Putnam County, Florida
Sell your land in Florahome for cash
Parcel Buyers buys vacant lots in Florahome for cash, including the Map Book 1 town plat on State Road 100 and Lakeside Hills sections, where Putnam County issues the building permit because there is no city government. You get a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours, and closings run through an independent title company, typically in about 10 days, with no fees or commissions.
By Parcel Buyers · · Lot figures from the 2026 Florida property tax roll · How we made this page
Quick answers
- Who buys land for cash in Florahome?
- Parcel Buyers is a direct land buyer that makes written, no-obligation cash offers on vacant lots and acreage in Florahome, Putnam County, usually within 24 hours. Sales close through an independent title company, typically in about 10 days, with no fees or commissions to the seller.
- What did vacant lots in Florahome sell for in 2025?
- In 2025, vacant lots in Florahome sold for a median of $8,800 across 36 arm's-length sales; the middle half sold for $5,000 to $14,400.
- How many vacant lots are in Florahome?
- The 2026 Florida property tax roll lists 1,845 vacant residential lots in Florahome; 34% are standard city lots, and the median lot is 0.28 acre.
- How is a cash offer for land in Florahome set?
- We start from recent sales of similar lots nearby, like the 2025 prices on this page, then adjust for water and sewer, road access, flood zone, lot size and any title issues, and for the time and cost of reselling. You get one written number, not a range.
- How do I know a land buyer in Florahome is legitimate?
- A real buyer closes through an independent, licensed title company and never asks you to pay anything up front. We never charge sellers a fee, deposit or closing-cost advance, and the title company pays you by check or wire at closing.
- Who is buying lots in Florahome?
- In 2025, companies bought 17% of the vacant lots that sold in Florahome, including 3% bought by homebuilders. Individuals bought the rest.
- What was the median recorded 2025 sale price by lot size in Florahome?
- The median recorded 2025 sale price for a third-acre lot in Florahome was $7,500 across 19 sales.
- How much are estimated annual ad valorem taxes on a typical vacant lot in Florahome?
- A typical vacant lot in Florahome has estimated 2025 ad valorem taxes about $67 a year; most lots here also pay non-ad valorem charges (listed below).
- Are vacant lots in Florahome in a FEMA high-risk flood zone?
- About 3% of vacant lots in Florahome have their center point in a FEMA high-risk flood zone (effective maps dated February 2, 2012 to March 17, 2014). This is map screening, not a determination; check FEMA's Map Service Center for your parcel.
- How many vacant lots in Florahome got a home on the tax roll in 2025?
- 19 vacant lots in Florahome changed from vacant-residential use to a home with new-construction evidence on the 2026 preliminary tax roll.
Local data
Florahome land at a glance
Tax-roll figures cover parcels whose property address city is Florahome in Putnam County. Local rules and services are sourced below.
| Vacant residential lots | 1,845 parcels classified vacant residential on the 2026 tax roll [1] |
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| Most common lot size | Standard city lot (7,000–9,000 sq ft): 34% of vacant lots; next, third-acre lot at 27%. Median lot: 0.28 acre (12,200 sq ft). [1] |
| Typical assessed value | $6,100 median just (market) value for a vacant lot; the middle half fall between $4,700 and $9,400 [1] |
| Recent lot sale prices | $8,800 median across 36 arm's-length sales of vacant lots in Florahome (Jan 2025–Nov 2025); the middle half sold for $5,000–$14,400 [1] |
| Who bought lots in 2025 | Companies made 17% of those purchases, including 3% by homebuilders; individuals made the rest [1] |
