Place to call home

Purchasing a home for the first home is a big step for most people. It's a sizable investment that comes with the responsibility of maintaining the property. Some buyers live in one house their whole life. But typically, homeowners at some point relocate, maybe for a job change or to make more room for their growing family.

Carlton Place might be the type of neighborhood that second or third homebuyers are eyeing. "A lot of young families are looking for more house," says Kathy S. Jordan, agent for Prudential Carolina Real Estate's New Homes Division. Buyers have included young professionals and both local and out-of-town shoppers.

Rex Thompson Homes, which builds in the Charleston area, as well as Greater Columbia, is designing 84 homes in Carlton Place, located off Foster Creek Road in the upper fringes of Hanahan.

The ranch and two-story houses are valued from $161,900 to $249,900 and sized from 1,254 to 2,485 square feet.

There are 14 floor plans with three to five bedrooms; a two-story version has the master bedroom downstairs. One-story houses are the Sullivan, Sullivan with a bonus room, Port Royal and Lancaster. Two-story choices are the Pamlico, Camden, Awendaw, Lexington, Seabrook, Victoria, Brunswick, Sussex, Kiawah and Hemingway.

Houses come with a host of standard features including one- and two-car garages, garden doors on the patio and brushed nickel lighting. Depending on the floor plan, houses also can include tray ceilings in the master bedrooms, breakfast nooks, laundry space and bonus rooms that can be turned into studies or entertainment areas.

Carlton Place is less than a mile south of the Goose Creek city limits. It's a short drive to interstates 26 and 526, as well as to North Rhett Avenue via Tanner Plantation.

Sidewalks tie the community together. Buyers have wooded views, as well as the possibility of sizable oak trees in their yards.

There are a number of retention ponds dotting the subdivision. While located in a suburban area, Carlton Place has a natural feel because of the forestlike surroundings. Some of the lots are on Goose Creek Reservoir, which is like being on a small lake. That makes the neighborhood a draw even without traditional amenities, such as swimming pools and clubhouses.

"It's the trees," Jordan says. "We are right next to the (Goose Creek) Reservoir," she adds.

To visit Carlton Place from downtown Charleston, travel west on Interstate 26 to Remount Road. Take the east Remount exit and continue to North Rhett Avenue. Turn left on North Rhett and head into Hanahan. Once past the intersection with Yeamans Hall Road, turn left on Tanner Ford Boulevard. Follow Tanner Ford until it dead ends into Foster Creek Road. Turn right on Foster Creek and proceed for a couple of miles. Carlton Place is on the left, across from the existing St. James Estates.

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