Last updated October 2, 2026

Palmetto Shores — Chapin, South Carolina.

Palmetto Shores is a multi-phase subdivision on the north side of Lake Murray, off Old Lexington Highway, in Chapin, SC 29036. Lexington County address points and parcel cards give these houses a Chapin mailing address. They sit in unincorporated Lexington County, not inside the Town of Chapin limits. This is not Palmetto Pointe. That is a separate recorded subdivision, about 11.5 miles away in a straight line, and it is not this page.

The county tax-subdivision layer stores 14 polygons under the master name Palmetto Shores. Twelve of them have a lot count, and those counts add to 288. Phase I and Phase 2A and 3A have no lot count stored, so 288 is not a full count of every lot. The tax roll has 370 parcels whose legal line includes Palmetto Shores. 346 of those cards have a year built and a living area, from 2015 through 2026.

The Patrick O'Connor Team at Coldwell Banker Realty helps buyers and sellers compare Chapin lake neighborhoods like this one with other Lake Murray communities. Photos of the streets and homes can be added later. This guide is text until those pictures are ready.

About Palmetto Shores

What the county record supports: one master name, Palmetto Shores, split across phases rather than one small plat. The polygons on the tax-subdivision layer are Phase I, Phase 2A and 3A, Phase 2-B, Phase 3-B, Phase 3-C, Phase 5, Phase 6, Phase 7, Phase 8, Phase 9, Phase 10, Phase 11, Phase 13, and Phase 14. The layer does not store a Phase 4 or a Phase 12 under this master name. That is a map fact, not proof those numbers were never used on a paper plat.

Stored lot counts, where the layer has them: Phase 2-B 38, Phase 3-B 24, Phase 3-C 18, Phase 5 34, Phase 6 18, Phase 7 32, Phase 8 32, Phase 9 22, Phase 10 27, Phase 11 19, Phase 13 2, Phase 14 22. Phase I and Phase 2A and 3A are blank. Do not treat 288 as the size of the whole community.

Early phases store restrictions book 20173. Page 67 is on Phase I, Phase 2A and 3A, Phase 2-B, and Phase 3-B. Page 55 is on Phase 3-C. Later phase polygons have the restriction book and page blank. Those instruments were not read for this page. They are not treated here as proof of a dues amount, a gate, or what sits on an amenity lot.

Parcel zoning on 369 of the 370 cards is RD. One card leaves zoning blank. In the county zoning layer, RD is Restrictive Development. A point inside the phases falls in planning area 4, with the Neighborhood Appearance District flag set and an effect date of September 23, 2015. The same point is inside the Lake Murray Residential District Overlay, effect date November 30, 2021. Tax district code on all 370 cards is 5. None of those codes is a promise about dock rights or association fees.

Homes for Sale in Palmetto Shores

This is a large resale and recent-construction neighborhood, not a six-house pocket. Inventory still moves one house at a time. This guide does not name a current listing and does not publish a live count. No MLS pull was run for this October 2, 2026 pass. Ask for a fresh pull before treating any count as live.

Search the legal name Palmetto Shores and the interior streets, and keep Palmetto Pointe out of the set. A house at 2435 Old Lexington Highway is sometimes marketed with the Palmetto Shores name. The county address point and the legal line put that parcel in Pebblebranch Estates Phase II, TMS 001700-01-041, 1.11 acres. It is not a Palmetto Shores lot. Four Old Lexington Highway points that do carry the Palmetto Shores name are typed utility, not houses.

There is no team market-report URL for this subdivision yet.

Market Data as of October 2026

All time-sensitive numbers live in this section. They are county parcel facts, not a computed neighborhood average and not an MLS report. No 2025 or 2026 closed-sale report for Palmetto Shores is published on scmidlandsagent.com, and this page does not invent one.

