Car collector homes near Ponte Vedra Beach

How these homes are found

I’m Krista Fracke. The MLS has one garage field, a count of spaces, and listing agents fill it unevenly: a golf-cart bay can count as a space, and a climate-controlled garage with a lift can show as three. So this page reads the listing description too. A home appears here when the MLS lists four or more garage spaces, or when the description names a car lift, a climate-controlled or air-conditioned garage, a car collector, or a garage for four or more cars. Words like “detached garage” and “workshop” are left out, because they mostly describe ordinary homes. Confirm bay depth, ceiling height for a lift and door width at the showing.

The car scene here

• The Amelia. The concours on Amelia Island, run by Hagerty, is set for March 4 to 7, 2027, about 25 miles north.
• The Brumos Collection. A 35,000-square-foot museum of Porsche racing cars and early automobiles on San Pablo Road, about 5 miles from Ponte Vedra Beach, open Thursday through Saturday.
• Porsche Club of America, Florida Crown Region. More than 900 members across 16 counties, including Duval, St. Johns and Nassau, with a monthly Saturday breakfast in Jacksonville, autocross and driver education.
• Tracks. Roebling Road Raceway near Savannah (about 133 miles) runs through hosting clubs, and the region’s Porsche club holds an annual driver-education weekend there.

Dealers and service

Atlantic Boulevard in east Arlington, about 9 miles from Ponte Vedra Beach, is the closest dealer corridor, and Bentley and Maserati share a Jacksonville store off I-95 near Butler Boulevard. Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce and Aston Martin are in Orlando, about two hours away.

From each manufacturer’s or dealer’s own site, October 2026. Straight-line miles from Ponte Vedra Beach. Plans for a Rolls-Royce store on Atlantic Boulevard in Jacksonville were approved in June 2026; check the brand’s locator for an opening.

Bringing the cars to Florida

• Deadlines. New residents title and register each car, with Florida insurance from a Florida-licensed agent, within 10 days of establishing residency, and get a Florida license within 30. Taking a job here or enrolling children in public school starts a 10-day registration clock.
• The $225 fee. A one-time initial registration fee applies to each car with no Florida plate to transfer. A car kept in storage and not driven on Florida roads can be exempt with a non-use affidavit, and private-use antiques are exempt.
• VIN check. Every out-of-state car needs a VIN verification, done by law enforcement, a licensed Florida dealer or the tax collector’s office.
• Sales tax. A car used six months or more in another state before you arrive is presumed not bought for Florida, so keep the records. Otherwise Florida charges 6 percent of the price plus county surtax on the first $5,000, with credit for sales tax paid to another state. A car imported from abroad owes the full tax on its value, with no credit for foreign tax.
• Plates. A 1945 or older car can carry a permanent Horseless Carriage plate, and a car 30 years or older an Antique plate. A personalized plate adds $15 a year.
• No emissions test. Florida repealed its emissions inspection in 2000. Front side windows must pass at least 28 percent of light.

The garage itself

In unincorporated St. Johns County every private garage needs a building permit. A detached garage must stay accessory in size to the house, and it can sit inside the required side or rear setback only if it is at least 10 feet from the house and never closer than 3 feet to a lot line; its eaves can rise no higher than the house’s unless it can’t be seen from the front property line. The county keeps semitrailers and truck tractors, which covers most car haulers, out of residential districts except while loading or unloading, and requires cars without current plates to be kept in a completely enclosed building. Planned communities such as Nocatee and the City of St. Augustine set their own rules.

Flood rules shape the garage on the coast. In A zones, FEMA lets an attached garage floor sit below the base flood elevation only if its walls or doors have flood openings, and only for parking, access and storage. In VE zones, which cover much of the oceanfront, the area below the flood elevation must be open or closed in with breakaway walls. Below-grade parking is not allowed under a home. Every listing on this site shows its flood zone, measured across the lot on larger parcels where the parcel can be matched. For hurricane season, ask for the garage door’s Florida product approval number and look it up on the state’s building commission site.

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