Hilton Head Lakes Property Owners' Association
Okatie & Hardeeville
Hilton Head Lakes
Gated golf-and-lake community
The quiet, mainland side of the coast — a gated golf-and-lake community in Hardeeville, at a more attainable price than the islands.
- Setting
- Gated · lakeside
- Location
- Hardeeville
- Golf
- 18-hole course
- Home styles
- New-construction
The character
Hilton Head Lakes is the Lowcountry at a mainland price — a gated golf-and-lake community in Hardeeville, in Jasper County, a straight shot from the Latitude Margaritaville corridor and about a half-hour from Hilton Head's bridges. It trades the traffic and the price tags of the resort islands for a quieter, unhurried rhythm organized around water and open space.
Daily life orbits the community's large lake and its amenity core — an 18-hole golf course, a zero-entry pool, a fitness center, and miles of lakefront paved paths for walking and biking. Because it's newer and still building out, much of the inventory is recent new-construction, single-family and low-maintenance — which, paired with the more attainable price band, is exactly the kind of move-in-ready home the certified-turnkey model reads best.
Life here
- An 18-hole golf course on-site
- A large community lake with lakefront paved paths
- A zero-entry resort-style pool and a fitness center
- A gated, manned entry and community grounds
- Miles of walking and biking paths through conservation land
Best for
- Buyers who want gated golf-and-lake living at a more attainable, mainland price
- Right-sizers and families drawn to newer, low-maintenance new-construction
- Second-home and full-time owners who want quiet over resort-island bustle
Home styles
Newer single-family new-construction and recent resale — coastal-traditional and Lowcountry-leaning elevations, built low-maintenance, on golf, lake, and wooded homesites.
The money layer
Fees & Assessments
What ownership here actually costs — every figure sourced, dated, and carrying its own confidence tag. This is real, maintained data, not a range we made up.
Last reviewed Jul 25, 2026
$2,540 / year
Reported — confirming Source: Simply Grand Properties — Bluffton/Okatie HOA / POA Fees (2026 Updated), corroborated by the Collins Group Realty POA fee guide (both list $2,540; aggregator agreement is NOT confirmation — see the Batch-3 DB rule)Homes figure; two 2026 area fee guides agree at $2,540/yr (Collins Group Realty lists lots / vacant at $1,965/yr). A $207 administrative fee applies at transfer, and separate irrigation fees may apply. Golf is a separate membership — NOT part of the POA dues.
0.25% (¼ of 1%) of sale price, plus a $207 administrative fee
Who pays varies Reported — confirming Source: Simply Grand Properties — Bluffton/Okatie HOA / POA Fees (2026 Updated), corroborated by the Collins Group Realty POA fee guideTwo 2026 aggregator guides agree on 0.25% of sale price plus a $207 admin fee; irrigation fees are billed separately. Confirm the exact formula and who pays with the POA.
What the dues include
- Included: Gated security / patrol
- Included: Roads & common areas
- Included: Common-area landscaping
- Partial: Amenity access
POA dues fund the manned gate, roads, common areas, and the community amenities — the large lake, the zero-entry pool, the fitness center, and miles of lakefront paths. The 18-hole golf course is a separate membership or daily-play, not part of the POA dues, so amenity access is only partly in the dues.
Assessments
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None known as of Jul 25, 2026
Reported — confirming Source: Palmetto Key research
Fees change and vary by property. Confirm all figures at contract.
Certified turnkey homes in Hilton Head Lakes
Move-in-ready, with the report on file.
As homes in Hilton Head Lakes earn their Key, they appear here — pre-inspected, prepped, and fully disclosed. No firehose of every listing; only the certified ones.
No certified homes in Hilton Head Lakes are live yet.
Palmetto Key is signing its founding Lowcountry roster ahead of launch. If you're selling here, get the home certified and it's featured on this page the day it earns its Key.
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