Kiawah Island SC Real Estate | Homes, Villas, & Condos For Sale on Kiawah Island

Kiawah Island is a private residential resort community 21 miles south of Charleston. This 10,000-acre barrier island, just 1.5 miles across at its widest point, has more than 10 miles of beachfront. Approximately 4,000 properties some within 13 neighborhood villages and 28 regime associations make up the island. Kiawah Island real estate living offers some of the most exquisite  and pristine islands in South Carolina, and dare I say the United States. The beaches of Kiawah Island feel almost untouched, and they offer some of best views, nature, and serenity anywhere in the world. A private gated community about 45 mins from the Charleston airport and the city of downtown, Kiawah Island resort is home to abundant wildlife, immaculate landscaping, stunning landscapes, and preserved nature and exclusivity that only the privileged gets to enjoy. Considered by many to be the “Hamptons of the South”, Kiawah (and Seabrook) boasts 7 immaculate golf courses (5 semi-private) and two (membership only), tennis facilities, walking trails, and wildlife for days. Kiawah Island real estate consists of beachfront luxury homes, villas, condos, and fractional ownerships starting as low as the $200ks for a few weeks, to well over $10 Million for homes on the ocean. All homes for sale are custom, well-appointed, and designed to feel like they were woven in and amongst the palms, marsh, live oaks, and oceanfront that grace the island. Properties available are, golf homes & condos, waterfront villas, vacant lots on Kiawah to build new construction build new, and if tennis is your thing there are even condos near tennis courts. There is an “uber” luxury 5 star hotel called The Sanctuary that lives up to its name.

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DEVELOPMENTS/SECTIONS KIAWAH ISLAND

CLUB DETAILS

There are two club memberships available to Kiawah Island owners, Governor’s Club and Kiawah Island Club. [CLUB DUES – MEMBERSHIP] If you want to own one the two club memberships  (Governor’s Club and Kiawah Island Club [read below]) there are two ways of going about it. One, buy or build a home in one of the new developments because the builders/developers have “built in” memberships that come with the home sites. Two, buy a home from a seller that already owns owns one Kiawah club memberships. You are not required to buy the club membership, but you can if the home you are buying already comes with a membership. There is only one private club on the island – Kiawah Island Club, and “the club” is all access to every golf course, including Cassique, all the dining rooms, lounges, kayaks, spas, squash, basketball, and tennis courts and more. * As of now there are only two developments on Kiawah that have mandatory memberships and those are Cassique & The Settlement. There are three types of Club memberships you can purchase at closing:

1. Golf Membership        $135,000 (ONE TIME – 80% refundable) – gives you access to all the 5 golf courses without paying greens fees and access to VIP tee times. Required is a $1180 MONTHLY dues as well.
2. Sports Membership    $110,000 (ONE TIME – 80% refundable) – gives you access to all the 5 golf courses, tennis courts, squash courts and basketball courts and has a monthly requirement of $849.
3. Social Membership     $50,000 (80% refundable) – gives access to the spas, events, dining, bars, and more.

PURCHASING & OWNERSHIP COSTS

At closing: Be it; villa, condo or single family is a required 1/2 of 1% of the purchase price fee upfront to the community HOA on all purchases. Then depending on the building (if condo), or “off shoot” community you own in will ALSO have quarterly or monthly regime dues (click corresponding named area to the right to see listings, prices, and costs). There will ALSO be yearly HOA dues required to be paid for approximately$1950.00 and this is to cover the landscaping, lighting, upkeep of the common areas and so on throughout the Kiawah Island resort.[