Located within the Neighborhoods of World Golf Village, Isles of the World is an intimate neighborhood of high-quality, spacious townhomes. Davidson Realty agent Loreal Greathouse and Homes by Deltona’s Sales Associate Mary Gaskill gave us a tour of these first-class units designed by the award-winning architectural firm The Evans Group.
GroveWood has a sense of arrival that feels like a warm hug for residents of this King & Bear community in World Golf Village. Traveling the serene four miles from the King & Bear entrance to the “Welcome to GroveWood” sign is the perfect way to relax after a long day at work. As a GroveWood resident myself, I know first hand that as you take in the community’s natural beauty, you find yourself unwinding and feeling calm and centered. Come along with me and Davidson Realty’s new construction expert, Jennifer Todd, as we explore the family-friendly streets and the buzz of new home construction in GroveWood.
This month we are focusing on a very special neighborhood in World Golf Village’s King & Bear community, WildWood! Davidson Realty agent Jennifer Todd joins us as we tour the neighborhood and highlight some of its best features like the beautiful forested conservation land surrounding the homesites and its quiet, family-friendly cul-de-sacs.
WildWood is the only neighborhood inside the King & Bear that is nestled within the largest preservation area in the community (28.1 acres). As you enter WildWood, the view before you is a 1,100’ long vista through a park, over a lake to the backdrop of conservation where there are frequent sightings of wild turkey and native deer.
Come along with us as we get up-close and personal with World Golf Village’s family-focused Heritage Landing neighborhood by D.R. Horton, situated just off scenic County Road 13. As Davidson Realty Agent and Heritage Landing resident Mirtha Barzaga explains in the video, Heritage Landing features 1,154 single-family homes and attracts many young families because of its multi-million dollar amenity center, Camp Heritage, and the acclaimed A-rated St. Johns County public schools.
Welcome to Waterbury by the Links! In the video above, Davidson Realty Agent and resident golf course expert, Jock Ochiltree takes us on a tour through Waterbury by the Links East and West to learn more about this custom home community and the homes currently on the market. As Jock explains in the video, Waterbury is a neighborhood made up of 127 custom home sites framing holes two through eight of the world renowned King & Bear golf course, the only course collaboration by Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.
Carefree, Coach-Style Homes Overlook the World Renowned King & Bear Golf Course
It’s hard not to fall in love with Laterra Links in the St. Augustine master planned community of World Golf Village! The 152 townhome-styled Coach Homes are located just inside the King & Bear community gate, across from Spa Laterra and overlooking the world-class King & Bear golf course. How much better can it get? Residents enjoy lakefront or golf course views (holes two through eight) at these lock-and-leave homes which are perfect for frequent travelers, busy professionals, empty nesters and others looking for a carefree home to enjoy the active World Golf Village lifestyle.
The singer/songwriter, Joe South, famously recorded the song, Walk a Mile in My Shoes. The commonly used refrain about “walking a mile in my shoes” refers to being non-judgmental of others. Humorously, it is often extended to “before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes – then when you do criticize that person, you’ll be a mile away and have his shoes”. Some say that research shows the sentiment is rooted in old, Cherokee Indian, native-American wisdom. It remains wonderful advice – “don’t judge a person until you have walked a mile in their shoes”.
The signs of an improving real estate market continue in our northeast Florida golf community. Strong increases in pending home sales, decreases in inventory and higher median prices are welcome signs. The improvements in real estate sales activity dovetails with an increase in new home construction by major national homebuilders. Says Sherry Davidson, President of Davidson Realty, “Pending sales are very encouraging. We wrote over 2,100 contracts in May which was a 36 percent gain over last May. Meanwhile inventory is down year-to-date over 30 percent.”
Just as the cardinals are busy preparing their nests in our wooded St. Augustine, Florida community, so too are new World Golf Village residents readying their own cozy nests! The new construction that began to increase at the start of this year, continues on an upward trend in our master planned golf community. New homebuilding construction is happening throughout the World Golf Village neighborhoods with a range of projects underway by national homebuilders and local custom homebuilders.
National homebuilder Standard Pacific Homes has broken ground on 4 homes in the family-oriented GroveWood neighborhood of World Golf Village. The anticipated completion is summer 2012. Standard Pacific Homes purchased 16 lots in GroveWood late last year. The company is offering four floor plans, ranging from about 2,500 to 3,500 square feet. Pricing starts in the high $200,000’s and an extensive list of upgrades comes standard with the new homes.
Both national homebuilders and local custom homebuilders are stirring up activity in our master planned golf community. A range of projects are now underway in the King & Bear which is great news for World Golf Village homeowners, our Davidson Realty agents and the north St. Johns County economy. Here’s a taste of what’s happening in our St. Augustine, Florida neighborhood.