| Owners who live elsewhere | 25% of vacant lots have an owner mailing address outside Florida (most often NJ, GA, NY) [1] |
| No city government | Florahome is not in the Census Bureau's 2020 Florida place list. County GIS marks the town-plat lots Unincorporated, and the building department's city-permit list leaves this place off. [10],[11],[2] |
| 1899 railway plat | The community dates to 1899, laid out by the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway on State Road 100. The recorded plat is Florahome, Map Book 1, Page 104, with streets such as Manitoba, Dakota, Oak, and Ivy. [9],[11] |
| Lakeside Hills sections | The appraiser's menu lists Lakeside Hills Sections 1 through 11. Section 6 is Map Book 4, Page 143. Vacant 109 Money Dr in that section is 0.17 acre and coded vacant. [12] |
| FY 2026-2027 permit costs | Resolution 2026-071 took effect October 1, 2026. It lists a $45 lot inquiry, a $600 minimum permit for a new site-built house, a $150 private well permit, and a $525 new-home septic permit. [4] |
| A 2025 vacant-lot tax bill | The 2025 tax bill for 109 Money Dr was $56.62 and showed no non-ad valorem charge. The fire district rate printed on that bill is 1.1000 mills. [13] |
| 2012 flood study | FEMA study 12107CV000A, dated February 2, 2012, numbers unincorporated Putnam County as community 120272. A gage, Etonia Creek near Florahome (02245000), contributed readings from 1974 to 1990. [5] |
| State forest and a lake | Etoniah Creek State Forest covers 8,902 acres. Its office is northeast of town: 2 miles east to Holloway Road, then 2.6 miles north. The forest has 491 feet of frontage on the 819-acre Georges Lake. [8] |
| Etonia Creek | USGS monitoring site 02245000 is Etonia Creek near Florahome. Putnam County's flood study lists the creek among waterways that can overflow, so low lots near it need a creek-flood review rather than a townwide assumption. [15],[5] |
| 2025 sale price by lot size | The median recorded 2025 sale price for a third-acre lot in Florahome was $7,500 across 19 sales. [1] |
| Vacant lots that got a home on the tax roll in 2025 | 19 recorded with new-construction evidence. [1] |
| Owner-type shares | Individuals 76.6%; companies 14.5%; trusts 3.3%; estates/heirs 2.8%; government/associations 2.8%. [1] |
| Typical annual ad valorem taxes | A typical vacant lot in Florahome has estimated 2025 ad valorem taxes about $67 a year; most lots here also pay non-ad valorem charges (listed below). |
| 2026 so far (Jan-Jun) | 10 recorded vacant-lot sales; median $6,600. [1] |
| FEMA high-risk flood-zone screen | About 3% of vacant lots in Florahome have their center point in a FEMA high-risk flood zone (effective maps dated February 2, 2012 to March 17, 2014). This is map screening, not a determination; check FEMA's Map Service Center for your parcel. |
| Springs BMAP small-lot screen | About 0% of located vacant lots in Florahome are 1 acre or less and have their center point in an adopted Florida springs BMAP. |
Pricing
What is a lot in Florahome worth?
In 2025, vacant lots in Florahome sold for a median of $8,800 across 36 arm's-length sales; the middle half sold for $5,000 to $14,400. [1]
These are open-market sale prices. A direct cash offer is usually lower, because a cash buyer closes in days and takes on the time and cost of reselling the lot.
Recorded 2025 sale prices by lot size in Florahome
| Lot-size class | 2025 sales | 2025 median lot sale | Middle half |
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| Third-acre lot13,000–15,999 sq ft | 19 | $7,500 | $4,800–$12,000 |
| Standard city lot7,000–8,999 sq ft | 10 | $9,800 | $5,100–$14,400 |
These are open-market sale prices. A direct cash offer is usually lower, because a cash buyer closes in days and takes on the time and cost of reselling the lot.
