Homes & Real Estate - Julington Creek Plantation, St Johns, FL

This is a named community search. It covers the large, established 1990s-2000s master-planned golf and amenity community in the Fruit Cove / St Johns area, with many internal villages. It is not a 55-plus search.

Do not mix it with the older creekside Julington Creek name or nearby Julington Lakes, Durbin Crossing, or Cunningham Creek. If a listing label looks shortened, match the home to the Julington Creek Plantation Community Development District and the county file.

Yes. Every home here is in the Julington Creek Plantation Community Development District, so look for the Community Development District assessment line on the St. Johns County Tax Collector bill.

The amount varies by property. The real question is how much, not whether it applies. County tax bills are mailed around Nov. 1. The gross bill is due Mar. 31, and early payment can earn up to a 4% discount.

Run the exact address, not the community name. Use the FEMA Flood Map Service Center for the federal flood-zone result.

Then use the St. Johns County Flood Zone Viewer and county iMap layers for flood zone, storm-surge zone, evacuation route, coastal construction line, and wind-borne-debris areas. The FEMA result helps show whether lender-required flood insurance may apply. Because Julington Creek is tidal, check creek-adjacent lots early at the address level.

Ask for the state wind-mitigation form, called OIR-B1-1802. It documents hurricane-resistant features that can create a credit on the windstorm part of the premium.

Price insurance while your Florida Realtors/Florida Bar inspection rights are still open. The AS IS and Standard forms handle repair and exit rights differently. Pair the wind quote with the FEMA and county flood results because wind and flood are separate cost questions.

Homestead can reduce assessed value by up to $50,000 if the house becomes your Florida primary residence. File with the county property appraiser by March 1.

After homestead is granted, Save Our Homes limits annual assessed-value increases to 3% or the Consumer Price Index, whichever is less. Use the St. Johns County Property Appraiser file to see current exemptions. Use a certified public accountant for tax planning.

Use the St. Johns County Property Appraiser search first. It shows what the county has on file for assessed value, tax history, ownership, exemptions, and maps.

Match that file against the listing description for additions, lot lines, exemptions, and past taxes. Then open the Tax Collector bill for payment timing and the Community Development District line.

Test Race Track Road and State Road 13, also called San Jose Boulevard, toward Interstate 295 from the exact address.

Off-peak map routes from Julington Creek Plantation estimate about 30 minutes to St. Johns Town Center, 32 to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, 36 to downtown Jacksonville, and 55 to Jacksonville International Airport. Those route checks do not use toll roads, but rerun your normal drive times.