Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Product
Single-family by Pulte, final-phase plans the Cedar, Highgate, and Mystique, roughly 1,590 to 2,149 square feet, with sold-out plans to 3,692
Builder
Pulte Homes (PulteGroup), with a tiered 1, 2, 5, and 10-year warranty structure
Setting
A Pulte community off Tynes Boulevard on the Oakleaf side of Middleburg, built around a community fiber network
Stage
Marketed as final opportunities as of mid-2026, with quick move-ins completing March to August 2026
Costs & Fees
HOA
About 174 dollars a quarter, roughly 58 dollars a month per third-party listing data
CDD
No CDD per Pulte marketing; confirm the parcel's tax bill, since a same-named OakLeaf Phase 1 CDD is a different community
Reality
Among the lowest carrying costs of any new community in the corridor, with no pool or clubhouse to fund
Amenities
Parks
Community parks, picnic areas, and a children's playground
Dog park
A dog park and nature trails
Internet
A community-wide fiber network built for fast, multi-user service
Trade-off
No pool, clubhouse, fitness center, or gate, the structural trade that keeps dues low
Location
Setting
Middleburg, Clay County, off Tynes Boulevard on the Oakleaf side, ZIP 32068
Access
First Coast Expressway less than one mile away
Shopping
Oakleaf Town Center shopping and dining minutes up the road
Commute
Limited-access expressway toward Oakleaf, the Westside, and I-10
The Homes & Style
Double Branch is a Pulte community in Middleburg, off Tynes Boulevard on the Oakleaf side of town, built around a community-wide fiber network with no CDD underneath it. As of June 2026, Pulte is marketing final opportunities, down from the original 12 floor plans to three: the Cedar, a 3-bedroom 2-bath at about 1,590 square feet, the Highgate at about 1,775, and the Mystique at about 2,149.
The community's larger, sold-out plans ran to about 3,692 square feet and into the 500,000s, and those now turn up as young resales; one five-bedroom on Rooster Hollow Way closed at about 567,700 dollars.
Quick move-ins have carried advertised discounts in the 22,000 to 28,000 dollar range off prior pricing, since the builder wants to close out the community. Final phases cut both ways: the incentives are real, but lot selection is thin and the biggest plans are gone.
The honest read is that the home you can still buy here is a newer, modestly sized Pulte single-family on a fiber-served street with the lowest carrying cost in the corridor; the trophy plans are now a resale conversation.
Living Here
Daily life at Double Branch is built around a lean, low-cost amenity package: community parks, picnic areas, a children's playground, a dog park, and nature trails, plus the community fiber network and natural gas service.
There is deliberately no pool, clubhouse, fitness center, or gate; that is the structural trade that keeps the HOA at about 174 dollars a quarter with no CDD underneath. If amenity-center living is the priority, neighbors like Greyhawk and Jennings Farm sell it, with the fee stacks to match.
The location is the headline. The First Coast Expressway is less than one mile away, and Oakleaf Town Center's shopping and dining are minutes up the road. Since the Clay County expressway segment opened, crosstown runs that once crawled up Blanding Boulevard now start on a limited-access highway less than a mile from the driveway.
The community fiber network is a quiet differentiator in a ZIP where legacy internet varies street to street, and a frequent tiebreaker for remote workers comparing Double Branch against older Middleburg neighborhoods.
Before You Offer
Two lot-by-lot homework items lead the list. Proximity to the First Coast Expressway is mostly upside, but homesites nearest the corridor can pick up highway hum, so stand on the actual lot at rush hour. On water: the community's ponds and preserve edges are engineered stormwater and new construction meets current code, but western Clay County is creek country and flood designation is parcel-specific, so pull the FEMA zone for the exact lot and get a real homeowners-plus-flood quote on the specific address before you write.
Confirm the CDD question in writing. Pulte advertises Double Branch with no CDD, and that is the centerpiece of the value story, but the Double Branch CDD you will find online belongs to Phase 1 of OakLeaf Plantation, a different community nearby that shares the name. Verify the actual parcel's tax bill before signing.
Ask how the community fiber network is provisioned and billed, the current HOA amount and inclusions, and any capital contribution at closing. On a new build, also read the Pulte incentive structure carefully, since most of it requires Pulte Mortgage, and compare it against an outside lender's quote.
Clay County's homestead math applies: the 2026 homestead exemption is 51,411 dollars for those who qualify, with a March 1 deadline, and the Save Our Homes cap resets to the new just value when you buy, so budget the true second-year bill.
Comparisons
Double Branch's closest cross-shops are the other Tynes Boulevard and Oakleaf-corridor communities. Against Greyhawk, the next-door GreenPointe community built by Lennar, Double Branch trades a genuinely rich amenity package, a resort pool, fitness center, and courts, for the lowest carrying cost on the street, since Greyhawk carries the classic HOA-plus-CDD structure to fund its hardware. Against Jennings Farm, also a no-CDD community but gated with a multi-million-dollar amenity center and a higher monthly HOA, Double Branch is roughly fifty dollars a month cheaper to carry and has materially better highway access, but no gate and no resort pool. The honest summary: if the spreadsheet rules, Double Branch wins on fees and expressway access; if the gate and the pool matter, Greyhawk and Jennings Farm earn their higher dues.
Who It Fits
Double Branch fits the cost-focused buyer who wants a newer Pulte single-family with the lowest carrying cost in the corridor, no CDD and an HOA near 58 dollars a month, plus a community fiber network and expressway access less than a mile away. It fits remote workers who value the fiber, and prepared buyers ready to negotiate a final-phase quick move-in as separate line items: the home, the lot premium, and the financing. It does not fit buyers who want amenity-center living with a pool, clubhouse, fitness center, or gate, buyers who want the largest floor plans, which are sold out, or buyers who want wide lot selection, which is thin in a closeout. Anyone weighing Double Branch against Greyhawk or Jennings Farm is really choosing amenities versus fees, and should run the all-in monthly on each.
























