Sullivan's Island Real Estate

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Sullivan‘s Island, S.C. is just minutes from all that historic Charleston and booming Mount Pleasant have to offer, yet it maintains a rustic charm. A sophisticated island town, it offers its residents and visitors no flashing neon signs, no shopping malls, no golf courses, not even a stoplight - just a small downtown district that features primarily upscale restaurants and watering holes. Homes for sale on Sullivan's Island are coveted, thanks to the lifestyle residents enjoy. Real estate is precious for its proximity to both the ocean and Lowcountry conveniences.

The island is also home to an unusual lighthouse, a triangular tower of steel and concrete sheathed in aluminum that was built in 1962, replacing the original structure built in 1848 and rebuilt in 1872. The modern, air-conditioned lighthouse is the only one in the United States with an elevator. Originally equipped with a 28-million candlepower light, it was downgraded to a little more than 1 million candlepower, but it can still be seen 28 miles out to sea.

Today, Sullivan’s Island, S.C. epitomizes the unhurried, casual lifestyle of a beach community. Residents get around on foot, on bikes or in golf carts. When they need to leave the island, they travel across an old-fashioned drawbridge. If you're interested in homes for sale on Sullivan's Island, you've picked an amazing location.

A Little About Sullivan's Island

Today, Sullivan's Island epitomizes the unhurried, casual lifestyle of a beach community. Residents get around on foot, on bikes or in golf carts. When they need to leave the island, they travel across an old-fashioned drawbridge. There are no hotels of any sort and rental properties are frowned upon in this family-oriented, close-knit community.

Sullivan's Island is just minutes from all that historic Charleston and booming Mount Pleasant have to offer, yet it might as well be a thousand miles away. A sophisticated island town, it offers its residents and visitors no flashing neon signs, no shopping malls, no golf courses and not even a stoplight, just a small downtown district that features primarily upscale restaurants and watering holes. And that’s the way the islanders plan to keep it.

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A Sullivan's Island Love Story

As I pulled up to the Sullivan’s Island home of Anne Therese and Eli Hyman, I was greeted by a black lab named Misty, who ushered me into the house as though she’d been awaiting my arrival. Once inside, Eli and Anne Therese appeared, and I was at once struck by the warmth in the room, emanating not from the hearth but from the couple seated across from me. Although married for nearly three decades, they bantered playfully as though they were still the same love-struck kids who met in Israel when he was 16 and she was 17. I asked how they ended up on Sullivan’s Island.

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