Hey Nugmeg,
Maybe I can answer a few of your questions about the Bluffton area:
Do you happen to know why home prices in some parts of Okatie have been dropping?
I’m not aware of property values dropping. My house appreciated $50k in the last 5 years. There is a lot of new development in the area. Foremost Margaritaville just up the road.
My heart is definitely in SC, but the only possible downsides we found were lack of a nearby airport,
Savannah airport is 30 minutes away from Sun City and easy to get in and out of. Charleston is 90 minutes away for direct flights unavailable at SAV.
..and we’re not sure about the medical care in the area.
Many people I know have their serious ailments treated in Savannah or Charleston. Local health care choices are good. I have had a few minor dings that were well taken care of.
The best thing about the Bluffton area is that it is centrally located. Bluffton is 30 minutes from the middle of HHI, 30 minutes from SAV and 90 minutes from Charleston. It easy to find a wealth of things to do. Ten miles west of HHI, is open rural, low density, beautiful countryside with little communities resembling the old south. SC is a big vacant state. I like that.
Glad to help with questions and such. Feel free to contact me.
I never even thought of Savannah or Charleston airports -- I don't know much about them. Will do more research. Are those airports about the size of Bradley Airport here in CT?
I’m not aware of property values dropping. My house appreciated $50k in the last 5 years. There is a lot of new development in the area. Foremost Margaritaville just up the road.
My husband has been searching online and has noticed that prices on *some* homes in Okatie have been dropping lately. I have no doubt your home has increased in value. Maybe it's because of competition among the many new developments.
We toured Margaritaville just as a hoot in May. Everyone in the area was buzzing about it. It's kind of a sappy place, although multimillionaire leftist Jimmy Buffett seems to have savvy people running the place. We took home a very thick, glitzy brochure filled with new home choices. My husband said: "this place is either going to be really great, or it's really gonna suck!" LOL
Many people I know have their serious ailments treated in Savannah or Charleston. Local health care choices are good. I have had a few minor dings that were well taken care of.
That's good to know, too. And several people in the area had glowing reports about Hilton Head Hospital, just across the causeway on HHI, when we were there in May. My own primary care doc up here (St. Francis Hospital) is familiar with HH Hospital (because several of his patients have moved South).
The best thing about the Bluffton area is that it is centrally located. Bluffton is 30 minutes from the middle of HHI, 30 minutes from SAV and 90 minutes from Charleston. It easy to find a wealth of things to do. Ten miles west of HHI, is open rural, low density, beautiful countryside with little communities resembling the old south. SC is a big vacant state. I like that.
Great description! I like that there is still open beautiful countryside not far from your area. Closer than I realized, actually.
Hubby and I are big major and minor league baseball and hockey fans. I know the Savannah Bananas are in SAV, and the Charleston River Dogs are up in Charleston. We've been to both ballparks. The South Carolina Stingrays minor league hockey team are in North Charleston. MLB and NHL teams are obviously further away than what we have here in CT.
I'd love your thoughts about the recent election in SC Congressional District 1: Katie Arrington lost to democRAT Joe Cunningham in the recent election. Do you think SC-1 is going to the Dark Side due to all the northeastern (and other) transplants to your area? I sure hope not...
Thank you again, Paul! :-)