A Week in…Upstate SC & North GA

        You may have a general idea of where you want to live in retirement, but putting together an itinerary of golf communities you might visit in a short period of time seems like a tall task.

        Not for us. If you would like some suggestions of how to spend a week, a weekend or longer exploring golf communities you might someday call home, please contact us. Better yet, fill out our confidential

If you would like us to build you a three- to seven-day golf community itinerary, fill out our online Golf Home Questionnaire.

Golf Home Questionnaire, and we will suggest those golf communities that best match your requirements. Click here to access the Golf Home Questionnaire.

        For a taste of the kinds of itineraries we’d be pleased to build for you anywhere in the South, here is one that begins and ends in Greenville, SC, one of the region’s fastest growing and most economically stable towns. This itinerary spans seven days and just 188 miles, and covers upscale, lake-oriented golf communities in northern Georgia and the upstate area of South Carolina. (By “upscale,” we mean real estate prices starting in the $400s and rising into the millions. We will feature other itineraries here in the future to fit a wide range of budgets. If you would like us to build an itinerary based on your requirements, or to customize the one below, contact us and we would be pleased to assist you; our services are complimentary.)

        Where a golf community offers a discovery package, we note that; contact us to arrange for the package or for more details. Through our real estate connections in these areas, we can also assist you in arranging a round of golf on member-only clubs.

 

Greenville – Currahee Club – Reserve at Lake Keowee -

Cliffs Keowee Vineyard – Greenville Country Club – Thornblade Club

Total Drive Time – 4 ½ hours, 188 miles

Starting at Greenville/Spartanburg International Airport

Day 1 & 2

Currahee Club, Toccoa, GA

Homes priced from $400s, lots from $50s

Discovery package available ($129/night)

Jim Fazio golf (18 holes)

Nearest town: Clarksville, GA

Intel: “Currahee is set to become one of the go-to upscale golf communities in the southeast.” If you like a challenge, the Jim Fazio layout is one of the toughest in the South.

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   Going through the Hartford Courant yesterday, I was stunned by how many local restaurants in my area of Connecticut are advertising Thanksgiving day brunches and dinners. Call me sentimentally narrow-minded, but I thought most folks spent turkey day at home, cooking and sharing the bounties of the season with family and friends.

        Now that my quaint notion is dispelled, I feel less like a heathen for suggesting that the holiday season may be a great time to search for a golf home. Do many people list their homes for sale during the time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s? No, relatively speaking, the pickings can be rather slim for obvious reasons: The weather is lousy in many places,

Most people who list their homes during the holidays are serious about selling.  And that could mean a bargain for the buyer.

and who wants strangers tromping mud into their houses; many families actually do entertain during the holidays, even if they take their guests to the local bistro on Thanksgiving, and it would be awkward to give those guests the bum’s rush for an hour while potential buyers tour the house; and, frankly, many people just want their homes to themselves during the season. I suspect there is also a “Why Bother?” attitude among sellers who believe no one is looking for a home during the holidays.

        This all means that those who list their homes during the time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s are ultra-serious about selling –- heck, they may have to sell it, for one reason or another -– and their listing price is bound to be sharp and their attitudes toward negotiation likely progressive.