500 Old Shallowford Bridge RoadSunset, SC 29685Price: $1,199,999

On Keowee, you usually trade. Flat lots give up the view, view lots fall steep to the water, and most of the shoreline comes with a POA attached. This one doesn't trade. It's a 1.4 acre point on the lake's quiet northern end, flat at the water, dockable, with 350 feet of frontage and a long-range view down the channel. Kids on the little beach. A swim off the point before supper. The rip rap is already in, so the shoreline is set before you break ground. There's no HOA or POA, making this homesite truly unique. There are a few deed restrictions. Homes of 1,800 square feet or more, no subdividing, no mobile homes or temporary structures. There is a minimal landscape buffer adjacent to the neighboring property. Enough to protect what you build, nothing that tells you how to live. Duke Power serves the road. Water will be a well and wastewater a septic system. The northern end is why people come this far up. The water runs clear and steady, fed out of the Jocassee Gorges, 50,000 protected acres National Geographic named one of the world's last great places. Devils Fork and Table Rock are each 15 minutes. Six Mile is 20, Clemson 35, and Easley 37. Walk the point and pick where the dock goes. Big water, a long view, and the kind of place a family plans its summers around.