Huffines Company
A South Carolina Lowcountry real estate firm specializing in large high-end acreage, historically significant Southern plantations, luxury homes, estates and prestigious hunting properties.
To each of our clients, The Huffines Company offers the intangible assets of energy, drive, dedication and the benefit of 35 years experience selling South Carolina plantation real estate, hunting properties and luxury estates; beyond that, what goes into the sale of each property is as unique and as particular as the selling strategy demands. The support services provided by Huffines’ Appraisal and Property Management firms compliment the knowledge and experience offered by our real estate company.
When you need an experienced broker to buy or sell your home, farm, land or historic property, give The Huffines Company a call: 843-893-7118
When you need an experienced broker to buy or sell your home, farm, land or historic property, give The Huffines Company a call: 843-893-7118
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Tilly Island - $175,000
Tilly Island 5 Acres - Lot 12
Gorgeous ACE Basin peninsula in a conservation community.
Sunset views with long dock, permit to deep water, nestled among hundreds of acres with conservation plantations as neighbors.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Edisto Island Waterfront - $785,000
Edisto Island Waterfront
7805 Russell Creek Road,
Edisto Island, SC (Charleston County)
Edisto Island, SC (Charleston County)
A Unique Quality of Live Awaits...
Just 45 Minues South of Charleston, SC
Just 45 Minues South of Charleston, SC
Friday, November 22, 2019
Bailey Island Estate - $1,875,000
Deep Water Sanctuary Overlooking Bailey Creek
8622 Glascow Island Lane (Charleston County)
ACE Basin, 45 minutes south of Charleston, SC
For MLS details click here
For MLS details click here
Nestled on a private deep-water bluff, this property enjoys a peaceful Bailey Island setting.
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
The Paul-Wichman Estate - $975,000
Rare
Antebellum Southern Estate Hits Market
1847 Paul-Wichman House and Estate Awarded Sir John Colleton Award for
Preservation
The Huffines Company, a Lowcountry Real Estate Firm specializing in large high-end acreage, historically significant Southern plantations, luxury estates and prestigious hunting properties, is pleased to announce the listing of The1847 Paul-Wichman House and Estate. The estate is listed with the National
Trust of Historic P1aces in the Walterboro Historic District. The present
owners, only the third family to own this house, were awarded the Sir John
Colleton Award for Preservation by the Colleton County Historic and
Preservation Society. Both the Charleston Preservation Society and the SC
Historic Foundation have toured this unique property.
Friday, April 28, 2017
Friday, February 17, 2017
Millbrook Plantation Land $990,000
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Bailey Island $3,175,000
For a video tour of the Bailey Island property click HERE.
An architectural, kitchen and design award winner, the integrity of construction and superior craftsmanship with extensive use of natural materials make this home with its outbuildings like no other.
Awards and Publications:
• American Institute of Architects SC Honor Award
• SC Builder’s Conference Aurora Award Regional Winner
• Sub-Zero/Wolf Kitchen Design Contest Winner
• “Dream Homes of the Carolinas”, Panache Partners
• “Custom Home” magazine
• "South Carolina Homes and Gardens” magazine
• “Charleston Home and Design” magazine
For more information on Bailey Island click HERE.
2034 BAILEY ISLAND LANE, EDISTO ISLAND, SC 29438 ACE Basin, just 45 minutes south of Charleston, SC
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
379 Four Holes Road, Ridgeville, SC $550,000
This parcel is selling with MLS#16022594 together as one parcel of 17.91 acres with two historic residences. Very unique Edisto River property that has never had any residential flooding. Long river views with no bank erosion. Dock and boat landing as well as boat house. One house is all heart pine, and the other is cedar. Both are in excellent condition.
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Old Towne Plantation $738,500
Remarkable duck hunting, deer hunting, turkey hunting and fishing tract. 30 years of club records show a great history of duck hunting in the flooded corn fields as well as in the 60 acre lake.Small hunting lodge, dove fields and excellent timber.
For MLS information on Old Towne Plantation click here.
Park Island Land $170,000
Approximately 6 acres high land and balance in salt marsh. Very expansive views and beautiful live oak trees. Septic tank requires pump to the road. Membership in Home Owners Association gives right to deep water dock and boat landing. For more information on Park Island Land click here.
