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Communities On the Water & the Golf Course
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FOR SALE: Carolina Colours NC Preserve View Home
in Golf Homes, Real Estate for Sale, Real Estate News> More community information: Carolina Colours, New Bern NC
Asking Price: $367,900
Address: 3502 Cashmere Lane
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 3
This single-family home, spacious and well-designed at 2,488 sf of living space. This preserve view home has many custom accents throughout, plus a screened porch and backyard grilling area with a fire pit.
KEY FEATURES
About Carolina Colours
Carolina Colours is an active, tradition-minded community, within the historical waterfront city of New Bern, NC, the State’s first capitol. Offering both natural beauty and cultural stimulation and featuring a championship golf course, Carolina Colours’s daily life is influenced by time-honored qualities of traditional living with outdoor activity a priority for residents and their families.
Sidewalks and paths connect residential neighborhoods with Brice Creek, Carolina Lake and the Towne Lawn & Park. The Activity Campus features the Pavilion (community clubhouse), the golf course and a planned complex containing the pro shop, fitness center, tennis center and pool. Send me more information about Carolina Colours!
Golf by William R. Love
The Carolina Colours golf course, completed in 2010, measures 7,100-plus yards from the back tees, about 5,000 yards from the front and plays to a par 72.
Designed by Bill Love, past President of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and Chairman of its Environmental Committee, the golf course responsibly preserves the intimate relationship between course, land, waterways and wildlife habitats. Send me more information about Carolina Colours!
Newest Neighborhood
Carolina Colours’ newest neighborhood is Waterleaf, an enclave of 13 homesites, nine of which front 25-acre Carolina Lake. All homesites cover more than half an acre, with most between .6 and .74 acres. Homesite prices range from the $50,000s to $159,500.
Also, approved builders have purchased lots and are selling a constructed home and lot to qualified buyers. Send me more information about Carolina Colours!
FOR SALE: Ford’s Colony VA All-Brick Classic Virginia Home
in Golf Homes, Real Estate for Sale, Real Estate News> More community information: Fords Colony, Williamsburg VA
Asking Price: $664,900
Address: 109 Hunstanton
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 3
This all-brick classic Virginia home enjoys a half-acre lot on a quiet cul-de-sac street. With 4,080 sf of fine living space and a nature preserve alongside, it’s comfortable retreat with formal accents.
KEY FEATURES
About Ford’s Colony
Located just minutes from Colonial Williamsburg, Ford’s Colony is a 3,000-acre, private, gated community featuring 54 holes of championship golf and world-class amenities. Send me more information about Fords Colony!
A Return to Gracious Living
For those of you who wish to go back in time to a simpler life style, you have your opportunity in Ford’s Colony. Residents here embrace a lifestyle of casual elegance, simple pleasures and top golf, dining and facilities.
Ford’s Colony is known for its excellent dining and as the only country club restaurant to ever garner AAA’s elusive Five Diamond Award–a status attained by Ford’s Colony for eight years in a row. Ford’s Colony also features one of the most extensive wine lists in the country. Send me more information about Fords Colony!
World-Class Golf
Topping the extensive list of leisure activities is golf. Ford’s Colony offers three championship golf courses crafted by noted golf architect, Dan Maples. His 54 holes blend beautifully with the surroundings and provide an exceptional golfing challenge.
Golf Magazine rated Ford’s Colony as one of “The Top 20 Places to Semi-Retire” and Maples’ challenging layouts, appropriate for all levels of play, is a central reason. Send me more information about Fords Colony!
Real Estate
The homes at Ford’s Colony are simply magnificent to look at. The brick facades echo Colonial Williamsburg’s classic styling, while catering to residents’ diverse lifestyles. Handsome Colonials and Federals, stately Georgians and Greek revivals preside over well-manicured lawns and beautifully landscaped gardens.
More than half of the lovely acreage at Ford’s Colony will never be developed, giving residents plenty to see when the Virginia countryside goes through the changes of the seasons. Send me more information about Fords Colony!
FOR SALE: Hampton Lake SC Home, Woodland & Water View
in Golf Homes, Real Estate for Sale, Real Estate News> More community information: Hampton Lake, Bluffton SC
Asking Price: $489,000
Address: 35 Little Pine Court
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3
This 2,640-sf home is built on the well-received Wateree floor plan, which features an oversized lanai and such value features as bonus storage above the garage. Woodland & water view.
