Ponte Vedra Beach neighborhoods (Plantation, Palm Valley: for sale, HOA fees, homes)

[Palladin23]

Would anyone care to share up-to-date opinions on the following neighborhoods?

Odoms Mill
Sawmill Lakes
Marsh Landing


Budget is 500-600k, a little more if something were absolutely perfect and needed no updating. prefer 4 BR, 3.5 BA.
We have 2 not yet school-aged children. We would like proximity to good public schools (under 4 miles).

I am not the biggest fan of the home styles in Odoms Mill, but I do like the proximity to the elementary school. Can anyone speak to construction quality in this neighborhood?

Sawmill Lakes seems to have a nice park for children but not many homes for sale that fit our wants/needs.

I don't know much about Marsh Landing at all and was curious how the amenities work. Is there anything you have access to without joining the country club? Are you required to join the country club by buying there? What do your HOA fees get you in that neighborhood?

Does anyone have suggestions of any other areas we should consider? We are looking in this area for proximity to 2 work sites and these areas are more geographically centered to where we will work without being too far from the beach (like Nocatee). We were not interested in Plantation due to the required membership in the CC. It seemed too expensive when neither of us play golf. It doesn't have to be a traditional "neighborhood"--we would actually like a bit larger yard than seems to be offered in most neighborhoods, but that's not a requirement.

Also, does anyone know the current membership costs to any of the beach clubs?

Thank you.

[snuffybear]

Sawmill Lakes is nice and probably a good option in your price range. Has a nice park and pool. Location is great for schools. Odoms Mill will be mostly under your price range (maybe 300-500K).

Marsh Landing is mostly more expensive but you may find something around $600K. It's very big and the northern part is far from schools (esp high school). There are a couple of nice (small) parks for all residents. Golf/tennis/pool are all part of country club.

There are lots of other neightborhoods eg along Palm valley road. There is a new neighborhood by Richmond homes being built on Roscoe (500s).

[Fl1150]

Palm Valley is nice.

[murfslaw]

Palm Valley is in PVB?

[judeK]

Originally Posted by murfslaw

Palm Valley is in PVB?

The area from Roscoe Rd east of the ICW to A-1-A is commonly referred to as Palm Valley by locals.
It is even marked as Palm Valley on MapQuest. And Palm Valley RD runs right through the middle of it.

[murfslaw]

I feel foolish...one of our favorite restaurants is Palm Valley Fish Camp!

[judeK]

Originally Posted by murfslaw

I feel foolish...one of our favorite restaurants is Palm Valley Fish Camp!

Don't feel foolish, the old road that ran out through where Nocatee is now all the way to US-1 was also called Palm Valley Rd. Some parts of the old Palm Valley Rd still exist on the west side of the ICW.

IMO Palm Valley Fish Camp is an awesome place to eat, in fact my wife and I ate there last night.

[ufuktankut]

Can anyone clarify if you required to join the country club by buying there? What do your HOA fees get you in that neighborhood? thanks!

[ufuktankut]

I did some research and found out that Odom's Mill has no country club kinda facility so there is no charge other than HOA fee (something around $950/year).

[Palladin23]

Thanks everyone for the replies.