Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Type
New single-family homes by Pulte on the former Matanzas Woods Golf Course
Builder
Pulte Homes; land developed by Matanzas GC Palm Coast / Forestar (USA)
Size
About 1,510 to 2,782 SF; plans include Highgate, Mystique, Palmary, Seaport, Whitestone
Scale
Final plat near 200 homes; site approved for up to ~272 units across ~280 acres
Costs & Fees
HOA
Low HOA reported; confirm the exact dues and inclusions in writing
CDD
None reported; a real carrying-cost edge over CDD communities nearby
Gate
Not gated as reported; confirm access and any phase changes with the builder
Confirm
Pull the builder fee sheet and the parcel tax bill before you budget
Amenities
Trails
Scenic community walking trails through the former golf-course corridor
Green space
Open space and preserved greenbelt across the ~280-acre tract
Lakes
Water features and ponds woven through the old course layout
Setting
Quiet north Palm Coast pocket off Lakeview Boulevard
Location
Area
Off Lakeview Boulevard, ~1 mile north of Matanzas Woods Pkwy, Palm Coast 32137
I-95
Matanzas Woods Pkwy interchange (Exit 293) minutes away
Hospital
AdventHealth Palm Coast near the Matanzas Woods Pkwy / I-95 area
Beaches
Flagler Beach and the coast within an easy drive via US-1 and SR-100
The Homes & Style
Lakeview Estates is a new Pulte Homes community built on the former Matanzas Woods Golf Course, the long-closed course off Lakeview Boulevard about a mile north of Matanzas Woods Parkway in north Palm Coast. The course shut down in 2007 and sat idle for years; after a contested approval, Matanzas GC Palm Coast, with land work tied to Forestar (USA), cleared the site for development and Pulte is now actively selling single-family homes here.
The product is straightforward production-builder single-family, roughly 1,510 to 2,782 square feet across Pulte's familiar plan menu, the Highgate, Mystique, Palmary, Seaport, and the two-story Whitestone, with pricing reported from the mid $340,990s to about $442,990. This is an entry-to-mid new-construction tract, not a country club, so price it as new inventory, not as an established resale market. There is effectively no resale history yet; the comps here are the builder's own base-and-options pricing and what the first closings record.
New Pulte homes on a former golf course, with no CDD. The value story is the carrying cost and the location, not a resale track record that does not exist yet.
The strongest, most defensible angle is the fee structure: no CDD is reported here, which is a genuine carrying-cost edge against CDD communities like Grand Landings and Sawmill Creek elsewhere in Palm Coast. Confirm the exact HOA dues and the builder's incentive package in writing, and read each plan's base price against its options sticker, because in a new tract the options are where the money goes.
Living Here
The community amenity story is the land itself: scenic walking trails, open green space, and water features threaded through the bones of the old course across roughly 280 acres. As reported, this is a trails-and-green-space community rather than a clubhouse-and-pool campus, so set expectations to a quiet, low-key north Palm Coast pocket rather than a resort amenity machine. It is not reported as gated; confirm access with the builder.
The location is the practical draw. Off Lakeview Boulevard you sit minutes from the Matanzas Woods Parkway interchange at I-95 (Exit 293), with AdventHealth Palm Coast in the same Matanzas Woods corridor, and US-1 and SR-100 carrying you to Flagler Beach and the coast. Flagler County schools serve the area, with Belle Terre Elementary, Indian Trails Middle, and Matanzas High among the likely assignments, confirm current zoning with the district before you commit.
Is there a clubhouse or pool?
As reported, Lakeview Estates is a trails-and-green-space community rather than a clubhouse-and-pool campus. Confirm the current amenity plan and any future phases with the builder before you assume a pool or clubhouse.
Is the golf course coming back?
No. The Matanzas Woods Golf Course permanently closed in 2007 and the land is now the Lakeview Estates residential development. The trails and green space preserve part of the old corridor, but it is not a golf community.
What about the new commercial uses approved nearby?
In May 2026 the city advanced additional commercial uses on one tract of the parcel, restaurants and retail, without removing the protected green space. It can add neighborhood convenience over time; confirm the current site plan for your street.
Before You Offer
A brand-new production-builder tract with thin history rewards a specific diligence routine. We run all of these on every new-construction deal.
- Read the base price against the options sticker — in a new tract the upgrades are where the money goes; price the home as built.
- Confirm the HOA dues and inclusions in writing — get the exact monthly or annual amount and what it covers from the builder.
- Verify no CDD on the parcel — pull the tax record for the specific lot even though none is reported community-wide.
- Ask about the former golf-course soils — arsenic and turf-chemical history was raised in approval; confirm any testing or remediation for the tract.
- Read the site plan and remaining phases — check where your lot sits against future homes, green space, and the commercial tract.
- Flood and insurance — confirm the FEMA flood zone and a current insurance quote for the specific home.
- Internet service — verify wired broadband at the address if you work from home.
Lakeview Estates is a new Pulte tract on the old Matanzas Woods course, and the honest read is that the value story is the carrying cost and the location, not a resale track record, because there isn't one yet. No CDD is the durable edge against the CDD communities elsewhere in Palm Coast, and the I-95 and AdventHealth access is real.
Our job on a brand-new tract is to price the home as built against the options sticker, confirm the fee picture in writing, verify no CDD on the lot, and ask the builder squarely about the former golf-course soils. On new construction the listing experience works for the builder; your own agent represents only you.
Comparisons
Lakeview Estates competes with the other new and newer single-family options in north and central Palm Coast. Each is a different trade-off on fees, amenities, and location.
| Community | The trade-off |
|---|---|
| Grand Landings | Gated, full amenity campus, pool, clubhouse, fitness, at a roughly $100/month HOA and no CDD, but south Palm Coast and airport-adjacent; a fuller amenity set than Lakeview's trails. |
| Sawmill Creek at Palm Coast Park | Newer master-planned single-family along US-1, more amenity build-out, but carries a CDD on the tax bill; a higher carrying cost than Lakeview's no-CDD profile. |
| Reverie at Palm Coast | Another new-construction community; cross-shop the builder incentives, the fee structure, and the location against Lakeview on total monthly cost. |
The verdict: if you want new Pulte construction with no CDD in a quiet north Palm Coast pocket near I-95 and the hospital, Lakeview is the lower-carrying-cost play, provided you accept a trails-and-green-space amenity set rather than a clubhouse campus. If you want a full gated amenity package or a richer master-planned build-out, Grand Landings and Sawmill Creek are the field, and we will run the full monthly cost on each.
Who It Fits
Lakeview Estates fits if you want
- New Pulte construction with builder warranty and no resale-condition guesswork.
- A no-CDD carrying cost edge over CDD communities elsewhere in Palm Coast.
- A quiet north Palm Coast base minutes from I-95 and AdventHealth Palm Coast.
- Trails and green space on the bones of the former Matanzas Woods course.
Consider elsewhere if you want
- A full gated amenity campus with a pool and clubhouse, where Grand Landings is the field.
- An established resale market with a long price history, which a new tract cannot offer yet.
- A country-club or golf lifestyle; the course is closed and not returning.
- Certainty on soils or phasing without doing the new-construction diligence first.
