As posted ... the longer list of amenities all fall under the POA, of significance, the waterway park, the amphitheater, the beach club with pool, dog parks, trash pick up .... are included with the POA dues. About a 2 dollars a day for a couple gets you this.
The clubs is owned by the developer and managed by Troon. The Clubs include the golf, tennis, pools, and fitness centers. Use of those, with out paying, requires membership. Most of these have daily fees or drop in fees if you prefer not to join. Guest privileges are fairly liberal. The restaurant at the marina is open to anyone though club members members get a discount. A social membership, at about $8 (includes POA) a day for a couple, gets you access to the clubs, the restaurants, swimming pools, and fitness centers.
If you want tennis and golf, that cost more. If you really love golf, at 91 holes, I guess it is worth it but to me it is a bit pricey. The monthly dues for golf membership are around $400 for a single and $500 for a family. Of course that includes everything, the pools etc. That's getting close to $20 a day (includes POA) for a couple.
The marina has a MOA or marina owners association with its own membership and dues. I am not fully informed of its operation but I understand that the condos that rent and overlook the marina play a part in the budget and the developer still has a significant stake in the marina. I gather that without the developer, the marina may operate at a loss but planning is on going to make it viable long term. Dues for owners of wet or dry storage is about $112 a month.
In all fairness, a very few of the sub-communities with in St James, mostly the condos, in addition to POA dues, also have HOA dues to maintain the condo exteriors and their own private pools etc. There are about 8 or 9 of these smaller communities within the larger St. James community and HOA dues seem to average about $1,500 a year.
So .. it is a bit of al-a-cart. If you golf, have a boat, and live in a condo, you could pay club membership dues, MOA, HOA and POA dues which could all add up to almost $30 a day or about $10K a year for a couple (includes everything). It would be like being on vacation all the time but you gotta pay to play.
In addition St James is an incorporated town, you can find it on the NC State map
... It has a mayor etc.
The town, the developer, the clubs, the POA, the MOA, the fire department and a lot of volunteers work together to make this 6,000 acre community work. So far it seems to be doing well.
If you are really interested in St James and it workings, there is a Comprehensive Plan PDF that does a pretty nice job of describing the basic structure and gives insight to its workings. I think anyone can see this at the following link:
http://www.townofstjamesnc.org/verti..._file_size.pdf
Sorry to hijack the FFH thread .... I like FFH .... I think it is one of the best values in NC for waterfront property .... I just like SJP better .....
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