St. Lucie Gardens Villas for Sale in Port St. Lucie, FL 34952

St. Lucie Gardens — listed in the MLS as Gardens of St. Lucie — is a small, all-ages villa community in southeast Port St. Lucie. It is 112 single-story CBS villas built in the mid-1990s around two lakes, a clubhouse and a pool, tucked just east of SE Lennard Road and a few blocks from US-1. If you want low-maintenance living, a garage and a short drive to the hospital, the Civic Center and the beaches, but you don't want a 55+ rule or a big master-planned HOA, this is one of the few places in 34952 that fits.

• At a Glance
• The Villas
• Amenities & HOA
• Which “St. Lucie Gardens”?
• Buying & Financing
• Location
• Nearby
• FAQ
• Villas for Sale

St. Lucie Gardens at a Glance

The Villas: What You Actually Get

Almost every home in St. Lucie Gardens is a variation of the same plan: a two-bedroom, two-bath split layout of roughly 1,300 square feet, with vaulted ceilings, a screened entry and an attached garage. The guest bedroom and bath sit on the opposite side of the home from the primary suite, which is why the community is popular with both retirees who have visiting family and working buyers who want a roommate or home-office setup.

What separates one villa from another is mostly condition and position:

• Lakefront vs. interior. Villas backing onto one of the two lakes, or looking over the clubhouse lawn, are the ones buyers ask for first.
• 1-car vs. 2-car garage. Both exist. If you need the second bay for a car, a golf cart or storage, filter for it early — they don't come up often.
• Florida room. Many owners have enclosed or finished the back porch into a bright, air-conditioned Florida room, which adds real living space.
• Roof, A/C and windows. These homes are 30 years old, so the age of the roof, the A/C system and whether the villa has impact windows or accordion shutters matter for both your inspection and your homeowners insurance quote. Several owners have replaced roofs in recent years — ask for the permit date.

Amenities, HOA & Community Rules

St. Lucie Gardens is deliberately small. The shared amenities are a clubhouse and a community pool overlooking the lake, plus the lakes and open lawn areas themselves. You won't find a golf course, a gate or a lifestyle director — and you won't pay for one.

The community is run by the St. Lucie Gardens Homeowners Association, which dates to 1991, with a volunteer board of residents and a professional management company. Current MLS listings show dues of about $257–$259 per month. Because what the dues cover can change from year to year, ask for the current budget and a list of inclusions before you write an offer — we'll pull it for you.

Which “St. Lucie Gardens”? Clearing Up the Names

This community goes by several names, and a couple of different places share them. It is worth knowing before you search:

• St. Lucie Gardens / Gardens of St. Lucie (this page) — the 112-villa HOA community on SE Brittney Circle and SE Home Way, just east of SE Lennard Road. In the MLS it is almost always entered as Gardens of St. Lucie.
• “St. Lucie Gardens Subdivision” — an older, unrelated area of large-acreage single-family lots near Tilton Road with no HOA. It shows up in some searches under a similar name, which is why a broad search for “St Lucie Gardens” can return a $1.5 million acreage listing alongside the villas.
• “The Gardens of Port St. Lucie” — an assisted-living residence, not a place to buy a home.

The listings further down this page are filtered to the villa community only.

Buying & Financing a St. Lucie Gardens Villa

As a Port St. Lucie Realtor who is also a licensed mortgage loan officer, here is what we tell buyers about villas like these:

• HOA dues count in your qualifying ratio. Your lender adds the monthly HOA payment to your housing expense when calculating debt-to-income. At well under $300 a month, St. Lucie Gardens' dues are modest compared with many 34952 condo and townhome communities, which leaves more room for the mortgage itself.
• A homeowners association is not a condominium. How a community is legally organized affects which loan programs work and what documents the lender will ask for. St. Lucie Gardens is run as a homeowners association — call us and we'll walk you through what that means for your specific loan.
• Insurance comes first. Get a homeowners insurance quote during your inspection period, not at the end. Roof age, wind mitigation features and shutters or impact glass drive the price on 1990s homes.

Where Is St. Lucie Gardens in Port St. Lucie?

St. Lucie Gardens sits in southeast Port St. Lucie, zip 34952, on the east side of SE Lennard Road just north of SE Jennings Road. The entrance is SE Brittney Circle off Lennard Road; the only interior streets are SE Brittney Circle and SE Home Way. The center of the community is at approximately 27.2800, -80.2845. Camelot Gardens is the next community to the northeast.

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Nearby Communities

Other all-ages villa, townhome and single-family communities in 34952 worth comparing:

• Camelot Gardens
• Villas of Sandpiper Bay
• Sandpiper Bay
• Parks Edge
• River Place
• All 34952 Homes
• Port St. Lucie Townhomes
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