by Gwinn Volen

The Ponte Vedra Community Association has come up with a creative way to bring in the holiday season with COVID-safety in mind.

For years, PVCA has held a tree-lighting event on the driving range of the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club. This annual event is fondly etched into the memories of neighborhood families who remember greeting Santa by the tree as little ones, throwing the football in the dark with friends and sharing hot chocolate and holiday cheer. Annually, it has always been a loved time to mingle with neighbors and collect toys for our local Fire Station 10.

Due to the pandemic, PVCA strategized on new ways to celebrate the holiday while still building a sense of community, finally deciding on a COVID-cautious…

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By Karen Tyrrell

As I mentioned in the last article, we thought we had a good idea of how this program was going to go down – simply pick an architect/draftsman, bid the project, choose a builder, hire a designer to decorate, move into the house. Not quite.  

We learned the hard way that in order to eat this elephant without choking, we needed to start with smaller bites.  (I actually hate that saying but cannot think of another one that more accurately applies.)  We have been blessed with so many friends who have offered help and guidance, and even still this seems a monumental task for us “laypeople.  We were fortunate enough to have been referred to an excellent draftsman who got us going and provided us with a basic floor plan we used as a…

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by Gwinn Volen

The US economy is slowly piecing itself back together as we forge through the COVID-19 pandemic, and the real estate market continues to be one of the strongest economic drivers, with homebuyers showing robust demand for what little home inventory there is.

Here are the October statistics for the Ponte Vedra Beach real estate market, which are representative of Jacksonville as a whole.

market data for ponte vedra beach

As you can see, the numbers show an incredibly healthy market. Prices are up and inventory is down. This is a great situation for sellers, and we are seeing homes in all price points moving, even older inventory that has been sitting, growing a beard.

This seller's market can be a little off-putting to buyers, but through the right guidance…

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By Karen Tyrrell

After 15 years of living in Ponte Vedra Beach and more than five years of looking at properties, my husband and I finally decided to buy an older home closer to the beach in an area called Old Ponte Vedra, tear it down, and build a custom home.

Sounds fun and maybe a little romantic? It’s not. At least not for us... or probably anyone with a budget.

Budgets ruin everything. Even though we knew what we wanted to do and had done a good bit of what we thought was research (happy hours at the beach with friends who had built homes), we were not nearly as prepared as we thought we would be and our expectations of so much about the process were…off, to say the least.

In this series of articles, I will write about our experiences –…

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