Monday, May 30, 2011

Blue Ceilings on the porch... WHY?
Have you ever wondered why many low country homes have their porch ceilings painted blue. Cool design trend? Or are there other reasons?

In the South Carolina Lowcountry, people have been painting the ceilings of their porches blue for generations. There's even a name for the color: haint blue. According to Gullah legend, a haint is a spirit or a ghost. It's said that if you paint your porch ceiling blue, it will welcome the good spirts and ward off the bad ones.

Some say the blue helps extend daylight as dusk begins to fall, and many believe that it helps keep bugs away. There's no scientific research to back that theory up, but it makes sense to me. They say that insects prefer not to nest on blue ceilings because they are “fooled” into thinking the blue paint is actually the sky.

When blue paints were first used on ceilings, they were usually milk paints, and those paints often had lye mixed into the composition. Lye is a known insect repellent, which would explain why insects would avoid nesting on a painted porch ceiling or ledge. As milk paint has a tendency to fade over time, giving it a rustic look, people would usually need to repaint their home every year or few years, covering the existing coat with a new coat of paint, and fresh lye.

The DeBordieu homes pictured on this page all have great porches....some of which are painted blue! Click on the picture of the house, or the porch for information, more pictures and a virtual tour.


Or contact me at TroiKaz@DeBordieu.com, 843-455-4523, and I will send you all the information you need.
Search the website at www.DeBordieu.com.


There has never been a better time to consider a purchase at DeBordieu.



DeBordieu Colony is an oceanfront community located just south of Pawleys Island, South Carolina featuring private golf and tennis, saltwater creek access to the ocean, a manned security gate, and luxury homes and villas surrounded by thousands of acres of wildlife and nature preserves.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

WATCH OUT for that tree....
Our featured hole today is DeBordieu’s #15. “This is a dogleg right hole, with two large bunkers sprawling along the left edge of the fairway, just before and just after the turn. Fade your drive around the corner, but not too much, or you will find your second shot blocked by several large oak trees growing out of a giant bunker on the green’s right. A few additional bunkers circle the green, just to keep your approach shot honest.”
There are a lot of those beautiful moss-draped Live Oak trees on the course at DeBordieu, and on the properties overlooking the gorgeous green fairways! For information on those properties, contact me at TroiKaz@DeBordieu.com, or call 843-455- 4523.
There has never been a better time to consider a purchase, and club membership, at DeBordieu!
DeBordieu Colony is an oceanfront community located just south of Pawleys Island, South Carolina that features private golf and tennis, saltwater creek access to the ocean, a manned security gate, and luxury homes and villas surrounded by thousands of acres of wildlife and nature preserves.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Tennis Anyone?
With eight Har-Tru courts, two hard courts, a comprehensive pro shop and on-site pros, DeBordieu Club’s Tennis Program is second to none. Several of the courts are lit for evening use. DeBordieu also offers tournaments, league tennis, kids camps and clinics for all ages. Here’s what’s going on this summer!
Adults
Ladies Clinics @ 9:00 am ( Monday -Wednesday- Friday)
The Tennis Social : June 23rd 5:30 p.m
Junior Summer Camps
5/30-6/2 * 6/6-6/9 * 6/13-16 * 6/20-6/23 * 6/27-6/30
Young Guns 9:00-10:00 am
Junior Academy 10:00-12:00
Futures & Fogies July 18th
(A fun event where an adult has play with a junior in a round robin format - one of the most exciting tennis events at DeBordieu!)
For more information, contact DeBordieu USPTA Professional Vladimir Handle at (843) 546-9408.
DeBordieu Colony is an oceanfront community located just south of Pawleys Island, South Carolina featuring private golf and tennis, saltwater creek access to the ocean, a manned security gate, and luxury homes and villas surrounded by thousands of acres of wildlife and nature preserves.
For information about real estate and club membership, contact TroiKaz@DeBordieu.com or call 843-455-4523.
There has never been a better time to consider a purchase at DeBordieu!

Monday, May 23, 2011


Memorial Day Weekend at DeBordieu!
In addition to walking DeBordieu's secluded beach just south of Pawleys Island, SC, wetting a hook in the meandering saltwater creeks of North Inlet, or taking a dip in one of the pools at the ocean front Beach Club, there's a whole lot going on this Memorial Day Weekend for DeBordieu Club Members and DeBordieu Rental Guests. Should you be interested in purchasing property here at DeBordieu, and becoming a DeBordieu Club Member, please contact me, TroiKaz@DeBordieu.com, or call 843-455-4523. Also contact me if you would like to rent a spot at DeBordieu for Memorial Day Weekend! We would love for you to come visit. Who knows, you might just fall in love with the place, as so many others have.
GOLF
Friday: Buyers Club Party
Saturday: Memorial Day Sweeps
Sunday and Monday: Course Open, make your tee times! TENNIS
Thursday: Tennis Social
Courts open all weekend, make your court times or stop in and pick up a match.



