South Carolina Retirement Communities - Woodside Plantation and Grand Haven Real Estate - Homes for Sale

Leafy Woodside Plantation is an established, all-ages community with thirteen distinct neighborhoods, and its town home neighborhood, Bellewood, and its carriage home neighborhood, The Highlands, and its five patio home neighborhoods, Grand Haven, Longmeadow, Oak Ridge Heights, Stonehurst and Enclave, have smaller, low maintenance homes, making them ideal for anyone ready to put the lawnmower and paintbrush away for good. Located in historic Aiken, South Carolina, Woodside is gated, private and particularly appealing to golfers because of its four championship courses, each designed by a separate golf legend or architect, namely Jack Nicklaus, Rees Jones, Bob Cupp and Fuzzy Zoeller. In 2009, Woodside Plantation was named by Ideal Living Magazine’s as a Top 100 Amenity Community.

All homes are situated on wooded land, near a lake or overlooking the golf course. There are six model home collections, and prices for the Carolina series, which can be found in the patio home neighborhoods, begin at $252,900. The Courtyard series, priced from $284,900, can also be found in the patio home neighborhoods. Town homes in Bellewood are priced from $295,990. Several other neighborhoods have estate homes with prices starting at $639,900. Woodside has home sites for sale, as well, and prices range from $39,500 to $100,000. For more information, visit Woodside Plantation at www.woodsideplantation.com or call (800) 648-3052.

This appealing and well-manicured community stretches across 2,800 acres of virgin hardwoods forest and rolling hills. Neighborhoods are linked by walking trails and dense nature preserves, and wide, landscaped streets meander throughout the community. Non-golfers enjoy an array of amenities such as swimming pools, fishing lakes, tennis courts and a variety of social activities.

For golf lovers, there is no better place than Woodside. The Reserve, a Nicklaus Design course, has been recognized by Golf Digest as one of the “Top Ten Best New Private Courses” and is consistently ranked as one of South Carolina’s best courses. Residents can also enjoy a challenging round of golf at The Wisteria course and The Plantation course, designed by Rees Jones and Bob Cupp respectively. Masters champion Fuzzy Zoeller designed Woodside’s newest course, Hollow Creek, which now has 10 holes open for play. With an extra 9-hole, par-3 course, two driving ranges, practice greens, a teaching facility and a pro shop, golf does not get much better than this. Golf membership comes with initiation fees, ranging from $13,500 to $26,500, plus monthly fees (around $280).

Woodside residents enjoy elegant dining, fitness activities and numerous neighborhood get-togethers and meetings. HOA fees are around $600 a year, but there are also initiation fees for tennis and other amenities. The community feels established, with most lots build upon, and a manned gate gives a sense of security.

Aiken (population 30,000), popular with retirees, is welcoming and home to spacious parks, wide boulevards, beautiful historic homes and a proud equestrian heritage. The climate is quite mild; the average winter high temperature is 60 degrees (34 degrees is the average low temperature), and the average summer high temperature is 92 degrees. The area receives almost 50 inches of rain per year. Autumns are lovely and stretch into mid-December.

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