See what similar lots sold for
What moves the price in Florahome
The railway grid and the later sections
Price starts with which plat the lot is on. The railway laid the town out in 1899. North-south streets took tree or shrub names, and east-west streets took state or province names. County GIS still carries that grid as Florahome, Map Book 1, Page 104: Manitoba and Dakota, plus Oak and Ivy. The Block 3 write-up also mentions a closed piece of East Dakota Street, so a line on the old plat is not always an open road. The appraiser lists Lakeside Hills Sections 1 through 11, and Section 6 is Map Book 4, Page 143. A vacant lot there, 109 Money Dr, is 0.17 acre, under the median of 0.28 acres (12,200 square feet). 34% of the sized vacant lots are standard city lots, so a wider piece stands out. [9],[11],[12],[1]
A house may need a county permit, well, and tank
Whoever builds deals with the county, not a city hall. The posted citizen guide says the land code requires a development permit "prior to the start of development activity in unincorporated Putnam County." Resolution 2026-071, in force since October 1, 2026, sets the minimum permit for a new site-built house at $600, trades included, plus a $35 application deposit and a $30 zoning permit for a one- or two-family home. A written lot inquiry is $45. Planning allows up to four weeks and says most replies arrive within two. That same resolution prices a private well permit at $150 and a new residential septic permit at $525, split as $400 to the state and $125 to the county. Its water exhibit prices named county plants and does not name a plant for this community. Those costs hit the person who builds. They are not a step you must finish in order to sell. [7],[4],[3]
One empty lot's 2025 bill was $56.62
The yearly bill on an empty lot can be small, and it still comes back. For 2025, vacant 109 Money Dr in Lakeside Hills Section 6 was billed $56.62. That bill prints the fire taxing district at 1.1000 mills and does not print a non-ad valorem assessment. The payment note says the clerk paid it for a February 11, 2026 tax-deed sale. On a different page of the county fee book, the FY 2026-2027 schedule shows a $312 special-assessment total for unincorporated areas, landfill $121 and collection $191. The appraiser says that solid-waste fee applies to residential units, which fits a vacant bill that left the line off. An MSBU, a neighborhood charge for one road or drainage job, also does not appear on this bill. A different lot can carry a line this one does not. [13],[4],[14]
2025 sale prices sit above the tax figure
A sale price and a tax value are not the same number. In the 2025 sales counted here, 36 vacant lots changed hands one parcel at a time in arm's-length deals. The midpoint was $8,800. The middle half of those prices ran $5,000–$14,400. The midpoint of just value, the tax figure, is $6,100, and the middle of those values is $4,700–$9,400. Just value is not money a buyer handed over. The $5,400 market value on the 2025 Money Drive bill is one parcel, not that midpoint. A tight Section 6 lot, a town-plat block, a closed street, a well, and a septic tank are why one cash offer will not match the midpoint. [1],[13]
Common situations
Selling land in Florahome in these situations
You inherited a town-plat lot you have not seen
Yes. An heir can sell a town-plat lot without having walked it. The railway platted the grid in 1899, and a lot such as 203 E Manitoba Street is still described as Florahome, Map Book 1, Page 104. Early on, the Etoniah Canal and Drainage Company dredged canals that drained the swamps around the town, which sits on a sandy hill. You do not have to clear brush or build first. [9],[11]
The taxes fell behind and a tax deed was noted
Yes. You can still sell when the taxes have gone unpaid. The 2025 bill for 109 Money Dr was $56.62, and the tax collector's payment note says the clerk paid that bill for a February 11, 2026 tax-deed sale. Liens or back taxes can be paid from the sale proceeds at closing, with the seller's consent. The small bill is not a reason to ignore it, because the note on this lot shows where an unpaid year can lead. [13]
You live outside Florida
Yes. You can sell without living in Florida. 25% of vacant-lot owners in this scope use a mailing address in another state, 74% use a Florida address, and 0% use a foreign address. Signing can be electronic, the closing packet can be mailed, and payment can be a check or a wire. The title work is handled by an independent, licensed title company, so you do not have to fly in for a routine closing. [1]
No pipes and no driveway yet
Yes. You can sell a lot that was never tied to water, sewer, or a finished driveway. We buy vacant land with no water, sewer, or road work. A later builder who cuts a residential driveway into the county right-of-way files the public-works right-of-way permit. The county fee schedule in force since October 1, 2026 lists that residential driveway connection at $120. Our land inspection is the only contingency, and a failed inspection costs the seller nothing. You do not pave the street in order to sell. [6],[4]
Step by step
How do I sell my land in Florahome?
From your first message to money in hand, with nothing left out. Requesting an offer costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
See every detail of the process-
Tell us about your land
Fill out the short form (about 60 seconds) or email us. A land specialist reaches out to confirm the details, usually the same business day.
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Get your cash offer within 24 hours
We review the property and send a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours. It is a real number, not a range. Take it or leave it, with no pressure either way.
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Sign electronically
If you accept, everyone signs the purchase agreement electronically. There is nothing to print or mail at this stage.
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We inspect, the title company verifies
Our team inspects the land and an independent title company runs a title search for liens or taxes owed. If the land does not pass inspection, you are never charged anything.
