KIAWAH ISLAND GREAT ESTATES
BY BRIAN SHERMAN
The future home of Herb and Sheran Wilkins on Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
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FAMILY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR in most decisions Herb and Sheran Wilkins make. So when they came to the conclusion their vacation home on Kiawah Island wasn’t quite large enough to accommodate their ever-growing troop of grand- children, they started looking for a larger home. After realizing that houses with the necessary number of bedrooms were difficult to find on Kiawah, they redirected their search to a famil- iar destination. As spring 2011 burst into full bloom on the island, Buffington Homes, which built the Wilkins’ current house six years ago, was preparing to build them another, this one an innovative compound of four distinct but mostly connected structures within easy walking
distance of the Kiawah River. “There aren’t many resales with more than six
bedrooms, so we decided that rather than up- date, we might as well start from scratch,” Sheran Wilkins explained. “I don’t mind. I’ll have fun doing it.” She pointed out, however, that she will have
more fun once the home is completed, probably in about 16 months, because “the whole thing is about family.” The Wilkins’ have seven grandchil- dren, five boys and two girls, six of them 4 years old and younger. Their son lives in Baltimore, as does one of their daughters, while their youngest is currently at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Her husband is serving with
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