Fresh, new reno, central, pool!

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A swimming pool with a wooden deck, surrounded by lush greenery and trees.
A two-story house with a front porch, a staircase leading to the entrance, and a large tree in the foreground.
A spacious sunroom with a white ceiling fan, large windows, and a wooden deck.
A spacious kitchen with a large island, wooden flooring, and a chandelier.
A spacious hallway with a wooden floor, a large mirror, and a staircase leading to another level.

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • Top-rated comfy beds
    Guests liked the comfy beds here.

Popular amenities

  • Balcony
  • Private pool
  • Barbecue
  • Air-conditioning
  • Washing machine
  • Refrigerator

Explore the area

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Kiawah Island, SC
  • Place, Osprey Point Golf Course
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Place, Kiawah Island Beach
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Place, Night Heron Park
    ‪10 min drive‬
  • Airport, Charleston, SC (CHS-Charleston Intl.)
    ‪65 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

5 bedrooms (sleeps 12)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

1 King Bed

Bedroom 3

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 4

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 5

1 Queen Bed

6 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Toilet

Bathroom 2

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 3

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 4

Toilet

Bathroom 5

Toilet

Bathroom 6

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Office
Balcony
Separate dining area
Dining area

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  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Dryer
  • Free Wi-Fi
9.6 out of 10, Exceptional, (17 reviews)
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About the area

Kiawah Island

Located on the waterfront, this holiday home is in Vanderhorst Plantation, a neighbourhood in Kiawah Island. Battery Number 5 Marker and McLeod Plantation Historic Site are local landmarks, and the area's natural beauty can be seen at Kiawah Island Beach and Night Heron Park. The Resort Shop and Tidal Trails are also worth visiting. Surfing/body boarding and fishing offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with cycling and ecotours nearby.
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Map
Kiawah Island, SC

What's nearby

  • Osprey Point Golf Course - 5 min drive - 3.0 km
  • Kiawah Island Beach - 6 min drive - 3.7 km
  • Night Heron Park - 10 min drive - 6.3 km
  • Turtle Point Golf Course - 10 min drive - 6.0 km
  • The Ocean Course - 16 min drive - 9.2 km

Getting around

  • Charleston, SC (CHS-Charleston Intl.) - 57 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Nest Market - ‬19 min drive
  • ‪The Ocean Room - ‬17 min drive
  • ‪Jasmine Porch - ‬17 min drive
  • ‪The Salty Dog Cafe - ‬30 min drive
  • ‪The Lobby Bar - ‬17 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Fresh, new reno, central, pool! pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Fresh, new reno, central, pool!?

As of 1 Nov 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Fresh, new reno, central, pool! on 6 Nov 2026 start from AU$5,594, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Fresh, new reno, central, pool!?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Fresh, new reno, central, pool!?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Fresh, new reno, central, pool!?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Fresh, new reno, central, pool! located?

Located in Vanderhorst Plantation, this holiday home is within 3 miles (5 km) of Kiawah Island Beach, Osprey Point Golf Course and Turtle Point Golf Course. Night Heron Park and The Ocean Course are also within 6 miles (10 km).

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 22 out of 26 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 26 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 26 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 26 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 26 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

9.2/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great property! House is lovely, super clean and very well outfitted for a rental. We had so much fun. View is relaxing, pool is lovely, and bike ride is less than ten minutes to beach. Quick car ride to all of the courses in the island. All around great stay :)
Stayed 14 nights in Jun 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing stay!! Will definitely be back!

We loved the house and it was a wonderful vacation with family!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Grade A on Governor

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: House was amazing!! Great space, comfortable beds, plenty of items to make cooking easy.. Highly recommend!
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Birthday Getaway retreat

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: I will rent the same exact house next year in the summer months though, so I can get the full experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 24 Mar 2020
Thank you for your wonderful review, we are so glad you enjoyed this beautiful home and hope you will be back soon!
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Wonderful home

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This is a beautiful and very clean home. It is always hard to know exactly what you are getting through pictures, but this home is truly fabulous. I highly recommend it!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Serene, Clean, Spacious, Well-Stocked Kitchen

We extended our stay at this lovely home that includes a screened back porch situated next to a small, wooded area which leads to a pond and in the near distance, a golf course. The porch extends across the back of the house so multiple guests can take advantage of the view. Kiawah has a few restaurant options, but if you're staying for more than a few days, you'll likely want to cook at home. This kitchen makes that easy because it is well-stocked with cooking and baking tools (not always the case in rentals). The main sitting area in the house had multiple, comfortable seating options. I'd stay here again.
Stayed 18 nights in Jan 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

AMAZING Property

Not sure there are enough words to express how special this home AND location are. The home is STUNNING. The space for everyone is fantastic. The screened in porch was wonderful. The kitchen has EVERYTHING you need and more! The beds were very comfortable. If you are debating heating the pool, just do it. It is VERY cold, if left unheated, as it is shaded. Some may love that, but it wasn’t extremely hot the week we were there and the pool was definitely too cold for our group. The bike rental and bike rides to the beach were so pleasant and fun. Renting chairs and umbrellas to be delivered to the beach is definitely the way to go! This was the best trip our family has ever taken, and a huge part of that was how incredible this location was.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2023
From a partner site

