Waterside Pointe Came First. That’s Not a Small Thing.

If you’ve been reading this series, you’ve already met Waterside Edge — the newer, slightly larger custom 55+ section inside Grande Dunes. Waterside Pointe came before it, and that history matters. Waterside Pointe was a nationwide first: the first custom home neighborhood in the country where residents of a luxury enclave had full access to Del Webb’s renowned amenity network. Grande Dunes didn’t know if it would work. It did. Waterside Pointe sold out fast enough that Grande Dunes launched Waterside Edge to meet the demand it had created.

Understanding that origin explains what makes Waterside Pointe still special in a market that now has two Waterside communities plus all of Del Webb at Grande Dunes to compete with. The answer comes down to three things: 47 total homes — ever, a position at the southern point of Marina Village directly on the Intracoastal Waterway, and a character that’s had years to develop into the kind of settled, known-by-name, genuinely intimate enclave that 500-home communities simply cannot replicate.

If you missed the window on new construction — most lots are spoken for — you’re working the resale market now, where homes start in the low $500Ks and run past $1.5M for larger custom estates with premium ICW positioning. Here’s everything you need to know to decide whether Waterside Pointe belongs at the top of your list.

Waterside Pointe’s on-site amenity center from above — resort pool, tennis and pickleball courts, the community day dock extending directly to the Intracoastal Waterway, and the amenity building anchoring it all. The ICW is not a backdrop here; it’s the front yard.

In a Nationwide First, Custom Home Buyers Got Del Webb Access. Waterside Pointe Made That Happen.

When Grande Dunes launched Waterside Pointe, the real estate press noticed one specific detail: for the first time anywhere in the country, buyers purchasing custom homes in a private enclave were being given full access to a Del Webb resort amenity center — typically reserved exclusively for Del Webb’s own production-home communities. Grande Dunes made the case to Pulte that Waterside Pointe residents deserved the same infrastructure, and Pulte agreed.

The result: Waterside Pointe owners hold membership in two full amenity ecosystems simultaneously. The Del Webb Myrtle Beach 15,000 sq ft Residents Club — with its indoor and outdoor saltwater pools, fitness center, pickleball courts, tennis, bocce, putting green, lifestyle director, and ICW day dock — is steps from the community. And the Grande Dunes Ocean Club — the 25,000 sq ft private oceanfront retreat with resort pool, private beach access, and fine dining on the Atlantic — is included in the Grande Dunes address. No other community in this series, and very few in the country, can make that statement.

The Waterside Pointe pool and clubhouse at blue hour — outdoor fireplace, string lights, dining tables, and a grill station that becomes the community’s social center on warm evenings. This is the on-site amenity; the Del Webb Residents Club and Ocean Club are both additional destinations.

Your Day Dock Is 50 Yards From Your Back Door. Let That Sink In.

Most communities claim proximity to the Intracoastal Waterway. Waterside Pointe was built at the southernmost tip of Marina Village Grande Dunes — meaning the community literally sits on the ICW. Many of the 47 lots either directly face the waterway or have waterway views. The private day dock isn’t a distant shared facility at the Del Webb amenity center (though that one exists too). Waterside Pointe has its own community day dock steps from the homes. Boats tie up there. Neighbors walk out their back doors, step onto the dock, and are in the water within two minutes.

For buyers who either own a boat or have always wanted the option to have one, this changes the daily calculus of retirement life in a way that’s hard to quantify from the outside. You don’t trailer a boat. You don’t drive to a marina 20 minutes away. You walk to your dock, step aboard, and go. The Grande Dunes Marina with full-service boat slips is also within the master community for longer-term docking needs.

On-Site. Del Webb’s Club. The Ocean Club. Three Destinations, One Address.

Here’s the breakdown of exactly what Waterside Pointe residents access — organized by location so you understand what’s steps away versus what’s a short drive.

Two Builders. One Architectural Language. Zero Production Homes.

Grande Dunes partnered exclusively with two builders for Waterside Pointe — Nations Homes II and The Carrell Group — chosen specifically for their ability to execute Lowcountry-style architecture at the custom level. Every home is a Lowcountry build: that means wide front porches, metal roofs, natural gas fireplaces, high ceilings with decorative beams, extensive window packages for ICW light, and the kind of crafted detail work that distinguishes a genuinely custom home from an upgraded production one.

Homes in Waterside Pointe typically run from 2,500 to 5,000+ square feet, three to five bedrooms, three to four-and-a-half bathrooms, with three-car garages including golf cart storage on most floor plans. Current resale pricing runs from approximately $500K on the entry end to $1.5M+ for larger completed estates, particularly those with direct ICW frontage. Homesites (for buyers who want to build) have listed from the mid-to-upper $100Ks, though availability is extremely limited.

You have two years to build from lot purchase — a contractual requirement designed to keep the community from holding undeveloped land indefinitely. For buyers who want to purchase a lot and take time designing their custom home, that window is real and worth factoring into the timeline.

Left: The Waterside Pointe community building entrance — coastal architecture, covered porte-cochère, and the palm-lined approach that signals you’ve arrived somewhere considered. Right: Pool deck at dusk — the outdoor fireplace and lounge furniture turn the pool deck into an evening gathering space that actually gets used.

Same Master Community. Same Builders. But These Are Not the Same Community.

Because buyers routinely compare these two, here’s the honest breakdown. They share a lot — the Grande Dunes address, the Ocean Club, the Del Webb Residents Club access, Nations Homes and Carrell as builders — but the structural differences between them matter significantly for how you’ll experience daily life.

Marina Village, Grande Dunes. Here’s What That Address Actually Means Day to Day.

Waterside Pointe sits within Marina Village, the Intracoastal Waterway section of Grande Dunes, off US-17 Bypass at 62nd Avenue North — the same corridor as Del Webb at Grande Dunes. The location puts you in the heart of Myrtle Beach’s most developed infrastructure zone with fast access in every direction.

What Waterside Pointe Gets Right, and What Deserves a Clear-Eyed Look

The Community That Proved the Model. 47 Homes. No More. Ever.

Waterside Pointe launched a concept that didn’t exist before it: a private Lowcountry custom home enclave where every buyer — regardless of which custom builder they chose — walked away with Del Webb’s full resort amenity package plus Grande Dunes’ Ocean Club on the beach. The national real estate press noticed. The 47 lots filled. And then Grande Dunes built Waterside Edge to meet the demand it had created.

What you’re buying into now, in the resale market, is the original. The community that already knows itself — its neighbors, its rhythms, its collective sense of how Saturday mornings work when you live on the Intracoastal Waterway with a day dock 50 yards from your back door and a private beach club 1 mile east. The character of a place like this takes years to form. Waterside Pointe has it.

The 47-home ceiling is either the best or the most challenging thing about this community, depending entirely on what you’re looking for. If you want 500 neighbors and a lifestyle director programming three events a day, look at Del Webb. If you want 46 neighbors who know your name, a Lowcountry home on the ICW, and the quiet certainty that the address you’re buying into will never be diluted by additional phases, Waterside Pointe is still — even nearly sold out — a genuinely rare thing to find.