Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Product
New-construction paired villas plus single-family across three Meritage series
Builder
Meritage Homes, spray-foam, tight-envelope, ENERGY STAR-oriented build
Sizes
Villas about 1,580 to 1,813 square feet; single-family roughly 1,427 to 2,193
Ownership
Fee-simple villa and single-family; villas may carry added maintenance
Costs & Fees
HOA
Reported near 47 dollars per month and up by Jome in June 2026; confirm by series
CDD
Not confirmed by third-party sources; verify before contract
Reality
The build science is the differentiator; weigh utility savings over your hold
Amenities
Lakeside
Pavilion and gazebo by the community lake
Family layer
Playground and covered picnic area
Build science
Spray-foam insulation and tight-envelope construction as the real amenity
Location
Setting
Northwest Jacksonville off the I-295 west beltway, ZIP 32219
Access
I-295 about 6 minutes; downtown about 18 minutes
Airport
Jacksonville International Airport about 16 minutes
Shopping
River City Marketplace about 16 minutes for big-box retail
The Homes & Style
Per Jome, last checked June 4, 2026, Cypress Meadows spans roughly 261,990 to 324,990 dollars and up across the three series.
The efficiency story earns a small premium against the volume builders; whether it pays back depends on how long you hold and what power costs do.
Villas are scarce product in Duval new construction, which supports their resale case.
Pick the series first; the price bands barely overlap.
Paired homes, 1,580 to 1,813 square feet, from 261,990 dollars per Jome in June 2026; the low-maintenance entry.
Single-family 1,427 to 2,168 square feet, 286,990 to 301,990 dollars.
The top tier, 1,842 to 2,193 square feet, from 324,990 dollars.
Living Here
A modest, practical amenity set by the lake.
The everyday-living layer: a playground and covered picnic area.
The community gathering spots, the pavilion and the lakeside gazebo.
Spray-foam insulation and ENERGY STAR orientation are the real amenity here.
Water-view lots carry modest premiums worth weighing.
Daily needs run the Dunn Avenue and Lem Turner corridors, with River City Marketplace as the big-box run.
Spray-foam construction can cut cooling costs meaningfully in Florida; ask Meritage for modeled HERS scores and run the math over your hold period.
Jome flags the broader area FEMA riverine risk as relatively high; that is area-level data, so pull the zone for the specific lot before contract.
Paired villas barely exist in Duval new construction; that scarcity is quiet resale strength.
Before You Offer
Jacksonville sees coastal, river, and creek flooding, and pockets near the St. Johns River tributaries can sit in higher-risk zones. Jacksonville participates in the FEMA Community Rating System at a class 6, which earns flood-insurance discounts of about 10 percent for homes outside a special flood hazard area and about 20 percent for homes inside one.
The reliable move is to pull the FEMA flood designation for the exact Cypress Meadows address before you write an offer, since two homes in the same area can fall in different zones. A home in Zone X can cost far less to insure than one near water in Zone AE. Get a bindable flood and homeowners quote during your inspection period, so the cost is in your monthly math before you commit, not after.
The Jacksonville metro is served by Xfinity (Comcast) cable across nearly all addresses and by AT&T with DSL almost everywhere plus fiber to a growing share of homes. If working from home matters, confirm the options, and fiber in particular, at the specific Cypress Meadows address rather than assuming.
Duval County total millage runs roughly 17.9 to 18.5 mills depending on the taxing district. The Florida homestead exemption for 2026 is 51,411 dollars for those who qualify, and the deadline to file a new homestead exemption is March 1.
The trap to plan for is the post-sale reset: when you buy, the Save Our Homes cap from the previous owner ends and the assessed value resets to the new just value, so your second-year tax bill is often higher than the seller current one. Budget the true number, and confirm whether the specific home carries a CDD or other assessment that is billed separately from the millage and is not reduced by the homestead exemption.
Comparisons
Cypress Meadows' cross-shops are the other new-construction communities along the Northwest Jacksonville and I-295 corridor. Against the nearby Copes Landing community, Cypress Meadows gives up some amenity depth but answers with Meritage's spray-foam build science and a paired-villa option that is genuinely scarce in Duval new construction. Against the volume builders that dominate this corridor on price, Cypress Meadows asks a modest premium for the tighter envelope and the lower utility bill, a trade that pays back faster the longer you hold. And against the established Westside master plans farther south, Cypress Meadows trades mature amenities and resale history for newer construction, the airport-and-beltway location, and a shorter run downtown. The honest summary: Cypress Meadows wins on build efficiency and the villa product, and gives ground on amenity depth to the bigger communities.
Who It Fits
Cypress Meadows fits the buyer who runs the numbers and wants a lower monthly utility bill from the spray-foam, tight-envelope build, the low-maintenance buyer drawn to the paired villas, and the commuter who values six minutes to I-295 and a short hop to the airport and downtown. It fits households that want new construction near the beltway without paying Southside or St. Johns pricing. It does not fit the buyer who wants a deep amenity campus with pools and clubs, the buyer who needs top-rated schools confirmed today, or the buyer who wants an established resale track record rather than active builder inventory. Anyone weighing the efficiency premium should ask Meritage for the modeled energy scores and run the math over their expected hold.
