on Hilton Head Island and experienced something that will never be duplicated. I have seen the island go from a population of 2500 to 40000 over the last 44 years.
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