Watersound West - Resales?

**ckralich** · 02-17-2011, 09:44 PM

Does anyone know if St. Joe Community Sales is the sales team for St. Joe inc? We are in the early stages of buying a lot and Watersound West has my interest. When I look online I only seem to find the listings from St Joe Community Sales. Does that mean there are no resales in there yet? I don't see anything on Realtor.com. Will be there in March to look. Any realtor who might like to spend a few hours with us can email me, ckralich@yahoo.com. Thanks

**SWGB** · 02-19-2011, 12:33 PM

This will become your best friend:

Welcome to the Walton County Florida Property Appraiser's Website

According to it, no, but there are only two parcels showing action in 2009 and those were foreclosures. So there's 2 lots that are currently held by Whitney Bank and Bank of Bonifay and I'll bet they'd like to unload them.

**Franny** · 02-21-2011, 01:45 PM

There are a few resales in Watersound West. One in particuliar is listed for $187,300. A St. Joe lot is listed for $126,480. Whitney bank owned lots sold for $95,000 in September of 2010 and then another lot sold for
$94,000 in December 2010. Don't overlook St. Joe, at this point they are pretty competetive. There will be other bank owned lots for sale in WW.
For more information contact:
Francesca Gage
The Beach Group
francesca@thebeachgroup.com
850-376-4660

**Stuhlfire** · 02-02-2012, 12:18 PM

We are building a Huff cottage in Watersound West Beach & are very excited to have a second home there! Yes, there are resales at WSWB. 9 Anchor Rode listed for $599,000 and another on Tumblehome Way listed for $714,000. Cindi Cobine is a Realtor for Beach Properties of Florida and she in awesome. Good luck & let me know if you have any more questions.

**seafun** · 06-09-2012, 06:32 AM

While this is an old post, I thought I would see if there are any updates on Watersound Beach West? We too are interested and are looking at a Huff home in the mid $500's. There is an incredible amount of building there which to the unprofessional eye, looks very promising. The on site realtor is showing many of the end lots are sold to private individuals. We also looked at Cypress Dunes but no comparison with beach access. Any opinions would be appreciated. Thanks.

**Stuhlfire** · 06-09-2012, 06:49 PM

Seafun,
I received your message and will call and hopefully answer any questions you may have. Our Huff cottage was completed in April and we LOVE IT! We had a great experience with Huff, from Brandon the owner to Johnnie the supervisor who actually built our home. Everyone was professional and incredibly helpful. I will also add that the quality of the home is excellent. Over the past 20 years we have lived in 7 homes, two of which we built. This is one of the best built homes we have owned. The neighborhood speaks for itself. The Huff lots are being sold like crazy! Which is great for us because we bought in December, but I am sure prices will be going up due to the demand. Two of our friends are also building in WSWB and they also fell in love with the cottage look of the Huff homes as well as the beauty of the neighborhood!

**Beach Runner** · 06-09-2012, 11:47 PM

Watersound West has become an area of incredible activity after being a ghost town in the past. We just happened to notice this in December one day when we were bored and driving down 30A and saw an open house sign. Now people are virtually fighting over lots there. I heard there is a long line of people waiting for the possibility of buying the model home.

Because of the high demand, prices are going up there. Check it out.

**veecat** · 06-18-2012, 03:50 PM

We put a contract on our WSWB home last Oct. and moved in in March. We LOVE it and the n'hood. I agree with our neighbor, the Huff experience ( starting with Joslyn in Sales and Johnnie in the field) has been unbelievably painless. They made the entire process a pleasure-even though we were 500 miles away while house being built. Everyone we have dealt with has gone above and beyond the call of duty.
As for the house??? Beautiful. Well built. And, a delight every time we return. We actually had an ocean view lot in Cypress Dunes and sold it. No beach access. Our WSWB beach is gorgeous and not crowded. We come to get away and relax. The only drawback is the construction noise, dust and traffic. But it should calm down near our house as the homes around us are completed.

**Beach Runner** · 06-19-2012, 01:42 PM

There won't be much construction noise after December. I think the Cottage District will be built out by then. because there is a lot of quality there for the money.

**seafun** · 12-17-2012, 06:47 PM

Hi all. Remind me to never post on this SOWAL forum again. When I posted in June, I received so many wonderful replies from our soon to be neighbors.....we bought a lot and our Huff home will be completed in February. We were there last week and will be closing in February. It is exciting to see all the new building activity at Watersound West Beach. We are anxious to be new 30A-ers....see you on the beach.

**ata** · 12-17-2012, 09:53 PM

personally i think watersound west has gone from fairly valued 18-24 months to crazy overvalued now. i drove around there a month ago and many of the homes are packed in with 5-10 feet between them going for 600-700k that were no more than 450-500k 2 yrs ago. i guess the flippers win again

**Lisa Ruby** · 12-18-2012, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by ata

personally i think watersound west has gone from fairly valued 18-24 months to crazy overvalued now. i drove around there a month ago and many of the homes are packed in with 5-10 feet between them going for 600-700k that were no more than 450-500k 2 yrs ago. i guess the flippers win again

There were plenty of buyers waiting for " the bottom" and now frustrated to know that was somewhere between 12 and 24 months ago. We are on a ride up, (rules of supply and demand),and I would encourage any buyer to buy the best quality property that makes you happy, as inventory is historically low.

**ata** · 12-19-2012, 07:24 AM

Lisa i bought a home 200 yards from the beach in 2010 and to this day got one of the best deals on 30-a and my homes up more than watersound homes so im happy. i guess i,m just amazed somebody would pay 700k for a 2500 square home with such a far walk to the beach. if you're on the far side of the neighborhood its at least a 10-12 min walk. but hey its like watercolor phase 4.They were left for dead 2 years ago and many of the prices are up 50-75% from the lows.Were already starting to see a fair amount of flipping from many who bought in the last yr or 2 so i hope that slows down or it will suffocate prices