Cliffs Valley · Travelers Rest, South Carolina

15 Water View Court

A 270-degree peninsula, forty feet above the third green.

$4,995,000 5 bedrooms 5F 2H baths 5,872 sq ft 1.50 acres 2007 built

The Position

Most houses on a golf course sit beside it.

This one sits above it, and the club took the photograph. The land at 15 Water View Court runs out into the Cliffs Valley course as a 270-degree peninsula, an acre and a half of ridge with the third green forty feet below and the fourth tee beyond it. Ben Wright routed the holes around this ground.

The Cliffs put the resulting view on the cover of its scorecard and on the club website. Residents have called the house the Gem long enough that the name stuck. The lot sits at the end of a cul-de-sac, so the only traffic is the people who live on it, and the gatehouse is a walk from the front door rather than a drive.

The House

Planned around the view rather than pointed at it.

Alora built here in 2007, when it was the premier sponsored builder at The Cliffs. Stone, timber and arched loggias outside. Inside, twenty-five-foot ceilings, a dry-stacked stone fireplace running the full height of the great room, and a bowed wall of glass at its west end where the room turns to follow the ridge. The primary suite repeats the curve under a coffered ceiling, and a third curved bay sits on the terrace level.

Storms cross the valley in full view here, and the fall color arrives across the whole fairway at once rather than through a window.

Stone fireplace running the full height of the gable

The Kitchen

Built to be used.

A granite island under a floating hood, six burners, professional appliances, a bar and a butler's pantry, opening to the breakfast nook and out to a screened porch with a fireplace in it that stays open from April to October. Four fireplaces in all, including one outdoors on the flagstone.

Two Primary Suites

One on each level.

The main-level suite runs 17'11" by 21'10" under a coffered ceiling, with double vanities, a soaking tub, a separate shower and two walk-in closets. The second sits on the terrace level at 17'10" by 18'0" with its own bath, double vanities and walk-in closet.

Paired with the terrace level's own kitchen and dining room, the second suite is a genuine second residence rather than a guest room with a nice bath.

The Terrace Level

Downstairs, the house stops being a house.

The terrace level carries a second kitchen and dining room, a recreation room, a wine cellar, a golf simulator, a gym, a sauna, a steam shower, a hot tub inside a colonnade of stone arches, and its own primary suite. Three more bedrooms sit on this level, each with a walk-in closet.

A foursome can come off the course, cook, drink, play a simulated round and go to bed without anyone upstairs knowing they arrived.

Hot tub inside a colonnade of stone arches

The Garden

Built rather than planted.

Boulders carry a waterfall down into a koi pond. Nineteen years on, it reads from the air as part of the course. A stone staircase climbs through the planting from the motor court to the front door, and flagstone terraces step down toward the fairway.

The waterfall running through boulders into the koi pond

In the Press

Cliffs Valley ‘gem’ for sale in Travelers Rest for $5M.

Nina Tran · Greenville News · June 4, 2026

The Film

Walk it.

The Gallery

Fifty frames, in walking order.

The peninsula at dusk, third green below

The east elevation and the terraced garden

Stone fireplace, full height of the gable

The Register

What is actually here.

Position	A 270-degree peninsula, 40 feet above the third green of the Ben Wright course, with the fourth tee beyond
Built	2007 by Alora, then the premier sponsored builder at The Cliffs
Great room	28'4" x 29'0" under 25-foot ceilings, dry-stacked stone fireplace, bowed wall of glass at the west end
Curved bays	Three: the great room's west end, the primary suite, and one terrace-level bedroom
Kitchen	Granite island, six-burner cooktop under a floating hood, professional appliances, bar and butler's pantry
Primary suites	Two. Main level with double vanities, soaking tub, separate shower and two walk-in closets; a second on the terrace level with its own bath and walk-in
Terrace level	Second kitchen, second dining room, recreation room, wine cellar, golf simulator, gym, sauna, steam shower, and a hot tub under stone arches
Bonus room	30'3" x 26'0" above the garage, with a full bath
Fireplaces	Four, including the screened porch and one outdoors on the flagstone
Garden	A built waterfall through boulders into a koi pond, nineteen years grown in
Outdoor rooms	13 x 18 screened porch with fireplace, flagstone terraces stepping toward the course
Garage	Three-car
Lot	1.50 acres at the end of a cul-de-sac, walking distance from the gatehouse

The Drive

Where it sits.

Cliffs Valley gatehouse	a walk
Travelers Rest	10 min
Hendersonville, NC	20 min
Downtown Greenville	35 min

One membership opens golf at all seven Cliffs communities across the Carolinas, plus Lake Keowee access, a wellness center with indoor and outdoor pools, a fitness center, the clubhouse and restaurant, and racquet sports including pickleball. For a buyer who golfs: seven courses, one initiation, and the third green of one of them is the view from the kitchen sink.

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Private showings by appointment. Tell us a little about what you are looking for and we will come back to you the same day.

Or call 864.561.7942

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