KEY FEATURES
About Hampton Lake
Hampton Lake is a 900-acre lake community set in Bluffton, SC, and located minutes from Hilton Head, Savannah and Beaufort. It overlooks a 165-acre freshwater lake commanding 15 miles of shoreline. Hampton Lake is surrounded by a 340-acre nature preserve, collectively offering more than 500 acres of open space.
Residents of this community, voted by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) as “Best Community in America,” gather at the Lakeside Amenity Village. The village exudes a warm atmosphere with its reclaimed barnwood paneling and two grand stone fireplaces. Its spacious Lakeview Room is home to events of all kinds, and its decks and porches overlook the lake. Send me more information about Hampton Lake!
Golf Right Next Door
Great championship golf is just a cart ride away via a special cart path to Hampton Hall which is adjacent to the community and features a private Pete Dye golf course. Hampton Lake residents have access to the course through a variety of memberships from equity to a 6-month trial.
Hampton Lake’s Lakeside facility houses the Spa and Fitness Central, the Tower Bar, waterfront Backwater Bill’s restaurant and the Adventure Lagoon pool complex. Nearby is Dog Paddle Park, the first pet park at any private community in South Carolina. Real estate options at Hampton Lake include single-family homes and lots. Send me more information about Hampton Lake!
FOR SALE: PGA National FL Home in Eagleton Estates
in Golf Homes, Real Estate for Sale, Real Estate News> More community information: PGA National Resort and Spa, Palm Beach Gardens FL
Asking Price: $579,900
Address: 222 Eagleton Estate Boulevard
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 3.5
This two-story, golf-view home with private pool is situated in the desirable Eagleton Estates section of PGA National on a private corner lot measuring over one-quarter acre.
KEY FEATURES
About PGA National
PGA National Resort & Spa is a 2,340-acre resort and golf community that serves as the home base of the famed PGA National Golf Club and the Professional Golfers’ Association. The club hosts the PGA TOUR’s Honda Classic every March, while the club’s Champion course formerly hosted the Ryder Cup (1983) and the PGA Championship (1987).
PGA National features five golf courses and a wide range of world-class amenities, all of which benefited from the property’s $100-million renovation which was completed in the fall of 2012. Topping the amenity list is a full-service spa, a 32,500-SF Health & Racquet Club and Har-Tru tennis courts. Send me more information about PGA National!
Internationally Known Courses
PGA National’s quintet of courses are well known either by name or reputation: The Champion, The Palmer, The Fazio (formerly known as The Haig), The Squire and The Estates.
The recent renovation to the club included updating all of the courses with new turf, rebuilt bunkers, expanded tee and green complexes. The Haig course was transformed into The Fazio with a modernized layout and much more.
PGA National offers special membership options from time to time, please inquire about current specials. Send me more information about PGA National!
PGA National Golf Academy
When confronting these retooled championship tracks, you may want to update your game as well. You can accomplish that right on campus at the PGA National Golf Academy which ranks as one of the top golf schools in Florida.
Owners of PGA National homes are part of an exclusive community that offers services you’ll only find at the most distinguished resort clubs. PGA National’s excellence has not gone unnoticed; the Club Leaders Forum selected PGA National as a 2003 Platinum Club of America as well as ranking in the top 4 percent of America’s private clubs in regards to excellence. Send me more information about PGA National!
FOR SALE: Desert Mountain AZ Home, Pinnacle Peak Views
in Golf Homes, Real Estate for Sale, Real Estate News> More community information: Desert Mountain, Scottsdale AZ
Asking Price: $629,900
Address: 10076 East Graythorn Drive
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 3
This 1,836-sf patio home has a preferred southern exposure with unobstructed views of Pinnacle Peak and twinkling city lights. It is being sold with furniture included and its price has recently been lowered by $20,000.
KEY FEATURES
About Desert Mountain
Desert Mountain is a much acclaimed private golf community set on the outskirts of Scottsdale, AZ. Blessed with an elevated location, the entire community looks down from its cooler elevation level over the whole of the city.
From this vantage point you can see the magic of the city lights, breathtaking sunsets, mountains in every direction and, of course, plush green fairways. Send me more information about Desert Mountain!
