Master planned recreation communities profiled on PrivateCommunities.com embrace a wide range of lifestyle interests and activities, from hiking, biking, swimming and fitness to golf, tennis, boating and equestrian trails. Featured properties encompass a diverse selection of luxury homes, condos, cabins and homesites in gated country club developments, coastal resorts and active adult communities nationwide, including premium lake, mountain and oceanfront real estate in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Colorado and other leading retirement and vacation home markets.
With a strong commitment to sustainable development, Keswick Hills is an intimate, private gated community located in Asheville, North Carolina on the south slope of Merrill Mountain in the famed Blue Ridge Mountains. Featuring gorgeous mountain scenery and elevations up to 2,950 feet, the atmosphere at Keswick Hills is tranquil and feels remote, yet it’s only two miles to major shopping and fine dining. Plus, the airport, downtown Asheville and the best public and private schools in Asheville are only minutes away. Offering the best in North Carolina mountain real estate, beautiful wooded and mountain-view homesites are priced from the $99,000's to the $500,000's. Cottages begin in the $490,000’s and fine luxury homes begin in the $700,000’s to over $2 million. For a limited time, Keswick Hills is offering a 30% discount on all homesites purchased before December 30, 2009. Call today to schedule your private tour.
A new master-planned golf community, Legacy Lakes surrounds Legacy Golf Links - a world-class Nicklaus design golf course rated 4 1/2 stars by Golf Digest. Located in the popular Sandhills region in Aberdeen, North Carolina, residents will have access to all of the club's facilities, including the elegant Plantation House home to one of the area's best racquet and fitness clubs. Additional amenities will include a resort style swimming pool and pool house, an outdoor fire pit, formal gardens and a dog park. Buyers can select from a variety of single-family residences, garden homes and townhomes; priced from $275,000 to more than $1 million.
Perched along the highest range in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Banner Elk, North Carolina, the Lodges at Eagles Nest is a private mountain community offering residents all the sophistication of an upscale gated community combined with a "summer-camp” inspired lifestyle. Year-round recreational amenities and activities include a summer spa in an authentic Tee Pee village, fine dining, swimming pools, tennis courts, an outdoor amphitheater and a 500-acre equestrian center. 1 to ten-acre homesites with fantastic long-range views priced from $200,000 to $1 million; Custom-designed mountain homes priced from $750,000 to $5 million. Rentals and Vacation Partnerships are also available.
Choose from an extraordinary selection of custom homesites and developer-built residences at this acclaimed mountaintop golf community, one of the most visually compelling golf course communities in the U.S., just 35 minutes from Asheville. Amenities include a rugged mountain golf course, first-class recreational facilities and fly-in access via a private paved runway. Lots priced from $145,000; Homes, cabins, condos, and villas priced from $245,000 to $2 million+.
Located near the scenic port city of Wilmington, North Carolina, Porters Neck Plantation is one of the most sought after private gated communities in the South. Boasting 650 acres of unspoiled coastland amongst the Intracoastal Waterway and a Tom Fazio designed 18-hole championship course, ranked “Number #1 on the North Carolina Coast” by Golf Digest, the community offers a full complement of sports, recreation, dining and social activities in a friendly, family-oriented atmosphere. Homesites priced from $$79,900 to $350,000; Patio Homes, Townhomes, Custom and Resale Homes priced from $300,000 to over $800,000.
Live amid the splendor of North Carolina's beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains at this low-density gated community, which offers spacious private homesites in an old-growth forest setting only 25 minutes from downtown Asheville. Lots range from 1 to over 7 acres, priced from $129,000 to $650,000.
Bordered by the French Broad River, Seven Falls is Western North Carolina's only private golf and river club. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Hendersonville and Asheville, planned amenities will include an Arnold Palmer Premier Golf Course, a River Lodge, stocked lake, tennis facility, wellness center, amphitheater, Town Village, and miles of trails. Homesites priced from the $300,000's.
Southcliff is a unique gated mountain community located 20 minutes from downtown Asheville, North Carolina on the south face of Cedar Cliff Mountain. With elevations reaching up to 3,495 feet, buyers will relish the spectacular panoramic Blue Ridge Mountains views. Amenities include over 6 miles of hiking trails, a Family Camp, 10 acres of neighborhood parks and more than 175 acres of natural, undisturbed areas. In addition, Southcliff Village will offer residents the convenience of working, shopping and dining all within walking distance of their homes. Estate Homesites priced from the upper $100,000's; Townhome Lodges priced from the $400,000's; Home Packages priced from the mid $400,000's.
Ideally located along the North Carolina coast near Wilmington, Southport and Myrtle Beach, St. James Plantation is a master-planned gated community with over $100 million in completed private amenities including four championship golf courses, a private beach club, tennis courts, swimming pools, fitness centers and a full-service marina village. Homesites priced from $150,000; Condos and Townhomes priced from $200,000; Patio Homes from $350,000; Custom Homes priced from $400,000.
Set within the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains, SweetGrass, in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, is a mountain lake community framed by amazing views of Grandfather Mountain, the famous Blue Ridge Parkway and Julian Price Memorial Park. Along with The Lake House and a North Carolina protected trout stream, outdoor pursuits include canoeing, kayaking, fitness, hiking, fishing and boating, with easy access to golf nearby. Cozy mountain homes with panoramic mountain views priced from $475,000; One to three-acre estate homesites priced from $175,000 to $1 million.
