Saint Augustine Beach, FL

Beach Driving Passes on sale now for St Johns County and St. Augustine, FL.

Beach driving passes are available now at pre-season prices of $30 for St. Johns County residents and $40 for non-residents. Passes may be purchased at the St. Johns County Pier, Tax Collector's Offices and Recreation and Parks Office. The price increases by $10 beginning March 2nd. Without the pass, the daily access price is $6 for residents and $7 for non-residents.

With over 40 miles of scenic coastline, St. Johns County beaches offer some of the best recreational and wildlife viewing opportunities in the beautiful State of Florida. Just minutes from the historic district of downtown St. Augustine residents and visitors can park off-beach and walk, sunbathe, fish or enjoy wildlife viewing along endless miles of pristine coastline or park directly on the sand and enjoy a dip in the surf near one of the several staffed lifeguard towers.

Our beaches have several miles of coquina and white soft sand beaches set against a backdrop of natural dunes topped with sea oats. All which are popular for holding special events such as weddings, parties, marathons, and other events similar in nature. St. Johns County offers many beach front parks and has easy access to most of its beaches.

Beach Driving Rules include:

1. Vehicle traffic must remain in the designated driving lanes as identified by cone.
2. Parking is allowed on the west side of the driving lane between the cones and the conservation zone
3. Vehicles are allowed to drive 10 mph on the beach
4. Traffic is southbound only between A street Ramp and Crescent Beach Ramp
5. Two way Traffic is permitted between Crescent Beach and Fort Matanzas Ramp
6. All Vehicles are required to stop at all beach ramps and yield to all pedestrians
7. Soft Sand conditions may exist please read signs as they are updated with changing conditions

For more information on beach driving, visit the St Johns County web-site for beach guidelines, including beach safety, turtle season restrictions, additional rules on beach behavior and detailed information on beach access points.

This is a photo of the St. Augustine Beach area for driving with the St Johns County Pier just barely visible.

One more reason to fall in love with St Johns County and the St. Augustine area. If you are searching for a beach-front home, let me help you with your search & purchase of your slice of paradise.

Sea Colony is a gated oceanfront community in St. Augustine Beach, Florida.

Originally platted in 1999, construction began in 2000 on the first homes. Sea Colony has 200 home sites, but only 28 are direct oceanfront and 27 are in a “cottage” style. The Sea Colony Community located on Anastasia Island, is approximately 114 acres with a 26 acre ocean dune buffer zone between the Atlantic Ocean and the oceanfront homes. The Sea Colony Community has four beach access boardwalks, a large swimming pool, a wading pool & cabana as well as 24 hour security and a gated entrance.

Directly to the north of Sea Colony is the City of St. Augustine Beach’s new Ocean Hammock Park. An 11 acre preserve park with a 1200 foot ocean boardwalk which provides ocean & beach access to the City residents & guests, but is not connected to the Sea Colony Neighborhood.

The theme of most homes in Sea Colony is Florida Vernacular, or a Key West Style with front porches, metal roofs and pastel colors. Several homes have turret style stair cases, ocean observation rooms and covered walkways from detached garages with in-law suites.

Homes range in size from a Cottage of 1700 square feet to over 6,500 square feet, some with individual pools, spas and waterfalls. Prices range from$400,000 to over $3,000,000. There are currently 23 homes on the market and in 2011, there have been 10 sales to date. There are 15 vacant lots available for a custom home and prices are from $125,000 to over $1,000,000 for one the last few oceanfront lots.

If you are looking for an oceanfront community or home, Sea Colony is one of the most prestigious neighborhoods on Anastasia Island in St. Augustine Beach. Let me show you around.

This fabulous event is TODAY!

Local restaurants compete with their entries for all sorts of different chowders at the Conch House. I went last year, and it was so much fun. You can buy taste tickets and try all the chowder you can handle; with today's weather being chilly and damp, this is a perfect day for chowder!

You might want to get there early; parking by the Conch House is tight (and the event is in the Conch House parking lot), and there is satellite parking with shuttles at the St. Augustine Amphitheater.

More details here.

The Neighborhood of SeaGrove St. Augustine Beach is a mixed-use community composed of 289 single family homes, 40 Luxury Condominiums, and a five acre retail office area called the Town Center. The Neighborhood is enhanced by the natural features of the site including the salt marsh and tidal creek that cut through the property; several lakes and majestic oak trees.

In addition to the natural features, the Neighborhood is further enhanced by the quality of the architecture of the buildings. The designs for the homes in SeaGrove reflect the traditional styling of Florida vernacular coastal architecture complete with front porches.

The SeaGrove St. Augustine Beach Town Center recreates the traditional walking downtown of so many cities throughout the country and includes a Public Library, US Post Office, Cafe (including the popular Groove Cafe) and shops.

Looking at the market for homes for sale in SeaGrove St Augustine Beach for the month of August, we see that there are 13 active listings -- NO bank-owned and 3 are short sales (one of which is under contract).

There were 3 closed sales in August with the average sale price of $277,067. This is down from July's 5 sales with an average sale price of $281,740.

August 2011

July 2011

THREE WAYS TO SEARCH HOMES FOR SALE IN SeaGrove St. Augustine Beach, FL:

1. Click here to Seach homes for sale in SeaGrove St. Augustine Beach.

2. Search "By Neighborhood" at our http://FindStAugustineHomes.com website, which will take you to a map showing specifically homes actively for sale in SeaGrove St Augustine Beach

3. Have us set up an automatic search of homes for sale in SeaGrove St. Augustine Beach so that you receive an email with new or changed price listings immediately from the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) when the listing goes active or the price change is made.

My boyfriend, Dan, just moved to a new condo in SeaGrove at St. Augustine Beach. The walls are all WHITE, the trim is all WHITE, the blinds are all WHITE. I need sunglasses when I go over it is so WHITE!

He has asked me for some help adding color ... it is a bit of a task, what goes with this, is that too much with all this? I found some helpful information about the basics of the color wheel and how different schemes work.

Once he is unpacked I plan to do some before and after shots. Who knows, this could be the start of a whole new career!