Award-Winning
The Robb Report has named Desert Mountain, which showcases six widely acclaimed Jack Nicklaus Signature golf courses, the “Best Golf Community” in the world. Encompassing more than 8,000 acres of beautiful high Sonoran desert, the community has been developed with a strict dedication to preserving the sensitive desert environment.
Add in the Tonto National Forest which surrounds it to the north, and you enjoy the sense that you are far from the hustle and bustle of city life, yet everything you want and need is just minutes away.
From the concierge services and world-class golf to the variable surface tennis courts, from casual to formal dining, Desert Mountain builds a strong case for its No. 1 Robb Report ranking. Send me more information about Desert Mountain!
Real Estate Options
Unique villages within the Desert Mountain master plan offer a multiplicity of choices: the purchase of land, an existing home by a quality home builder, or a developer “cottage.”
Resale and spec built homes for sale in Desert Mountain vary widely between $500,000 and $7 million. Lots average about an acre with prices starting in the high-$100,000s. Send me more information about Desert Mountain!
FOR SALE: Cliffs at Glassy SC Home, Full Golf Membership
in Golf Homes, Real Estate for Sale, Real Estate News> More community information: The Cliffs at Glassy, Landrum SC
Asking Price: $1,350,000
Address: 106 Fire Pink Way
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 4
This golf-view home, custom-built home in the Contemporary-Craftsman style, overlooks No. 9 fairway of the golf course ranked 4th Most Scenic in the U.S. by Golf Digest. Sellers are including the purchase of a Full Golf Membership in their asking price—an added value of $50,000.
KEY FEATURES
About The Cliffs at Glassy
The Cliffs at Glassy is an active mountain, wellness, social and golf-oriented community featuring a celebrated championship golf course designed by Tom Jackson and 75-mile views from its 3,000-foot mountain-top perch.
This community is one of seven North & South Carolina Cliffs Communities–a full golf membership in one offers full access to the seven golf courses and amenities at all seven Cliffs Communities. Send me more information about The Cliffs at Glassy!
Clubhouse & Golf
The impressive 24,000-sf clubhouse offers formal and casual dining and a wide indoor and outdoor view of the first, second, ninth and 18th holes on the golf course.
Just two years after the Jackson-designed layout officially opened in the spring of 1993, Golf Digest rated it “the fourth most beautiful in the nation.” The course has all the attributes of a world-class mountain layout with bent grass tees, greens and fairways with thrilling elevation changes and breathtaking vistas. Send me more information about The Cliffs at Glassy!
Convenient to the Mountain
The Cliffs at Glassy is convenient to various grocery stores, specialty shops, antique shops, drug stores and libraries. Also nearby are stores for fresh meat, bakery shops, art galleries, museums and the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport. The Haywood Mall and downtown Greenville are approximately 35 minutes away. The anchor stores in the mall include Macy’s, Dillard’s, Belk’s, Sears, and JCPenney.
Greenville, Landrum, Spartanburg, and Tryon, NC, offer a variety of restaurants with dining for everyone. The Cliffs at Glassy is within 20 minutes of Furman University, which offers classes with reduced rates for seniors. Send me more information about The Cliffs at Glassy!
FOR SALE: GlenLakes FL Home w Private Cabana Residence
in Golf Homes, Real Estate for Sale, Real Estate News> More community information: GlenLakes, Weeki Wachee, FL
Asking Price: $215,000
Address: MLS # 2161546
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 3
This 1,714 sf home has a private cabana residence. The main house affords excellent views of No. 17 fairway of the golf course from most rooms.
KEY FEATURES
About GlenLakes
GlenLakes is a private, gated golf club community that covers 1,400 acres on Florida’s pristine Nature Coast. Woven into its wide landscape of native terrain are lush fairways, spring-fed lakes and shady stands of oaks and pines. Broad, palm-lined boulevards and quiet, well-lit streets lead to inviting neighborhoods of distinctive villas and custom homes.
In the heart of the community lies an outstanding array of amenities, including a championship, 18-hole golf course designed by Ron Garl and a lavishly appointed clubhouse surrounded by tennis courts, pool, unique aqua driving range, lush landscaping and much more. Send me more information about GlenLakes!
Substance & Style
The GlenLakes golf course was designed with substance to go along with its style. For the avid golfer, membership is available in the private golf club which features a Ron Garl layout.
