I was born at the Jersey Shore, Atlantic City, N.J., and grew up in Margate, a small town south of Atlantic City! As soon as I graduated from Centenary College, I headed for NYC, to live at The Barbizon Hotel for Women. I was hired for my "dream job", as a textile designer at the J. W. Valentine Co. Three years later I married and headed for another "dream job", as Tour Guide at The American School in Lugano, Switzerland. After returning to the states, we moved to Philadelphia, where our children were born.
Enroute to Disney World, in 1974, our blended family of 7 stopped for gas in Hardeeville. After many hours on the road from Radnor, Pa., the station attendant suggested we spend the night at the Inn On Hilton Head Island, a place I had never heard of. The old swing bridge was OPEN, so we turned off the motor and sat there...for 15 minutes while a sleek, beautiful, sailboat named COMPASS ROSE, finally slipped by. There were no cars behind us and none on the other side of the bridge! The road was only 2 lanes and we passed no other cars on our way to the "inn". After checking in at the beautiful Hilton Head Inn, we went to see Harbour Town! While my late husband was taking the kids to see the famous Harbour Town Golf Course, I hopped on the back of a real estate agent's golf cart, went to see the Heritage model villa, and signed a sales contract for it that day!!! We later returned to Philadelphia, arrived in a blizzard, and then and there decided we were moving to South Carolina!! We moved here in 1975. It was the best decision we ever made.
After being hired by Charles Fraser (founder of Sea Pines) as the new Advertising Dir. of the Heritage Classic magazine, and later hired again by Charles Fraser to sell real estate at the Twin Oaks Model (across the street from our new house) I moved forward. I subsequently became the Owner/President of Harbour Realty and Rentals. As a founding member of the Hilton Head Board of Realtors, the Multiple Listing Service, President of Seaview Properties; Broker-in-Charge of Lighthouse Realty at The Intercontinental, Broker-in-charge of Wexford Realty, I've enjoyed a 45 year real estate career on this beautiful island.
Please stop by the Sea Pines Welcome Center or the Sea Pines Beach Club and ask for Sunny Nolde, my team partner and daughter, or Nancy Cunningham. We want to welcome you to our island paradise, share our island experience, but most of all assist you in following your island dream! You may reach me at 843-683-4580 or Sunny at 843-684-1234. Thanks for reading
