Welcome to David and Donna's home building project in Charleston, S.C.
For those new to the latest Ryan project, a little background. Back in 2002 David and Donna took a road trip along the south eastern seaboard to look at properties for investment. Toward the end of the week we landed in Charleston, S.C, one of our all time favorite places, and fell in love with a new developing community called Daniel Island http://www.danielisland.com. After a fabulous dinner in Charleston and a glass of wine at one of the "hot music spots", it was a done deal - by 8:30 a.m. the next day we were the proud owners of 54 Watroo Point on Daniel Island. At the time we saw this as an investment, however, after many trips to Charleston in the intervening years to check on our "dirt" patch, and with retirement looming, last year we decided to build a custom home in this growing community. Daniel Island is 4000+ acres of land across from downtown historic Charleston that was owned by the Guggenheim family as a hunting preserve for many years. Its is bordered by the Cooper River on one side and the Wando River on the other. In addition to two beautiful golf courses (one by Tom Fazio and the other by Reese Jones) what appealed to us, was the fact that Daniel Island has many neighbourhoods as well as schools and other amenities while still being close to the city. Charleston meets all of our criteria, an airport, hospitals, superb restaurants, cultural activities, universities, charm and, of course, a warm climate. It is a place that people want to visit.
Once we decided to commit to the area, we embarked on selecting an architect. After interviewing several prospective candidates we hired Wayne Windham http://www.waynewindhamarchitect.com to design our Charleston home. Having lived in Asia, Europe, Latin America and various places in the US; in traditional, modern, big and small homes and apartments, we gave Wayne lots of room to be creative and he did not disappoint. Wayne designed a traditional shingle style home in the "Low Country" style that the Architectural Review Board demands. (We will provide a link to the design shortly.) After many iterations of the design in order to bring it down to our price range, we finalized the plans and set about hiring a custom builder.
For those new to the latest Ryan project, a little background. Back in 2002 David and Donna took a road trip along the south eastern seaboard to look at properties for investment. Toward the end of the week we landed in Charleston, S.C, one of our all time favorite places, and fell in love with a new developing community called Daniel Island http://www.danielisland.com. After a fabulous dinner in Charleston and a glass of wine at one of the "hot music spots", it was a done deal - by 8:30 a.m. the next day we were the proud owners of 54 Watroo Point on Daniel Island. At the time we saw this as an investment, however, after many trips to Charleston in the intervening years to check on our "dirt" patch, and with retirement looming, last year we decided to build a custom home in this growing community. Daniel Island is 4000+ acres of land across from downtown historic Charleston that was owned by the Guggenheim family as a hunting preserve for many years. Its is bordered by the Cooper River on one side and the Wando River on the other. In addition to two beautiful golf courses (one by Tom Fazio and the other by Reese Jones) what appealed to us, was the fact that Daniel Island has many neighbourhoods as well as schools and other amenities while still being close to the city. Charleston meets all of our criteria, an airport, hospitals, superb restaurants, cultural activities, universities, charm and, of course, a warm climate. It is a place that people want to visit.
Once we decided to commit to the area, we embarked on selecting an architect. After interviewing several prospective candidates we hired Wayne Windham http://www.waynewindhamarchitect.com to design our Charleston home. Having lived in Asia, Europe, Latin America and various places in the US; in traditional, modern, big and small homes and apartments, we gave Wayne lots of room to be creative and he did not disappoint. Wayne designed a traditional shingle style home in the "Low Country" style that the Architectural Review Board demands. (We will provide a link to the design shortly.) After many iterations of the design in order to bring it down to our price range, we finalized the plans and set about hiring a custom builder.
Following the same process that was so successful in finding Wayne, we began researching Daniel Island builders, visiting their projects and interviewing the principals. In December we selected Robert Morgan Fine Homes, http://www.robertmorganfinehomes.com .
In January we secured our building permit and Phase II (the build) is now
underway. As you can see from the first photo - we already have a bathroom - only the finest ammenities! We will add photos and links as we go so that family and friends can follow along with us on this adventure.
underway. As you can see from the first photo - we already have a bathroom - only the finest ammenities! We will add photos and links as we go so that family and friends can follow along with us on this adventure.
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