As meticulously maintained course, it meanders through well-landscaped neighborhoods and features mature pines and oaks that frame the fairways and tee boxes.
A mixture of pot bunkers, target fairways, contoured grass, layered greens give the course its signature. The course plays to many skill levels and is a challenge for all golfers. Send me more information about GlenLakes!
Real Estate
GlenLakes features maintenance-free homes which start in the low-$200,000s. These spacious yet economical homes can be built on homesites bordering state-owned nature preserves, lakes or the golf course. There is a full exterior maintenance package that ensures care-free living.
Also available are single-family custom estate homes constructed by one of Florida’s finest builders, Addison Homes Ltd. Custom estate homes start at the $300,000s, including homesite. Send me more information about GlenLakes!
Carolina Colours NC Commercial Center Coming Soon
in Building and Construction, News> Carolina Colours, New Bern NC Commercial Center, Phase 1 is under construction. Site and utility work will be completed late this year, with vertical construction to follow. Scheduled opening is autumn of 2016.
The Center will be anchored by a 48,903-sf Harris Teeter grocery, with 19,200 square feet of additional leased space. This furthers the goal of allowing residents to access all retail needs without ever leaving the community, either via car, bike, golf cart or walking. Send me more information about Carolina Colours!
About Carolina Colours
Carolina Colours is an active, tradition-minded community, within the historical waterfront city of New Bern, NC, the State’s first capitol. Offering both natural beauty and cultural stimulation and featuring a championship golf course, Carolina Colours’s daily life is influenced by time-honored qualities of traditional living with outdoor activity a priority for residents and their families.
Sidewalks and paths connect residential neighborhoods with Brice Creek, Carolina Lake and the Towne Lawn & Park. The Activity Campus features the Pavilion (community clubhouse), the golf course and a planned complex containing the pro shop, fitness center, tennis center and pool. Send me more information about Carolina Colours!
Golf by William R. Love
The Carolina Colours golf course, completed in 2010, measures 7,100-plus yards from the back tees, about 5,000 yards from the front and plays to a par 72.
Designed by Bill Love, past President of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and Chairman of its Environmental Committee, the golf course responsibly preserves the intimate relationship between course, land, waterways and wildlife habitats. Send me more information about Carolina Colours!
Newest Neighborhood
Carolina Colours’ newest neighborhood is Waterleaf, an enclave of 13 homesites, nine of which front 25-acre Carolina Lake. All homesites cover more than half an acre, with most between .6 and .74 acres. Homesite prices range from the $50,000s to $159,500.
Also, approved builders have purchased lots and are selling a constructed home and lot to qualified buyers. Send me more information about Carolina Colours!
FOR SALE: Red Ledges UT Home, Mt. Timpanogos Views
in Golf Homes, Real Estate for Sale, Real Estate News> More community information: Red Ledges, Heber City UT
Asking Price: $750,000
Address: 615 North Haystack Mountain Drive
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 4
Enjoy direct Mt. Timpanogos views from this 3,198-sf home, currently the lowest-priced single-family residence in Red Ledges. Along with offering prime views the setting is in walking distance of future Village Center amenities.
KEY FEATURES
About Red Ledges
Red Ledges is a private four-season mountain golf community near Park City, Utah, that combines a Western luxury lifestyle with a full suite of recreational amenities. Within the sprawling 2,000 acre community is an award-winning Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course, his equally high caliber 9-hole short course and on-site equestrian center.
With a Jim McLean Golf School, and a new Cliff Drysdale Tennis School in full swing, Red Ledges members and guests stay on top of their games with instruction from the world’s best. Send me more information about Red Ledges!
Mountain Golf & Homes
The stunning natural terrain at Red Ledges provided the ideal palette for Jack Nicklaus to craft 18 holes of mountain golf that wind through cedar-lined canyons, along dramatic red rock cliffs and atop plateaus with breathtaking vistas at every turn.
These mountain views are also available via affordable home ownership through Red Ledges’ collection of mountain villas, cottage homes and The Heights.
Homes at Red Ledges are designed to complement the rugged beauty of the surrounding high country terrain, along with estate-sized homesites that provide inspiring mountain, valley or golf course views. Lots begin at $195,000 and homes range from $650,000 to $2 million and up. Send me more information about Red Ledges!