DeBordieu Water Front & Lake View Lots
DeBordieu Luxury Portfolio
Welcome to my DeBordieu Luxury Portfolio – a listing of some of the more luxurious homes on the market at DeBordieu, the private ocean front community just north of Charleston, South Carolina. At DeBordieu, just 5 miles south of Pawleys Island, you’ll find luxurious, custom built homes in various styles sprinkled all over this very special gated community. Locations range from the ocean front, on the creeks, bordering the golf course, to large homesites in the forest, bordering the nature preserve. Enjoy! and let me know if you have questions or would like to take a closer look in person!
Good News about Flood Insurance!
Got some great news today about flood insurance for property owners in DeBordieu and Pawleys Island, SC.
Read the report below from Cashion Drolet, the Sr. VP of Government Affairs for the South Carolina Association of Realtors.
Great news on the federal front to report!! The United States Senate voted 72-22 to approve the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act (H.R. 3370). Both Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott supported the measure. The Senate acted quickly to pass the bill as amended by the House to avoid the need for a conference committee to reconcile any differences. The new bill further reins in and holds the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) accountable for the Biggert-Waters implementation issues.
As passed, the bill repeals FEMA’s authority to increase premium rates at time of sale or new flood map, and refunds the excessive premium to those who bought a property before FEMA warned them of the rate increase. The bill limits premium increases to 18% annually on newer properties and 25% for some older ones. Additionally, the bill adds a small assessment on policies until everyone is paying full cost for flood insurance. President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law when it arrives at the White House.
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Spring Forward: Burn Your Socks!
Bob Turner, the original sock-burner, will be the guest of honor at THE BURNING OF THE SOCKS celebration of Spring in Georgetown, South Carolina on Sunday, March 16, 2014 from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m.
The event is a “fun”draiser for the South Carolina Maritime Museum, where folks from all over the state will treated to a pig pickin’ with all the fixins, libations, music by The Blue Plantation Band, and door prizes. Ed Piotrowski, Chief Meteorlologist for WPDE, will be our Master of Ceremonies. Bob Turner, the original sock burner from Annapolis, MD, will be our guest of honor.
The cost is $25 each for members and $30 for non- (but soon to be) members.
According to the South Carolina Maritime Museum website, “the Burning of the Socks has become a coastal tradition, dating back to the mid-1980’s in Annapolis, MD. There, Bob Turner managed a boatyard. While working on other people’s boats all winter, his socks collected sawdust, bottom paint, caulk, fiberglas resins, and other boat yard leavings. In other words, his socks would stand up when he took them off at night.
One year, on the first day of Spring, Bob removed his socks, put them in a paint tray, sprinkled them with lighter fluid and set them on fire. Then he drank a beer to celebrate.
And so the the tradition began and there are now sock burnings in boating towns across the country.
To commemorate the tradition, “Ode to the Sock Burners” was composed by Jefferson Holland of Annapolis in 1995. The ode is read every year when the socks are lit at coastal parties.
Here is our Georgetown version:
Them Georgetown boys got an odd tradition
When the sun sinks to its Equinox position.
They build a little fire down along the docks,
They doff their shoes, and they burn their winter socks.
Yes, they burn their socks at the Equinox.
You might think that’s peculiar, but I think it’s not.
See, they’re the same socks they put on last fall,
And never took ‘em off to wash ‘em, not at all…
So, they burn their socks at the Equinox
In a little ol’ fire burning nice and hot.
Some think incineration is the only solution,
‘Cause washin’ ‘em contributes to Sampit pollution.
Through the spring and the summer and into the fall,
They go around not wearin’ any socks at all,
Just stinky bare feet stuck in old deck shoes,
Whether out on the water or sippin’ a brew.
So if you sail into the Harbor on the 17th of March,
And you smell Limburger sautéed with laundry starch,
You’ll know you’re downwind of the Georgetown docks,
Where they’re burning their socks for the Equinox.
So gather up your crusty ol’ winter socks, come to the South Carolina Maritime Museum on Sunday, March 16, and set your piggies free.
Tickets can be purchased at the SC Maritime Museum. For any questions call 843-520-0111.”
