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Candler Hills home for sale

This home is located in the Candler Hills community in SW Ocala. Candler Hills is part of On Top of the World but it is not a leasehold like OTOTW. In Candler Hills you do own your lot. You also have access to all the OTOTW amenities in addition to those specific to Candler Hills. There is a private club house and heated outdoor pool only for Candler residents, a 24 hour guard at the gate and discounts to golf at the Candler Hills golf course. Candler hills is a golf cart community. You can drive through OTOTW to get to shopping using your golf cart. This is the only Ocala area community where you can drive a golf cart to stores. This is a 2 bedroom, 2 bath home with an office or den. It is concrete block ans stucco and was built in 2006. The list price is only $175,000.00

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Oak Run is a large 55 plus community with 2 golf courses. Oak Run is located just off SR200 in the SW corridor area of Ocala. Construction began in 1985 and although Oak Run is almost built out you can still buy a new house from the builder. Oak Run is divided into neighborhoods. These neighborhoods have evolved over a 25 year period and each one has a unique character. The older homes are  frame with aluminum siding. A little later the homes were frame with vinyl siding. The newer homes are concrete block and stucco. As time went by the size of the houses grew as buyers expectations increased over that 25 year period. You will find older homes as small as 700 sq ft of living area and newer homes well over 3,000 sq ft. Prices as you might expect vary tremendously. At the time of this writing prices are as low as $62,000- up to almost $500,000-. Most homes are in the $100,000- to $200,000- range. HOA fees vary by the neighborhood. In a few areas the homes include lawn care which adds to the fee. In general HOA fees at this time range from $105- to about $150- with homes that have lawn care being even higher. Amenities at Oak Run are extensive. They include 3 gates with a guard house, basic cable TV, curbside trash pickup and common area maintenance. There are 2 golf courses, several pools including an indoor pool, multiple clubhouses, a restaurant and numerous clubs. Golf is not included in the HOA fee. Read the rest of this entry »

Ocala Palms

Ocala Palms is a golf course community located in the NW part of Ocala Florida.  Ocala Palms is within the Ocala city limits. It is not a 55+ community even though you might see it listed as such sometimes. There are both frame and vinyl and concrete block and stucco homes here.  Home prices and sizes vary a lot. The size can range from 1,000 sq ft of living area up to almost 3,000. Homes in Ocala Palms are fairly close together on smaller lots. Prices go from below $100,000- up to $300,000-. HOA fees are around $130- per month and include the club house, pool, tennis, a 24 hour guard at the gate, common area maintenance, curb side trash pickup, basic cable but not golf. Ocala Palms is a golf cart community meaning you can drive your cart down the road but you can’t make it to any shopping.

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Golflink.com ranks Ocala as number 8 on it’s list of golf destinations in Florida. I’m not sure if people think of Ocala as a huge golf town but our area has some very nice golf courses. The Marion County cities of Ocala, Dunnellon and Summerfield also have some excellent golf course communities. I have just added a new page to my web site that gives an overview of Ocala Golf Course Communities. Be sure to check it out. The Ocala area has the second lowest median home price in Florida. You can buy a home here with a view of the course for under $200,000.00!