Scale (county layers, Oct 2, 2026): 14 phase polygons, master name Palmetto Shores. Stored lot counts on 12 polygons add to 288. Two polygons have no lot count. 370 parcels include the name in the legal line. About 6,266,451 square feet, about 144 acres, is the sum of those polygon area fields. That is a map total, not a surveyed tract.
Houses on the cards: 346 parcels have a year built and living area. Years run 2015 through 2026, including 5 cards with year built 2026. Living area runs from 1,583 to 5,031 square feet. Bedroom counts on those cards run from 2 to 7.
Lot size on improved cards that store acreage: about 0.14 to 0.75 acres for residential improved, and about 0.33 to 0.61 acres for lakefront improved. One lakefront card, 258 Brookridge Drive, stores 0 acres and a legal note of .40 AC. Larger acreages on the roll are common area, a pond, or a lift station, not house lots.
2025-2026 recorded home sales, valid flag, sale year on or after year built: 28 cards. Prices run from $375,000 to $797,000. Every one of those 28 is typed residential improved, not lakefront. This is a set of county rows, not an average and not today's list price.
Recorded sale, 259 Brookridge Drive (Phase I lot 26, TMS 001716-01-026, residential improved, year built 2016, 4,320 sq ft, 0.30 acres, 5 bedrooms): sale date February 25, 2025, price $797,000, valid flag. Not a lakefront classification.
Recorded sale, 307 Brookridge Drive (Phase 2-B lot 30, TMS 001716-01-146, residential improved, year built 2017, 4,220 sq ft, 0.42 acres, 5 bedrooms): sale date August 19, 2026, price $792,015, valid flag. Not a lakefront classification.
Recorded sale, 761 Xander Way (Phase 3-B lot 95, TMS 001716-01-095, residential improved, year built 2018, 1,716 sq ft, 0.18 acres, 3 bedrooms): sale date June 27, 2025, price $375,000, valid flag. The low end of that 2025-2026 set, not a typical price.
Recorded lakefront sale, 1903 Brant Point (Phase 5 lot 157, TMS 001716-01-207, lakefront improved, year built 2021, 3,317 sq ft, 0.54 acres): sale date August 7, 2024, price $687,000, valid flag. An older lakefront row. It is not inside the 2025-2026 set above.
Not finished-home prices: 62 cards show a latest amount of $15 or less. Nine other valid sales are dated in a year before the house year built. Those are nominal entries or earlier transactions. They are not sale comps for the finished house.
HOA dollars: not published here. The association is on the roll as an owner. The restrictions were not priced out.
Active listings: none verified for this page on October 2, 2026. The assessor file is not a listing service.

Source: Lexington County address points, parcel cards, tax-subdivision layer, zoning, and road-maintenance layer, retrieved October 2, 2026, via Lexington County One Map. Confirm any sale in the Register of Deeds before you rely on it.

Types of Homes

Public records support a mix of interior houses and a smaller set of lakefront parcels. They do not support a single floor plan.

Residential improved houses: 321 parcels. These are the interior cards. They are not typed lakefront.
Lakefront improved houses: 25 parcels, on Brookridge Drive in the early phases, on Saugus Court in Phase 10, and one house at 1903 Brant Point in Phase 5.
Lakefront unimproved parcels: 5. Three on Saugus Court and two on Brant Point. No year built and no living area on those cards.
Size is not uniform. Living area on the 346 improved cards runs from 1,583 to 5,031 square feet. Bedroom counts on those cards run from 2 to 7. Most cards are 3, 4, or 5 bedrooms. Read the house, not the range.
Years built 2015 through 2026. Construction was still being recorded in 2026. This page does not call the neighborhood sold out.

There is no condo or townhome section in this subdivision record. A garden-home or single-level label is a marketing description, not a county property type.

Neighborhood Amenities

The roll shows a homeowners association and several common parcels. It does not name a pool, a cabana, a ramp, or a kayak launch.

Palmetto Shores Homeowners Association is the owner on common-area and association parcels. The owner name on the cards sometimes includes an apostrophe and sometimes does not. That is the same association in this pull, not two clubs
Phase 13 amenities parcel, TMS 001716-01-407, 0.80 acres on Hadley Crossing, classed homeowners association improved. Living area on that card is 0. The legal line says amenities. It does not say what the building or the yard contains
Phase 11 boat storage, TMS 001716-01-428, 0.80 acres on Quail Walk Trail, classed subdivision common area. The legal line says boat storage. It does not say ramp, dock, or wet slips
Other HOA and common parcels include Phase I, Phases 2A, 3A, and 3B together, Phase 2-B (545 Nantucket Way, 2.59 acres), Phase 3-B, Phase 3-C, Phase 3 at 1008 Point View Road (1.82 acres), Phase 5, Phase 6, Phase 9, Phase 10, and Phase 11. Acreage on those cards runs from 0.13 to 4.20
Not a clubhouse proof: the Phase 2-B common parcel is classed association improved and still shows 0 living area. Class code is not a floor plan
Town and county parcels inside the legal name: two Town of Chapin lift stations (539 Nantucket Way, 0.13 acres, and a Phase 5 parcel on Ludlow Place, 0.19 acres) and a Lexington County detention parcel on Xander Way, 1.47 acres, legal line water quality basin
No golf course, community beach, or boat ramp is named in the county layers used here
Roads: interior streets on the county maintenance layer, including Brookridge Drive, Xander Way, Nantucket Way, and Pawtucket Way, are mostly Lexington County maintained, pavement, residential local, posted 25 mph. A few segments of Hadley Crossing, Pawtucket Way, and Pepperell Road still list the developer as maintainer. A gate is not established. County maintenance is not the same thing as a private enclave gate
House pool codes appear on some improvement cards. That is a note on the house. It is not a community pool

