Haus In Johns Island

The Vision is Already Proven - Two Established Estates Have Already Proven what is Possible Here - This homesite offers the rare opportunity to build a custom Lowcountry estate like Thoms Hall and Bellefont, which are both on this very same road. Pull up the drive and the first thing you notice is the oaks. Six of them across the front of the house, planted when the cottage was built in 1880, their canopies now meeting overhead in the kind of moss-draped arch that takes a century and a half to grow. Azaleas and magnolias fill in the understory. A porch swing on the front porch. A small, white, immaculately restored cottage at the center of it all. This is a 4.39 +/- acre home site at the end of the road located just nine miles from downtown Charleston. What You’re Buying Today Two things, really. A signature restored 1880s cottage. And one of the finest remaining home sites in the Lowcountry - a live oak-shaded build location ready for a major primary residence. The cottage was personally restored by Bill Thomas, the developer of Bulow Plantation, between 2010 and 2023 - original heart-pine floors, 12-foot ceilings, wainscoting, and the original fireplace all preserved; everything behind the walls and under the floor brand new. New roof. New wiring. New plumbing. Encapsulated crawl space with HVAC. A renovated kitchen with gas cooktop and island. Two full baths. A primary suite with a proper closet. A sunroom off the back opening off to a deck. Outside the cottage: A two-car garage, insulated, renovated in 2020, with an attached two-car carport A new 14x24 insulated boat house / workshop / office (2023) covering the 500-foot well A whole-property reverse osmosis water system LP gas, underground utilities, X-Zone flood designation (no flood zone) Fenced perimeter and a separate rear access point Step outside and the property opens up. A grove of mature American chestnut trees still drops fruit every October - the kind of grove that’s nearly impossible to find anywhere in the East today. Walk out the back door at dawn and there will be deer feeding under them. The Live Oak Home Site This is what makes the property different from anything else on the Charleston market in this price range. Beyond the cottage, the 4.39 acres include a separate live oak-shaded home site ready for a major primary residence. The covenants permit it. The HOA welcomes it. The rear access point is in place. A future owner can build the substantial Lowcountry home they want - under the oaks - and let the restored cottage become a guest house, in-law quarters, or caretaker’s residence. The property offers something increasingly difficult to replicate in the Charleston market: a premier homesite within one of the Lowcountry’s most protected and thoughtfully developed communities. The existing cottage can serve beautifully as a guest house, family retreat, or caretaker’s residence while a future owner creates a more substantial primary home beneath the live oaks. This is One of the Signature Homes Found within the Neighborhood Underscoring the Caliber of What Can be Built Here The vision is already proven. Within Bulow Plantation sit two of the community’s signature Lowcountry estates, Bellefont and Thomas Hall - both developed by Bill Thomas and demonstrating the caliber of home that can exist within this setting. This property offers one of the last opportunities to follow that same path. The existing cottage can serve as a guest house, family retreat, or caretaker’s residence while a future owner creates a significant primary residence beneath a canopy of centuries-old live oaks. Finding a homesite of this quality is rare. Finding one within a protected community, surrounded by conservation land, with deep-water access to Rantowles Creek and the Atlantic Ocean, less than ten miles from Charleston, is even rarer.