Lake Hartwell; Rent a Lake Home this Year!

If you enjoy the lake, and a little more temperate climate than that of the “sand blast” heat of the beach, you might try renting a home on an area lake for vacation this year.  It also couples nicely with the idea of a lake home purchase at some point in your life.  Why not rent different homes on different parts of the lake to get a feel for where you want to be on your favorite lake as well as a feel for various neighborhood communities?  It is a nice way to “try it before you buy it.”

VacationRentalBuyOwner has been a favorite Web site of mine for many years now.  After doing a text search for Lake Hartwell I find 112 rental homes on Hartwell.  There are 84 properites on Lake Keowee for weekly lease.  In Georgia, on Lake Oconee you will find 124 properties for lease, some near or in the famed Reynolds Plantation.  I have never tried this site out before, but GreatRentals.com seem to have a nice layout on their site.  On Lake Hartwell the numbers are far fewer, in terms of the number of lake homes for rent, but I do like the layout of their site.  They provide option tabs to help you determine which side of the lake you might be interested in to property types (cabin, condo, cottage, house), things to do, how many each properties sleeps, and all the way down to how many bedrooms to make your search easier.

If you are a buyer in our market, these are probably the best buying conditions in 30 years!  If you would like to search for Lake Hartwell Homes in GA please take a look at listings on the GA MLS, the largest Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in the southeast!  On this MLS search solution you can search every listing on the Georgia MLS for real estate on Lake Hartwell or in your Georgia town! If you would like to look for property on Lake Hartwell on the SC side of the lake or on Keowee please contact me and I will refer you to a trusted real estate broker who makes his home on the SC side of the lake!

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Lake Hartwell Fishing Guide

Lake Hartwell Fishing Report(s)

Need to know the fishing report on Lake Hartwell?  What’s biting and what’s not? Check out the SC Fishing Report on Lake Hartwell for updates including where to find the big fish and what type of bait seems to be attracting them!

From Catfish, Striped and Hybrid Bass, Bream, Largemouth Bass, and Crappie! Follow Message Boards, Tournaments, and Lake Conditions.  Find Maps, Tackle Stores, and even acquire a Guide if needed.

This site has been a joy to find! Finally, if you like eating those fish you catch but don’t know if they are safe or not, DHEC Fish Advisories lets you know PCB levels and when you can eat your catch or if you need to practice “catch and release.”   

If you are a buyer in our market, these are probably the best buying conditions in 30 years!  If you would like to search for Lake Hartwell Homes in GA please take a look at listings on the GA MLS, the largest Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in the southeast!  On this MLS search solution you can search every listing on the Georgia MLS for real estate on Lake Hartwell or in your Georgia town! If you would like to look for property on Lake Hartwell on the SC side of the lake or on Keowee please contact me and I will refer you to a trusted real estate broker who makes his home on the SC side of the lake!

View Lake Hartwell in Google Maps

Lake Hartwell Fishing Guide

 

Lake Hartwell; Toccoa, leaving the fast paced life behind!

If you are looking to get far away from the fast paced life of Atlanta, Greenville, Charlotte, or some other big city, the Currahee Club off Lake Hartwell will seem a world away from everything that distracts in life! The Currahee Club on Lake Hartwell is near Toccoa, Georgia, a enchanting mountain town of 10,000 residents.

The city of Toccoa also has its own small airport to jump in and out of town at a moment’s need, R.G. LeTourneau Field, as well as the Toccoa Symphony, which performs concerts seasonally and the Little Theatre with its’ “can’t miss” theatrical productions! In the autumn of the year everyone loves heading to the mountains! In Toccoa you and your family can enjoy Harvest Festival while you taste that first succulent fall apple! In the spring enjoy the annual Currahee Arts Festival and The Taste of Toccoa.

For more information about Toccoa.