If a seller's packet shows a pool, a ramp, a dock rule, or an assessment, the packet wins over this page. Book 20173 was not read here.

Shopping, Dining, and Recreation

Day-to-day errands for this plat usually mean the Town of Chapin and the roads that tie it to I-26. This page does not publish a drive time. Old Lexington Highway is the state road the neighborhood address points touch. Actual time depends on that highway and the hour.

On the water, only the parcels the county types lakefront are a shoreline story. Everyone else is an interior lot unless a seller packet shows a shared right this page does not document. The Phase 11 common parcel is labeled boat storage, not a marina. Off site, the rest of Lake Murray's ramps and marinas are still a separate trip. Timberlake is the closer Chapin comparison on this site, about 3 to 4 miles west in a straight line, and it is a different community with its own golf story.

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Home Prices

There is no honest single price for Palmetto Shores in the record assembled here. Interior houses and lakefront houses are different products, and 346 improved cards do not make one average.

Use Market Data for the figures this page will stand behind. In 2025 and 2026, 28 county cards flagged valid, with the sale year on or after the year built, run from $375,000 (761 Xander Way, June 27, 2025) to $797,000 (259 Brookridge Drive, February 25, 2025). 307 Brookridge Drive is $792,015 on August 19, 2026. Those three are residential improved, not lakefront class. The lakefront row this page will cite is $687,000 for 1903 Brant Point on August 7, 2024.

Do not blend in the 62 amounts of $15 or less, or a sale dated before the house was built. Do not use 2435 Old Lexington Highway. That parcel is Pebblebranch Estates. Ignore undated web pages that quote a starting price in the $200,000s or a dues amount. Neither figure is used here.

Quick Facts

Place: Palmetto Shores, Chapin, SC 29036
County: Lexington, unincorporated. Not inside the Town of Chapin
Setting: north side of Lake Murray, off Old Lexington Highway
Not the same record as: Palmetto Pointe (11 lots on the county layer, about 11.5 miles away) or Pebblebranch Estates
Phases on the tax-subdivision layer: 14. No Phase 4 or Phase 12 polygon under this master name
Stored lot counts: 288 across 12 phases. Phase I and Phase 2A and 3A have no count stored
Parcels with the legal name: 370. Improved cards with year built and living area: 346
Lake class: 25 lakefront improved and 5 lakefront unimproved. 321 residential improved are not the lakefront class. Not a shared-beach community in these records
Built: 2015-2026 on the improvement cards
Streets include Brookridge Drive, Xander Way, Pawtucket Way, Hadley Crossing, Ludlow Place, Saugus Court, Chilmark Road, Nantucket Way, and others inside the phases
Gate: not confirmed. Most interior segments on the maintenance layer are county-maintained at 25 mph
Association: Palmetto Shores Homeowners Association owns common parcels, including a Phase 13 amenities lot and a Phase 11 boat-storage lot. Dollar amount not published
Zoning: RD (Restrictive Development) on 369 cards. Lake Murray Residential District Overlay. Tax district code 5
Schools: the county layer returns School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties. The assigned buildings were not verified in this pass. See the FAQ
Golf, named community pool, or named boat ramp on the cards: not identified

Waterfront Homes

Palmetto Shores touches Lake Murray on part of the plat. It is not an inland neighborhood with no shoreline, and it is also not a street where every house is on the water. The county types 25 parcels lakefront improved and 5 lakefront unimproved. The other improved houses are residential improved.

