Sold — 336 Garvey Circle In Columbia, SC

Custom-built all-brick new construction just 9 miles from Downtown Columbia in Hastings Point, known for its large lots, beautifully maintained homes, & peaceful setting. The neighborhood also offers excellent convenience with quick access to I-77, I-277, & I-20, making commuting & daily travel easy while still enjoying privacy & space.

336 Garvey Circle sits on a private 0.76-acre lot surrounded by mature trees & quality homes, & is completed & ready to close. The thoughtfully designed floor plan features a hard-to-find layout with all four bedrooms & three full baths on the main level, plus a huge bonus room & half bath upstairs, walk-in storage, & a side-entry two-car garage.

Stunning double mahogany doors welcome you inside, where hardwood floors flow through the main living areas. A formal dining room sits to the left of the entry, & a flexible office or guest suite with a full bath & walk-in closet is located to the right. The family room serves as a focal point & a fireplace with a cedar mantel.

The open-concept kitchen is the heart of the home & offers abundant counter & cabinet space, an oversized island with a farmhouse sink, a true pantry, stainless steel appliances, & a bay-window eat-in area. An upgraded double sliding door opens to a covered patio overlooking the spacious backyard, creating a seamless indoor-outdoor connection.

The owner’s suite is privately located down the left hallway & offers generous space for large furniture, an oversized walk-in closet with custom built-ins & bench seating, & a well-appointed bath with dual vanities, a soaking tub with a tiled surround, a multi-jet shower, & a private water closet. Bedroom 2 is located at the front of the home with easy access to a full bath. Bedrooms 3 & 4 are located at the back of the home & share a Jack-and-Jill bath.

Additional main-level features include a true laundry room & a convenient drop zone near the garage entry. Upstairs, the oversized flex room is ideal for a home office, media room, or playroom & includes a half bath. Beyond the floor plan, this home reflects the level of quality & care you can feel the moment you walk in. From the craftsmanship & intentional layout to the premium selections throughout, each space was designed to live well & hold up over time. Custom touches include built-in down-lit landscape lighting & a tankless hot water heater, along with a cohesive, elevated look that ties the home together from top to bottom.

Frequently Asked Questions

What was the challenge with 336 Garvey Circle?

The home was vacant in a slow-moving Columbia market. Empty rooms read as cold on camera, professional physical staging is expensive, and buyers struggle to picture daily life in a house that has nothing in it. Without a different approach, the listing was at real risk of sitting.

What did The Patrick O'Connor Team do differently?

We used AI-driven virtual staging and video rendering to digitally place high-end furniture and art into the walk-through footage. That let buyers see scale, flow, and finished rooms in the same shots they were already watching. Then we pushed the marketing out with targeted paid social advertising so the right buyers actually saw it.

What was the result?

20,000+ views in 14 days, and the home sold before others in the neighborhood during a challenging, slow-moving market.

What is AI-driven virtual staging?

It's the process of using AI tools to add realistic furniture, rugs, art, and decor into photos and video of an empty room. The architecture, paint, and finishes stay exactly as they are. Only the staged elements are added, so buyers see the real house — just lived-in.

How is this different from traditional staging?

Physical staging requires renting furniture, moving it in, photographing it, and either paying month over month or pulling it before closing. Virtual staging accomplishes the visualization goal at a fraction of the cost and lets us stage every room — including video, which traditional staging rarely solves for.

Is the marketing transparent about which images are virtually staged?

Yes. We follow MLS and industry guidance: virtually staged photos and video are labeled as such, and unstaged photos of each room are also provided so buyers know exactly what they are walking into.

Does the team do this for every listing?

We tailor the marketing plan to the home. Vacant homes, homes with dated furnishings, and homes with awkward or oversized rooms tend to benefit most from virtual staging and rendering. For occupied, well-styled homes we usually lean on professional photography, video, and paid social without virtual staging.

Why does paid social matter on a listing like this?

The MLS, Zillow, and Realtor.com show your home to buyers who are already searching. Paid social puts your home in front of buyers who are not actively searching yet — including out-of-market buyers relocating to Columbia and the Midlands. On 336 Garvey Circle, that's how we reached 20,000+ views in two weeks.

Where can I see the marketing you created for 336 Garvey Circle?

The full set of renderings, virtually staged images, and video lives on this page. Scroll up to see what buyers actually saw when they encountered the listing.

We have a vacant home to sell in Columbia or the Midlands. How do we get started?

Reach out through our contact page. We'll walk your home, look at the comps, and put together a marketing plan built around your specific home — including whether virtual staging and rendering make sense for it.

Who is The Patrick O'Connor Team?

We're the top Coldwell Banker team in South Carolina, with 1,600+ homes sold and $500M+ in volume over 12 years. We serve Columbia, Lexington, Chapin, Irmo, Lake Murray, and the surrounding Midlands, with named specialties in Lake Murray waterfront, luxury, and homes that need a different marketing approach to sell.