Archive for August, 2008

The Exibit at the Pineland Station Gallery Continues until September 16

From August 12 until September 16, the Art League of Hilton Head presents Seventeen Impressions at the Pineland Station Gallery.  The exibit is seventeen views of our lowcountry from seventeen Members of the Art League, each potentially changing our lives with the magic of art. 

Art League Member Cindy Chiappetta explained, "For us, art is not a hobby – it’s a passion!"   The passion comes through in Seventeen Impressions.  The work on display until September 16 is by Terry Brennan, Laura Cody, Richard Coyne, Cheryl Eppolito, Evelyn Kowtko, Judy McElynn, Don Nagel, Joyce Nagel, Nancy Nelson, John Norlander, Doris Shay, Linda Sheppard, Bobsy Simes, Barb Snow, Anita Stephens, Kathy Tortorella and Emily Wilson.   Four of their Seventeen Impressions are presented here

Bobsy Sims: Sunshine and Shadows

Original oil, 14" x 24".   Artist’s comment:  "Nature has always been my motivation and challenge.  I can’t resist afternoon light creating cloud shadows on the ever changing marsh.  Conveying the scene to the viewer is my goal".

 Judy Saylor McElynn:  Flowering Marsh

Original oil.  Artist’s comment: " ..a particularly pleasing combination of warm colors punctuating the typicaly cool marsh landscape.  I had heard about the elusive marsh flowers for years, but until this morning on route to Savannah I had not had the pleasure of seeing for myself".

 Richard Coyne:  Here Comes the Sun

Originial oil, 20" x 24".  Artist’s comment:  "As a dedicated plein air painter, I strive to capture the spirit of the lowcountry , its subtlety and its expanse with abbreviated forms and in full range of its color and light".

 Don Nagel: Afternoon of the Heron

Original pastel. Artist’s comment: "Stop!  Don’t move or he’ll take off and be gone!  After more than 20 years in the lowcountry, I’m stil in awe of the heron’s graceful beauty".

 The Hilton Head Art League

The Hilton Head Art League is a non-profit organization with approximately 500 members.  Some of the members are ’hanging’ artists’ who display some of their art work at the Gallery at Pineland Station.  The Gallery is open all year  from 10-6, Monday-Saturday and admission is free.  Enjoy a few minutes of your leisure time at the Gallery soon.  See  Seventeen Impressions and the work of other area artists.  Seventeen Impressions continues until September 16. 

Richard Kadesch, Owner and Broker-in-Charge The Gated Community Specialist ® Go Gated Realty ® Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Rich@gogated.com www.GoGated.com 1-800-333-5025 Read Some of My Clients’ Success Stories

Canongate at Pinecrest has private golf and a full teaching program.  It has a clubhouse with pro shop, restaurant, men’s and women’s lounges, swiming, tennis  and the Hank Haney International Junior Tennis Academy.

Private Golf in Bluffton with low fees and the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy

Canongate Golf Club at Pinecrest in Bluffton is the best private golf value in the Hilton Head area and the most economical. Members enjoy a first class golf course and a comfortable clubhouse with a restaurant but do not have the high costs of other private golf clubs. The club is affordable to young and working families as well as retirees, many of whom also are members of other more expensive clubs.   

Private Golf does not have to be expensive

A young golfer on the range at Canongate.  Members enjoy unlimited range privledges.

• The initiation fee for Canongate is just $750.
• During August, 2008 the club is offering an initiation fee of just $550! 
• New members in August get the first three month’s dues free! 
• During August, prospective members may play at round at Canongate for $35 without having to reserve with the membership office. After August, trial rounds are available at a higher price with the cost of play applied to fees when you join.

The Canongate Golf Club is located on the Bluffton Parkway about 10 miles from Hilton Head Island and about 30 miles from Savannah, Georgia.

  The Canongate Clubhouse, Amenities and Programs

•  A fully-stocked pro shop Men’s and women’s lounges with showers and a restaurant  
  

  The Canongate-Pinecrest swimming pool

• 4 PGA certified staff professionals who teach lessons and oversee monthly tournaments for Members as well as the Club Championship and Member-Guest Championship
• Driving range, practice chipping and putting area
•  A mandatory range program of $150 per year + tax
• Canongate Members can play as members at other Canongate golf clubs that are located in the Atlanta, Georgia area 
• The restaurant is open for breakfast and lunch every day. Members have a $10 food minimum per month
• Tennis courts, swimming pool, fitness center, basketball court and playground.

 The Canongate Private Golf Course

The course was designed by Ricky Roquemore and opened in November, 2004. Roquemore has designed many private and public golf courses that include the Magnolia, Buena Vista and Palm courses at Disney Golf Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.  

Pinecrest homes along the fairway at Canongate Golf Club in Bluffton.  Home prices start from about $200,000.

