Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Product range
Single-family homes on all 50-foot homesites, roughly 1,367 to 2,584 sq ft across the Arabelle, Blair, Glades, Riley, and Shenandoah plans
Builder
Mattamy Homes, the sole builder; land developed by Sessions Development as a roughly 65-acre plan of about 190 homes
Lot width
All 50-foot homesites, no 40-foot product in the mix
Stage
Later innings as of mid-2026: actively selling with models open and move-in-ready inventory, build-out ending in years not a decade
Costs & Fees
HOA
$375 per quarter ($1,500 a year) per third-party listing data; confirm the current amount and any closing capital contribution for your lot
CDD
No CDD; marketed and listed with no community development district assessment, the financial centerpiece on a corridor where rivals carry CDDs of roughly $1,500 to $3,400 a year
Club
No private club or golf membership; the amenities are resident HOA amenities, not a member-owned club
Amenities
Recreation
Community pool, cabana area, dog park, and playground
Green space
Open green spaces and community ponds, conservation-edged layout
Scale
A right-sized package for an intimate community; no clubhouse, fitness center, or resort campus
Location
Setting
Off Sandridge Road at Darlington Oak Road in the Lake Asbury area of unincorporated Clay County, Green Cove Springs addresses (32043)
Expressway
About 5 minutes to the First Coast Expressway's Henley Road interchange, which opened its 18-mile Clay County segment August 9, 2025
Schools
Lake Asbury Elementary and Lake Asbury Junior High under two miles up Sandridge Road; Clay High School in Green Cove Springs
The Homes & Style
Sandridge Hills is a single-builder Mattamy Homes community of about 190 new single-family homes on a roughly 65-acre plat in the Lake Asbury area of Clay County. The housing stock is brand-new construction to current Florida code, with the marketed lineup running from the compact 1,367 sq ft Arabelle at the entry, through the mid plans (Blair, Glades, Riley) in the 1,700 to 2,300 sq ft range, up to the 2,584 sq ft Shenandoah at the top. Styling is the clean, transitional production look Mattamy builds across Northeast Florida: open great rooms, covered lanais, and two-car garages.
The structural feature that sets this community apart on its corridor is the lot. Every homesite is 50 feet wide, with no 40-foot product in the mix, while most master plans nearby lead with 40-foot lots at the entry price. That means the below-area-average pricing here buys a wider lot than the same dollars typically do next door. Premium and conservation-edged homesites carry the usual builder premiums; read the remaining-lot map by plan before you anchor on a floor plan you saw online.
Living Here
Day to day, Sandridge Hills is quiet, green, car-country living with a small-neighborhood feel. The amenity package is right-sized for an intimate community: a community pool, cabana area, dog park, playground, open green spaces, and community ponds, with no clubhouse or fitness campus, which is exactly how the HOA stays at $375 a quarter with no CDD underneath it. The pool and dog park are the social centers; the single-entrance, conservation-edged layout keeps through-traffic out.
The location trade is explicit. Walk Score is effectively zero, so this is driving country: Fleming Island retail is 15 to 20 minutes, Black Creek boat ramps off Russell Road and Old Ferry Road are a short trailer trip, and the First Coast Expressway's Henley Road interchange is roughly 5 minutes away, rewiring the commute toward Blanding, Oakleaf, and I-10. Boaters, NAS Jax and Cecil-corridor commuters, and buyers anchored to the Lake Asbury schools do best here.
Before You Offer
The due diligence here is short but real. Confirm the no-CDD claim on the actual title work and tax records for your specific lot, because verifying is free and assuming is not. Get the HOA dues, inclusions, and any capital contribution due at closing in writing, since the community is young and small associations adjust as boards transition. Confirm the named utility providers (Clay County Utility Authority serves much of this corridor; electric territory varies by parcel) and the named fiber internet provider, not an assurance.
Comparisons
The honest cross-shop list on this corridor is short. Anabelle Island, off Russell Road nearby, is the closest comparison: KB Home and Dream Finders product that can undercut Sandridge Hills at the entry and offers natural gas service, where Sandridge Hills answers with all 50-foot homesites and its no-CDD positioning. Granary Park and Hyland Trail are the corridor's master plans, bigger amenity campuses and deeper builder choice, but with CDD assessments of roughly $1,500 to $3,400 a year on the tax bill and a decade of build-out ahead. Magnolia West and Cross Creek round out the comparison, also CDD communities.
Where Sandridge Hills wins is the clean fee stack, the wider lots, and build-out that ends in years rather than a decade. Where it loses is amenity depth and builder competition: one builder means no in-community price war, so your leverage comes from the incentive calendar and the rival communities, not a bidding contest on the same street.
Who It Fits
Sandridge Hills fits the buyer who wants new construction with a clean recurring cost, a wider-than-usual lot, and a finished, low-drama neighborhood on a corridor that will otherwise be under construction for years. Boaters near Black Creek, commuters using the new expressway toward NAS Jax and Cecil, and value-minded move-up buyers who ran the CDD math and kept the roughly $2,000 a year all land here naturally.
It fits less well if you want a resort amenity campus, a gate, in-community builder competition, or walkable retail and dining on day one. Those buyers should look to the corridor's master plans or closer-in Fleming Island. Someone working at the beaches should drive the commute at rush hour before falling for the price.