To learn more about Toccoa’s Main Street revitalization and restoration visit http://www.youtube.com/user/mainstreettoccoa

If you are a buyer in our market, these are probably the best buying conditions in 30 years!  If you would like to search for Lake Hartwell Homes in GA please take a look at listings on the GA MLS, the largest Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in the southeast!  On this MLS search solution you can search every listing on the Georgia MLS for real estate on Lake Hartwell or in your Georgia town! If you would like to look for property on Lake Hartwell on the SC side of the lake or on Keowee please contact me and I will refer you to a trusted real estate broker who makes his home on the SC side of the lake!

View Lake Hartwell in Google Maps

Lake Hartwell Fishing Guide

Lake Hartwell Restaurants and Eateries, Dockside!

When on Lake Hartwell, you have a variety of restaurants and flavorful foods to experience and enjoy!  From a low-country boil at dock side to sushi at Nami Asian Bistro at Portman Marina!  From your much expected, and anticipated I might add, “Fish House” type eatery to hot wings and beer!  Lake Hartwell has pretty much whatever you are looking for to stop those hunger pains and get you back out on the water!  Please note eateries, mostly waterside, with buoy information below!

• Portman Marina

Hours of operation:
9:00 – 5:00, 7days a week.
Phone: 864-287-3211
Location: 1629 Marina Rd.,
Anderson, SCBuoy 79

• Clemson Marina

Phone: 864-653-8100
Location:
150 Seneca Marina Dr.
Seneca, SC 29678

Restaurant description:
casual; On-site eatery
Take-out menu: yes

• Harbor Light Marina

Hours of operation:
9:00 – 5:00, 7 days a week
Phone: 706-356-4119
Location:
1476 Harbor Light Marina Rd.
Lavonia, GABuoy T51

On-site eatery: no

• Big Water Marina

Phone: 864-226-3339
Location:
320 Big Water Rd.,
Starr, SC 29684Buoy 10

Store: yes;
On-site eatery: no

• Hartwell Marina

Hours of operation:
8:00 am – 5:00 pm, 7 days a week
Phone: 706-376-5441
Location:
149 Hartwell Rd., Hartwell, GABuoy LLC8

• Pitchers on the Lake

Phone: 864-653-3021
Location: Seneca Marina Rd
Seneca, SC 29678Buoy S89

• The Galley

Phone: 864-287-3215
Location: Portman Marina,
Anderson, SC

• Nami Asian Bistro

Phone: 864-287-3219
Location: 1629 Marina Rd.,
Anderson, SCBuoy 79

Location: Portman Marina;
Nami Asian Bistro –
open Tues. – Sat. 5:00 until
The Galley Restaurant –
open Tues. – Sat. 5:00 until
Restaurant description: casual
Take-out menu: yes
Menu: Nami – Japanese,
steakhouse, & sushi
The Galley – seafood, steak,
& pasta

• Charlie T’s Wings

Phone: 864-964-9464
Location: 4403 Clemson
Blvd., Anderson, SCBuoy 16

• Swamp Guinea

Phone: 706-376-5105
Location: New Reed Creek Rd
Hartwell, GA
Buoy: right at Little Light
Woodcreek, go to LLC 13 Flat
Shoal Creek, left at LLC9

• Jolin’s Fish House

Phone: 706-356-8544
Location: 516 Whipporwill
Circle, Lavonia, GA

Buoy T43

• T-60 Restaurant

Phone: 864-972-2860
Location: 274 S. Port Bass
Dr., Fairplay, SCBuoy T60

• Weinacker’s Restaurant

Phone: 864-972-9302
Location: 930 Coneross
Creek Rd., Seneca, SC
Buoy: 1st cove to left under 184

Bridge (Coneross Creek Rd)

• Drop Anchor

Food & Spirits
Phone: 864-226-2296
Location: 4023 Whitehall Rd.,
Anderson, SCBuoy 79 – across from Portman

• Pixie & Bills

Phone: 864-654-1210
Location: 1058 Tiger Blvd.
Clemson, SC

Buoy between S98 and S100

If you are a buyer in our market, these are probably the best buying conditions in 30 years!  If you would like to search for Lake Hartwell Homes in GA please take a look at listings on the GA MLS, the largest Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in the southeast!  On this MLS search solution you can search every listing on the Georgia MLS for real estate on Lake Hartwell or in your Georgia town! If you would like to look for property on Lake Hartwell on the SC side of the lake or on Keowee please contact me and I will refer you to a trusted real estate broker who makes his home on the SC side of the lake!

