The Only Gated 55+ Section Inside Tuscany Resort — and It Comes With Resort Access to Everything

Here’s the setup that takes most buyers a minute to fully absorb: Carillon at Tuscany isn’t just a 55+ community that happens to have nice amenities. It’s the age-restricted gated neighborhood inside the larger Tuscany Resort master community — which means Carillon residents get their own gated section, their own 55+ environment, and full access to resort amenities that were built for an entire master-planned development. Two outdoor pools. A lazy river. An 8,000 sq ft clubhouse. A 24-seat private movie theater. A 2,000 sq ft fitness center. Forty acres of lakes. Sixty acres of preserved green space.

All of that for $312 per month in HOA fees — billed quarterly, managed by Waccamaw Management — which also covers your lawn mowing, edging, irrigation, weekly trash service, and termite protection. When you see what comparable resort amenity packages cost elsewhere on the Grand Strand, $312/month starts to look like a very good deal.

D.R. Horton broke ground in 2012 on the former Belle Terre Golf Course in Carolina Forest — one of Myrtle Beach’s most strategically positioned neighborhoods — and built Carillon out over the following eight years. New construction from D.R. Horton has now sold out at 85 homes. Today’s buyers are working the resale market, with homes exchanging hands in the $440K–$535K range. Here’s everything you need to know.

The Tuscany Resort entrance — stone pillars, a fountain feature, and the palm trees that signal you’ve crossed into something a step above the ordinary subdivision.

You’re Buying Into a Neighborhood. You’re Getting Access to a Resort.

Tuscany Resort is a master-planned community in Carolina Forest that includes multiple sub-neighborhoods: Carillon (55+ single-family homes), Lucca Townhomes, Savona Duplexes, and Carrara single-family homes. Each section has its own character, but everyone shares the same resort amenity core. That infrastructure — built at a scale that a standalone 85-home community could never justify — is the reason Carillon at Tuscany punches so far above its size.

The Tuscany Resort amenity center from above — two outdoor pools, the lazy river winding through the complex, the 8,000 sq ft clubhouse, and tennis courts visible in the upper left. This is what your $312/month HOA accesses.

The resort sits on land that was previously the Belle Terre Golf Course, which is why the land layout feels more spacious and naturally contoured than a typical suburban development. The 40 acres of lakes and 60 acres of preserved green space throughout the community aren’t amenity additions — they’re the original course topography, repurposed into one of the most park-like settings in the Carolina Forest area. Walking trails follow the lake edges. Many Carillon homes back up directly to water or open green space.

Two Pools, a Lazy River, a Movie Theater, and a Fitness Center That Doesn’t Feel Like a Closet

The full pool complex from above — the large resort pool (foreground), the lazy river and second pool (background), lounge deck, and the 8,000 sq ft clubhouse anchoring the left. All available to Carillon residents year-round.

Eight D.R. Horton Plans, Chef Kitchens Standard, One That Goes to Two Stories

Carillon at Tuscany offered eight floor plan options from D.R. Horton, ranging from 1,460 to 2,772 square feet. New construction has now sold out, so today’s buyers are working the resale market — which means move-in-ready homes with upgrades already installed, without the construction timeline or builder-grade finishes of day one. Current resale listings run from approximately $440K to $535K, with an average around $490K.

Every home was built with two-car garages, open floor plans, and first-floor primary suites. Kitchens were designed as genuine cooking spaces: gas ranges, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, kitchen islands, under-cabinet lighting, and 42″ cherry cabinets as standard configuration. These aren’t entry-level finishes dressed up as upgrades — this is what D.R. Horton built as the baseline.

Hwy 501 Meets Hwy 31 — The Most Central Address in Myrtle Beach

Carillon at Tuscany sits in Carolina Forest, off Highway 501 near the intersection of Highway 31 — arguably the single most strategically connected location in the entire Grand Strand. Highway 31 (the Carolina Bays Parkway) is the bypass that runs parallel to the coast, connecting Myrtle Beach north to North Myrtle Beach and south toward Murrells Inlet without touching a single stoplight on the tourist strip. From Tuscany, you can be headed in any direction on the Grand Strand in under five minutes.

Resort Pools on a Wednesday. Beach Run on Friday. Golf Cart to Dinner on Saturday.

The lifestyle at Carillon at Tuscany is built around a fundamental convenience: you’re centrally located enough that nothing requires significant planning. Morning walk on the lake trails. Afternoon at the resort pool or lazy river. Evening movie in the 24-seat theater without leaving the community. That’s a full day without getting in the car.

When you do leave, the infrastructure around you is comprehensive. The fishing clubs, tennis leagues, and walking groups operating through the Tuscany community provide the social calendar infrastructure. The golf cart is genuinely useful — Tuscany’s streets are golf-cart-friendly, and with the airport, multiple shopping centers, and several golf courses nearby, the golf cart gets real use rather than just sitting in the garage for HOA-required photo ops.

The natural gas infrastructure is worth noting for daily life: gas ranges (which most serious cooks strongly prefer), potentially gas water heaters and HVAC options, and the general energy cost advantage of a natural gas community in a climate where temperature management runs most of the year. It’s a practical detail that adds up in monthly utility bills over time.

What Carillon Gets Right, and What You Should Know Before You Commit

Every community has trade-offs. Here’s the honest version — the things that make Carillon at Tuscany genuinely excellent, and the things that deserve clear-eyed consideration before you put in an offer.

Small Community. Resort Scale. The Central Location That Makes Everything Else Easy.

Carillon at Tuscany is a specific kind of community for a specific kind of buyer. If you want 85 gated homes, a resort amenity package that punches well above the community’s size, natural gas infrastructure, a 10-minute airport, and access to the entire Grand Strand without fighting through tourist traffic — this is your address.

The $312/month HOA for two pools, a lazy river, a private movie theater, a 2,000 sq ft fitness center, lighted tennis and pickleball courts, lake trails, and 60 acres of preserved green space represents genuine value. The D.R. Horton homes were built to a higher standard than the price point suggests at time of construction, and the resale inventory reflects that in both condition and upgrade levels. Whole-house generators, water filtration systems, stacked stone exteriors, screened Carolina rooms — the homes that hit the market here are genuinely move-in ready.

Stand at the edge of one of those 40-acre lakes on a clear morning. Walk the trail. Drive the golf cart through the gate. Then go float the lazy river for 20 minutes and think about what your equivalent Tuesday morning looks like right now. That’s the comparison that tends to make the decision for most people.