Madeira Homes for Sale in St. Augustine, FL

Madeira sits at the upper end of St. Augustine new construction, pairing a gated, Intracoastal setting with the top-rated St. Johns County school district. New homes have generally started in the $600,000s and run into custom homes above $1 million. Confirm current pricing directly with each builder, since Madeira spans several builders and phases.

The pitch is a gated, marsh-front address at the gates of the old city, in the top-rated district, with a builder range that runs from luxury production homes to full custom. That positioning puts Madeira above most St. Augustine communities on price, and well above value plays like St. Augustine Lakes a few minutes south. Marsh-front and oversized homesites carry premiums, custom builds carry their own budgeting realities, and the recurring CDD and HOA add to the monthly. Builder incentives such as rate buydowns and design credits appear in the current market, so it pays to ask, and to have representation comparing builders.

For context, Momentum tracks the wider Jacksonville metro at a 97.98 percent sold-to-list ratio and 64 days on market for our agents, against a RealMLS market average closer to 96.73 percent and 72 days, year to date. In a luxury, multi-builder community like Madeira, builder pricing, lot premiums, and the choice between builders matter more than broad comps, which is where an agent who knows the community pays off.

Madeira is a multi-builder community, so the decision starts with which builder and phase fits your budget and timeline, then moves to the floor plan and the homesite.

Madeira has been built out by several luxury and custom builders rather than one. Estuary at Madeira is a gated Toll Brothers phase with five single- and two-story designs from about 2,888 to 4,140 square feet, with luxurious included features and personalization at the Toll Brothers Jacksonville Design Studio. Riviera at Madeira is the newer phase by ICI Homes, a custom builder, on oversized 75-foot-wide homesites with sweeping marsh views and a model coming soon. Custom builders such as AR Homes, Mastercraft, and Dostie Homes have also built in Madeira, alongside an established Phase 1 of resale homes and earlier builders. The range runs from production-luxury floor plans to fully custom homes.

Across the builders and phases, Madeira homes range from about 1,600 square feet in the smaller, older homes up to 4,140 square feet in the larger Toll Brothers designs, with custom homes built to order. Most are single or two-story with two-car garages, and the newer luxury phases lean toward larger plans on wider homesites with marsh and lake views.

Madeira spans a wide price range because of the builder mix. New-construction homes have generally started in the $600,000s, with Toll Brothers' Estuary homes running larger, ICI Homes' Riviera at Madeira custom residences recently priced from roughly $935,000 into the $1.1 millions, and full custom builders reaching well above $1 million. Resale homes in the established phases have started lower. Confirm current pricing and available homesites with each builder, since Madeira is a multi-builder community and the numbers move with phase and builder.

Madeira's lifestyle pairs a gated amenity package with the natural setting and the old city next door.

Madeira is a gated community with an amenity center that includes a pool and cabana, a clubhouse, and a fitness center, with additional lifestyle features planned as the community grows. The amenities are positioned as gathering and recreation spaces for residents rather than a sprawling resort campus, in keeping with the community's upscale, lower-density character.

The defining amenity is the natural setting. Madeira's 600-plus acres of preserved marsh and wetland, its tidal creek and lakes, and its frontage on the Intracoastal Waterway and the Tolomato River give residents marsh and water views and Intracoastal fishing access. For buyers who value a coastal, preserve-oriented setting, that frontage and the protected acreage are the real draw.

Madeira sits about 4 miles from historic downtown St. Augustine, with its restaurants, shops, and 450 years of landmarks, and roughly 10 minutes from Vilano Beach, with the wider Atlantic coastline and area golf courses close by. Few gated communities at this level sit this close to a destination like the oldest city.

Madeira's everyday shopping and dining run along the US-1 corridor and into historic downtown St. Augustine, about 10 minutes away, which offers one of the region's deepest restaurant, boutique, and cultural scenes along its cobblestone streets and waterfront. The St. Augustine outlets and the SR-16 retail corridor add big-box shopping and grocery within a short drive.

Vilano Beach, minutes away, adds waterfront dining and a small-town beach district, and the wider St. Augustine area carries the grocery, healthcare, and services that anchor daily life, including Flagler Hospital to the south. For destination shopping, the St. Johns Town Center on the Jacksonville Southside is about 40 to 50 minutes north. For day-to-day life, the old city and the US-1 corridor cover most needs close to home.

A few things that consistently come up once buyers get serious about a gated, multi-builder, marsh-front community like Madeira.

Recent CDD figures here have run from about $1,900 to $3,200 a year by lot size, on top of an HOA of roughly $396 a quarter. Add to that the insurance and flood considerations that come with a marsh-front, coastal location. Get the specific CDD figure for a homesite and a real insurance quote before you decide, because the all-in monthly on a marsh-front home is what you actually live with.

Madeira is a multi-builder community, so the same budget can buy very different homes depending on whether you go with a production-luxury builder like Toll Brothers, a custom builder like ICI or AR Homes, or a resale in the established phase. Each path has different pricing, timelines, and personalization. Comparing them with representation is where buyers protect themselves.

Some of the older-phase lots are smaller, while the newer phases like Riviera at Madeira offer oversized 75-foot-wide homesites with sweeping marsh views. If lot width and views matter to you, focus on the newer phases, and understand the premium that comes with the best marsh-front homesites.

Each builder's sales team works for that builder. Many builders will not let you add representation after you register on your own, so bring your agent in before your first model visit. Your agent's compensation is negotiable and set in a written buyer agreement, often covered in whole or part by the builder. In a multi-builder community, that representation also helps you weigh one builder against another.

Confirm the HOA and any CDD for the specific home. Madeira carries a community association for the gate and amenities, and many homes carry a CDD assessment on the St. Johns County tax bill, so verify both and pull the CDD balance and term.

Confirm the lot for lake, preserve, or interior position, since these drive price and privacy.

Inspect roof, HVAC, and systems on 2010s homes, and weigh any remaining new construction against resale.

Confirm school assignment by address with the district, and verify internet and the US-1 and I-95 commute.

Madeira's peers are the other gated, amenity communities of northern St. Johns County near US-1. Against Palencia to the south, Madeira is smaller and more intimate with a resort pool and lake-and-preserve setting, while Palencia adds a golf club and a larger town-center feel.

Against the World Golf Village communities inland, Madeira trades a golf-resort setting for a gated, lower-key community minutes from historic St. Augustine and the beaches. The honest shorthand: pick Madeira for a gated, intimate community near the old city; pick Palencia or WGV for golf and larger amenity packages.

Madeira fits buyers who want a gated, amenity community with top-rated St. Johns schools minutes from historic St. Augustine and the beaches, anyone who values a lake-and-preserve setting and a resort pool, and buyers who want a newer, lower-maintenance home in a smaller community.

Madeira is a weaker fit buyers who want no CDD and the lowest carrying cost, those seeking golf or a large town center, or anyone who prefers an established no-fee neighborhood.