Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Product
A mixed-product village: Designer single-family homes, Cason Bungalow Villas, and Cason Hammock Verandas, all built and sold direct by The Villages
Builder
Developed and sold direct by The Villages in the southern growth area, opened around 2021; no third-party MLS resale feed yet
Range
From lower-maintenance bungalow villas and verandas (3 and 4 bedroom, golf views available) up to open-concept designer homes with screened lanais
Ownership
55-plus age-restricted, like all of The Villages; single-level living with no traditional HOA
Costs & Fees
Amenity fee
The Villages amenity fee crossed 200 dollars a month for the first time in January 2026; new buyers were quoted around 199 dollars. It is adjusted to CPI on your deed anniversary, so confirm the current figure for a specific home
CDD bond and maintenance
A non-ad valorem CDD assessment on the tax bill, typically a fixed bond plus an annual maintenance amount. Confirm the exact bond balance and maintenance for a specific Cason Hammock address before you offer
No HOA
There is no traditional HOA and no HOA dues; deed restrictions are enforced by the Community Standards department instead
Amenities
Cason Hammock Recreation
The village recreation area with an adult pool, pavilion, shuffleboard, and corn toss
Sawgrass Grove and Ezell
A short golf-cart ride to Ezell Recreation, the Clifton Cove 18-hole putting course, and The Market at Sawgrass Grove
Championship golf
Borders Southern Oaks Championship Golf Club, the first championship course in The Villages southern expansion
Full Villages access
The amenity fee opens the whole 55-plus machine: executive golf, 100-plus rec centers, pools, pickleball, and nightly town-square entertainment
Location
Setting
In the southern Villages growth area, Sumter County, south of SR-44 and just west of the Village of Citrus Grove
Sawgrass Grove
The Sawgrass Grove town square with dining and entertainment is a short golf-cart ride away
Access
On the multi-modal golf-cart path network, with Florida's Turnpike close for regional drives
The Homes & Style
Cason Hammock is one of the more interesting villages in the southern Villages growth area because it does not sell one thing. It sells three. Designer single-family homes, Cason Bungalow Villas, and Cason Hammock Verandas all live inside the same village, which means the buyer pool ranges from the lock-and-leave snowbird to the full-time downsizer who wants a screened lanai and a golf view.
The Bungalow Villas are the entry, the lower-maintenance, lock-and-leave way into the south-Villages Sawgrass Grove corridor. The Verandas sit in the middle: The Villages markets them as a blend of the spacious living areas of a designer home and the private outdoor space of a courtyard villa, with three and four bedroom options, two-car plus golf-car garages, and golf views available. The Designer homes are the top, open-concept floor plans with screened lanais and more lot and square footage to work with.
Because these are sold direct by The Villages and there is no third-party MLS resale feed yet, do not expect a clean public comp history. We price a specific home off the developer release context, the product type, the lot, and the golf or water position, not a portal estimate.
The honest read: pick the product type to the life you actually want. The villa and veranda are about freedom and a low monthly footprint; the designer home is about space and a yard. They are not the same buy.
Living Here
Cason Hammock's location is its quiet advantage. It sits just west of the Village of Citrus Grove, on the golf-cart path network, a short ride from the Sawgrass Grove corridor that has become the social anchor of the southern Villages.
The village has its own Cason Hammock Recreation area with an adult pool, a pavilion, shuffleboard, and corn toss. A short cart ride away, Ezell Recreation opened with a sports pool built to water-volleyball regulations, an expanded fit club, pickleball, and the Clifton Cove 18-hole putting course. The Market at Sawgrass Grove brings dining and shopping, and McGrady's Pub anchors the square.
Golfers get the headline: Cason Hammock borders Southern Oaks Championship Golf Club, the first championship course built in The Villages southern expansion, designed by Kenny Ezell. That is championship golf at your back door plus the executive courses the amenity fee already covers.
This is a 55-plus, age-restricted community, like all of The Villages. That is the point for the buyer who wants it and the dealbreaker for the buyer who does not. Be honest with yourself about which one you are.
Before You Offer
Buying direct from The Villages is a different process than a resale, and the carrying-cost math is where buyers get surprised. There is no traditional HOA, but there are three other lines: the amenity fee, the CDD bond, and the CDD maintenance assessment.
The amenity fee crossed 200 dollars a month for the first time in January 2026, with new buyers quoted around 199 dollars, and it is adjusted to the Consumer Price Index on your individual deed anniversary, so your number and your neighbor's number can differ. Confirm the current amenity fee for the specific home in writing.
The CDD assessment on the tax bill usually has two parts: a bond to repay the infrastructure, which is generally fixed for its term and can often be paid off, and an annual maintenance amount that can move year to year. Pull the exact bond balance and the maintenance for the specific Cason Hammock address before you write, because the bond can be a five-figure number that materially changes your all-in cost.
Confirm the product type and what comes with it. A Bungalow Villa and a Designer home carry very different lot, square footage, and lifestyle, and the resale audience for each is different.
Comparisons
Cason Hammock competes inside the southern Villages for the buyer choosing a village by product mix and corridor. Its edge is the villa and veranda lock-and-leave option: a lower-maintenance, lower-footprint entry into the Sawgrass Grove and Southern Oaks corridor, where many of the newer Eastport-side villages skew toward golf-front and lakefront Designer homes. Against the Village of Edenfield and the other newer southern villages, Cason Hammock gives up some of the marquee lakefront and golf-front Designer inventory but gains a genuine low-maintenance entry point, the bungalow villa and veranda, that lets a snowbird or a downsizer get into the same corridor without taking on a full single-family home and yard. Against the Village of Citrus Grove next door, it shares the corridor and the Sawgrass Grove access, so the choice comes down to the specific lot, product type, and release timing. The honest summary: Cason Hammock wins on product flexibility and the lock-and-leave entry, and gives ground to the Designer-heavy villages on marquee golf-front and lakefront single-family inventory.
Who It Fits
Cason Hammock fits the 55-plus buyer who wants the southern Villages and Sawgrass Grove corridor and wants to choose their commitment level: a low-maintenance Bungalow Villa or Veranda for the lock-and-leave snowbird and the downsizer who is done with yard work, or a Designer home for the full-timer who wants space, a screened lanai, and a possible golf view. It fits the golfer who wants championship golf at Southern Oaks plus the executive courses the amenity fee covers, and the buyer who values being on the cart path to Ezell Recreation and The Market. It does not fit anyone who wants a non-age-restricted community, a buyer who needs a clean public resale comp history before they will move (these sell direct, with no third-party MLS feed yet), or a buyer who has not done the carrying-cost math on the amenity fee plus the CDD bond and maintenance. Anyone serious should confirm the product type, the exact bond, and the current amenity fee for the specific home in writing before offering.










