Charleston South Carolina Real Estate Information

     The Longpoint subdivision is located in the town of Mt. Pleasant adjacent to Palmetto Island County Park and Boone Hall Plantation. It is one of the more mature subdivisions in Mount Pleasant having first been developed in 1988, about the time the growth in Mt. Pleasant started to take off. There are about 450 homes in Longpoint ranging in size of between 1350 sqft. and to over 4000 sqft.Resale homes are priced in the $350,000 + range with tidal creek homes starting about $900,000 when they come on the market.There is a mixture of custom built homes and tract built by Don Galloway and Squires homes. The homes are located on average sized lots with some having tidal creek access. The community has a swimming pool, tennis courts, volley ball, basketball, a play park and soccer field. The children of residents have the choice of good public schools. The annual home owners fee is one of the lowest in the area in subdivisions with amenities.

    The upside to Longpoint is that it is located relatively close in to Charleston with an average morning commute time of about 20 minutes. There is a good bit of mature landscaping and the community is small enough to give it a good neighborhood feel. There is a wide diversity of residents in age and marital status and for the most part the home owners enjoy the community. Palmetto Island County Park is within walking distance of the homes in Longpoint and I-526 is a short distance away.The community is located off of Longpoint Road one of the more pictuesque roads in Mt. Pleasant.

  The downside to Longpoint is that many of the homes were built in the 1988-1993 time frame and thus may not have the open floor plan and "bells and whistles" found in newer homes. There is not a lot of turnover in the larger homes found in the "Rice Hope" section of Longpoint where most of the homes were custom built and with higher end finishings than found in the smaller tract homes found in the neighborhood.

   However, if you are looking for a more mature neighborhood than found in similar priced newer neighborhoods in Mt. Pleasant and want to have the convenience of being closer to downtown Charleston, Longpoint might be a good option for you.