Homes & Real Estate - Entrada, St Augustine, FL

This page covers Entrada itself, a newer master-planned community in northwest St. Augustine near State Road 16. It is not a whole-city St. Augustine search, and it is not La Entrada Del Mar. Use the live listings above for homes inside Entrada. Then use the nearby-area links to compare Trailmark, Silverleaf, or all St. Augustine homes.

A home here carries two separate costs: an Entrada Community Development District assessment on the St. Johns County tax bill and a separate Dorado homeowners association fee. The key is the amount for the specific lot. Check the St. Johns County Tax Collector bill for the Community Development District capital and operations and maintenance lines. Then confirm the current Dorado homeowners association fee with the association.

Use the St. Johns County Property Appraiser search to see what the county has on file: assessed value, tax history, ownership, exemptions, and maps. Then compare the St. Johns County Tax Collector bill, because that is where tax timing and Community Development District assessments show. St. Johns County tax bills are mailed around November 1. The gross amount is due by March 31, and early payment can earn up to a 4% discount.

Check the address, not the neighborhood name. Use the FEMA Flood Map Service Center for the federal flood zone. Then use the St. Johns County Flood Zone Viewer and county iMap layers for the flood zone, storm-surge zone, evacuation route, and related county map layers. A flood-zone result can affect lender-required flood insurance, so do not assume one Entrada home gives the answer for another Entrada lot.

Ask for a wind-mitigation inspection and the state OIR-B1-1802 form early in the insurance quote. In Northeast Florida, documented hurricane-resistant features can earn credits on the windstorm part of the premium. Citizens says a passing inspection can reduce a large share of that windstorm cost. Match the quote with the flood-zone result during the Florida Realtors/Florida Bar inspection period, because the AS IS and Standard contracts handle repairs and exit rights differently.

A Florida primary residence can qualify for up to $50,000 off assessed value through homestead. The application goes to the county property appraiser by March 1. After homestead is granted, Save Our Homes caps yearly assessed-value increases at 3% or the change in the Consumer Price Index, whichever is less. Ask a CPA about your tax plan; this page is only a homebuying guide.

Off-peak, the drive from Entrada is about 23 minutes to historic downtown St. Augustine, 28 minutes to St. Johns Town Center, 36 minutes to downtown Jacksonville, and 53 minutes to Jacksonville International Airport. The main spine is State Road 16 to I-95, and those routes are not toll roads. Recheck a live map for your workday time, because traffic changes by hour.