8/10 Good

Great layout!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We enjoyed our extended time in this home! The layout is great with four bedrooms and attaching baths all on the first floor! Also, the kitchen was very well stocked and it was furnished well. Just beautiful. Our suggestions to make the rental experience go from good to great would be for the owners to grant access to the garage, for there to be TVs in the bedrooms (there were none), and for access to the smart TV in the living room. There are a lot of trees surrounding the property, and debris feel often. Our cars were a constant mess and we had to physically move our bikes from the driveway up and around the home into the screened porch area any time it was going to rain. It was very frustrating not to be able to easily move things into a garage. Also, the main TV is restricted with a PIN required so we couldn't download apps for the children to use our personal accounts. This wasn't helpful on rain days or for family movie nights. Also, please be aware that the home is on a very busy street. Cars fly by often. If you have small children like we do, please plan on being outside with them at all times. Overall, we would stay again if there was garage access!
Response from VrboOwner on 30 May 2022
We are so glad you enjoyed the house over all and would return! The homeowners live fairly close and will come in frequently when the house is not occupied so they use the garage to store an extra car and all their own personal items, there simply isn't room in there for guests to put a car or store their own gear or we'd definitely try and work it out to where we could offer it for guest use. We have made the suggestion to the homeowners about additional TVs and pin code access to download smart apps to them. Thanks so much for the helpful feedback and we hope to see you again soon!
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

A Wonderful Trip

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was more than happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Our family enjoyed our stay at 281 Governors Drive, and as always appreciated the impeccable service from ESPM
From a partner site

8/10 Good

stay at 281 Govenors Drive

Rating Details: The property manager was more than helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was more than happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Nice house, however there is very little space to dry clothes we were seven adults and 2 children and it was a problem, asked for an airer but none was forthcoming, the house is well equiped and we had a good stay
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Excellent Family Vacation Home and Terrific Property Manager

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This is a beautiful home which is perfect for a family vacation. The property manager was excellent and super responsive. We were renting very last minute because of a problem with our home. They were so helpful. The home was very well equipped and the screen porch was lovely. Highly recommend.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Peaceful Kiawah Home

Great house, quiet neighborhood. Six minutes from the beach, about ten minutes from the Ocean Course.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2022
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

281 Governor's Drive was Lovely

Rating Details: The property manager was more than helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was more than happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Beautiful Home, nicely decorated and perfect for our large family! The kitchen was a cook's dream and had every appliance and tool you could need for a gourmet meal. It would be helpful to have instructions for the cable TV system, the thermostat, the alarms for the patio doors and they are not intuitive to use. We would definitely rent this place again!
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Liked: Check-in, location, listing accuracy
Disliked: Cleanliness, communication

Nice house, too bad the manager dropped the ball on cleaning.

Master Bedroom slept in, bed unmade? No return to my email? Unacceptable at this price.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 1 Dec 2021
Thank you for your feedback and we do apologize, again, for this error on our part. your email had an image on it that sent it to our spam/junk folder, otherwise we are very prompt to respond. We did completely refund the clean fee due to the error and had three different managers contact you to apologize. I am sorry this still wasn't satisfactory to you and you felt that this one error warranted a low review for this otherwise absolutely spectacular property...
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great house and loved our stay

We had a great time at the property. Even though we preferred to be closer to beach we found a short cut that made it easy. The house is pretty and well decorated. At first was a little dissatisfied there were not more tvs in the house but then quickly forgot about it. Actually gave us more quiet time. View of lagoon was pretty. Liked having a pool. Being on Governors a busy street was totally fine. Loved it.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Governors Drive

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This was our first time visiting and overall it was an excellent experience.
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Spectacular Home

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: 281 Governors Drive home was one of our favorites for many reasons. The floorplan is great for a family that has kids. The upstairs has two full bathrooms and a living room area for kids to have their own space. The downstairs bedrooms all have bathrooms that are updated and they are separate from the master bedroom. The outdoor area is spacious and the plunge pool is great for cooling off. Great views and location on the island as well. The kitchen is well stocked and the entire house is decorated and clean. ESPM is a great company to rent thru. We definitely will rent this home again. The driveway is also great for multiple vehicles.
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Kiawah stay

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: The Property was exactly what I was looking for and had lots of space for our family of six
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Great

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Great home
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 24 Mar 2020
Thank you for your wonderful review, we are so glad you enjoyed this beautiful home and hope you will be back soon!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful home

We had a baby shower here with the women in my family. Great location and beautiful home!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 24 Mar 2020
Thank you for your wonderful review, we are so glad you enjoyed this beautiful home and hope you will be back soon!
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

281 Governors Drive KIAWAH.

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Awesome
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fun Family Trip

This was a perfect last minute get away before the kids return to school. The house had the perfect amount of space and a wonderful kitchen/family room area for everyone to come together. We did have a small problem with ants in hat we had to wait a day to get taken care of, but the gentleman came (and was super nice) and swiftly got the problem resolved.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 24 Mar 2020
Thank you so much for the feedback, Kiawah has a "quiet" day on Sundays so any contractors are not allowed on the island that day, but glad we were able to get him out quickly on Monday and resolve the issue!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wooow ! The place

Great everything, hassle free simple one of the best houses we had ever stayed Regards
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 24 Mar 2020
Thank you so much for being one of our first guests in this exquisite home, we're so glad you had a great experience!
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

La casa ideal para grupos grandes !

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Amplia, moderna, la cocina ESPECTACULAR, bien ubicada. Sin duda una excelente opción
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 24 Mar 2020
English translation of guest review: The ideal house for large groups! Spacious, modern, SPECTACULAR kitchen, well located. Without a doubt an excellent option Estamos muy contentos de que haya disfrutado de su estancia, gracias por su evaluación!
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Wedding weekend in Kiawah!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This home is wonderful for family & group gatherings. It is decorated beautifully, the layout is great, the kitchen is a fantastic and the porch is perfect for relaxing while looking over the pond - everyone loved it!.
Response from VrboOwner on 24 Mar 2020
Thank you so much for being our first guests in this fantastic home! The feedback is super helpful! We hope to see you all back again very soon!
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