COMMUNITY POOL AND TENNIS STEPS AWAY ... Crooked Pond is a family neighborhood in the heart of the private residential community of Hilton Head Plantation and conveniently located near the entrance and all the shopping and dining that is offered on Main Street . This neighborhood offers recreational amenities in the form of a community pool and tennis court located just down the street. A modest annual fee of $125 supports the Crooked Pond Pool Association and these recreational amenities. The community has a spacious land plan and the Whooping Crane Pond Nature Conservancy is nearby, providing all manner of birdlife.

The McGrath home, designed by long-time island architects, Hermann-Gordon, is located on a large corner homesite surrounded by open space. The grounds have been lovingly manicured with fresh sodded areas and generous plantings surrounding the home. The plantings are nurtured by an automatic 5-station sprinkler system. There is generous off-street parking and easy access to the large 2-car attached garage. An oyster shell tabby sidewalk meanders its way through the landscaped grounds to the covered entry with beveled leaded glass double entry doors flanked on either side by sidelights.

Step inside to the high ceiling foyer with bright ceramic tile pavers. The great room opens before you with a high vaulted ceiling and an architectural arched window at the rear of the room topping a patio door. There is a built-in wet bar, wood burning fireplace and built-in base cabinet and bookcase. There are lots of windows at the rear of the room washing it in natural light. Off to the right is a formal dining room with triple windows and a long wall that is ideal for sideboard or other furniture placement.

With easy access from the dining room and great room, there is a bright and cheerful Carolina room/solarium with another high vaulted ceiling and lots of high casement windows that bring the outdoors inside. This room is paved in natural 18” square Travertine stone, and there is lots of accent lighting in the room. There is a top-of-the-line Regency paddle fan in the center of the room. Don't miss the interesting night accent lighting topping the fan. Doors from the solarium and great room lead to an oyster shell tabby patio and the very private backyard.

The kitchen is a chef's delight. It has been remodeled from top to bottom with everything new. There is a full complement of KraftMaid solid cherry ceiling height cabinetry with lots of interior features such as a super susan, roll-out knife drawer, and other roll-out drawer features. Beautiful bullnose granite tops the base cabinetry. There is a unique corner window opening to the rear grounds. The Maytag solid surface stove includes double ovens, and there is a Sharp Carousel microwave/convection oven combination providing three separate baking facilities. There is a KitchenAid dishwasher, JennAir double door refrigerator with thru-the-door water and ice, double bowl stainless sink with Kinetico reverse osmosis pure water faucet. The kitchen is floored with hardwood flooring, and there is a raised height breakfast bar ideal for those guests who want to hang around in the kitchen. Off the kitchen is a breakfast nook with windows on three sides and another half round circlehead window topping the double casement. There is a built-in service bar with china cabinet above with glass divided light type window panes. There is a lighted pantry, chandelier lighting at the breakfast nook, triple architectural lights over the breakfast bar, in cabinetry lighting at the china cabinet, and halogen lights under all of the upper cabinets. Off the kitchen is a utility room with GE washer and dryer. Nearby is a half-bath powder room with pedestal sink. A hallway leads to the large 2-car garage. Off this hallway is bedroom #4 which is ideally suited as an office/study, playroom, or studio.

An extra wide hallway from the foyer leads to the bedroom wing of the house. There are 2 guest rooms, each with generous closet space and sharing a full guest bath with tub shower. The ceiling in one bedroom is vaulted, and there is a cherry bookcase/entertainment cabinet on one wall.

The master suite is privately located across the hall and is generous in size for desk or other seating arrangements. There is a linen closet, a huge walk-in closet, and the ceiling in this room is vaulted with an overhead paddle fan. Like the kitchen, the bathroom has been totally remodeled with a long his and her vanity, double bowl integral sinks and lots of naturally stained, raised panel cabinetry. There is a deep soaking tub, step-in tile shower with edgeless glass doors and water closet. There is another large window topped with circlehead glass that washes this room in natural light as well.

This home has been lovingly cared for by a very meticulous owner. There is little on this house that has not seen replacement or updating. The kitchen was totally remodeled. The master bath has been remodeled from top to bottom. The roof has been replaced with a 30-year guarantee roof. The heat pump was replaced with a Carrier Puron 13 seer system. There are new front entry doors, and the landscaping and irrigation systems have been recently updated.