3 Tilly Island Way $225,000
This 5.4 acre deep water tract is on the renowned Tilly Island in the Ace Basin and on an award winning conservation property. Surrounded by other protected conservation properties, Tilly Island has only 15 sold parcels, three houses (2 being constructed) on the entire 172 acres. The property is managed for conservation and wildlife viewing with duck ponds, walking trails and a community dock. This parcel qualifies for a private dock on the deep water and has lovely trees with a small wildlife fresh water wetland on it's rear border. High bluff land with all utilities underground, Tilly Island is a remarkable opportunity in an area that will never change, yet within an hour of Charleston and Savannah, Ga and 30 minutes from coastal Beaufort, SC. For more information on 3 Tilly Island click here.
Wonderful serene boating with easy access to the ocean
One of many live oaks on Tilly island as seen on a walking trail
Aerial view of Tilly Island surrounded by protected conservation lands in the ACE Basin
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Chinquapin Point
8544 Pope Landing Road, Edisto Island
Built in 2007, this Edisto Island home is a raised two-story
nestled among oaks beside a tidal creek and wrapped on three sides by marsh. It is an interpretation of a “sea island” home
with a standing-seam metal roof, gable brackets, wide plank siding, louvered
storm shutters, exposed and scalloped rafter tails, and wrap-around porches. Each room of the house offers a water or marsh
view. The house was designed by Cobb
Architects of Mt. Pleasant and constructed by Patrick Henry Construction of Charleston. It received a 2008 Prism Award from the
Charleston Trident Home Builders Assoc. for the best home that year in its
price range.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Bull Island
The Huffines Company was engaged by the Alfred Lee Loomis, Jr. estate to quietly market their famed hunting Island, Bull Island, on Calibogue Sound across from Hilton Head, SC. Mr. Loomis told us at the time that he appreciated our reputation as conservationist brokers, and that we could place the island with the “right” person in a quiet manner. We successfully sold the 2,088 complex of islands to Birchwood Holdings for $12.25 million. Birchwood previously purchased White Hall Plantation from us, and today Birchwood owns nearly 20,000 acres of hunting properties in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Bull Island will remain a private and natural hunting preserve. The Loomis family history is remarkable. Alfred Lee Loomis, a physicist by trade, developed Loomis Labs in Tuxedo Park, NY. Surrounding himself with some of the greatest minds of that time including Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer, Loomis was directly responsible in developing many technologies that help defeat the Germans. An avid hunter, Loomis with partners purchased all of Hilton Head Island for $120,000 for a private hunting property. His son Alfred Lee Loomis, Jr. later owned Bull Island as well as other nearby islands as private hunting retreats. Like his father, Lee Loomis, Jr was an avid sailor, and headed up the syndicate that won the America’s Cup with Ted Turner at the helm.
Cockfield Plantation
This plantation was owned by two nationally known native sons. Robert Marvin, was the nation’s leading landscape architect with many presidential honors to his credit, while his nephew, Mel Marvin, became famous as a theatre musician who has many credits to his name, including the Tony award winning play, Tintypes. We were approached by the Marvin family to try to do the impossible; sell the plantation for full market value, while at the same time, protecting it from development with a conservation easement. Working with a prospective buyer, we developed an agreeable conservation easement that was placed on the property by the Buyer immediately after the sale, protecting the property, and allowing the Buyer to take advantage of the donation value of the easement. The 860 acres property, with rice field frontage on Folly Creek and Cuckold Creek, sold for $3.7 million in 2001 and has had a number of improvements built and restored since that time.
Friday, January 24, 2014
The Penthouse
After selling the owners’ beautiful farm, Domaine de
Bouvois; they engaged our company to market their penthouse in downtown
Columbia, SC.
Springfield
Springfield Plantation was sold to a Los Angeles
television executive. Since purchasing this quail shooting property, the new
owner has added acreage to total 7,000 acres. Springfield is located in
Williamsburg county, north of Charleston, SC.
Slann Island
Slann Island Plantation was sold to one of the owners
of the Chicago Cubs, after we sold his other plantation, Prospect Hill. Both
Prospect Hill and Slann Island plantations are protected by conservation
easements negotiated by The Huffines Company.
Rockville
Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill Plantation has been sold three times by
The Huffines Company, and now is protected from development by a conservation
easement. This historic property is located 20 miles south of Charleston.
Pineland
Pineland Plantation has been sold three times by The
Huffines Company. This beautiful property is located directly between Charleston,
SC and Savannah, Ga. During one of the ownerships, The Huffines Company added
contiguous acreage to expand the equestrian facilities.
Millbrook
Millbrook Plantation is located in the Santee area of
South Carolina near Georgetown. This historic plantation is now home to a
family that makes the property their permanent home.
Merridun
Lakewood Farms
Lakewood Farms is located in Williamsburg County, near
Springfield Plantation. This sale was made in conjunction with one our best
referral contacts in Charleston.
