A boutique Charleston brokerage
Six local agents for buyers and sellers from South of Broad to James Island. We walk the block, read the flood maps and price from the last sales on your street, then put it all in writing.
The brokerage
We are six agents in one office on Thornbury Row, and we only take on as many clients as we can walk the streets with.
Most of our buyers come to us after a month of scrolling listings that look perfect online and turn out to back onto a highway, sit under a flight path or flood twice a year. We start the other way round: which streets fit your days, then which houses on them.
Most of our sellers come to us with three online estimates that disagree. We price from the last sales on your block and the house in front of us, and we write the reasoning down, so you can argue with it before anything goes live.
Figures are illustrative for a fictional brokerage.
Neighborhoods
Every agent here has a home turf. These are the five we are asked about most, with the numbers we would tell a friend.
Figure I of V, Peninsula
The oldest blocks on the peninsula: single houses and double houses on narrow lots, most under a historic review board that has opinions about your windows.
Illustrative medians for a sample site, not market data.
Figure II of V, Upper peninsula
1930s brick and clapboard bungalows under big oaks, a short ride to King Street, and some of the deepest front porches in the city.
Illustrative medians for a sample site, not market data.
Figure III of V, Mount Pleasant
Cottages and raised houses on quiet lanes that run down to the water, with Pitt Street's shops and the old bridge path at the center.
Illustrative medians for a sample site, not market data.
Figure IV of V, James Island
Low brick ranches and cottages under moss-heavy oaks, with tidal creeks behind many of the lots. Ask about flood zones before you fall for the dock.
Illustrative medians for a sample site, not market data.
Figure V of V, North Charleston
Restored 1940s cottages on wide, tree-lined streets around the circle itself, with cafes and a Saturday market a short walk away.
Illustrative medians for a sample site, not market data.
On the market
A short list, not a feed. Each one has been walked by the agent who listed it, with notes on light, noise and what the inspection is likely to find.
Harleston Village, PeninsulaA restored single house with a double piazza, heart pine floors and a walled garden.
4 beds3.5 baths2,840 sq ft $1,685,000Illustrative
Old Village, Mount PleasantA board-and-batten cottage with a screened porch that looks straight across the marsh.
3 beds2 baths1,960 sq ft $1,240,000Illustrative
Riverland Terrace, James IslandA 1950s brick ranch on a half acre under the oaks, ready for its next chapter.
3 beds2 baths1,710 sq ft $749,000IllustrativeIllustrative demo listings. Not offers.
Selling
Most sellers we meet have had three online estimates and no explanation. Ours comes on paper, from someone who has stood in your kitchen and walked your street.
Your agent walks the house and the block, then pulls the last sales on your street, not the zip code.
Two pages: what sold nearby, what it means for your house, and the range we would list at, with our reasons.
Only the fixes buyers here actually pay for, with local trades we have used and what each one costs.
Photos, showings and feedback the same day. Every offer laid side by side, terms included, through to the closing attorney.
Agents
You work with one agent from first call to closing table. Behind them, the other five read your file every Monday, so a question about a dock or a review board never waits.
Client words
Grace told us which of the three houses would flood and which only looked like it might. We bought the one with the boring yard and the dry crawlspace, and we sleep fine.
Julia's prep list had five things on it, not fifty. We did four, skipped the one she said buyers here do not care about, and had two offers the first weekend.
Sample reviews, illustrative for a fictional brokerage.
Honest math
Some sellers do fine without an agent, and we will say so if you are one of them. Here is what changes, line by line.
| With Thornbury Row | On your own | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | A written range from the last sales on your street, after a walk-through | Online estimates, which can miss a new kitchen or a flood zone line |
| Preparation | A short prep list with local trades we have used, and their costs | You decide what matters and find the trades yourself |
| Photos and listing | Photographs, floor plan and a listing written by the agent who walked it | You arrange the photos and write the listing |
| Showings | Booked, attended and followed up, with feedback the same day | You take the calls and open the door |
| Offers | Every offer side by side, with terms and contingencies, not just price | You compare offers and negotiate directly |
| To closing | Inspection, appraisal, repairs and the closing attorney coordinated for you | You coordinate with the buyer's side and the attorney |
| Cost | A commission agreed in writing before we start, and open to discussion | No listing commission; you may still pay a buyer's agent |
The journal
Short, practical pieces from our agents on buying, selling and living in the Lowcountry.
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Tell us whether you are buying, selling or both, and an agent who works your part of town will call you back.
