Isle of Palms · South Carolina

Charleston Blvd. Custom Home

A three-story elevated custom home one block off the beach on Isle of Palms, built above an enclosed ground-level garage with a screened back porch and an elevated pool. Seven bedrooms, eight baths, 4,769 heated square feet, completed in 2022 to a Carl McCants plan. Iconic Developments represented the buyer.

7Bedrooms
8Bathrooms
4,769Heated Sq Ft
2022Completed
Custom-built home at 116 Charleston Boulevard, Isle of Palms, SC, modern white exterior with wooden garage doors, palm trees, and paved driveway
Aerial view of colorful residential houses along the coast with beach and ocean in the background, under a cloudy sky.
A modern white house with wooden garage doors, surrounded by palm trees and lush greenery, against a partly cloudy sky.
Modern house with white siding, wooden garage doors, surrounded by palm trees and landscaped yard with paved driveway.
White wooden stairs leading to a house with a glass door, white siding, and modern exterior lighting. Green plants are visible near the stairs.
A cozy front porch with large green houseplants in blue pots, a wooden entry door, black framed windows, a woven chair with a beach-themed pillow, a small side table, and a doormat on wooden decking with a white house exterior and trees in the backgr
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Modern kitchen with white cabinets, pendant lights, stainless steel range hood, and island with barstools, adjacent to a sliding glass door.
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A modern stainless steel gas stove with six burners and control knobs at the front, set against a white countertop. In the background, there are wooden kitchen utensils and a decorative wooden crab-shaped cutting board on the wall.
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Aerial view of a coastal residential neighborhood with beach, ocean, and cloudy sky.
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Charleston Blvd. sits one block off the beach, and that is the whole argument for the house. Close enough that the walk to the sand is a walk rather than a drive, far enough back that the lot sits behind the first line of dune and carries a different elevation and insurance profile than an oceanfront parcel. Iconic Developments represented the buyer here — plan and finish review, construction quality assessment, elevation and flood analysis, and negotiation through closing.

The Residence

Site & Setting

Isle of Palms is a barrier island, and on a barrier island the distance from the water is the specification that drives everything else — required elevation, insurance cost, construction method, and what the ground level is permitted to be used for. This lot sits one block back. The living levels are stacked above an enclosed ground-level garage, which is how the island builds and why the front porch sits a full flight up from the driveway. The trade is a stair climb at the front door in exchange for a lower flood profile and covered parking that does not consume the yard.

Exterior & Construction

Cladding — Fiber cement siding with coastal architectural detail — the standard choice within a few blocks of salt air, selected for how it behaves in that environment rather than for its price.
Roof — Architectural shingle with standing-seam metal accents over the projecting roof forms, where metal does the work that shingle does poorly.
Elevation — Three stories of living space above an enclosed ground-level garage, in line with how the island builds relative to base flood elevation.
Glazing — High-impact storm windows throughout — the item that separates a house which gets boarded before a storm from one that does not.
Porch — Wide front porch with custom railing running the front elevation.
Site — Paved driveway, professionally landscaped yard, full privacy fencing.

Main Level & Millwork

Flooring — Wide-plank European oak through the main living areas.
Ceilings — High ceilings carrying coffered detail and coastal shiplap accents.
Millwork — Custom built-ins flanking a gas fireplace.
Layout — Open-concept main level, with kitchen, dining and living reading as a single room.
Vertical access — A residential elevator serving all levels — installed, not roughed in.
Program — 4,769 heated square feet across three stories, seven bedrooms and eight baths.

Kitchen

Island — Oversized center island topped in natural quartzite — harder than marble and more heat-tolerant than engineered quartz, which is what you want on the one surface everybody actually sets a hot pan down on.
Cabinetry — Custom inset cabinetry — the more expensive way to build a door, and the one that still reads correctly in ten years.
Appliances — Professional-grade stainless package.
Hardware — Brushed brass and nickel, mixed deliberately rather than matched.
Backsplash — Custom tile tuned to the coastal palette.
Lighting — Statement pendants over the island.

Owner’s Suite

Light — Oversized windows on the primary bedroom, sized for the island light rather than for the elevation drawing.
Closets — Dual walk-in closets.
Bath — Freestanding soaking tub with a glass-enclosed walk-in shower on multi-head fixtures.
Vanities — Custom dual vanities with designer sconces and refined hardware.
Flooring — Marble and porcelain tile, laid in pattern rather than run straight.

