After reading a fellow reviewers note about unit 412A, we booked the same one for our trip and were not disappointed. These are condos that are owned and managed (I believe) by different management companies. We booked through 800beachme.com (Coastal villas I believe). At this site you can look through many different pictures and views. I actually liked the look of unit 536 but it was booked for the week we wanted. At any rate, this unit was clean and had 2 bedrooms and two bathrooms. The counters were granite-like and it had a full-sized washer and dryer (which I used everyday). The kitchen was well stocked (could have used 2 spatulas instead of 1), but it was not lacking in pots and pans etc. It had a toaster, coffee maker, blender, mixer etc. etc.
This unit is on the ground floor and we would go to the pool or beach from our sliding door. The grounds of shorewood are really beautiful and very well maintained--lots of rabbits that really thrilled my kids. The beach is about 100 yards and looking out the window you can see it. There were other units that were closer to the beach. Next year, I may try to get one of those.
Shorewood is about 2-3 city blocks from Coligny plaza that has a lot of t-shirt/surf shops, ice cream, and restaurants. We rented bikes ($12 for the day per bike--$18 for 3 days, $25 for the week) and rode down forest beach road--wonderful shade palm trees, really fun.
We went to 2 restaurants in Coligny plaza that I would not recommend--Pizza Roma--if you like pizza on a saltine--then you'd like it, we prefer some air in the crust. And a place called Hinchleys--overpriced food in baskets. Since we have kids (3) we didn't go to any of the other restaurants that we saw though-just because they looked more like couples places--there were many to choose from.
We did go to Salty Dog (in SeaPines) which we all loved--definitely a fun place to go even though it's a small shopping area. My daughter did a craft there under a tent and it was not crowded....just very hot!
If your looking for a medium priced lovely stay, I would recommend Shorewood--it's close to everything, the people were very friendly and the beach was wonderful. Just research the unit--look at the pictures, etc. Also, the pictures they have here on this site for Shorewood are not all shorewood pictures, there is no jacuzzi hot tub, no indoor jacuzzi, no exercise room (at least I never saw those). But the beach and pool pictures all seem accurate.

Great location right on the beach. Private, yet convenient to all activities. Family oriented with a large pool. All rooms were spacious. Owners demonstrated good customer service and willingness to help make the vacation great. Did I mention that it was a great location...

After months of anticipation for a family vacation at Shorewood
Villas, Hilton Head and the confidence in our Realty Office,
what a total disappointment the first night. Do they ever check
out these places before they tell you its "everything you need".
Fully equipped kitchen consisted of 10 cabinets and drawers,
ONE drawer had silver ware.....the pans were so nasty could
not cook, carpet so dirty felt like cotton candy and drapes at
windows so old and dusty you could not open or close.
Baths was moldy, towel racks in floor and 3rd bathroom
had serious urine smell. Moved to another condo in Villamare
next day....better, but is anyone checking on the housekeeping
in these places? A little Tile-ex goes a long way. Dryer did
not work, so on to Target for towles and especially "new pillows"
lastly, sleep sofa in Villamare I know had not been looked at
for weeks......sheets were soiled and moldy. We enjoyed Hilton
Head Island very much, but the accomodations were the worst
we have ever been to in cleanliness and upkeep. Won't be back.

We stayed at Shorewood Villas unit 412A April 22nd through April 29th. This unit was very nice and had everything that we could possibly need. There were 5 adults in our group and we had plenty of room in the unit. The condo has two bedrooms - one with a king size bed, the other room with two twin beds and the sofa pulled out to make a bed as well. There is a nice porch off the living room that overlooks the courtyard and the pool area. The pool is good size with plenty of chairs and tables around it. The beach is a very short distance from the pool. We had great weather the week we were there so we were able to enjoy the pool and the beach. We are already making plans to go back next year and stay at the same place.