FOOD AND BEVERAGE
OCEAN FRONT GAZEBO OPERATING HOURS
Beginning Friday, May 27; Daily 11 AM – 10 PM
OCEAN FRONT BLUE HERON OPENING FRIDAY, MAY 27*
Monday & Tuesday, 11 AM – 4 PM; Wednesdays – Sunday, 11 AM – 8:30 PM **
OCEAN FRONT BEACH CLUB Hours Begining Thursday , May 12th
Thursday – Sunday 6 – 9 PM; Sunday Brunch 10 AM – 2 PM
GOLF TURN ROOM Hours Begining Monday , May 30th
Monday 12 – 5 PM; Tuesday – Sunday 9 AM – 5 PM
GOLF GRILL ROOM Hours: Tuesday Beverage Service 12 – 6 PM;
Wednesday – Sunday Lunch 11 AM – 2:30 PM
Wednesday – Sunday Beverage Service 11 AM – 6 PM
There has never been a better time to consider a purchase, a club membership, or a Vacation at DeBordieu!

DeBordieu Colony is an oceanfront community located just south of Pawleys Island, South Carolina featuring private golf and tennis, saltwater creek access to the ocean, a manned security gate, and luxury homes and villas surrounded by thousands of acres of wildlife and nature preserves.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

DeBordieu Club 2011 Men's Member Guest
Tournament Results

The DeBordieu Club 2011 Blue Heron Men's Member-Guest was all that we hoped it would be and more. The Overall Champions were Park Smith and Barre Butler! Congratulations to all of our winners and thanks to everyone that participated!
Flight Winners
Ibis Flight
Lawton Rogers and Patrick Rogers
Seagull Flight
Jackie Powers and Jason Boan
Osprey Flight
Bob Zavell and Robert Zavell
Sandpiper Flight
John Snodgrass and Peter Casey
Cormorant Flight
Dan Roach and Fred Crawford
Pelican Flight
Sean Phelan and Roderick Brown
Snowy Egret Flight
Perry Peace and Pink Kellett
Blue Heron Flight
Chuck Agrella and Greg Lordi

Members.....Mark your Calendar! DeBordieu's 2012 Blue Heron Men's Member-Guest will be Thursday - Saturday, May 17-19.

DeBordieu Colony is an oceanfront community located just south of Pawleys Island, South Carolina that features private golf and tennis, saltwater creek access to the ocean, a manned security gate, and luxury homes and villas surrounded by thousands of acres of wildlife and nature preserves.

Each of the pictures on this page link to one of the spectacular homesites for sale on this Private Pete Dye Golf Course.

For more information, contact TroiKaz@DeBordieu.com, call 843-455-4523, or visit www.DeBordieu.com.

There has never been a better time to consider a purchase at DeBordieu!

