New Construction For Sale Charleston SC | Charleston SC new Construction | New Developments. Search all Charleston SC new homes and new construction below. As agents, we realize not everyone wants to live in a previously lived in house. If building your home from ground up isn’t your thing, or it’s too much to get into well then buying a new home is just the way to go. National, regional, and local Charleston SC area home builders are building new construction spec homes all over the place. New construction in Charleston SC is booming so it may take as much as 6 to 8 months to get your new home built, so you need to contact an agent to help you negotiate the best deal, and see through the maze of tricks large tract home builders will try. There are plenty of new home communities to choose from and the large national home builders are losing inventory quickly. If you are a new home buyer or thinking about having a new home built here are some tips for new home owners. If having a home built by one of the large national tract home builders like Lennar, Mungo Homes, DR Horton, Pulte, or Centex, then you should read this article about dos and donts of building with large builders. View all proposed construction, contract build new developments, and semi-custom spec homes for sale around the Charleston tri-county area.
New construction perfectly positioned on a generous lot with no HOA hassles! Located just 2 miles from I-26 & conveniently near I-95, this spot offers the ideal mix of quiet country living with easy...
New construction perfectly positioned on a generous lot with no HOA hassles! Located just 2 miles from I-26 & conveniently near I-95, this spot offers the ideal mix of quiet country living with easy...
Welcome to the serene neighborhood of St. John's Lake, nestled quietly on Johns Island, South Carolina. This unique neighborhood boasts beautifully built homes on spacious lots, offering a tranquil...
Welcome to the serene neighborhood of St. John's Lake, nestled quietly on Johns Island, South Carolina. This unique neighborhood boasts beautifully built homes on spacious lots, offering a tranquil...
COMPLETED BRAND NEW HOME. Beautiful open floorplan home in cul-de-sac location. Low maintenance LVP floor on main level and loft. Stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, fireplace in great...
COMPLETED BRAND NEW HOME. Beautiful open floorplan home in cul-de-sac location. Low maintenance LVP floor on main level and loft. Stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, fireplace in great...
COMPLETED BRAND NEW HOME. Beautiful open floorplan home in cul-de-sac location. Low maintenance LVP floor on main level and loft. Stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, fireplace in great...
COMPLETED BRAND NEW HOME. Beautiful open floorplan home in cul-de-sac location. Low maintenance LVP floor on main level and loft. Stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, fireplace in great...
The Litchfield! This home is one of our models at Summers Corner for a reason! Great flow and great space!! This Litchfield is being built with the additional Bonus room/4th Bedroom/full bath...
The Litchfield! This home is one of our models at Summers Corner for a reason! Great flow and great space!! This Litchfield is being built with the additional Bonus room/4th Bedroom/full bath...
The Primrose!Large welcoming grand foyer, leads to a separate dining room space that is also open to the family and Kitchen area. The Kitchen is perfect for the cook or entertainer in your family! ...
The Primrose!Large welcoming grand foyer, leads to a separate dining room space that is also open to the family and Kitchen area. The Kitchen is perfect for the cook or entertainer in your family! ...
Perfectly situated on a private wooded lot is this Whimbrel Five bedroom Three full bath Floorplan. This home has a two car attached garage, luxury vinyl plank floors in the main living areas, quartz...
Perfectly situated on a private wooded lot is this Whimbrel Five bedroom Three full bath Floorplan. This home has a two car attached garage, luxury vinyl plank floors in the main living areas, quartz...
Brand New Summerville home, now COMPLETE and ready for it's new owner! Close to Cane Bay Plantation and Carnes Crossroads. Conveniently located near plenty of shopping and dining. Easy access to...
Brand New Summerville home, now COMPLETE and ready for it's new owner! Close to Cane Bay Plantation and Carnes Crossroads. Conveniently located near plenty of shopping and dining. Easy access to...
Coming in 2026! The Peninsula of Charleston is an ownership-model, continuing care retirement community (CCRC) on highly desirable upper King Street in historic downtown Charleston. Resident members...
