4 Middleton Place · Port Royal

No — inside the gate, Port Royal Plantation POA covenants do not permit short-term rentals. The villa area outside the gate on Wimbledon Court is a separate regime with no Port Royal POA, and short-term rental is permitted there. 4 Middleton Place sits inside the gate.

Inside the gate, minimum lease terms run 90 days to six months under POA covenants. The Wimbledon Court villas outside the gate carry no Port Royal POA fee and are not bound by those covenants, so nightly stays operate there under the Town permit regime.

No. The club is semi-private and operated by Heritage Golf Group, separate from the POA, so membership is not required to purchase. That is the real contrast with a community like Wexford, where golf is bundled into POA dues.

Dues differ by section — there is no single Port Royal figure, and Ocean Point homes carry an additional POA charge plus an elected refuse charge. A transfer fee does apply, assessed as a percentage of sale price. The POA publishes current rates; Elizabeth can confirm the exact figures for this address.

Year-round, primary-residence ownership is the dominant pattern here — Port Royal Plantation is one of the island communities long-term residents gravitate to. Second homes exist but are the secondary pattern, which is consistent with the no-short-term-rental covenants inside the gate.

Yes — renovation, expansion and new construction all happen inside the gate, and this half-to-one-acre homesite has ample room for expansion. Plans go through POA architectural review plus Town of Hilton Head permitting; Elizabeth can walk you through the current submittal requirements.

Ownership carries beach rights and access to roughly three miles of Atlantic and Port Royal Sound shoreline via 19 beachwalk paths, plus the Beach House with catering kitchen and an Olympic-sized pool overlooking the Sound. The club adds 16 tennis courts, a croquet court, three 18-hole courses and a clubhouse.

Roughly three miles of shoreline along the Atlantic and Port Royal Sound, reserved for residents and their guests — not open to the public. Nineteen beachwalk paths distribute access across the community, which is why the sand reads uncrowded.

We don't carry verified design attribution for 4 Middleton Place, so we won't claim one. What the record does show is a 1979 two-story of 2,733 square feet set beneath mature live oaks on an oceanfront homesite — Elizabeth can pull the original plans and architect of record for you.

Oceanfront homesites inside the gate are finite, and new oceanfront construction here comes almost exclusively from redeveloping one. At $3,950,000 you acquire a half-to-one-acre oceanfront parcel under mature live oaks with a livable 2,733-square-foot house and the option to renovate or rebuild.

The pricing here reflects the oceanfront homesite and its sweeping views rather than the current room count. The existing 2,733-square-foot two-story is fully livable as-is, and the half-to-one-acre parcel leaves room to expand the footprint to whatever program you want.

The recurring items are POA dues — which vary by section — plus windstorm and flood coverage, county property tax, and a one-time transfer fee assessed as a percentage of sale price at closing. Club membership is optional, not a required carry. Elizabeth can assemble the exact annual figures for 4 Middleton Place.

The structure is a 1979 two-story with deck, front and rear porches and a pool already in place, so interiors, systems and the ocean-facing elevation are the usual scope. Because the homesite runs a half to one acre, expansion is genuinely available — though final scope depends on setbacks and architectural review.