Lakefront cards in this pull sit on Brookridge Drive (Phase I and the Phase 1 lot lines), Saugus Court (Phase 10), and Brant Point (Phase 5). A lakefront card still does not answer the questions that change value:

How much shoreline is on the survey, and is it usable?
Is there a dock, and is the permit current with the lake manager?
Is any dock private to the lot, or shared with another owner?
What is the water depth at the lot, and what does the view look like in summer?

The recorded lakefront sale this page cites is 1903 Brant Point, $687,000 on August 7, 2024. Several other lakefront cards show $5 or $10, or a price dated before the house year. Those are not finished-home comps. No community beach is documented for this plat in the sources used here.

Lake Murray Access

Classify Palmetto Shores as a mixed lake neighborhood, not as direct lakefront on every lot:

On the county cards: 30 parcels are the lakefront class (25 improved, 5 unimproved). 321 improved houses are not
On the common-area roll: Phase 11, TMS 001716-01-428, legal line boat storage, 0.80 acres, Quail Walk Trail. Phase 13, TMS 001716-01-407, legal line amenities, 0.80 acres, Hadley Crossing
Not established: a community marina, a shared ramp, a beach, wet slips for the neighborhood, or a private dock on every lakefront lot
Beyond the lot: public ramps and marinas on the rest of Lake Murray are a separate trip if the house has no usable dock

Buyers who want a staffed amenity campus, or a shared beach and ramp written into the restrictions, need the recorded covenants and a current rules sheet. This page does not treat a marketing line about a ramp or a pool as a county fact.

Location and Commute

The 14 phase polygons fall around 34.099 N, 81.310 W, from about 34.092 to 34.105 N and 81.315 to 81.304 W. That is Chapin ZIP 29036, unincorporated Lexington County, on the north side of Lake Murray. Phase I is the southern edge of the group, which is where the Brookridge lakefront cards sit.

Old Lexington Highway is the outside road. Interior streets are the ones in Quick Facts. I-26 is the regional route toward Columbia. This page does not publish a timed drive. Tour the commute at the hour you drive.

The Patrick O'Connor Team's 2026 Lake Murray relocation guide groups Palmetto Shores with other Chapin communities in Lexington-Richland School District Five. That is a market grouping. It does not change the Chapin 29036 mailing address, and it is not a school-assignment letter for a specific house.

Nearby Neighborhoods to Compare

Useful comparisons are about water rights and scale, not a ranked list of places to live. Straight-line distance below is from a point inside Palmetto Shores to other county subdivision polygons. It is not a drive time.

Timberlake — the close Chapin comparison on this site, about 3 to 4 miles west. A different community. Do not blend its golf or its sales into this plat

Pintail Point is about 6.6 miles away in a straight line. Harbour Watch and Saluda River Club are about 8 miles or more. Quail Hollow is about 12 miles. Those drives are not short, so they are not linked here. Palmetto Pointe is about 11.5 miles away and is a different subdivision. Pages that are not live yet are not linked either.

More context sits on the Neighborhoods hub.

Buying a Home in Palmetto Shores

A practical checklist for a multi-phase lake neighborhood:

Confirm the legal description says Palmetto Shores in Chapin 29036, Lexington County — not Palmetto Pointe, and not Pebblebranch Estates on Old Lexington Highway
Read whether the card says lakefront or residential. Most improved houses here are residential
Read the survey for shoreline, easements, and the common-area lines next to the lot
Ask for any dock permit and seawall. The county card does not list them
Pull restrictions book 20173, pages 67 and 55, and ask whether later phases use a different instrument. The subdivision layer leaves the book blank on those later phases. No dues amount is published here
Ask what the Phase 13 amenities parcel and the Phase 11 boat-storage parcel actually allow a buyer to use
Confirm school assignment for the address with School District Five. The district name is in the FAQ. The building is not
Price from the recorded sales in Market Data, then from similar houses of the same water class. Do not blend lakefront sales with Xander Way interior sales, and do not blend in Timberlake
Budget mortgage, taxes, insurance, flood review if the survey warrants it, and any assessment that turns up in the covenants
Drive Old Lexington Highway and the commute to work at the hour you actually travel

Call The Patrick O'Connor Team at 803-243-0224 for a current MLS pull and a tour.

