Unique Neighborhoods of South Myrtle Beach: What Makes Them a Great Place to Live
Intracoastal Waterway Living in Cypress River Plantation
Waterway homes and access is huge plus in a South Myrtle Beach neighborhood and Cypress River Plantation is perfectly set up. This boater’s paradise offers a private boat launch and day docks perfect for a day on the water. Fishing, water skiing, or just loving the aquatic life. Secure your toys at the nearby dry storage and come splash around the gorgeous pool, enjoy some tennis, basketball or relax with friends at the clubhouse.
Even if you don’t have a boat you can feel right at home in Cypress River Plantation. Understated elegance abounds in this gated neighborhood’s upscale housing. Custom homes on oversized, well-treed lots come with plenty of peace and charm perfect for starting your new life.
A certain laid-back elegance embodies this boat and golf-cart friendly community. Driving in the front entrance past the waterfall rock wall, visitors are greeted by the security officer and then welcomed through the gates. Wide streets are banked by amazing custom homes set back from the road, and large treed lots are still vacant. Visitors and residents alike are drawn in to the classic style of the homes surrounding them, and the quiet comfort of Cypress River Plantation. There are some beautiful homes available in Cypress River Plantation, you view them here. Several lots are still available in this large waterway community. With no timeframe to build and the ability to bring your own builder, purchasing a lot and having your custom home designed may be a great option for you. Look for the perfect Cypress River Plantation lot here.
True Resort Style Amenities Make Waterbridge a Desirable Neigborhood
If you are looking for a neighborhood that is amenity rich, Waterbridge is the community for you. This neighborhood is centered around 80-plus acres of lakes, Waterbridge brings every convenience, under the natural preserves and habitats. Launch your boat on pristine Palmetto Lake, play volleyball, splash in a resort-style pool, bird watch, and enjoy all this Myrtle Beach neighborhood has to offer.
Waterbridge features two gated entrances welcoming you every time you enter. It truly is a beautiful drive into this community. Residents enjoy the village-style clubhouse in this meticulously landscaped and fully quipped clubhouse. A catering ready kitchen and refreshment center make the clubhouse a great place to host summer parties or neighborhood gatherings. Surrounding the clubhouse is Waterbridge’s signature swimming pool, the largest residential pool in South Carolina. This resort-style pool winds around the entire back area of the clubhouse with junior Olympic-size swimming lanes, a landscaped island, jetted spa, a swim up refreshment center and more. This is a whole new level of relaxation.
For the fitness oriented residents, you’ll love the 24-hour fitness center located in the clubhouse. No more working around your gyms open schedule. It’s all right outside your backdoor in Waterbridge! The owner-access only state-of-the-art fitness facility allows for great cardio and weight training options. The benefits are endless when it comes to maintaining a healthy lifestyle at home.
And we’re not done… Waterbridge also offers Fiddlehead Park, a Tennis & Basketball court area where you can enjoy a fun tennis match with your friends or a friendly game of hoops with your buddies. These courts are lighted for nighttime play with the double courts perfectly situated for central access. And if that’s not enough, Waterbridge added a sand volleyball court! Take off those flip flops and dig your toes in the sand for some fun on the volleyball court with your friends and neighbors.
If you are a water enthusiast, you’re going to love Palmetto Lake and the boat launch. Palmetto Lake is an amazing 60+ acre lake in the heart of Waterbridge. This huge lake offers kayaking, row boating, canoeing and more. You won’t be disappointed with the endless opportunities to enjoy a fun, healthy lifestyle with the Waterbridge community. If this sounds like the community for you, follow this link to see all of the available homes in Waterbridge or if you’re looking to build, there are some great preferred custom home builders already in this community. There are some great lots available for sale in Waterbridge, check them out here.