Outdoor Living

Screened porch — A full-width screened back porch — the room that gets used most from April through October, and the one buyers regret omitting.
Pool — Custom elevated pool, structured to the raised grade rather than set at ground level.
Living areas — Multiple lounging zones with dedicated outdoor dining.
Privacy — Full privacy fencing to the rear yard.
Beach access — One block to the sand.

At a Glance

AddressCharleston Blvd., Isle of Palms, SC 29451
CommunityIsle of Palms
CityIsle of Palms, South Carolina
Bedrooms7
Bathrooms8
Heated Square Feet4,769
Year Completed2022
PlanCarl McCants
ConstructionThree-story elevated, enclosed ground-level garage
Iconic’s RoleRepresented the buyer

Frequently Asked Questions

What does “one block off the beach” actually change on Isle of Palms?

Three things, and only one of them is the walk. Access is the obvious one — a block is a two-minute walk with a cooler, which is the difference between using the beach daily and using it on weekends. The second is elevation and insurance: a lot set behind the first line of dune generally sits in a less severe flood zone than an oceanfront parcel, which changes both the required construction method and the annual carrying cost. The third is price per square foot, which drops sharply as you move back from the water. A block back is where a lot of buyers find the best balance between what they actually use and what they pay to carry.

Why is every new house on Isle of Palms built up in the air?

Because the island is in a mapped flood zone and the lowest occupied floor has to sit at or above the base flood elevation, with local freeboard required on top of that. The practical result is that the ground level cannot be living space — it is limited to parking, storage and access — so the house starts a full story up. That is why these homes read as three stories from the street when only two of them are conditioned. It is not an architectural preference. It is what the flood maps and the local ordinance require, and building below them is not an option a lender or an insurer will accept.

What does an elevated pool involve that a ground-level pool does not?

Structure, mostly. A pool set at the raised grade behind an elevated house has to be engineered as a structural element rather than dropped into a hole, which means real foundation work, real engineering, and a real number. Expect it to cost meaningfully more than the same pool on a slab-on-grade lot inland, and expect the equipment location and the deck framing to be designed together rather than sequenced. The reason to do it anyway is that it puts the pool on the same level as the living space and the porch, so the outdoor area works as one room instead of two.

Is a residential elevator worth it in a beach house, or is a pre-wire enough?

In a three-story elevated house on the island, it earns its place. You are carrying groceries, luggage and beach gear up a full flight before you even reach the main level, and that repeats every single day of use. It also broadens the resale pool considerably — a large share of second-home buyers here are thinking about the next twenty years, not the next five. A pre-wire is the right call when the budget is genuinely tight, because it preserves the option cheaply. But retrofitting into a framed shaft always costs more than installing during construction, and a shaft left empty is square footage you paid for and cannot use.

What should I look at on a finished spec home before writing an offer?

The things that are expensive to fix and invisible in photographs. Confirm the elevation certificate and what flood zone the finished structure actually sits in, not what the lot was mapped as. Look at the window and door package and verify the impact rating. Check how the porch and pool deck are drained and flashed, because that detail is where coastal homes fail first. Ask what is behind the drywall on the envelope. On this purchase that review is exactly what we were engaged to do — plan and finish review, construction quality assessment, and elevation and flood analysis before the offer was structured.

Can Iconic Developments build for me on Isle of Palms?

Yes, and the first conversation is usually about the lot rather than the house. On the island the parcel dictates the required elevation, the buildable footprint, the setbacks and a good deal of the budget before a plan is ever drawn, so we look at the site first and price the constraints honestly. From there it is plan selection or a custom design, a real construction budget rather than an allowance sheet, permitting, and the build. Chris Eller has more than 22 years in Charleston custom construction and luxury sales, and works both sides — builder and broker — which is why the elevation and flood questions get asked before the offer instead of after the inspection.

Buying or building on Isle of Palms?

Chris Eller has more than 22 years in Charleston custom construction, land acquisition and luxury sales — and works both sides of the table. On the island that means the elevation, flood and construction questions get asked before the offer is written, not after the inspection.

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