Little Mount Vernon
Little Mount Vernon is located in Eutawville, SC near
the famed Santee-Cooper Lakes. This sale was very
important to the owners who had the property listed a number of times
unsatisfactorily. Like Merridun Plantation, this sale accomplished very
important needs of our client.
Gregorie Neck Plantation
Gregorie Neck Plantation is a major shooting
plantation in Jasper County, SC on the Tullifinny River. This sale for the
Janney (Procter and Gamble) family to a Savannah businessman was one of two
properties that we sold for the family. The other plantation was across the
river; Mackay Point Plantation.
Fripp House
The Fripp House in historic Walterboro, SC was a
record breaking sale that stood up until The Huffines Company broke the record
twice with the sale of the Fishburne home and Orange Grove Place; both located
in the historic District of Walterboro.
Dean Hall
Dean Hall Plantation was originally on the Cooper
River, north of Charleston. When an industrial company purchased the property, the
residence was taken apart, pieces numbered, and reconstructed near Beaufort,
SC. Sold at auction to a Vanderbilt heir and her husband, The Huffines Company
sold Dean Hall twice, with the latest sale to the world’s largest collector of
Jamie Wyeth artwork. The last sale was made in conjunction with our Beaufort
office partnership.
Chelsea
Chelsea Plantation is a 5,200 acre shooting plantation
between Beaufort, SC and Hilton Head, SC. Marshall Field V engaged our company
to sell two undivided interests in the property, while retaining a majority
interest. Difficult as it may seem, we were successful in placing two
partnership interests to Nelson Doubleday and Bradford Mills; later our company
was engaged by Bradford Mills to sell his interest which was done successfully.
Bay Street Inn
The Bay Street Inn is a very important historic home, saved
from destruction during the War Between the States, since Beaufort, SC was
occupied by Union troops at the beginning of the War. The property remains
today as a bed and breakfast property in the historic Point area of Beaufort,
near Tidleholm (otherwise known as "The Big Chill House")
The Anchorage
The Anchorage, like The Bay Street Inn, was also saved
from destruction during the recent “unpleasantness” of the War Between the
States. Our company was engaged by the owners at the time, a prominent retired
judge from New York State to market and sell the property. Our successful sale
set a record at the time for Beaufort property
Lowndes Grove
Lowndes Grove is located on the Ashley River in
Charleston, SC. Operating as a hosting site, our sale of this property was made
in two parts, and today the property is owned by a large entertainment company,
offering a unique experience for weddings and receptions
Tilly Island
The Huffines Company was engaged to market and sell large
parcels of this beautiful island between Charleston, SC and Savannah, Ga. The
island was master planned by renowned landscape architect, Robert Marvin
(Disney World, Augusta National Golf Club) .The property is protected by deed
restrictions, and offers wonderful deep water access to the ACE Basin and
equestrian and walking trails.
Tombee
Tombee Plantation is located on Lady’s Island, outside
of Beaufort, SC. This small, but historically important deep water property was
successfully marketed and sold in conjunction with a Beaufort real estate
company; which later became our partner in Beaufort.
Mackay Point
Mackay Point Plantation, 6000 acres, was sold to two
partners of a private equity firm. This was a Janney family property, like
Gregorie Neck Plantation. After purchasing the property, the owners undertook a
complete rebuilding of all structures including the main house, a river house,
stables, kennels, manager’s house and a number of guest cottages. The Huffines
Company introduced the owners to the Lowcountry Open Land Trust, and helped
negotiate a conservation easement that protects the property from development
in perpetuity. The Huffines Company’s Managing Member founded the first Board
of the Lowcountry Open Land Trust, and today the trust has protected over 80,000
acres in 13 counties. Today, Mackay Point Plantation is one of the Huffines
Company’s management accounts.
Hickory Hill
Hickory Hill Plantation is located in Allendale County
at the site of the Civil War battle site referred to as Rivers Bridge. The history
of the plantation tells of a stint as a bordello. We sold the plantation to a
Doctor from Florida. Hickory Hill has access to the Salkahatchie River which is
known for its wonderful redbreast bream fishery.
Bonnie Hall
Bonnie Hall
Plantation, once over 1,000 acres as owned by the Penniman family, was reduced
to 237 acres in two parcels when the Huffines Company was contacted by an
Atlanta bank to assist them in marketing the property. We were successful in
selling the 157 acres that was not contiguous to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service to be protected as part of their Bonnie Hall ACE Basin Reserve. The
main house and 80 acres, overlooking the rice fields of the ACE Basin Reserve
stood empty for some time prior to our company being engaged. In a creative
move, the Huffines Company staged the home with beautiful antiques and oriental
rugs, and we were then successful in selling the property to a couple that
later added stables and a mangers home.
