This is the last week for the HGTV Smart House Tour at Paradise Key in South Beach at Jacksonville Beach! HGTV chose Paradise Key to build its first ever Smart House and The Beaches Museum & History Park was selected to conduct the tours. For $20 a person, you can take a tour of this house and enter for a chance to win this amazing new home!  The HGTV Smart Home features a home automation system that includes honey comb louvred shades that operate electronically and protect the home from UV rays for furniture and interior. Smart technology allows automated and remote operation of appliances, security systems, lighting, electronics and heating/cooling systems. The home's interior is also very intriguing, with the use of drapery to open and separate spaces for either a more wide-open feel... 05/31/2013

We are so excited here in Jacksonville Beach to have the HGTV Smart Home in Paradise Key! It's right around the corner from my house, and close to everything you could possibly want: beach, shopping & dining. You can enter to win twice daily, once on the HGTV website, and once on the HGTV Remodels site, and you can enter starting today through 5/31/13. Here's the link to enter: http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv-smart-home-2013-giveaway/package/index.html?nl=Smart2013R1-Enter&sni_mid=73562&sni_rid=73562.12902.130510&c32=   They will be doing tours which I understand are $20 per adult, with the proceeds benefiting the Beaches Area Historical Society.  04/11/2013

Build Green. Win your dream house, the 2013 HGTV Smart Home, Jacksonville Beach.   Live only five blocks from the Atlantic Beach. Ride and walk along neighborhood footpaths. Spend less than 20 minutes commuting to Downtown Jacksonville, and even less to shopping, restaurants, championship golfing and country clubs. Build in Jacksonville Beach's Paradise Key South Beach.    The Seabreeze 2 is available from Glenn Layton homes for only $629,900. always have agent representation when you tour a new construction neighborhood. 09/23/2012

Build your dream home in Jacksonville and Walk to the Beach   Are you ready to build your dream home, only blocks to Jacksonville Beach? Are you looking for private beach access, no CDD fees, and low HOA fees, all while keeping green with low maintenance landscaping?    Sound too good to be true? It's not! Welcome to Paradise Key South Beach.    The beautiful Key West, coastal style neighborhood even took HGTV's breath away, leading them to announce that the 2013 HGTV Smart Home will be built right here in Jacksonville Beach's Paradise Key.    Search for lots and homes for sale in Paradise Key South Beach.    Glenn Layton Homes is the preferred builder, offering superb customer service and an outstanding finished product. Here is what one Paradise Key South Beach resident had to say abo... 09/20/2012

Neighborhood with Jacksonville Beach Access & 2013 HGTV Smart Home   Paradise Key South Beach is the first Florida homesite for the 2013 HGTV Smart Home. This coastal community neighborhood was chosen because of it's access to Jacksonville Beach, proximity to shopping, restaurants and everything Florida has to offer.    View homes and lots for sale in Paradise Key   Centrally located just off of AIA between the beach and the Intracoastal Waterway, Paradise Key South Beach is only 5 blocks from the beach but still close to Downtown Jacksonville, which is only a quick 20 minute drive. With thoughtfully planned pocket parks, walking trails and wooden bridges encourage harmony with nature, PKSB embraces Florida-friendly landscaping, using indigenous plant palettes for lower maintenance lawn... 09/19/2012

HGTV Green Home to become Smart Home & build in Jacksonville Beach   For the last several years, HGTV has built and given away its HGTV Green Home. The Green Home was built with sustainability in mind. The giveaway of the last HGTV Green Home was just this past summer to the lucky Jones family. The home was 2200 sqft, located  in Serenbe, an eco-progressive community in Geogia's Chattahoochee Hills and included an additional $100,000 and 2012 GMC Terrain.    On August 14, 2012, HGTV Announced that the 2013 HGTV Green Home would become the HGTV Smart Home and the giveaway would happen in our own backyard, Jacksonville Beach, FL. The new 2400 sqft home will be built in Paradise Key South Beach, designed by architect Mike Stauffer AIA, and built by Glenn Layton Homes. One of the most visua... 09/08/2012

Paradise Key, Coastal Living in Jacksonville Beach with NO CDD fees    Looking for luxury coastal living in Jacksonville Beach with No CDD fees?  Look no further than Paradise Key. Located less than five miles from TPC Sawgrass, golf enthusiasts will enjoy one of the best champion courses in the country. When you aren't golfing, you can walk to the Atlantic Ocean, only five blocks away, hang out at the Ponte Vedra Country Club, Ponte Vedra Inn & Spa or shop at St Johns Town Center.    Search homes & lots for sale in Paradise Key    Creating beautiful custom homes, with no CDD fees, located in beautiful Jacksonville Beach, FL, Glenn Layton Homes is the preferred builder for Paradise Key. Glenn Layton Homes is also currently building the new HGTV Smart Home in Paradise Key. HGTV viewers w... 09/08/2012