Coming in 2026! The Peninsula of Charleston is an ownership-model, continuing care retirement community (CCRC) on highly desirable upper King Street in historic downtown Charleston. Resident members...
Coming in 2026! The Peninsula of Charleston is an ownership-model, continuing care retirement community (CCRC) on highly desirable upper King Street in historic downtown Charleston. Resident members...
Coming in 2026! The Peninsula of Charleston is an ownership-model, continuing care retirement community (CCRC) on highly desirable upper King Street in historic downtown Charleston. Resident members...
Minutes from Park Circle and Riverfront Park, The Fenwick is a drive under townhome with a 2 car tandem garage loaded with upgraded features All INCLUDED in the list price but not limited to: Oak...
Minutes from Park Circle and Riverfront Park, The Fenwick is a drive under townhome with a 2 car tandem garage loaded with upgraded features All INCLUDED in the list price but not limited to: Oak...
UNDER CONSTRUCTION. This end unit Fenwick is a drive under townhome with a 2 car tandem garage loaded with upgraded features All INCLUDED in the list price but not limited to: Oak Stair Treads, 55''...
UNDER CONSTRUCTION. This end unit Fenwick is a drive under townhome with a 2 car tandem garage loaded with upgraded features All INCLUDED in the list price but not limited to: Oak Stair Treads, 55''...
Tract housingis a style of housing development in which multiple similar homes are built on a tract of land which is subdivided into individual small lots. Tract housing developments are typically found in North American suburbs that were modeled on the “Levittown” concept and sometimes encompass large areas of dozens of square miles.
These types of homes although new are usually of lesser quality than the first three options because the builders know exactly what it costs them to build each home as cheaply as possible because believe it or not their profit is in the land. Most of the national builders whose names you’d recognize such as: DR Horton, Beazer, Pulte, KB, and Centex, are considered tract builders. The expense and “control” is in the land (dirt). If you own the dirt or tract of land to build then you have the power because buyers have no other choice other than to buy your product if they want to live in certain areas. These home builders will buy large pieces of land all over the country and develop the dirt, but in order to compete with local builders will many times offer a semi-custom feature into their plans. Whereby, they will have usually offer 6, sometimes 8 floor plans to choose from, and offer a hand full of different finish options. Such as: 3 types of pre-finished hardwood flooring, 4 types of ceramic tile or vinyl, 3 styles of carpet (i.e. low builder grade or burbur), 3 different exterior wall coverings like brick, vinyl, or cement plank. etc
Spec homesare where a builder (national or local) will pre-build a newly constructed home, choose the floor plans, and the finishes, landscaping, etc. hoping that a prospective buyer will be interested in buying it as he or she designed it. They are “speculating” that there are enough interested buyers in the market, hence the name “spec home”. These homes are usually built in established neighborhoods often times in nicer communities consisting mostly of custom homes, but you can likely find spec homes in tract neighborhoods as well because the builder wants to keep “ready to move in” inventory available.
Custom Homes – Just as its name states, custom homes are as YOU want them. As the prospective home owner you would be expected to hire an architect whereby with regular meetings you, your architect, and home builder would design a home according to your direction, and vision. After you have signed off on the design of your home it then has to be stamped by a licensed engineer to make sure its design features are structurally sound. Beware of a fully custom home because they take much longer to build, and they require many many meetings with a plethora of different people all of which are there to make sure you get exactly what you want. Also, here in Charleston, South Carolina, downtown specifically there is an ARB (architectural review board) which oversees the construction of every building in historic Charleston. However, there is a good reason for this. Aside from the normal responsibilities of ensuring the safety of each property, it too is responsible for preserving the look and historic significance of one of the United States most respected and historically relevant cities in the country. If you are considering building in Mount Pleasant, Folly Beach, Isle of Palms, or surrounding areas there is less chance you have to be too concerned with having each phase of your design and construction signed off on from an aesthetic point at least. However, many newer suburban communities also have restrictions and rules that have to be adhered to there to preserve a consistent feel of the neighborhood.
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