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Lake Hartwell Subdivisions and Communities

Lake Hartwell Subdivisions and Communities

Currahee Club at Lake Hartwell

Gambrell Pointe

Tabor Estates  

Seminole Point

Tahoe Subdivision (SC)

Stone Creek Cove

Addis Circle

Cahaly Cove (Off Centerville Rd)

Coneross Point   

Whitfield Point   

The Gates (exit 4)

Tammerick Shores Sunset Pointe (Oconee Co.)

Martins Pointe (Oconee Co.)

Northeast Shores

Townville Lake Plantation

Leisure Village (exit 14)  

Hunter’s Cove (Penny Lane)   

Teakwood Plantation (link to HOA)

If you are a buyer in our market, these are probably the best buying conditions in 30 years!  If you would like to search for Lake Hartwell Homes in GA please take a look at listings on the GA MLS, the largest Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in the southeast!  On this MLS search solution you can search every listing on the Georgia MLS for real estate on Lake Hartwell or in your Georgia town!

View Lake Hartwell in Google Maps

Lake Hartwell Boat Marinas

Looking for Boat Ramps and Marina’s on Lake Hartwell. Try the following full service marinas;

Big Water Marina in Starr, SC.

Harbor Light Marina in Lavonia, GA

Hartwell Marina in Hartwell, GA

Portman Marina in Anderson, SC

Clemson Marina in Clemson, SC

If you are a buyer in our market, these are probably the best buying conditions in 30 years!  If you would like to search for Lake Hartwell Homes please take a look at listings on the GA MLS, the largest Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in the southeast!  On this MLS search solution you can search every listing on the Georgia MLS for real estate on Lake Hartwell or in your Georgia town!

Weekly Real Estate Analysis on Lake Hartwell with Foreclosure Search Link

According to Trulia, “There are currently 570 resale and new homes in Hartwell on Trulia, including 29 homes in the pre-foreclosure, auction, or bank-owned stages of the foreclosure process. ” Compared to much of the nation where the average foreclosure rate is more than 45 percent, Hartwell’s rate of distressed sales is roughly 5 percent.  This makes a massive difference in terms of average sales price and probably the main reason that Lake Hartwell real estate has held its head above water during the recent economic correction.  Trulia goes on to say, “The average listing price for homes for sale in Hartwell GA was $381,927 for the week ending Jun 10, which represents a decrease of 2.1%, or $8,363, compared to the prior week.”

If you would like to find that “steal of a deal” on Lake Hartwell, click on the following link and select foreclosures at the top of the screen.  This will let you search the GA MLS, the southeast’s largest Multiple Listing Service, for foreclosures and other listed properties on Lake Hartwell using our advanced mapping feature!

Regarding Seneca, SC, the home of Lake Keowee, Truila had this to report, “The median sales price for homes in Seneca SC for Mar 09 to May 09 was $155,000 based on 44 home sales. Compared to the same period one year ago, the median home sales price increased 16.1%, or $21,550, and the number of home sales decreased 26.7%. There are currently 1,006 resale and new homes in Seneca on Trulia, including 12 homes in the pre-foreclosure, auction, or bank-owned stages of the foreclosure process.

The average listing price for homes for sale in Seneca SC was $318,424 for the week ending Jun 10, which represents a decrease of 2.9%, or $9,536, compared to the prior week.”  It seems that the main property sales that exist in Seneca right now are off Keowee for median sales prices to be only in the mid-$100’s.  It is also to hear that overall in Oconee County, SC that foreclosure and preforeclosure activity reported is as low as it is per Trulia’s report.

If you are a buyer in our market, these are probably the best buying conditions in 30 years!  If you would like to search for Lake Hartwell Homes please take a look at listings on the GA MLS, the largest Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in the southeast!  On this MLS search solution you can search every listing on the Georgia MLS for real estate on Lake Hartwell or in your Georgia town!