3 posts, read 23,183 times 2,514 posts, read 6,103,754 times 1,889 posts, read 4,085,760 times 267 posts, read 787,415 times Originally Posted by movedtochsnov07 I don't think you will find anything major either! Even if you are buying a spec home, it is essential to stay away from builders who do not allow private phase inspections. It is no good when the builder only becomes transparent after they have covered everything up and want to sell you the keys! 1 posts, read 9,027 times pros and cons of Nelliefield I currently live in Nelliefield Plantation and have lived there for two and a half years now. The houses were built pretty well and Ryland fixed pretty much everything that we asked. However, some of the things that needed fixing did require some work on our part. The community pool that is there is about the size of a pool that should be in someone's backyard. Too small for the neighborhood. There is no playground or sidewalks throughout the neighborhood.

So if you have small kids, this may be an issue. Tea Towel And Potholder AngelAlso when I first moved in in October of 2006 my HOA fees were $300.00 a year. Toilet Bowl Illuminating DeviceAfter living there for a month, they raised it to $400.00. Clawfoot Tub Curved Shower Curtain RodThen this past year they raised it to $700.00 a year. This is a huge jump in price especially when there is no common area really to maintain and a very tiny pool area. Also we are in the Cainhoy School District which is a failing school. I recently tried to get my daughter into the Daniel Island School with the NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT and I was actually denied. They said we had to go to Cainhoy Elementary. They also said that Daniel Island School will be at capacity in the fall and that they were going to be sending more and more kids to Cainhoy.

Test scores are extremely low there. I wouldn't send my child there so you also have to think about private school which can be very costly. The water sewer fees out there are extremely pricey. My water portion of the bill is $30-$40 a month and the sewer portion is about $100-$110 per month. I have never seen a sewer fee so high in my life. If it were me and I had small children, it would not be my recommendation to live in Nelliefield Plantation. The people are all very nice. It is a good house for the money. No property really and no privacy. Homes on top of each other. 3,132 posts, read 3,732,870 times Originally Posted by beachme Funny you say that. Pembroke is one of our favs also. Very charming with mature trees...a nice feature for a "new" development. We're currently in Park West, but I'm soon going to be working 45 minutes away. If not for that, we would be heavy on settling in Pembroke. 4 posts, read 13,653 times Originally Posted by lkippes We live in the Peninsula and have a child at Daniel Island School.

The school is possibly at capacity. They are first limiting enrollment to Daniel Island residents, and after a certain date they will determine space and pushback the lines of enrollment further down Clements Ferry. With that having been said, Cainhoy is still a failing school and due to No Child Left Behind, you are still within your rights to send your child to a nonfailing public school. I believe there are currently three receiving public schools, so in the event Daniel Island does not have the space, your next closest receiving school would be Hanahan Elementary School.Daniel Island Homes for Sale and Real Estate Growers decades ago raised produce on remote inland Daniel Island, and a prominent New York family’s organization would preserve the Berkeley County property while also going on hunting excursions in the South Carolina lowlands. From a map, the 4,000-acre island stood out for its proximity to almost every vantage point in the Charleston area. So when the Guggenheim Foundation chose to put the property on the market in the 1990s, interest proved intense.

Eventually, the site would wind up in the city of Charleston. At the same time, a prominent development group would lay out a plan to craft homes of various styles and prices while also lining up commercial space. Daniel Island, bracketed by the Wando and Cooper rivers, took off in 1996 and hasn’t looked back. The village has grown to about 10,000 people, and major interchanges off Interstate 526 exit onto the island. Young professionals, transplants, first-time homebuyers, renters, educated, boaters, singles, computer whizzes, business people. Charleston-style single houses, low-moderate taxes, riverside properties and views million dollar designer homes, predominately new houses, stylish apartments. Families enjoying dozens of parks and open spaces, bicycle riders, youngsters trekking to schools, crowds attending sporting events and entertainment at tennis and soccer centers. Golfing on two top courses, clubhouse activities, checking out new, established restaurants, dropping into shops, attending Family Circle tennis and Battery soccer, schools within walking and biking distance.

Wealthy seniors, move up homeowners, active adults, upper tier executives, water lovers, tenants interested in removed setting, all types of families. Daniel Island sits apart from population centers such as East Cooper, North Charleston and to a lesser extent, the Clements Ferry Road area. Yet it’s an integral part of the greater Lowcountry economic scene. It’s home to minor league soccer’s Charleston Battery, and the Family Circle tennis center hosts a prominent woman’s professional cup as well as big-name concerts and shows. Meanwhile, the island has attracted a group of jobs-creating technology companies including nonprofit computer programming behemoth Blackbaud, back office medical accounting giant Benefitfocus and a local outpost for AT&T. The large residential sector of Daniel Island splits into eight neighborhood “parks,” Barfield, Center, Cochran, Codner’s Ferry, Daniel Island, Etiwan, Pierce and Smythe. Properties south of I-526 include hundreds of homes priced from the $400,000s to seven figures;