I had the pleasure of playing the Canongate Golf Course recently.  The course is beautiful and has many fascinating holes. Canongate at Pinecrest is an excellent golf club and an outstanding value overall.  

The course has five tees with ratings and yardages: 

•  Red 70.1/120 – 5,153 yards
• Gold Men 67.2/120, Women 72.2/127 – 5,529 yards
• White Men 69.3/125, Women 75.2/134 – 6,079 yards
• Blue 72.3/133 – 6,685 yards
•  Black 73.0/138 – 7,079 yards

 The Home of the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy (IJGA)

Two IJGA players after 18 holes at Canongate

Canongate at Pinecrest is the exclusive training center for the Hank Haney International Junior Tennis Academy and each IJGA student is a Member of the Club. The IJGA training program is not part of the Canongate instruction program but is its own golf academy. But, as Assistant Golf Pro J.D. Moss explained, having some of the top juniors in the world training at your club has a positive influence on all of the Canongate Members. 

The Pinecrest Community

• The Gables has patio homes with golf views from 1,100-1,700 square feet. Owners pay a fee the exterior care of their homes and lots. Homes have a starting price of about $180,000.
•  The Woodlands has a variety of homes from 1,400-2,500 square feet.
• The Crossings has 66 homes with sizes to 3,200 square feet. 

Economical Private Golf at Canongate in Bluffton, South Carolina.  Memberships at Canongate are optional to Pinecrest owners.  You do not have to own at Pinecrest to be a member of the Canongate Golf Club.

For more information about membership at the Canongate Golf Club at Pinecrest, call Martha Burleson at 843-757-8963.   For more information about Pinecrest or any other community or home for sale in the Bluffton or Hilton Head area, call Richard Kadesch of Go Gated Realty ®, the Gated Community Specialist ® today!

Richard Kadesch, Owner and Broker-in-Charge The Gated Community Specialist ® Go Gated Realty ® Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Rich@gogated.com www.GoGated.com 1-800-333-5025 Read Some of My Clients’ Success Stories

Abbey Glen Hilton Head will be the first age-restricted gated community on Hilton Head Island.  It will have ‘maintenance-free’ living.

An Age-Restricted Community With ’Maintenance-Free’ Living

Hilton Head Seniors can now downsize into a new luxury home and stay on Hilton Head Island.  Seniors who want a second home on Hilton Head Island can have a new luxury home at a reasonable price.  Eveybody can enjoy maintenance-free living!

Reservations are now being taken for Abbey Glen Hilton Head, the first-ever age restricted community on Hilton Head Island.  Of course, Hilton Head Island is known for outstanding retirement living and vacation properties but the gated communities of HIlton Head are not age-restricted.  Abbey Glen is the first.  This new, gated community is desigend for active retirement residents who want a primary or second home on HIlton Head Island but no maintenance responsibilities.  There will be a 24/7 clubhouse, fitness center and swimming pool.  Optional golf and tennis memberships will be available at the nearby Spanish Wells Golf Club.  Free golf and tennis memberships are now being offered with pre-construction reservations.  The infrastructure will begin construction late in 2008 and homes will break ground in the spring of 2009.  Abbey Glen Hilton Head will have only 40 homes. 

And Abbey Glen Hilton Head has attractive prices that start from $498,000 and range to $699,000 with most homes in the $500,000 range.  There are few new homes on Hilton Head Island in the $500,000 range today.  Abbey Glen Hilton Head offers Senior buyers the opportunity to downsize and stay on HIlton Head Island in a new home- no need to leave the Island to look for a more economical place to retire!  The community’s ”maintenance free’ feature will be attractive to both primary and second homeowners.  This is senior living the way it should be and it can be for you.

 Abbey Glen Offers New Luxury Homes with ‘Green’ Construction

 All Abbey Glen homes will have: 

•  High-end trim package Energy-efficient appliances
•  Upgraded cabinetry and countertops
•  ‘Green’ construction features with solar water heaters, skylights that bring natural daylight to interior areas to save electricity and Shaw carpets and hardwood floors made from recycled materials.
• Quality materials like Tyvek house wrap and Velux skylights.
• High quality control for every step of construction. Owners receive a zero defect punch list when their house is finished which the Developer says is like buying a new Ferrari with no defects.  

The Europen Courtyard Home floor plan with 2,000+ living space, a central fireplace, views of the 250 SF courtyard that can be configured with several options including swimming pools and screened lanais and a 2.5-car garage.

The Clubhouse and Fitness Center

•  3,000 square feet of space
•   24-7 access using a security keypad
•  A community exercise center
•  A great room with fireplace
•  Pool table
• Big screen plasma television. 
•  A full kitchen
•  Terrace to the swimming pool
•  Screened lanai with outdoor fireplace
•  For personal use and entertaining guests

Drawing of the Abbey Glen Clubhouse with 24/7 secure entry and the swimming pool.  At the top, 6 Carriage Homes face the marsh and the Calibogue Sound.

