Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Product
Gated single-family enclave, the residential exception in condo-heavy WGV
Developer
Davidson Development, established 2000s-era construction
Lots
Golf frontage on the Slammer & Squire plus preserve-buffer streets
Sizes
Move-up plans; verify plan and sq ft per listing
Costs & Fees
HOA
Turnberry HOA; confirm current dues and inclusions in writing
CDD
World Golf Village CDD on the tax bill; verify the exact parcel assessment and bond status
Club
Golf at the Slammer & Squire is pay-to-play resort golf, no mandatory membership
Amenities
Gate
Private gated entry
Golf
Slammer & Squire corridors at the doorstep
WGV framework
Village core, trails, and amenity access
Setting
Preserve buffers and established landscaping
Location
Setting
Inside World Golf Village near the Slammer & Squire course
Drive times
Minutes to I-95 at International Golf Parkway; ~25 to downtown St. Augustine
ZIP
32092, St. Johns County
Homes, Lots & the Thin-Comp Game
Turnberry homes are established Davidson-era move-up plans, and the enclave's value logic runs on two axes. Lot tier: Slammer & Squire frontage leads, preserve and partial-view lots hold the middle, interior and buffer streets are the value lane. Condition: the construction era means roofs, HVAC, and kitchens span original-to-renovated, and the renovation delta inside the same plan can run six figures of perceived value.
Because turnover is low, the comp set is thin, a year of sales may be a handful, and that punishes portal estimates in both directions. The discipline is to comp by lot tier and condition, walk the frontage lots for play-line exposure (where the slices actually land), and let the thinness work for you as leverage when a listing sits.
More on Living in Turnberry
The depth without the wall of text. Open what matters to you.
Location and commute
Established-home diligence
The WGV resort rhythm
Insurance and flood
What to Check Before You Offer
Before you write an offer on any Turnberry home, run this list. Missing any one of them is how buyers overpay or inherit a problem.
- The exact WGV CDD parcel line, bond status, and any payoff option
- Current HOA dues and inclusions in writing from the association
- Lot-tier and condition-matched closed comps, never a portal estimate
- Roof year and a real insurance quote before the inspection period
- Play-line exposure on golf-frontage lots, walked at play time
- HVAC, water heater, and window age on established homes
- HOA rental rules if any investment flexibility matters
- Days-on-market history, thin-market leverage runs both ways
Turnberry is the answer to a specific and common request: the World Golf Village address with a yard. The village built its name on condos and resort product, so a gated single-family enclave on the Slammer & Squire is structurally scarce, and scarcity plus the 32092 school ladder is why these homes hold. The work is in the details the portals miss: a thin comp set, a CDD line that varies by parcel, and an established housing stock where roof year and renovation level swing the real monthly and the real value.
Cross-shop it honestly against King & Bear for flagship amenities at flagship pricing, and against Glen St. Johns if the CDD math matters more than the golf frontage. For the buyer who wants the famous village, the gate, and a single-family resale profile, Turnberry is the quiet, durable pick.
Turnberry vs. Comparable Communities
The honest way to place Turnberry is against the other gated and golf options a WGV-corridor buyer is realistically weighing. Each trades something different.
| Community | How it compares to Turnberry |
|---|---|
| King & Bear | The WGV flagship: bigger amenity package and private-club energy at higher pricing. Turnberry is the simpler gate with resort golf outside the door, often better value per square foot. |
| The Legends | Guard-gated condo and townhome living over the same golf corridors. Turnberry is the answer when the requirement is a house, a yard, and a garage. |
| Glen St. Johns | The reduced-CDD gate on SR-16: the builder retired most of the bond, so the carrying-cost math is its weapon. Turnberry counters with golf frontage and the WGV address. |
| Murabella | The non-gated family master plan next door with a big amenity campus. More amenities per dollar; no gate, no golf frontage. |
| The Cascades | The 55+ option at WGV with a clubhouse calendar. A different chapter; Turnberry is all-ages territory. |
| Royal St. Augustine | Golf views five minutes from downtown with no gate and the smallest fee stack. Turnberry trades proximity for the gate, the school ladder, and the WGV setting. |
Turnberry's case against this field is scarcity: gated single-family on golf inside a village that mostly is not. The case against it is the CDD line, the drive to town, and an established stock that demands condition diligence.
The Honest Trade-offs
Pros
- Gated single-family scarcity inside World Golf Village.
- Slammer & Squire frontage with no mandatory club cost.
- The 32092 school ladder anchoring family demand.
- Mature landscaping newer corridors cannot replicate.
- Minutes to I-95, the Outlets, and the village core.
- Thin turnover supports values for patient owners.
Cons
- The WGV CDD line on every tax bill.
- 25 minutes to downtown; drive-everywhere living.
- Established roofs and systems demand insurance-aware diligence.
- Thin comps make pricing genuinely hard without help.
- Resort-village rhythm: events and guest traffic around the gate.
- No community amenity campus of its own; the village is the amenity.
