Top 5 Desirable Community Amenities in Northeast Florida
Top 5 Desirable Community Amenities in Northeast Florida
June 29, 2021
Nature Trails. Waterparks. World-class golf courses. State-of-the-art-fitness centers. While these may sound like the amenities you will find at a luxury resort, they are actually just a few of the many perks you will find in our various new home communities across Northeast Florida. When selecting what communities to build our thoughtfully designed floor plans, Riverside Homes carefully considers what today’s homeowners are looking for to accommodate their family’s lifestyle. With homebuyers increasingly looking for these features and more, we are sharing our top 5 amenity trends that are sweeping the new-home industry across Northeast Florida.
“Our Riverside Homes team understands that homebuyers not only want quality built homes, but also want to live in communities that offer the amenities they desire. The lifestyle that is offered inside a particular community really is the icing on the cake.” shared Chris Wood, principal of Riverside Homes.
According to a study by real estate advising company Robert Charles Lesser & Co., homebuyers are increasingly looking for green space and trail systems for walking, running and biking. So it’s no surprise more communities are including parks and trails to appeal to homebuyer wants. In fact, green space and trail systems were the No. 1 and No. 2 desirable community features.
Riverside Homes’ new home communities including Forest Park at Wildlight and Settler’s Landing at Nocatee offer nature trails, parks and green spaces for residents to enjoy. At Wildlight, residents can enjoy miles of hiking and biking trailed, a vast wildlife preserve and stunning community parks. Approximately half of Wildlight’s total acreage is preserved for conservation, with bike trails, bike lanes, parks and wetlands putting nature close at hand.
With temperatures exceeding 90 degrees in the summer months in Florida, the luxury of cooling down with a dip in a sparkling pool is a must! The master-planned community of SilverLeaf in St. Augustine offers family and adult pools as well as a spray park. The award-winning master-planned community of Nocatee just recently opened new amenity additions at the Splash and Spray Water Parks. The new slides at the Spray Park are unlike any others in the Nocatee water parks, including a dueling head-first mat slide and a two-person tube slide. The head-first mat slide, Twin Falls, provides side-by-side racing thrills with two twisting and turning lanes and intense G-forces. The two-person tube slide, that also pushes the limits of gravity, allows residents to ride with a friend or family member. Serenity Bay, a new family swimming pool, was also added at the entrance of the Spray Water Park and features shallow-water seating and a beach entry.
Whether you enjoy hitting the green or want to play a match on the court, there is something special about having those amenities right in your backyard. At Amelia National Golf & Country Club, residents can experience 18 holes of championship golf designed by Tom Fazio and eight state-of-the-art Har-Tru Clay Courts. Nearby Amelia Walk also offers tennis courts. SilverLeaf residents can also enjoy playing a match of tennis on one of the various courts recently completed.
With St. Johns County being named as one of America’s 2021 Healthiest Communities according to a ranking by U.S. News & World Report and the Aetna Foundation, staying active is of the upmost importance for individuals. A well-equipped fitness center that residents in a community can access is ideal.
Nocatee, Amelia National Golf and Country Club, Amelia Walk, Forest Park at Wildlight, Nocatee and SilverLeaf all offer state-of-the-art-fitness centers.
Remember the good old days of biking and walking to your neighborhood school? Many more developments are creating neighborhoods with schools within walking distance. Imagine the convenience of living right next to your child’s school. The Forest Park at Wildlight neighborhood is conveniently connected by walking trails to top-rated Wildlight Elementary School.
Education is an important cornerstone of the Nocatee lifestyle. The vibrant community is home to many young families that see the area’s outstanding educational opportunities as one of the major components that make Nocatee such an exciting place to live, work and play. All neighborhoods with new home opportunities in Nocatee are in St. Johns County, the #1 Rated School District in Florida. In Settler’s Landing at Nocatee, children can walk to nearby Pine Island Academy, a K-8 school that is opening for the 2021/2022 school year. This new school is the fourth school site donated by Nocatee’s developer to the St. Johns County School District.
