A Lake Lanier Community
Harbour Point
Lake Lanier's Yacht Club Community
One of the communities Karen Hilliard's lake buyers ask about most — on the Gainesville side of Lake Lanier.
Karen's Community Guide
Living in
Harbour Point
Ask longtime lake residents to name Lanier's signature gated community and Harbour Point comes up almost every time. Set on the Gainesville side of the lake, it's built around a genuine yacht-club lifestyle: a large community marina at its heart, a clubhouse social calendar, and streets of homes that range from comfortable lake cottages to substantial waterfront estates.
What makes Harbour Point distinctive is how it solves the dock question. Rather than every home chasing its own Corps permit, much of the community's boating life runs through the marina — so homes that aren't on the water can still come with a genuine slip-to-sunset boating lifestyle. For buyers, that widens the field: you're not limited to the (pricier) waterfront rows to live a full lake life here.
Karen's buyer guidance in Harbour Point starts with the slip: how slips convey (deeded, leased, or waitlisted varies by situation), what the marina arrangement means for your boat size, and how the HOA's amenities and covenants fit the way you plan to live. As with everywhere on Lanier, waterfront homes here still carry their own dock and shoreline particulars worth verifying early.
Buyer Questions
Harbour Point
Questions Karen Hears
Do Harbour Point homes come with boat slips?
Many residents boat from the community marina rather than private docks, and slip arrangements vary by property — some convey with a home, others are leased or waitlisted. How a slip conveys is one of the first things Karen verifies on any Harbour Point purchase.
Do I have to live on the water to enjoy Harbour Point?
No — that's much of the appeal. The marina-centered design means interior homes can still carry a full boating lifestyle, usually at a meaningfully lower price than the waterfront rows.
What should buyers watch for in Harbour Point?
Slip conveyance, HOA covenants and amenity fees, and — for waterfront homes — the usual Lake Lanier diligence on dock permits and water depth. Karen walks every buyer through all three.
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