Monday, May 16, 2011

Good News from the NAR!
Take a look at this interesting press release from
the National Associaton of Realtors:
Housing and Economic Forecast Points to Rising Activity
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2011
Home sales are expected to stay on an uptrend through 2012, although the performance will be uneven with mortgage constraints weighing on the market, according to experts at a residential real estate forum today at the Realtors® Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo here.
Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said existing-home sales have been underperforming by historical standards and will rise gradually but unevenly. “If we just hold at the first-quarter sales pace of 5.1 million, sales this year would rise 4 percent, but the remainder of the year looks better,” Yun said. “We expect 5.3 million existing-home sales this year, up from 4.9 million in 2010, with additional gains in 2012 to about 5.6 million – that’s a sustainable level given the size of our population.”
Mortgage interest rates should rise gradually to 5.5 percent by the end of the year and average 6.0 percent in 2012 – still relatively affordable by historic standards.
“A huge volume of cash sales, supported by the recovery in the stock market, show that smart money is chasing real estate. This implies that there could be a sizeable pent-up demand if mortgages become more readily accessible for qualified buyers,” Yun said. “The problem isn’t with interest rates, but with the continuation of unnecessarily tight credit standards that are keeping many creditworthy buyers from getting a loan despite extraordinarily low default rates over the past two years.”
Yun said that if credit requirements returned to normal, safe standards, home sales would be 15 to 20 percent higher. He added that some parents are buying homes with cash for their children, and offering them loans which provide better returns than bank accounts or CDs.
Yun projects the Gross Domestic Product to grow 2.5 percent this year and 2.7 percent in 2012, adding 1.5 million to 2 million jobs yearly over the next two years. The unemployment rate should decline to 8.8 percent by the end of 2011 and average 8.6 percent next year, returning to a normal level of 6 percent around 2015.
Housing starts are forecast to rise but remain below long-term trends, reaching 603,000 in 2011, up from 595,000 last year, and continue growing to 908,000 in 2012. New-home sales are seen at a record low 320,000 this year, rising to 487,000 in 2012. “A recovery in new homes will be slow because of the extra price discount in the existing home market,” Yun noted. In March, the typical new single-family home cost $53,300 more than an existing home.
Inflation appears to be relatively modest for now, with the Consumer Price Index rising 2.9 percent this year. “We’ll be closely watching the impact of fuel costs on consumer spending and inflation – that would slow economic growth, job creation and home sales,” Yun said.
Apartment rents are trending up, and are likely to rise at faster rates as vacancies decline. Following the correction in home prices, it has now become more affordable to buy in most of the country. “Twice as many renters had enough income to buy a home in 2010 in comparison with 2005, so we have a much larger pool of financially qualified renters,” Yun said. “Rising rents and excellent housing affordability conditions will encourage potential buyers who’ve been on the sidelines.”
Yun expects the median existing-home price to remain near $170,000 over the next two years, which would mark four consecutive years of essentially no meaningful price change.
Frank Nothaft, chief economist at Freddie Mac, holds similar views on the outlook. “Economic activity will accelerate this year – there will be no double dip in the economy,” he said. Nothaft is more optimistic on job growth, expecting 2.0 million to 2.5 million jobs created in 2011 with unemployment dropping to 8.4 percent by the end of the year.
Nothaft expects the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage to trend up to 5.25 percent by the end of the year, and for home sales to rise 5 percent. “National home price indices are close to a bottom and prices are likely to bottom sometime this year,” he said.
Refinancing activity in 2011 will be only half of what it was last year. “As a result, banks may become more willing to lend to home buyers,” Nothaft said.
The National Association of Realtors®, “The Voice for Real Estate,” is America’s largest trade association, representing 1.1 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.
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Each of the homes pictured on this page are on the market at DeBordieu, an oceanfront community located just south of Pawleys Island, South Carolina featuring private golf and tennis, saltwater creek access to the ocean, a manned security gate, and luxury homes and villas surrounded by thousands of acres of wildlife and nature preserves. Click on the picture and link to listing details and a virtual tour. For more information email TroiKaz@DeBordieu.com, Call 843-455-4523, or search the website at www.DeBordieu.com.
There has never been a better time to consider a purchase at DeBordieu!

Friday, May 13, 2011

DeBordieu Golf Hole #14
DeBordieu’s Member Guest tournament is going on right now on the Club’s championship 18-hole golf course designed by Pete and P.B. Dye. Just south of Pawleys Island, South Carolina, DeBordieu's links course, opened in March 1987 and plays to more than 7,000 yards from the championship tees.
Our featured hole today is Number 14: “Fourteen is a fairly long par three that plays along a deep lake with two islands on the left. To make things even more interesting, the green is wedged into a cluster of pines and oaks. While water guards the front, a grassy swale protects the right. Hit your tee shot straight and you should make par with no trouble there.”

There is a real value for sale on DeBordieu’s Number 14. The Huss house has recently been reduced to just $595,000. Click Here or on the picture to be taken to details and a virtual tour.
For more information about homes, villas and homesites currently on the market at DeBordieu, please email me at TroiKaz@DeBordieu.com, call 843-455-4523, or visit the website at www.DeBordieu.com.
There has never been a better time to consider a purchase at DeBordieu!
DeBordieu Colony is an oceanfront community located just south of Pawleys Island, South Carolina featuring private golf and tennis, saltwater creek access to the ocean, a manned security gate, and luxury homes and villas surrounded by thousands of acres of wildlife and nature preserves.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

It worked for the Kennedy's!
Looking for a family compound? DeBordieu Colony, just south of Pawleys Island, South Carolina, just might be the perfect place for you and your clan!
If you are wanting to build side by side, there is a great opportunity to do so in Patewood South on lots 23 and 24. Each homesite is over a half acre in size, borders a beautiful lake, features gorgeous live oak trees, as is offered at $295,000.