Cherokee Plantation
The Huffines Company has sold Cherokee Plantation two
times and with additional purchases, Cherokee now totals over 7,000 protected
acres. The last sale was made to a British entrepreneur and his partners,
originally to be used as one of the destinations for his Carnegie Club members
totaling over 150. On a horseback ride over the property, we convinced the new
owner to scale back his plans for this very unique property, and to allow only
25 Members as owners, and to protect the property with deed restrictions and
conservation easements. This was done, and The Huffines Company was engaged to
assist in the building projects permitting and as Membership Director to obtain
Members to be “vetted” by the Board, and to share ownership and operating costs.
Today Cherokee is owned by a 20 member, very private partnership; fully
protected from subdivision and development, and is the largest private employer
in Colleton County. This outcome is particularly pleasing since Cherokee is the
former home of The Huffines Company’s Managing Member, Calvert Huffines.
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Dance of the Dolphins
Located just 26 miles from historic Charleston, South Carolina near the quaint fishing village of Rockville, you’ll find Dance of the Dolphins. Named for the affable dolphins that swim up Bohicket River, this custom-designed, 13-acre, gated luxury estate accommodates five buildings: a main house, guest cottage, four-car garage with staff quarters, a climate controlled greenhouse and a maintenance facility with a workshop and a potting shed. Dance of the Dolphins is an extraordinary document of Jim Thomas’ architectural mastery and a prime example of excellence in constructional execution. From the vaulted ceilings of Honduran Mahogany to the delicate mural in the domed ceiling in the dining room, outstanding craftsmanship is omnipresent at Dance of the Dolphins.
Walterboro's Finest Office Building - $325,000
Walterboro's finest office building. Formerly a Bank, now a successful real estate office, this building is located on two corner lots in the heart of the Historic District. Designed by Thomas and Densinger, and site planned by Robert Marvin and Associates, this site boasts beautiful live oak trees, and ample parking. $325,000.
Blackwater Farm - $375,000
63 Acres near Ridgeville/Cottageville on Edisto River hardwood swamp. Two spring fed ponds. Well timbered land with food plots. Pine upland, hardwood flats and lots of wildlife. $375,000
Historic Orange Grove Place
Orange Grove Place, located on 12 acres in downtown
Walterboro, SC was an interesting sale for our company. Working earlier with
the owner, we negotiated a conservation easement for her to protect the
property with The Historic Beaufort Foundation. The main house and three guest
cottages were then sold to a couple whose husband’s work included many major
engineering projects throughout the World, while the wife is an Urban Planner.
His current, and last assignment, has been to engineer the connection of the
Union Station and Grand Central railroad lines in New York with most of the
work being done underground. The proceeds of the sale are dedicated to local
arts organizations, and directed through the Community Foundation in
Charleston. Another record sale and most satisfying result.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Auckland Plantation
608 Saxby Hill Road,
Walterboro, SC 29488.
Auckland was established by Thomas Pinckney (died 1705) and named after the English town of Bishop Auckland. It was one of several rice properties owned by the Pinckney family. The original house was burned down during the American Revolution by British Dragoons raiding northwards from Savannah led by Lt. Colonel James Marcus Prevost. The property was acquired and held by the Sanders family until 1989 and used for truck farming and pasturing. It was sold to Mr.Gardener who in turn sold it to Wistar and Oliver Bjorksten, MD in 1990. The Bjorkstens used Auckland for recreation until retirement in 2006. After traveling worldwide , they decided to live there. They built the first house on Auckland in over 225 years and custom designed it in a Japanese temple style to blend it subserviently into the beautiful waterfront site
Auckland was established by Thomas Pinckney (died 1705) and named after the English town of Bishop Auckland. It was one of several rice properties owned by the Pinckney family. The original house was burned down during the American Revolution by British Dragoons raiding northwards from Savannah led by Lt. Colonel James Marcus Prevost. The property was acquired and held by the Sanders family until 1989 and used for truck farming and pasturing. It was sold to Mr.Gardener who in turn sold it to Wistar and Oliver Bjorksten, MD in 1990. The Bjorkstens used Auckland for recreation until retirement in 2006. After traveling worldwide , they decided to live there. They built the first house on Auckland in over 225 years and custom designed it in a Japanese temple style to blend it subserviently into the beautiful waterfront site
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843-893-7118