RIVERHOUSE ON ROSE DHU CREEK 

The Riverhouse: 

This property is the very essence of river cool and epitomizes gentle, Lowcountry living. 2.66 acres of private, waterfront retreat or full time family home with three or four bedrooms, three and a half baths, home office, all new gourmet /gathering kitchen, enclosed Carolina Room, fabulous screened porch with fireplace, brick firepit by the water and a view for miles. Cast your net for fresh shrimp from the private dock and build a lifetime of memories in this very special place.

More Info,  The Riverhouse on Rose Dhu Creek:

This place is the very essence of river-cool: not overly “done”, not themed, not contrived, but welcoming, comfortable… a place at which you long to arrive. A place from which you will never wish to depart.

The entrance to this very special waterfront retreat beckons you to come closer and see for yourself the awesome landscape that nature provides here. Green grass, moss draped oaks, flowering azaleas, and vine wrapped arbors remind you of a place you have loved to have summered as a child . . . A place you will treasure for your own family for generations to come.

The house itself is as warm as a cozy blanket on a cool fall morning. High, beamed ceilings, crisp white woodwork, soft, neutral carpeting underfoot . . . nothing too slick or artificial: this is a real house. A house that lives a very good life.

The main living/gathering area is walled with windows, offering a nearly panoramic view of the property and beyond to the tidal waters of Rose Dhu Creek. A convenient home office (which might also be utilized as a 4th sleeping room) also offers water views beyond the computer monitor. A sort of best of both worlds, if you will.

The main level of the home also features an open room for dining and conversation, which leads to a Lowcounty Carolina Room. The white, beam-and-planked ceiling and continuous windows make sitting for coffee or reading an almost “outdoor” experience. Another main level amenity is a sunny guest bedroom suite with full bath and double closets.

Upstairs, the home offers a full master suite and second guest suite with private bath. The master bedroom suite is roomy enough for sleeping and sitting areas, features a fresh and spacious private bath, and two walk-in closets. There is even a keeping room located adjacent to the master suite, ideal as a nursery or second office.

And then there is the kitchen.

This, admittedly, newly added space offers every comfort and convenience without being pretentious or superficial, or giving the impression of a “renovation”. It is a space where everyone gathers for morning coffee, for a peek at the cable news channel, for discussion of “What’s for breakfast?” The warm, birch cabinetry is ample for storage (this house yearns for company so you’ll need lots of dishes) and the long, granite topped island is a perfect place to pull up a stool and chat with the cook about whatever meal is being prepared. This ultra spacious cooking and gathering area also offers a water view, an adjacent full laundry, pantry, desk space, and room for at least two cushy chairs. A delightfully appointed half bath is also close by, and includes a sink, handmade by noted Bluffton artisan Jacob Preston.

A second recently added living space is the often enjoyed screened porch with Coronado stone fireplace. This is truly an almost year ‘round living space - only in summer are the waters of the May River preferable as a place for relaxing and refreshing the senses.

Just outside, a lazy hammock swings in the breeze, anchored to two towering oaks. A wooden table stands at the ready for the next oyster roast. Teak chairs circle the brick fire pit, signaling the return of cool, fall evenings spent overlooking the lazy waters of Rose Dhu Creek. A private dock offers a spot perfect for relaxing and watching a gorgeous Lowcountry sunset. Mornings and evenings are easily filled with learning or perfecting the arts of shrimping and crabbing - activities that delight not only children and guests, but grown-up cooks and all who will partake in the bounty of these absolutely fresh delicacies. And after the casting is complete, launch a kayak and meander the winding waterpaths of Rose Dhu Creek, and onto the May River. The Sandbar and Palmetto Bluff are minutes away by motorboat, with access to and from the river, achievable anytime except 90 minutes before or after lowest tide.

And for those days and evenings when being on the water is just too taxing - sit and drink in the view that others only long for - across salt marsh grasses, past swirling waters, across time and space in this very special place that we call the Lowcountry, in this very special home that we call the Riverhouse on Rose Dhu Creek..

Kitchen Features:

• Three cm Giallo Ornamental granite counter tops with ogee edge detail
• Custom finished birch cabinetry with full extension ball bearing drawer glides. All cabinet doors have German concealed hinges and all shelves are fully adjustable.
• Tuscany Grigio tile extends throughout kitchen and powder room
• Thermador cooktop with five star gas burners (two with simmers)
• Pot filler above cooktop
• Thermador oven with convection, microwave, and warming drawer
• Sub-Zero refrigerator
• Bosch dishwasher
• InSinkErator hot water dispenser
• A 120 gallon underground propane tank feeds the cooktop, outdoor grill and fireplace

Amenities include: Deep Water Access, Dock.

Built in 1978.

2 stories, 5,422 approximate square feet. Brick/wood exterior.

2.66 acre lot. 210x578x204x492 lot dim.