Building Your Home in St. Johns, FL
St. Johns is one of Northeast Florida's fastest-growing corners, and we're proud to build here. Eric Fundora and our team at G.J. Gardner Homes St. Augustine know the master-planned communities, the wooded creekside lots and the open homesites that make this part of St. Johns County so sought-after. Whether your plans point toward Julington Creek Plantation, RiverTown or a quiet parcel out toward Switzerland, we're ready to help you build a home that fits your life.
What makes building in St. Johns different
St. Johns sits along the eastern bank of the St. Johns River, and much of the land here is flat, sandy and dotted with the kind of mature pine and oak you'll see around Alpine Groves Park. That terrain shapes how we approach a build. Low, level lots mean grading, drainage and proper lot elevation matter from day one, and sandy soils call for foundation details suited to the ground you're actually building on.
Then there's the weather. Summers bring heat, heavy humidity and near-daily afternoon storms, and hurricane season runs through the fall. We build with Florida's climate in mind — framing, roofing and sealing chosen to stand up to wind, driving rain and relentless sun, so your home stays comfortable and dry for the long haul.
The other reality unique to St. Johns is how it's organized. Many homes here sit inside planned communities like Durbin Crossing, Aberdeen, Shearwater and Beachwalk, where community districts and homeowners' associations set architectural guidelines, setbacks and approval steps before a shovel ever touches the ground. Older pockets around Fruit Cove and Switzerland tend to offer larger, more individual lots with fewer restrictions but their own permitting considerations. Either way, building in unincorporated St. Johns County means working through county permitting, and we handle those conversations so you don't have to guess at the paperwork. We'll walk you through what your neighborhood allows and help shape a plan that clears review without surprises.
Services we offer in St. Johns
We offer a full range of new-home building services across St. Johns and its neighborhoods — from Cimarrone to RiverTown:
- Custom Home Builder — start-to-finish home building tailored to your lot, your budget and your vision.
- First Homes — friendly guidance for first-time buyers, including how to understand your options and the grants that may be available to you.
- Custom Homes — work directly with our designers to turn your ideas into a home that's genuinely yours.
- House and Land Packages — convenient pairings of a homesite with one of our designs, so you can move forward with confidence.
- Knock Down Rebuild — stay in the location you love and rebuild on your existing lot rather than moving somewhere new.
- Dual Living Homes — flexible, practical layouts that bring two living spaces together under one roof.
- Split Level Homes — smart design solutions that make the most of a sloped or uneven homesite.
Whatever route fits your family, Eric and the team will listen first, offer honest advice and keep you informed through every stage of construction.
Local, reliable, and nearby
We're not builders who parachute in from somewhere else — we're part of the Northeast Florida community, just a short drive from St. Johns. That closeness means we can be on your site when it counts, and it means we understand the area the way neighbors do. We know the families heading to Bartram Trail High School, the weekends spent at Veterans Park and Mills Field, the quiet afternoons along the trails at Julington Creek Plantation Park and Alpine Groves Park, and the way the Bartram Trail Branch Library anchors daily life out here. Serving the 32259 and 32260 ZIP codes, we build for how people actually live in St. Johns.
That local knowledge shapes better homes — thoughtful floor plans, quality materials and craftsmanship built to last through Florida's seasons. When you build with us, you get Eric Fundora and a team that treats your project like it matters, because to us it does.
Ready to talk about your home in St. Johns? Call us at (904) 906-5136 and let's start the conversation. We'd love to help you build something you'll be proud to come home to.
