655 Island Park Drive

Welcome to 655 Island Park Drive, an enclave of privacy located in the heart of all that Daniel Island Park has to offer. The double front porches offer beautiful pond views and views of the Beresford Creek Course. The home is located just steps from the fitness/swim and racquet center, a quick 5 minute golf cart ride to the golf clubhouse with the choice of two restaurants, all of the amenities of the locker rooms including a barber shop and masseuse. The current owners have meticulously maintained the home and it is move in ready. This home is being sold with it's beautiful FURNISHINGS (there is a small list of exceptions) as well as with all audio visual equipment in the house. On closing day bring a suitcase and begin your new Daniel Island life on closing day!!! Be sure to bring

a swimsuit! This 5 Bedroom home with 6 full baths and one powder room has 11 and 12 foot ceilings, incredible custom wood molding throughout the house, and beautiful hardwood floors. The glass elevator goes to all floors making this home accessible for all ages. The best part of all may be the pool area with beautiful landscaping, pavers, entertaining cabana with outdoor kitchen including outdoor fridge, sink and grill. More on the pool area later! As you approach the home from Island Park Blvd you will be wowed by the beautiful facade of white painted brick, working shutters, wooden French doors, double front porches and professionally maintained landscaping with irrigation and outdoor lighting...beauty, care and quality are the words that come to mind. The lot size is .29 of an acre and every inch is professionally landscaped and maintained. The ceilings of the porch are bead-board and have been refinished by the current owner. The porch floors are made of slate for easy maintenance and a beautiful look for as long as you own the home. The sunsets from this porch are stunning and the sky is full of color as the day ends. Enter through the double front doors and into the foyer with marble tile flooring and extensive custom mill-work including arched openings with pocket doors into the dining room and office. To the left is the dining room with French doors leading to the front porch and to your right is a walnut paneled office. The pocket doors allow you to shut out the noise from the rest of the house while working and the French doors allow you to easily take calls from a rocking chair on the front porch while looking at the water. The office has beautiful views of the golf course and pond and that makes spending the day working from home a little easier, especially in this time of COVID when more of us are working from home. Continue on into the grand hallway that connects the kitchen, living room, staircase and elevator. There is a powder room with new marble counter-top to the left. The spaces flow easily, to the left is the large kitchen it is best described by the word CUSTOM! Everything about this kitchen is special from the appliances with a SubZero side by side refrigerator/freezer and a 6 burner, double oven Wolfe range, painted cabinetry, ice maker, wine fridge, pantry....tons of counter space and cabinetry for the most discerning cook. The kitchen has a keeping room that acts as a den and a space for friends to gather with the person cooking. There is a large sunny breakfast area that leads to the most charming private courtyard complete with grilling station and pavers. The great room/living room is huge, coffered wood ceiling, fireplace with gas logs, another wine fridge and bar area as well as updated AV equipment to include 4 Control, Sonos and new TV. This room is the perfect place to entertain or get cozy by the fire and watch a movie on the new TV. The gorgeous window treatments make a statement and will be sure to impress your guests. Exit through the French doors on the back of the house to the back porch with fireplace, slate tile flooring,outdoor heaters and large fan. A couple of steps down to the gorgeous pool area. This is the WOW area of the home, outdoor kitchen cabana with an outdoor fridge, sink and grill make this the place to be for Charleston's awesome climate almost year round. The beautiful pool with spa and fountain has a 2017 heater, new pump and filter. The pool deck is done in pavers. This space is really meant for year round use in Charleston's mild climate. You can stay in the pool during the summer and then move to the porch for fall with the cozy outdoor fireplace and outdoor heaters on the chillier evenings. The pool has direct access to a full bath just inside the house. This bath is on a hallway that leads from the kitchen to the garage. This hallway also houses the laundry room and connects to the large FROG over the 3 car garage. The FROG has been turned into a media room with all new TV and AV equipment, it has a full bath giving the owner the option to make a 5th bedroom guest suite with incredible privacy from the main house. The three car garage has a mini split HVAC unit making it climate controlled and the floors are coated with epoxy, giving the space a clean finish look to store your cars and toys. From the main level take the elevator or stairway to the second floor where the remaining 4 bedrooms are located. Let's start with the owner's suite....the bedroom faces the golf course with French doors leading to the upper front porch, the beautiful tree canopies lend to the privacy of the porch. To the left of the bedroom is a custom cabinet that has been made into a beautiful vanity with special lighting for applying makeup and doing your hair. Slide away doors cover the space when not in use making the space appear to be a built in storage cabinet. There are refrigerated drawers to keep those special beauty creams and rollers chilled..also great to use as a beverage center. Keep cream for your coffee, bottles of water or rose there too! The owner's bath has many special features like a large walk-in steam shower, heated floors, double vanities and also double water closets...yes, it is like having an additional half bath inside the owner's bath!!!! The walk-in closet has double rods with easy pull down racks so that every inch of this closet is usable space. This retreat has everything a homeowner could want to feel as if they are living in a high end luxury hotel. Each of the remaining 3 bedrooms are en-suite and all 3 have access to outdoor living spaces, hardwood floors and many windows with natural light pouring in. The sun deck off the back of the home is accessible from the back bedroom, it is very large space and a great spot to enjoy the morning sun overlooking the pool. We are not done! The third floor with elevator or stairway access has a serious, state of the art wine tasting room that will make the most sophisticated wine lover very happy. With 2 SubZero wine chillers, each with space for approximately 125 bottles each means that you can safely store 250 bottles in this room and that doesn't even count the other two wine fridges on the main floor. The third floor also has a large unfinished, floored, heated and cooled storage space that has been plumbed for a bathroom giving the homeowner an option for a 6th en-suite if needed. The pool heater was new in 2017, the current owner has added a new pool pump and filter, made all landscape lighting operable, the entire exterior of the home has been painted and chalked during this ownership, the exterior wooden porch ceilings have been resurfaced and repaired, outdoor gas scones replaced and a new first floor HVAC package. The garage has new garage door openers that can be controlled from your smart phone while anywhere in the world and a new Rinnai hot water heater was installed. Most of the interior of the home has been painted, all new TVs, AV equipment, Sonos and 4 Control have been installed and these items will convey with the home. The kitchen has a new instant hot water supply and a new dishwasher, all other appliances are serviced regularly for maintenance. The elevator is serviced regularly and new rollers for a super quiet and smooth ride have been installed. All the French doors in the home have been serviced and adjusted.This home is too special to be able to list or even describe all of it's amazing features. Please book a showing to see this high quality home for yourself.