Inside the 7-Bedroom Palmetto Dunes Estate Guests Call a Castle

Low Country Luxury is a private 7-bedroom estate in Palmetto Dunes on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, known by its address as 25 Starboard Tack and nicknamed Starboard Tack Castle by the guests who stay in it. The estate has 6.5 baths, sleeps up to 18 guests, and rents as a whole property, so the pool, the game room, the golf simulator, and the theater belong to your group alone for the length of your stay. It books two ways: as a luxury vacation rental for large family gatherings, or as a corporate retreat venue reserved exclusively for your team.

Every bedroom is styled as a private suite, and the suites sit across two separate wings connected by the shared living, dining, and entertaining spaces. The layout is what makes a group of 18 feel comfortable rather than crowded. You get resort-grade amenities inside one home, without a resort crowd sharing them.

25 Starboard Tack is a single-property estate professionally managed by Hilton Head Properties R&R, photographed across two seasons in 2025 and 2026. What the photos show is exactly what you walk into.

The 7-bedroom estate splits its suites across two bedroom wings, and that split does the quiet work of a good family trip. One wing stays active for teens and older kids. The opposite wing stays calm for grandparents and families with little ones. Guests point to this exact feature in their reviews as the reason a multigenerational reunion worked without anyone stepping on anyone else.

Between the two wings sit the spaces you gather in: the great room, the chef’s kitchen, the oversized dining table, and the doors out to the pool. So the group comes together for dinner and games, then separates to two quiet ends of the house when it is time to rest. Couples get a real door to close. Kids get their own zone. Grandparents get a full night’s sleep.

The chef’s kitchen runs on an 8-burner range, so cooking for 18 is a normal Tuesday rather than a logistics problem. A large island with barstools anchors the room, warm wood counters give you room to work, and the whole space opens onto the dining and living areas so the cook is never cut off from the group. Guests have run full shrimp boils out of this kitchen and set them down on a dining table sized for the entire party.

The oversized dining table seats the group together, which matters when the point of the trip is being in one place. For a corporate retreat, that same table becomes the working surface: a boardroom with a kitchen attached and nobody in earshot who is not on your team.

This is the Palmetto Dunes house with a pool and golf simulator that keeps the whole group entertained without anyone leaving the property. The ground-level game room holds billiards on a red-felt table, foosball, and ping pong, all in one space. Next to it sits a full golf simulator with a hitting bay, bar-height seating, and screens, so the round continues after dark and after dinner. A home theater with a big screen and streaming apps handles movie nights for the family and film-and-focus sessions for a team.

For a corporate retreat, this floor is the difference between an evening that ends at 9 and an evening where the real conversations keep going. The pool, the simulator, and the game room are all under your roof, so nobody drives anywhere and nobody strays into a hotel bar full of strangers.