Blackmoor – A Premier Golf Course Community
Best known for its Gary Player-designed golf course, the beautiful community of Blackmoor is one of the most desirable golf course neighborhoods in the area. Custom homes are available here in all sizes from 1,600 square feet to estate-sized 4,000 foot homes. Every house in this distinguished 
neighborhood is within walking distance to Blackmoor’s golf clubhouse. Homes within this neighborhood are known for their top quality, energy efficient, yet affordable designs. Residents of Blackmoor have great amenities in addition to golfing. It offers a beautiful clubhouse, pool, and tennis center. Children attend St James Elementary, Middle, and High Schools.
Blackmoor’s ideal location along highway 707 means residents have easy access to groceries, shopping and other conveniences as well as the neighborhood’s top-notch amenities. This is the perfect place to live and play! You can view the homes currently available here or if you are looking to build here, there are still some lots available on the greens. View the available lots for sale here.
Lauderdale Bay – Luxury Condo Living at its Finest
Lauderdale Bay is a gated Intracoastal Waterway community of luxury condominiums in a great location off Highway 17 Bypass in Myrtle Beach. These three and four bedroom condos have amazing waterway and golf course views, huge private balconies, hardwood floors, ceramic tile in the bathrooms, gorgeous kitchens, and spacious master suites. There are 3 and 4 bedroom condos that are for sale in Lauderdale Bay and range in size from just over 1500 to over 2600 heated square feet. The complex consists of three buildings each with an elevator.
Amenities in Lauderdale Bay include a community pool and gazebo, private boat slips with lifts, elevators, covered parking, a private sand beach, and a lighted promenade along the Intracoastal Waterway. This great condo community is conveniently located a short distance from the airport, Coastal Grande Mall and Market Common. You can view the available condos in Lauderdale Bay here.
Cresswind – An Active Adult Community
Cresswind is an upscale community for active adults in Myrtle Beach. Making the most of its beautiful surroundings, this community is set among beautiful streetscapes, manicured landscaping, nature-minded walking trails and pocket parks.
Cresswind has been designed by Kolter Homes to offer a friendly, energetic lifestyle in the great outdoors. Residents enjoy an amazing clubhouse with many resort-style amenities. The Club is a 12,500 square-foot amenity center filled with multiple facilities to stay physically fit and socially active. Two multi-purpose rooms make the perfect place to attend or host a party or a meeting. There is a demonstration kitchen where residents can learn new recipes or new skills in the computer room. Cresswind ‘s clubhouse also includes a fitness center equipped with cardiovascular and weight-training machines. If you enjoy group exercises, you can join a Yoga class in the aerobics and dance studio. And for those looking to explore their creativity, you can also use the arts and crafts studio to learn out to paint or quilt.
Cresswind’s outdoor lifestyle is top-knotch, the clubhouse also provides outdoor amenities to include a pool, pickleball, tennis courts, bocce ball, walking paths and a grilling area. Often you will find residents socializing over a game of horseshoes or enjoying live music at the outdoor amphitheater and event lawn. A professionally managed homeowners’ association (HOA) keeps a calendar full of activities. A true a lifestyle community catering to the needs and wants of today’s active adult homebuyers.
Kolter Homes offers nine unique home plans, each with a range of customizable designer choices. Features include kitchens with hardwood flooring, granite counters and birch cabinets, covered lanais and master baths with over-sized custom tiled showers and raised vanities. The Sawgrass Collection provides single-family homes in five different models. All homes offer at least two bedrooms with two bathrooms and attached two-car garages. These 
homes have open floor plans designed with active adult buyers in mind and are offered between 1,454 and 1,957 square feet. The Tidewater Collection offers single-family homes in four different models. These floor plans range in size from 2,136 to 2,547 square feet and all have at least two bedrooms with screened lanai rooms and optional dens.
This neighborhood is only yards away from Market Common, a community hotspot with an excellent selection of shopping, dining and entertainment. Cresswind is a wonderful community of new homes with amazing amenities and a vibrant lifestyle for active adults. You can view the available homes for sale here.