2014 Plantation Tours
The Sixty-Seventh Annual Plantation Tour of plantations and town houses in and near Georgetown, SC, will be held March 28 & 29, 2014, just north of historic Charleston. 
Sponsored by the Episcopal Church Women of Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church, the tours attract folks from all over South Carolina and beyond. Many out-of-towners enjoy overnight accommodations at DeBordieu for the weekend. If you need help with that, give me a call at 843-455-4523, or email me at TroiKaz@DeBordieu.com and I’ll hook you up with our on-site rental department.
The majority of the plantations and town houses are privately owned and graciously shared with the Episcopal Church Women of Prince George, Winyah Parish once per year. A different group of homes is on tour each day.
As part of the tour of pre-Revolutionary and antebellum churches, town houses and plantations, visitors are invited to the Winyah Indigo Society Hall for tea each afternoon.
Home baked goods, original framed art from local artists, many of them members of the church, books from the Georgetown Historical Society, and the award winning cookbook, Plantation Tours and Tastes, will be available for sale in the Parish Hall.
In addition, the annual Oyster Roast & Pig Pickin’ hosted by the Prince George Men’s Minsitry will take place on Friday, March 28th 6:00 pm at Hazzard Marine, 200 S. Meeting St, Georgetown. $25 per ticket. Tickets may be purchased with Tour tickets or through the church office.
Houses will be open from 9:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Please allow a full day for each day’s tour. Histories and maps showing the routes for the day are provided with tickets. Hosts and hostess will be happy to answer any questions concerning the houses that are open. Visitors provide their own transportation. Only cars and vans are allowed on the tours because of the many low-hanging oak limbs and soft roadbeds. Buses are not allowed.
All Visitors are requested to wear low heeled shoes for their own comfort, as well, as for the protection of the old floors and rugs. You are also reminded that no photographs may be taken inside homes.
The following lists tour locations per day.
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2014
1. Prince George, Winyah, E. Church
2. Kaminiski House Museum
3. Belle Isle Yacht Club/Battery White
4. Estherville Plantation
5. Hopsewee Plantation
6. Millbrook Plantation
7. Rice Hope Plantation
8. The Oaks Plantation
9. Santee Gun Club
10. Wicklow Hall Plantation
11. Samuel Kirton House
12. Thomas Hutchinson House
13. Winyah Indigo Society Hall
G Grounds Only
SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2014
1. Prince George, Winyah, E. Church
G 2. All Saints Churchyard
3. Chicora Wood Plantation
4. Prince Frederick Summer Chapel
5. Rosemont Planation
6. Waverly Plantation
7. Arundel Plantation
8. Robert Stewart House
G 9. Arcadia Plantation
G 10. Mansfield Plantation
SALE OF TICKETS – In consideration of the homeowners, only a limited number of tickets will be sold for each day; therefore, advance ticket orders are highly recommended. Advance tickets are available by mail only ending March 14th (any order received before that date will be returned). Due to the time it takes to process the orders and return them by mail, ANY ORDERS POSTMARKED AFTER THE DATE DESIGNATED WILL BE RETURNED. If available, tickets will be sold at the Parish Hall on the day of the tour beginning at 9:00 a.m. Two day tickets will also be sold at the Parish Hall on a first-come basis. The price for tickets is $40.00 for either a Friday or a Saturday ticket. Please specify day desired when ordering tickets. Two-day tickets are available for $70.00. Please add $3.00 to order for postage and handling. Only personal checks for the full amount will be accepted, and must accompany the order. Please make check payable to “Plantation Tours”.
Bag lunches will be available for purchase at the Parish Hall on tour days. Vegetarian lunches will be available. Due to the rapid sale of lunches, they may be ordered by pre-paying at the time advance tour tickets are purchased. Please specify the number of lunches, as well as, the day you desire your lunch, and remit $5.00 per lunch.
Address ticket and lunch requests to: Plantation Tours, P.O. Box 1307, Georgetown, SC 29442
(NO REFUNDS ON ADVANCE TICKETS)
For further information, please contact Lisa Collins at (843) 545-8291 or email to per4y@aol.com.