 Abbey Glen Hilton Head will have only 40 New Homes: 34 Courtyard Homes and 6 Carriage Homes

The Courtyard Homes have: 

• 1806 square feet of living area plus 250 SF ‘European’ courtyard.
• Two bedrooms and a den and central hearth.
• Most rooms have a view of the “European’ courtyard. 
• The courtyards are 250 square feet and have options that include screened enclosures, swimming pools, outdoor kitchens, fireplaces and fire pits. 
• All Courtyard homes have ground-level floor plans.
• Every home will have a 2.5-car garage.
• As of this writing 3 courtyard homes are reserved. 31 are available.  

The European couryards have 250 square feet that can be screened lanais, have swimming pools, outdoor kitchens and fire pits.

The Carriage Homes have views of the marsh and Calibogue Sound

• Only six Carriage homes will be built. 
• They are located next to the clubhouse and have views of the marshes of Old House Creek and in the distance, Calibogue Sound. 
• 2,600 square feet of heated living space plus courtyards of about 400 SF.
• The Carriage Homes will have two floors with the master bedroom suite, living room, kitchen and guest bedroom located on the first floor. 
• The second floor will have an entertainment room, small upstairs balcony, third bedroom, a storage room and an optional fourth bedroom. 
• Three of the six Carriage Homes have been reserved and three remain for sale. 

The Developer Has Built Over 350 Maintenance-Free Communities Nationwide 

All Abbey Glen Homes have high quality and open floor plans.  This is a sunroom in an Abbey Glen New River Home, Hardeeville, S.C.		The kitchen of an Abbey Glen home at New River.  High quality cabinets, granite countertops, energy efficient appliances.

• Abbey Glen homes are designed by Epcon Communities, a national top-40 builder that started in Columbus Ohio is 1985. 
•  The Developer says that Epcon has built over 20,000 homes and 350 communities nationwide that provide maintenance free living. 
• The Hilton Head community will be the first to have Epcon’s ‘European’ style courtyard homes. 
• The homes will also have a traditional lowcountry plantation exterior of Savannah brick.
•  The gated community with a cobblestone entrance with the signature Abbey Glen fountain.  
• Abbey Glen at Spanish Wells is the Developer’s second community in the Hilton Head area and the first on Hilton Head Island. 
• Abbey Glen at New River is located in Hardeeville, South Carolina and is a good example of what buyers can expect on Hilton Head Island. Abbey Glen Communities broke ground in the fall of 2005 at New River and 40% of the 112 homes are now sold at that location. 
• Unlike Abbey Glen Hilton Head, Abbey Glen at New River is not an age restricted community. 

Abbey Glen Hilton Head is Near the Spanish Wells Golf Club

Abbey Glen Hilton Head is on Spanish Wells Road next to Spanish Pointe and a short walk or drive to  Spanish Wells Golf and Tennis Club.

• Owners can get to all parts of Hilton Head or Bluffton quickly by use of the Cross Island Expressway or Spanish Wells Road or Marshland Road. 
• Abbey Glen is immediately next to the Spanish Wells community.  Optional golf and tennis memberships are available.

 Pre-construction Discounts and Incentives

Glen Abbey homes are available now at pre-construction pricing and terms.

• Prices range from $498,900 to the mid $600s. 
• Six homes have been reserved (3 carriage homes and 3 courtyard homes) so 34 of the 40 total homes remain for sale.
• The Developer’s goal is to sell all 40 homes in pre-construction
• For a limited time include free memberships to the Spanish Wells Community Club that includes golf, tennis and a day dock
• Members will be required to pay monthly fees which are $175/mo at this time. 

The clay tennis courts at the Spanish Wells Club		The practice putting green and driving range at the Spanish Wells Club

Make Your Purchase Reservations Today!

You may make your reservations for Abbey Glen HIlton Head with your your trusted Buyer’s Agent on Hilton Head Island, Richard Kadesch of Go Gated Realty,  the Gated Communities Specialist ®.  Reservations for Abbey Glen Hilton Head:

•  Are made with $5,000.
• Are time-stamped and kept on file
• Are rescindable within 5 days after 30 day notice is given by the Developer than they are ready to begin construction.
• May come with substantial pre-construction discounts.
•  Can be made with a price lock that gives the buyer up to two years to sell their existing home.

Richard Kadesch, Owner and Broker-in-Charge The Gated Community Specialist ® Go Gated Realty ® Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Rich@gogated.com www.GoGated.com 1-800-333-5025 Read Some of My Clients’ Success Stories