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47 Widewater Road
$749,000
Consider this delightful and beautifully updated single-level home situated on an oversized 1.5+ acre lot in gorgeous Spanish Wells Plantation. Surrounded by stately oaks and mature landscaping, this immaculate residence features over 2,400 HSF with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. A newly-renovated covered entry greets you with recessed accent lighting, a coquina-shell patio area and double leaded-glass entry doors. Appointed with beautiful oak hardwood flooring, the home opens to a great room with adjoining living and dining areas.
As a means of exposing you to different areas of Hilton Head Island / Bluffton, we present this interesting and entertaining section of our email newsletter. Below, you will see photographs taken of a very specific location in our area...and all you have to do is guess where it is! Well, actually, we tell you at THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE NEWSLETTER, so don't get too frustrated if you can't figure it out. Have fun with it...and good guessing!)

Pending Home Sales Index Hits Record
This leading indicator for the housing market has risen to the highest level on record according to the National Association of Realtors. The largest regional increase occurred in the South with its 12% hike, followed by the Midwest, the Northeast and then the West.

Hampton Hall Lot Sales Soar
In many ways, Hampton Hall seems to provide an answer to what many property buyers are looking for in Bluffton – beautiful land, convenient location, great amenities, no required golf membership and much more. Our Team has been very active in helping buyers identify just the right property to consider in this new development, so give us a call today if you have an interest in making a move to Hampton Hall – or just purchasing a lot for investment purposes. Lots start in the upper-$100K’s.

Real Estate Question of the Month
We are proud to offer another new feature to our monthly email newsletter, where readers are invited to email us questions about our real estate market. Please email your question to Chip@MayerCollinsTeam.com and we will plan to feature some of the most helpful submissions in future email newsletters. Thanks.

Here is this month’s question and answer:
Q: What is a CL-100 inspection report?

A: The State of South Carolina has a standardized termite and wood-infestation inspection report that is to be completed by a qualified, licensed inspector for real estate closings. The report is typically the responsibility of the seller, wherein the seller pays for the cost of the inspection as well as any repairs or treatment recommended in the report. The report cannot be any older than 45 days prior to closing, and licensed building contractors typically need to get involved to evaluate if wood-rot (otherwise known as wood-destroying fungi) is sufficiently bad enough to require correction. Given that most damage discovered on these reports is outside of the homes, sellers often are faced with unwanted “surprises” about damage that they did not even know existed.

Across the Country
In order to help put our local market into perspective, we have provided some nationwide real estate news that we hope you will find interesting. Just click on the USA map to the right to access this section of our newsletter...and be sure to let us know if you have any questions or comments.
Welcome to Joan Pound Weaver
For any of you who have ever shopped at the Ann Taylor clothing store on the Island, you know who Joan is. After 15 years as the Manager of this very successful women’s clothing store, Joan is broadening her sales horizons and has joined our Team as a Buyer Specialist agent. We are thrilled to welcome Joan, and we are confident that her enthusiasm and professionalism will propel her to great heights in real estate sales. Welcome aboard, Joan!

Real Estate TV
We are excited to partake in the launch of a dedicated real estate TV channel in Hilton Head Island and Bluffton, which is due to take place in early July. This exciting program will feature property listings with a music background, creating an interesting, informative as well as entertaining way for us to promote property that we have listed for sale. More details to follow.

Email Auto-notification System
We continue to marvel at just how efficient and useful this system can be for anyone who wants to keep tabs on a certain segment of our marketplace. By simply providing us with what you want to track (for instance, Hilton Head Plantation homes under $1M, etc.), we can initiate an information campaign that is delivered directly to your email in-box everytime that a new listing comes on the market in the noted area. If you are interested, shoot us an email and we will be glad to set this up for you…you will LOVE it!

Tuesday Night Jams
Kudos to the Island Recreation Center for setting up a really great event on Tuesday evenings. With live entertainment, food, games and fireworks, it’s like attending a festival once a week – but FREE! This one is perfect for kids – get ‘em wound-up then worn-out – odds are they will fall asleep in the car on the way home! Check it out.

Hargray Summer Concert Series
High Tide Entertainment has recently announced the following line-up for the 2005 summer concert series: Foreigner – June 30th; Charlie

Daniels Band – July 13th; Hootie & the Blowfish – August 11th; and Crosby, Stills & Nash – August 18th. For more info or for tickets, contact High Tide Entertainment 843-671-5121 or on-line at http://www.hightidecompany.com/concerts/

Hilton Head Monthly Cover
Have you seen this month’s Hilton Head Monthly? Well, if so, the cover features Team clients John and Stephanie Brighton along with their 3 children. There is a fun photo shoot that follows in the issue, with a noteworthy feature - namely Chip Collins’ Hawaiian shirt. It’s a great issue, pointing out ways for Island residents to be Tourists for a Day.

Iguana Johns
Check out this new food/drink/clothing/furniture emporium – all with a Tommy Bahama theme. This brand new establishment is located in the heart of the Palmetto Bay Marina Village (previous location of Shuckers) and has a great Island feel.

Harbourtown Golf Links Tops List
Okay, it is slightly old news, but still worth hearing. This famed home of the MCI Heritage of Golf tournament was voted the best golf course in the state of South Carolina for 2004 by South Carolina magazine. According to the report which was published in April 2005, it was a close call with Sage Valley Golf Club with Long Cove Club coming in a very-close third position. Way to go Harbourtown!

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