If you want a little closer to the beach, consider the large 5 BR Miller Home on Lot 9 Island Green very reasonably priced at $1,175,000, and Lot 8 Island Green right next door which has just been REDUCED to $398,000.

But if an oceanfront compound would better suite your family, then consider this cul de sac on Sea Bisquit Court. Three very different homes: the "Pawleys Style" Cotter House, the contemporary Hunter House, and the like-new Randolph House.


Each of these pictures is linked to the properties they represent. For more complete information, contact me at TroiKaz@DeBordieu.com or 843-455-4523.
Search the DeBordieu website at www.DeBordieu.com.
There has never been a better time to consider a purchase at DeBordieu!

Monday, May 9, 2011

Quatrefoil-Symbol of Luck or Wisdom?
When is the last time you wished on a four leaf clover? Did you know you were wishing on a quatrefoil? I didn't. In fact, before I had the privilege of listing this gorgeous, oceanfront home at 1425 DeBordieu Boulevard, I had never really heard of them, but was very impressed with how the owner, designer and architect used them throughout the interior and exterior of the home. So I did a little research and decided to share it with you.
Each of these pictures were taken at the DeBordieu home, which is just south of Pawleys Island, SC. Should you require more detailed information, CLICK HERE or on the picture of the home above and you will be linked to more pictures, details and a virtual tour. Please contact me via TroiKaz@DeBordieu.com, or call me at 843-455-4523.

Back to the quatrefoil.... according to wickipedia, the word quatrefoil etymologically means "four leaves", and applies to general four-lobed shapes in various contexts.

In heraldic terminology, a quatrefoil is a representation of a flower with four petals, or a leaf with four leaflets (such as a four-leaf clover). It is sometimes shown "slipped", i.e. with an attached stalk. However, it is not defined as a flower, but called a "foil".

In architecture and traditional Christian symbolism, a quatrefoil is a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.

The quatrefoil enjoyed its peak popularity during the Gothic Revival and Renaissance, but can still be seen on countless churches and cathedrals today. It is most commonly found as tracery, mainly in Gothic architecture, where a quatrefoil can often be seen at the top of a Gothic arch, sometimes with stained glass on the interior.

In art, the quatrefoil is a type of decorative framework (mainly used in engraving), consisting of an architectural quatrefoil combined with a square. Among the most famous works of art employing the quatrefoil are the bronze panels on the South Doors of the Baptistery in Florence by Andrea Pisano, the bronze panels of the North Doors of the Baptistery in Florence by Lorenzo Ghiberti, and also Filippo Brunelleschi's famous competition entry for the same doors, The Sacrifice of Isaac) as well as "Head of an Angel" by Piero della Francesca.

In the U.S. Marine Corps, quatrefoil refers to a four-pointed decoration on the top of a warrant or commissioned Marine officer's dress and service caps. According to tradition, the design was first used with Marine officers on sailing ships so that Marine sharpshooters in the rigging did not shoot their own officers on the deck during close-quarters gun battles (as when crews of opposing ships attempted to board each other's ship).
An official part of U.S. Marine Corps officer uniforms since 1859, the quatrefoil was said to initially have been crossed pieces of rope sewed into officers' caps before becoming officially mandated as a uniform item.

My favorite quatrefoil is the first one I mentioned.....the four-leaf clover, a well-known symbol of good luck. The family that ends up purchasing this unique property in this "buyers market" will not only be lucky, but very wise.
There has never been a better time to consider a purchase at DeBordieu!

Thursday, May 5, 2011


DeBordieu Hole #13
"Those who hit their drives with a slight draw will be rewarded on this sharp dogleg left, while hooked shots will end up in the deep natural area that runs from tee to green. At about 100 yards out from the green, the natural area cuts a 30-yard swath into the fairway, so be sure to keep your second shot high enough to clear it."
DeBordieu Colony is an oceanfront community located just south of Pawleys Island, South Carolina that features private golf and tennis, saltwater creek access to the ocean, a manned security gate, and luxury homes and villas surrounded by thousands of acres of wildlife and nature preserves.

There are currently two homesites available on Hole #13:


and Lot 223 Summerwood.

For more information, please contact me at TroiKaz@DeBordieu.com, or call me at 843-455-4523. Visit the website at www.DeBordieu.com.

There has never been a better time to consider a purchase at DeBordieu!