Richard N. Neste, Sr.'s (richneste) Blog

England established settlements in 1717 on what is now Hilton Head Island, and in the same year John Barnwell acquired approximately 500 acres on the north end of the island.  That acreage, later owned by Sea Pines Plantation, became Hilton Head Plantation in 1971 and eventually expanded into one...

In 1861, Hilton Head Island was temporarily named Port Royal, South Carolina.  The Port Royal Plantation community is the second plantation neighborhood developed on Hilton Head Island, after Sea Pines. Port Royal is the site of a few still-standing Civil War forts as well as the 1663 landing of ...

Located on the north end of Hilton Head Island. Spanish Wells is one of the smaller communities on Hilton Head. With over 200 homes spread across nearly 400 acres, there is plenty of space for privacy and sophisticated architecture. Spanish Wells Plantation is not along the beaches as are other l...

Wexford Plantation opened in 1982, the same year as Long Cove Club.  Possibly the most exclusive site on the island, these 525 acres of golf and residences are located on the south end of Hilton Head.  Marathon Oil built Wexford using the Governor's Mansion in Williamsburg, The Congressional Club...

A 'plantation' community defines a neighborhood behind security gates.  While many HHI residents and guests choose to live inside gated restrictions, other islanders find an affordable, just-as-fulfilling lifestyle outside of them.  Golfing greens, tennis courts, family-fun recreation, shopping c...

The three-mile Forest Beach area, comprised of the North and South residential areas meeting at Coligny Circle, is one of Hilton Head's oldest neighborhoods; some homes were built as early as the 1950s.  The attraction bringing such a consistent crowd for over 50 years is the close proximity of b...

Turn onto Folly Field Road beside the new Carrabba's Italian Grill on William Hilton Parkway, between Palmetto Dunes Plantation and Port Royal Plantation, and you will pass flower-named streets that could belong to any middle-class town in America.  This is Folly Field, another of Hilton Head's o...

Combine a world-class vacation resort with private residences, and Hilton Head Island's Palmetto Dunes emerges.  Developed in 1967, this plantation borders the Atlantic Ocean and is located directly across from Shelter Cove Harbour. Palmetto Dunes contains two privately gated neighborhoods, the L...

Daufuskie Island Real Estate Three courses throughout Daufuskie-designed by big names in professional golf-offer 63 holes of quality green.  Haig Point's 29-hole Osprey course, by Rees Jones, is managed by Troon Golf and and offers various instructional clinics.  Bloody Point's 18-hole golf cours...

I have used a company called Point 2 Agent to help syndicate my listings and I was wondering what other members felt about the service.  In my opinion, I have already had to sales that were generated from the site and the commission outweighed the maximum advertising package by almost 25 to 1.  I...