Seabrook Island — Cottages
Sealoft Villas
Cottages, managed by IMC. What the record says, what has sold, what it costs to own — and what to ask before you buy.
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What the record says
- Club site53 homes, 2 bedrooms, about 1,200 sq ft plus loft, under-unit parking
- Club siteIts own pool
Facts about the place only — never its people. Who said each line is on its tag; the sources are at the bottom of this page.
What Sealoft Villas sells for
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| $ a sq ft | $508 | — | — | — | — | $609 |
Medians need five sales; under that, the count is all we show. The MLS knows this place as “Sealoft”. Many Seabrook Island listings name only the island, so this is a floor, not every sale here.
Want the sales behind these numbers — which units, what they had, what they sold for? Mike sends the comps for Sealoft Villas.
Send me the compsBased on information from CHS Regional MLS for the period 01/01/2021 through 10/14/2026. MLS figures are aggregates of listings as entered by agents, deemed reliable but not guaranteed. No listing, address or agent is shown.
What yours might sell for
From 7 closed sales of Sealoft Villas in the last 24 months: the middle half sold between $605 and $660 a square foot. MLS data through October 13, 2026.
Where homes like yours have been selling
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The range comes from closed MLS sales only — no listings and no automated valuation model. Want the real number? Mike builds a CMA from the comps.
Get Mike’s full CMAWhat you’d pay to own here
Annual assessment — home or villa
A buyer inherits any unpaid SIPOA charges, so the closing attorney gets a SIPOA status letter.
$3,133 a year
ConfirmedRegime fee, as listing agents typed it
Agents' entries in the MLS, annualized — not the regime's number. The regime's budget is the source; ask its manager.
$3,200 a year (median of 6 listings)
Cross-checkTransfer assessment ("contribution to capital")
SIPOA's covenants confirm a transfer assessment set as a percentage of price; the 0.5% rate itself appears only in agent pages and MLS remarks. Being confirmed with SIPOA.
0.5% of the sale price
SecondaryTransfer fee
Not in any SIPOA document we read. Being confirmed with SIPOA.
$250 one time
SecondaryClub membership is required
Owners who held title before 2005 are grandfathered; an ordinary sale ends that for the buyer. Only one owner per property must be a member. Entry-level members commit to seven years.
Required at some level for owners who bought on or after January 1, 2005
ConfirmedClub capital fee, by membership level
$15,000 to $75,000 one time
ConfirmedClub dues, by membership level
$286 to $1,524 a month
ConfirmedShort-term rental permit (Class A)
$150 permit, plus a business license: $500 minimum on the first $2,000 of rent, then $2.95 per $1,000
ConfirmedTown property tax
None — no town levy appears on the county's millage
ConfirmedProperty tax levy — St. John's Fire District
216.1 countywide mills + 30.0 St. John's Fire District. Covers Seabrook (TD 53), Kiawah (TD 54), and Johns Island and Wadmalaw outside any town (TD 51 — "T.D. 5-1" on the county map).
Confirmed
Every line, its source and the date it was checked: Seabrook’s fee ledger. Your own closing and first year, line by line: the true-cost calculator.
Ask these before you buy here
- Ask IMC for this year's regime budget and the regime fee, in writing. Nobody publishes it.
- Ask whether a special assessment is planned or underway, and what the reserves hold.
- Ask what the regime's master insurance covers and what you insure yourself.
- Ask what the regime maintains — roofs, siding, docks, pools — and what's yours.
- If you'll rent it out: the Town of Seabrook Island permits short-term rentals, and the Club lists a rental guest amenity fee. Ask the regime for its own rules too.
- Look up the flood zone for the exact address — zones change within a neighborhood. Look it up.
Mike asks them for you — and reads the regime's answers before you sign.
Have Mike askWho manages Sealoft Villas?
IMC, by SIPOA's regime-manager list.
What kind of homes are in Sealoft Villas?
Cottages. 53 homes, 2 bedrooms, about 1,200 sq ft plus loft, under-unit parking.
Is Sealoft Villas in the Town of Seabrook Island?
Yes — it's inside the Town of Seabrook Island.
How many homes in Sealoft Villas have sold since 2021?
22 closed in the CHS Regional MLS from January 2021 through October 13, 2026; over the last 24 months the median sold at $637 a square foot.
More in Cottages
Every neighborhood, the island’s price map and its market: Seabrook Island, neighborhood by neighborhood.
Sources
- SIPOA regime-manager list (revised 5/21/2026) — regime name + management company (SIPOA list revised 5/21/26); checked October 13, 2026.
- Seabrook Island Club real estate — Sealoft Villas page — type, unit count, setting (Seabrook Island Club's real-estate site); checked October 13, 2026.
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