Hilton Head Real Estate

Hilton Head Gated Communities Real Estate

The Website for Buying Property in Gated Communities on Hilton Head Island.

Hilton Head Gated Communities are Made for You

Hilton Head’s planned and gated communities are world famous. They balance nature’s beauty with our lifestyles and provide safety and security, enjoyable social environments, great recreational amenities, convenience and high property values. These qualities are sought by younger and retired residents as well as by vacationers and are why the world wide trend is toward gated communities. Today’s developers continue to innovate and improve their concepts to make their developments the best for you, the buyers of gated real estate on Hilton Head Island, Bluffton, Okatie and Hardeeville South Carolina.

Where's the best Hilton Head Real Estate?

Tourists ask, “Where can I find good seafood?” and buyers ask, “Where is the best real estate deal?” Gogated.com makes finding real estate about as easy as finding good southern cuisine and almost as enjoyable. Please browse our menu to find considerable original content, features, interactive maps, videos, pictures and charts that will help you learn about and evaluate gated communities efficiently and in detail. Go ahead and search the entire MLS listing inventory for the property you want or ask your Go Gated Realty Agent ® to do a targeted search for you. Go Gated Realty® and Gogated.com are the ways to find the best real estate buys on Hilton Head Island, Bluffton and Hardeeville South Carolina. We are the Hilton Head Gated Community Specialists ®.

Go Gated Realty® is Your Experienced Buyer’s Agency

You can trust your important real estate interests to Go Gated Realty®. Broker-in-Charge Richard Kadesch has more than 33 years of Hilton Head Island real estate experience. He and Agent Tony Cartin take extra care to make sure that they find the best home or villa for you and they skillfully negotiate the purchase to get the price and terms that you want. Richard and Tony coordinate a team of professionals dedicated to your real estate success. The Buying Process and Success Stories sections of this site have more about their outstanding service and let you read what other clients have to say about them. Every listed property already includes a real estate commission so put the Gated Community Specialists® to work for you! Richard and Tony enjoy working with internet buyers so please call, e-mail and respond with one of our convenient internet forms today!

The Cost of Retirement

The cost of retirement on Hilton Head and Bluffton depends on the home and community you choose. Prices vary widely from inexpensive condominiums that begin at about $125,000 and homes in good areas that start from about $225,000. Homes in gated communities on Hilton Head Island start at about $350,000.

On Hilton Head Island and in Bluffton there is a large selection of homes, communities and amenities at a wide variety of prices. Start with an idea of how much you want to spend for your home and pre-quality with a lender before you shop. Typically retirement buyers pay cash or make a substantial down payment to keep their monthly payments low.

Talk with your accountant to see if there are benefits for you to carry a mortgage and if so, how much. In general, the cost of living on Hilton Head Island is only 3.6% higher than the national average. For details click here

Some specific costs of retirement for Hilton Head or Bluffton are:

1) Annual Property Owners’ Association Fee (POA or HOA) varies but is approximately $1,000 per year. For a complete list of annual association fees, click here. Most club memberships and specific activities are an additional fee.

2) Annual County Property Taxes. In 2008, South Carolina residents will see property taxes fall by at least 20% to be offset in an increase in sales tax from 6 to 7%. For primary residents in 2007, this was $1,414 per $200,000 value of your house on Hilton Head: $1,596 for Bluffton. Car taxes were $212 per $20,000 for cars on Hilton Head; $240 for Bluffton.

3) Income tax. South Carolina’s income tax follows Federal income tax laws and is calculated from the Federal taxable income with many of the same adjustments, exemptions and deductions. For a good summary of South Carolina taxes click here.

Find other answers to your tax questions at the South Carolina Department of Revenue web site: http://www.sctax.org/default.htm

4) Utilities: The energy in Hilton Head Island and Bluffton is almost entirely electric and provided by our non-profit company, a, Palmetto Electric Cooperative. Your electric bills should be no more and probably less than what you pay now. Many gas ranges, fireplaces and some swimming pool heaters throughout the area are fueled by propane available from several area vendors. Homes in Sun City Hilton Head and some other residences in Bluffton are heated by natural gas provided by South Carolina Electric and Gas

Last Updated (Monday, 14 December 2009 15:53)