Johns Island has traditionally been considered rural and less developed than nieghboring James Island, but as the Charleston metro area continues to grow more development is occuring on this beautiful sea island. Grimball Gates, Hope Plantation, and Gift Plantation are just a few of the amenitied communities under development on Johns Island. Johns Island is protected from the ocean by the private resorts of Kiawah Island and Seabrook Island.


Kiawah Island is a barrier island located only 35 minutes from historic Charleston. Kiawah is a world class private golf and tennis resort developed in harmony with its surroundings. Much of the scenery and architecture can be seen in the movie The Legend of Bagger Vance.

There are approximately 2,500 permanent residents on Kiawah today. Kiawah has a delightful combination of vacation homes and permanent homes with residents of all ages. There are beautiful beaches and numerous recreational activities offered by the resort.


Seabrook Island, a neighbor to Kiawah, is the best kept secret among resorts in the area. As pretty as Kiawah with all the amenities of its more famous neighbor, Seabrook offers an excellent value to the resort capable bargain hunter. Seabrook has 1800 year round residents plus summer residents.


Similar to Johns Island, Wadmalaw Island hasalso been considered rural and undeveloped, but as Charleston continues to grow more people are exploring wadmalaw for real estate opportunities.Wadmalaw is famous for the raucous Rockville Regatta, held in July each year.