Selling a Home in Palmetto Shores

Sellers in a multi-phase neighborhood win by being precise. Buyers will ask whether the card says lakefront, what the survey shows for shoreline, and how this house differs from the county rows this page cites: 259 Brookridge Drive, 307 Brookridge Drive, 761 Xander Way, and, if the house is actually lakefront, 1903 Brant Point. Marketing that borrows a Timberlake price, a Palmetto Pointe price, or a web starting price in the $200,000s invites the wrong showings.

Price from those recorded sales only as history, then from truly similar Lake Murray houses of the same water class. Put living area, phase, and any association rules in writing. The Patrick O'Connor Team can build that packet and the launch plan.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Palmetto Shores in Chapin?

Yes. The mailbox city on the county address points and parcel cards is Chapin, SC 29036. The houses are in unincorporated Lexington County. The municipal layer at a point inside the phases is Unincorporated, not the Town of Chapin. The Town of Chapin does own two lift-station parcels inside the legal name. That does not put the houses inside the town limits. Use Chapin 29036 on forms.

Is Palmetto Shores the same as Palmetto Pointe?

No. Palmetto Shores is the Chapin 29036 multi-phase plat in this guide. Palmetto Pointe is a separate county subdivision, 11 lots on the tax-subdivision layer, about 11.5 miles away in a straight line. Search the legal name or you will price the wrong community. A house at 2435 Old Lexington Highway is also the wrong plat. The county puts it in Pebblebranch Estates Phase II.

Are the homes on the water?

Some are. The county types 25 parcels lakefront improved and 5 lakefront unimproved, on Brookridge Drive, Saugus Court, and Brant Point. The other 321 improved houses are residential improved, not the lakefront class. A lakefront card does not state frontage length or that the house has a permitted private dock. Read the survey for the address you are buying.

Is there a gate, a pool, or a boat ramp?

A gate is not established. Most interior streets on the county maintenance layer are Lexington County maintained, pavement, 25 mph. The homeowners association owns common parcels, including a Phase 13 parcel the legal line calls amenities and a Phase 11 parcel the legal line calls boat storage. The cards do not name a pool, a cabana, a beach, or a ramp, and no dues amount is published here. Restrictions book 20173, pages 67 and 55, was not read. Ask for the recorded restrictions and any current rules.

How many homes are in Palmetto Shores?

The tax-subdivision layer has 14 phase polygons. Lot counts stored on 12 of them add to 288, and Phase I and Phase 2A and 3A have no count, so 288 is incomplete. The tax roll has 370 parcels whose legal line includes the name. 346 of those have a year built and a living area, from 2015 through 2026. Five more parcels are lakefront and unimproved. Common area, the association lots, two lift stations, and a county pond make up the rest.

What schools does the county layer show?

On October 2, 2026, the Lexington County school-district layer at a point inside the phases returned School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties, lexrich5.org, phone 803-476-8000. This pass did not return an assigned elementary, middle, or high school from the district locator. The district's 2026-27 zoning page says to use its GIS school zone locator because redistricting takes effect that school year, and that the campus at 1130 Old Lexington Highway was Chapin Intermediate and is being renamed Chapin Middle. Nearest campuses in a straight line are not the same thing as assignment. Confirm the address with the district. Assignment is not a ranking and not a promise.

What have homes sold for?

This page does not publish an average. County cards flagged valid, with a 2025 or 2026 sale date on or after the year built, run from $375,000 to $797,000 across 28 residential improved houses. Cited rows: $797,000 at 259 Brookridge Drive on February 25, 2025; $792,015 at 307 Brookridge Drive on August 19, 2026; and $375,000 at 761 Xander Way on June 27, 2025. A lakefront row, 1903 Brant Point, is $687,000 on August 7, 2024. Amounts of $15 or less, and sales dated before the house year, are not comps. No active listing was verified for this guide on October 2, 2026.

How is this different from Timberlake?

Timberlake is a separate Chapin community about 3 to 4 miles west in a straight line, with its own guide on this site. Palmetto Shores is this multi-phase plat: a homeowners association on the roll, a mix of lakefront and interior houses, and no golf course identified in the county layers used here. Compare water class and house type, not just the Chapin ZIP code.

The Patrick O'Connor Team publishes Palmetto Shores information and updates and works with home buyers and sellers on Lake Murray and across the Midlands of South Carolina.