MOTIVATED SELLER: $10, 000 CREDIT toward closing costs or interest rate buy-down!STUNNING 3-STORY HOME | 2025 HVAC & FURNACE | RARE ELEVATED LIVING Discover a rare opportunity in The Ponds, one of Summerville's most coveted communities. This meticulously maintained 3-story home stands tall on a raised slab, offering a grand architectural presence and a "low-country" feel. Tucked away on a quiet, less traveled street, this home is framed by mature trees and landscaping. MECHANICALS & EXTERIOR: Rest easy with significant recent upgrades, including a 2025 RUDD HVAC and furnace, and less than 2 year old kitchen appliances. This home is built for efficiency and savings, featuring cement-fiber siding and a tankless gas water heater, both of which may lower your annual insurance premiums. INTERIOR HIGHLIGHTS: Modern Flooring: Beautiful engineered wood floors throughout the main level, wood stairs, and new carpet with upgraded plush padding upstairs. Spacious Kitchen: Natural light flows effortlessly through the kitchen. Complete with granite countertops and kitchen island, a spacious pantry, plus a gas range. The appliances are less than 2 years old and as a bonus, the new kitchen refrigerator conveys! Thoughtful Details: An adorable built-in drop zone, a large under-stair storage closet with custom wood shelving, and a layout designed for modern life. Flexible 3rd Story: The top floor features a massive unfinished walk-in attic. Use it as a home gym or storage now, or finish it out to create a 4th bedroom or private executive office. BEDROOMS & BATHS: The expansive Owner's Suite is a true retreat, boasting dual walk-in closets, and window level trees that allow you to watch birds from your bedroom. A secondary guest bedroom features its own private full ensuite bath, providing a luxury experience for visitors or multi-generational living. The third floor also has its own bedroom and full bathroom in the hallway. OUTDOOR LIVING & COMMUNITY: A spacious screened porch, detached 2-car garage with space for overhead storage, and a fully fenced backyard with a charming wood picket fence and soon-to-bloom Crepe Myrtles complete the exterior. When you're not enjoying time on the front porch or screened porch, you'll be sure to enjoy time in this amenity rich, golf-cart friendly community. With its own YMCA, hiking trails, kayak launch, dog park, numerous waters to fish, parks to play, swimming pool, picnic pavilion with gas grills, neighborhood tree house, coffee cottage, plus a historic farmhouse amenity center, this home and community offer you a beautiful life in the Lowcountry. While school zoning should always be verified & is subject to change, it should be noted that this home is currently zoned for Sand Hill Elementary; named a 2024 Blue Ribbon School. Sand Hill is one of only 4 South Carolina schools to receive this recognition, and one of only 365 schools nationally. The home is located about 12 minutes from Sand Hill Elementary and the highly desired Rollings Middle School of The Arts, and Pinewood Preparatory. In addition to this amazing home, there is something to be said about the community as well, because it truly is a unique and special place. Many residents jokingly say it's much like a Hallmark movie. One which they enjoy having a role in. Zoned for highly desired DD2 schools, the Ponds is a community full of amenities and activities for all ages. Full of forest like woods with miles of trails to hike, unwind, and reconnect. This is the type of community where neighbors extend a hand to help. Where those same neighbors become friends, and grow to feel like family. If you are looking for a place to put down roots and grow, this is it. The Ponds is best known for its preserved natural beauty. Hundred year Oak trees positioned in the center of the community near the farmhouse make for some unbelievably beautiful sunsets. If you are touring the home around that time, be sure to take a few minutes to find this spot. We guarant