Island Cottages
Homes for Sale in St. Augustine, FL

Island Cottages is a compact community within St. Augustine, in St. Johns County. It trades infrequently enough that each sale carries real weight, which rewards buyers and sellers who do their homework on the specific home rather than the neighborhood at large.

realMLS (Northeast Florida) sales records identify 15 homes in Island Cottages that have changed hands since 2015, built between 2005 and 2007 (median 2006), with a median living area of about 2,141 sq ft and a typical 3-bedroom, 3-bath layout; 100% are single-family homes. Source: realMLS (Northeast Florida) closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

County records show 4 qualified sales in Island Cottages across 2024–2025 (3 in 2024, 1 in 2025), median $750,000 — the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.

Island Cottages is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.

In ZIP 32080, 233 homes are on the market and 14% are under contract — a slower corner of St. Augustine.

Across St. Johns County, 1,952 homes are active and 794 pending (29% under contract).

In ZIP 32080 (St. Augustine), 483 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $468K ($323/sq ft), down 6.1% year over year, with a median 46 days on market. Right now 123 active and 32 pending listings put supply at about 4.2 months — a balanced market. See the live ZIP 32080 housing market and the St. Johns County market.

ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Island Cottages specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.

• W. D. Hartley · Elementary
• Gamble Rogers · Middle
• Pedro Menendez · High

Zoned schools reflect the assignments reported on recent Island Cottages listings and can change; always confirm with St. Johns County Public Schools for a specific address.

Buying with schools in mind? We can confirm the exact zoned schools for any Island Cottages address.

The defining trait of Island Cottages is scale. This is a limited-supply community, so listings don't come up often and the sample of recent closings is small. That makes it a place where you build your value case one home at a time — actual condition, actual layout, actual proximity within St. Augustine — rather than leaning on a large pool of averages.

Because the data is thin, we lean qualitative here on purpose. We'd rather tell you what we can defend — location within St. Johns County, the character of a specific cottage, the state of the market at the moment you're transacting — than quote a figure the sample can't support. That's the honest way to work a small community.

In a low-turnover pocket like Island Cottages, the edge comes from local read, not from a national dashboard. We track St. Augustine and St. Johns County closely enough to tell you which of the few available comps actually apply to your home and which don't — and we'll tell you plainly when the numbers aren't there to support a price. That candor is worth more here than in a high-volume market.

Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.