Houses on a golf course come with plenty of benefits—especially when you love to play the game. After all, you can practically step out of your door and be on the greens. Fortunately, plenty of options exist when looking for golf course properties in Amelia Island because there are more than fifty courses in the area—some of the best in the country. 

One important issue to consider when looking at gated golf communities is how to ensure the levels of privacy you desire. Because Amelia Island’s courses are so popular, this means that plenty of people will be near your home. So, here are several tips to help you achieve the perfect balance between nearness to the golf course and separation from it when you’re at home. 

#1 Know What Your HOA Allows

There’s a good chance that, if you live in one of the houses on a golf course, you’re part of a homeowner’s association (HOA). So, before you take any actions to enhance privacy on your property, find out what’s allowable. Rules vary by HOA, so checking out your specific ones can save you lots of time, money, and hassle.

#2 Consider Fencing Options

If your HOA permits the construction of a fence, find out the parameters: height, styles, materials, and so forth. Following those requirements, find fencing that suits your taste and provides you with the privacy you desire. Whether you choose vertical, horizontal, or chevron placements of the fencing boards, you can add splashes of color through hanging baskets. If you’d like for your fencing to be constructed of sustainable material, consider bamboo.

When building a privacy fence, think about whether attached bench seating will make sense for your yard. If you enjoy entertaining, going this route will provide extra sitting space for guests. As another idea, you can incorporate pergolas with benches on your property—inside the fencing if building a fence is permitted. If not, the pergola can provide elements of privacy and/or help to establish boundary lines for your yard.

If you aren’t approved for perimeter fencing, inquire about placing trellises between your home and the golf course. If this is acceptable, you can intertwine attractive vines and other greenery and flowers of choice to create eye-catching barriers.

#3 Strategically Use Landscaping

When fencing is not a viable option, selecting trees and shrubs that do well in Florida’s climate and planting them to create natural looking privacy screening can be a good alternative in gated golf communities. Some people actually prefer creating a more private home environment using greenery than fences. After making sure that all fits within HOA guidelines, plant your way to a secluded haven. Trees and shrubs that can do well in the Sunshine State and help to provide privacy include wax myrtles, willows, boxwood, bamboo palm, and more.

Privacy hedges can be formal or informal, depending upon your tastes. Incorporating screens into the design can add another element of separateness; if you use them, include plants all along its base so that it becomes incorporated into the design. Without this, screens can look like an unnecessary add-on.

To do double duty, consider planting some species that can help with repelling mosquitoes: citronella, for example, or lemon balm, lavender, and marigolds. These fragrant plants can also add a pleasant aroma to your yard. If you want to attract some of the more than two hundred butterfly species found in Florida to your home in one of the state’s gated golf communities, plant salvia, lantana, firespike, and other types that attract them.

#4 Create Clear Property Line Boundaries

Using fencing and landscaping to create a sense of privacy can block your views of the golf course and surrounding beauty. So, perhaps you’d rather preserve the gorgeous views but let golfers know where your property line begins. You could accomplish this through low stone fencing, natural stone lawn edging, latticework, and so forth. 

For more visual appeal on houses on a golf course, homeowners could include attractive stone arches, pavers, ornamental grasses, raised flower beds, and other intriguing property line dividers.

#5 Additional Privacy Components

After choosing the elements in tips numbered two through four that fit with your HOA, you can go a bit further. For example, as The Spruce suggests, you can add pop-up canopies in your yard with curtains on the sides. When you want the ultimate in privacy, perhaps as you enjoy dinner outdoors, close the curtains. You can also add curtains around a patio and place large planters around it when you want to keep the curtains open.

You can build a hanging screen as a different way to add more concealment on a back porch or patio and/or add retractable canopies over your deck along with tall water fountains or water walls. Instead of a hammock, consider an outdoor canopy bed.

Golf Course Properties in Amelia Island

If you’re thinking about buying a home in one of the island’s incredible gated golf communities—and privacy is important to you—we can prioritize your ability to enjoy seclusion when finding a property. When you let one of our real estate agents know how much you value privacy, they can keep that attribute front of mind as they show you golf course properties for sale.

Where you buy, specifically, on the golf course can make a difference in the degree of privacy that you can experience—and our experienced real estate agents can provide guidance. You can see the most action, for example, when your home is closely located to the tee box or the greens; that also means, though, that these can be locations where the golfers can most easily see you. So, keep that in mind as you browse golf course properties in Amelia Island.

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