Metropolis of Myrtle Seashore mayor’s dwelling listed for $6.75 million. Will it influence her residency?
Myrtle Seashore’s mayor has listed her Ocean Boulevard North dwelling in the marketplace, based on an inventory on Zillow.
When requested about the place her new residence can be, Mayor Brenda Bethune stated over the cellphone that it is going to be inside metropolis limits, as required.
“It’s listed with a neighborhood realtor,” she stated throughout a one minute cellphone name. “Individuals do must be certified earlier than they’ll see it, and I actually don’t need our enterprise on the market.”
The residence was listed on Oct. 14 at 12:29 p.m.
She was first elected as mayor in 2017, and she or he’s up for reelection in 2026, based on her bio on town’s web site.
In response to the South Carolina Constitution, elected officers are required to be residents of the locations the place they maintain workplace.
“Mayors and councilmen shall be certified electors of the municipality and, if they’re elected topic to residential or ward necessities as supplied on this part, they shall be certified electors of the ward prescribed for his or her election qualification,” SC Code Part 5-15-20 states.
The listing of her Ocean Boulevard North dwelling options 38 pictures of the 9,515 square-foot dwelling on Myrtle Seashore’s Golden Mile.
The house has eight bedrooms and eight bogs.
“For 90 years this dwelling has stood alongside the ‘Golden Mile’ Myrtle Seashore as one of the crucial iconic residences in our space,” the Zillow itemizing stated. “After near 35 plus years of possession in a single household, this house is being supplied up on the market.”
Horry County land data present that the house is owned by Bethune and has been listed by native actual property agent Melanie Hellmer from Leonard, Name at Kingston.
At $6,750,000, the house is presently the most costly one in the marketplace in Myrtle Seashore.
Hellmer stated they reached that worth level after cautious consideration for the place the house is positioned within the Grand Strand and the standard of the finishes.
“I actually suppose should you attempt to replicate it right this moment, I don’t even suppose you might contact it on the worth the place we’ve bought it marketed at,” she stated. “It’s a considerable dwelling, lots of sq. footage,the standard is superb, and the situation, most significantly, is pristine. It’s very effectively taken care of and really beloved.”
Previous to Bethune’s possession, Hellmer stated the house was owned by the mayor’s mother and father.
In-built 1932, the itemizing states that the house was introduced again to its studs in 2015. It sits on 1.32 acres and along with the primary home, the property features a pool home, visitor home and storage with house for an train room and sauna.
“This property isn’t just a house; it’s a life-style,” the itemizing stated. “With its excellent mix of historic attract and fashionable conveniences, this property invitations you to expertise luxurious dwelling at its most interesting in one in every of Myrtle Seashore’s most sought-after places.”
