51 Scarborough Head Road · Port Royal

Port Royal Plantation is residential in character rather than a resort, and year-round primary residences are the dominant ownership pattern here. Second-home ownership exists, but it is the secondary pattern — one reason the roughly 970 homesites stay quiet and low-density.

Inside the gate — where 51 Scarborough Head Road sits — short-term rentals are not permitted under the Port Royal POA covenants. Outside the gate, the Wimbledon Court villa area shares the name but has no Port Royal POA, and short-term rental is permitted there.

There is no single Port Royal POA number — dues are assessed by section, and Ocean Point homes carry an additional POA charge plus an elected refuse charge. A transfer fee also applies at closing, assessed as a percentage of sale price. The POA publishes both; your agent can confirm the exact figures for this section.

No. Golf here is semi-private and club membership is not required to purchase. Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club is operated by Heritage Golf Group as a separate operator from the POA, so you join by choice — unlike communities that bundle golf into the POA dues.

Port Royal Plantation is the clearest example: roughly three miles of shoreline on the Atlantic and Port Royal Sound reserved for residents and guests, 19 beachwalk paths, and a Beach House completed in January 2019 with a catering kitchen, sound system, and an Olympic-sized pool overlooking the Sound.

Inside the gate, minimum lease terms run from 90 days to six months, which is what rules out nightly and weekly rental use. Long-term leasing within those terms is the available path, and the POA can confirm the current minimum for this section.

Yes — 51 Scarborough Head Road is a 2020-built 6-bedroom, 7-bath home of 4,796 square feet on a half-to-one-acre homesite. Port Royal's housing stock spans early-island bungalows to new estates, so recent construction at this bedroom count is a narrow slice of the community.

All three draw long-term residents, and all restrict short-term rentals. Port Royal's distinction is its own residents-only Atlantic and Sound shoreline with a beach club plus three 18-hole courses inside one gate — Hilton Head Plantation centers on Skull Creek and marina life, and water exposure in Spanish Wells varies lot by lot.

Port Royal Plantation carries the deepest single-gate mix: three 18-hole courses — Barony, Planter's Row and Robber's Row — plus 16 tennis courts, a croquet court, a renovated clubhouse with dining, and residents-only beach access through 19 beachwalk paths across lagoons and maritime forest.

Ask which POA section the home sits in, since dues vary and a percentage-of-price transfer fee applies at closing; confirm the 90-day-to-six-month minimum lease term; and confirm that club membership is optional. For this home, the golf and pool views come with a half-to-one-acre homesite and a private pool.

Not on a nightly or weekly basis — inside the Port Royal Plantation gate, where this home sits, short-term rentals are not permitted and minimum lease terms run 90 days to six months. You may see "Port Royal" vacation rentals advertised online; those are the Wimbledon Court villas outside the gate, under different governance.

You're buying deeded beach rights into roughly three miles of residents-and-guests-only shoreline with 19 beachwalk paths and the Beach House and Olympic-sized pool on the Sound, without oceanfront exposure or pricing — paired here with golf course and pool views, a private pool, and a half-to-one-acre homesite.

Yes — 4,796 square feet of near-new construction with approximately 8,000+ square feet under roof, a main-level primary suite, two living rooms, two screened porches, a 3-car garage with workshop, and a private pool on a half-to-one-acre homesite is a rare combination inside this gate, and the $1M+ island segment has firmed with closings up 12% on tighter inventory.