It took 15 years and three moves, but Mark and Rebecca Ferrer finally found their ideal spot on Isle of Palms’ Ocean Boulevard. Their new house, completed in 2024, sits one block back from the Atlantic on a corner lot across from a beach access path. The surf is close enough to provide a soundtrack, yet the home is protected from some of Mother Nature’s harsher elements.
Built as a generational gathering place, the 4,400-square-foot house features a reverse floor plan, with three guest rooms and a den on the first floor and an open-plan living area with a private bedroom suite on the second. The indoor spaces are complemented by plenty of porches to enjoy the ocean breezes, along with a rooftop deck. With an extensive outdoor living room under the house that merges with garden rooms and a pool, the home represents the Ferrers’ journey from vacationers to part-time islanders.
That journey began during a 25th wedding anniversary trip to Charleston in 2011. The Virginia-based couple and their three children had regularly vacationed on Hilton Head. With their kids now grown, the Ferrers wanted to find a locale that better suited their needs. “We wanted somewhere with more of a city—more accessible, more sophisticated,” says Mark, a retired software executive. “We’d never even visited Charleston before that trip,” adds Rebecca. “But we bought a place before we left.”…