2024. Prices and selections may vary and are updated frequently.
The Ford Plantation was the former winter home of Henry Ford, and now it’s a prestigious residential community and private sporting club. It’s located just outside historic Savannah, Georgia, on the Ogeechee River. It’s a country club famous for its generational memberships, when parents, children, and grandchildren all become members themselves.
The latest info we have is that the membership initiation fee is $125,000 upon buying one of the properties in the community. However, if you resell the property then 80% of the fee will be refunded.
You will have to pay about $18,000 in annual dues, along with a POA assessment of $2,500 per year. you also need to chip in $100 per month for the maintenance fund. Finally, there’s a property tax of 0.027 for each $100 assessed value.
The rule back then was that only the property owners in the community can be members, and membership is also mandatory for the residents.
But in 2017, The Ford Plantation started to offer a new National Membership to a select number of non-residents. In 2017, the initiation fee was $20,000 for non-residents, with annual dues of $7,500. This membership offers full access to all club amenities, so the membership fees may be similar to the regular membership. The initiation fee is also convertible towards residential membership, if the member buys any community property within 5 years.
Many don’t consider the fees as too exorbitant, when the benefits are factored in. It offers a chance to play on the 18-hole golf course designed by Peter Dye. It also offers a full-service marina along with a full-service equestrian center.
Then there are the usual other amenities. Here we have the tennis facilities and a full-service spa. There are pools indoors and outdoors, along with lots of dining facilities. There’s a fitness center, with trails for hiking and spots for fishing.
It’s simply gorgeous here, with a community garden and a dog park for loyal canine companions. And it’s been recognized as one of the best places to hold a wedding. All in all, it’s one of the best perks to live in this community.