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Close and get paid
The title company prepares the closing documents for notarization and issues your funds by standard check, overnight check, or wire transfer. A typical sale closes in 10 days.
Questions
Selling land in Florahome: common questions
Can I sell my Florahome lot if it has no water or sewer?
Yes. A cash sale does not wait on a water or sewer tap. The county water-fee exhibit does not name a plant for this community, so the mailing name alone does not prove a public line reaches the parcel. A later house may need a private well and septic tank. Those permits belong to the builder. We check utilities, access, and title before offering.
How much does it cost to keep an empty lot in Florahome each year?
One 2025 vacant bill, for 109 Money Dr, was $56.62 and had no extra assessment line. The FY 2026-2027 schedule shows a $312 solid-waste total for unincorporated areas, and the appraiser ties that fee to residential units. This empty lot's bill did not include it. Your lines can differ. The bill repeats each year until the lot is sold.
Do I need a survey to sell land in Florahome?
No. You do not need a new survey to sell the lot you already own. If you later divide the land, the county's Type I subdivision fee starts at $500 for up to three lots. That is a splitting application, not a sale. The recorded legal description is what the deed already uses.
What would a septic permit cost if someone builds later?
A new residential septic permit on the FY 2026-2027 health schedule totals $525, itemized as $400 to the state and $125 to the county. A private well permit on that schedule is $150. You do not install either one in order to sell. The county guide treats septic as part of development, which is a building step.
Can I sell this lot from another state without visiting?
Yes. You can sell from another state without a visit. Owners with mailing addresses outside Florida hold 25% of the vacant lots in this scope. You can sign electronically and close by mail, and you can be paid by check or wire.
Does a flood zone stop a sale of my lot?
No. You can sell before anyone orders a flood letter. Study 12107CV000A, dated February 2, 2012, covers unincorporated Putnam County as community 120272, but a countywide study does not establish the zone for one lot. A written flood determination starts at $35.
Owner resources
Guides for your situation
- How to Sell Land During a Divorce
Florida land can be sold during a divorce when the people with authority to convey title sign and the sale follows every applicable agreement and court order. Divorce law may treat land as marital even when only one spouse appears on the deed.[1][2] If ownership, signing authority, or the division of proceeds is unsettled, have a Florida attorney and the closing title company resolve those issues before closing.
- Can You Sell Land With a Lien?
Yes. Land with a lien can often be sold, but signing a deed does not by itself erase a valid claim. The lien may need to be paid, released, discharged, or otherwise resolved under the law that applies. With the seller's consent, an approved payoff can come from sale proceeds at closing. If the balance or lien is wrong, dispute it before closing and require proof of the cure.
- Can You Sell Land With Back Taxes in Florida?
Yes. Florida land with back property taxes can often be sold if closing can redeem the tax lien before the tax-deed cutoff. With the seller's consent, the title company can use sale proceeds for the approved payoff. Move quickly: taxes generally become delinquent April 1,[1][2] and redemption ends once a tax-deed buyer makes full payment to the clerk.[4][7]
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- Keystone Heights
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- Melrose
308 vacant lots · 2025 median lot sale $30,000
- Putnam County
51,545 vacant lots countywide
How we made this page
Parcel Buyers is a land-buying company based in Florida. We buy vacant land directly from owners and publish these local pages so owners can see what land in their area is doing before they sell, to us or anyone else. We count the tax-roll figures ourselves from state data, take local rules and fees from the official sources listed below, and use AI tools to help research and draft the text. Every number links to its source, and we update the page when the data changes.
Method and sources
Tax-roll figures cover parcels whose property address city is Florahome. Source [1] is our own count of the Florida Department of Revenue's 2026 preliminary property tax roll: "vacant residential" means land-use code 000; lot sizes use the land square footage on the roll; values are the county property appraiser's just (market) value as of January 1, 2026; sale prices count only arm's-length sales of a single lot that was vacant when it sold and was still vacant on January 1, 2026 (bulk and multi-parcel deeds removed). Page updated October 3, 2026. Lot-size sale rows use the same qualified 2025 sale cohort and canonical square-foot classes; classes with fewer than 10 sales are omitted. Holding-cost estimates use 2025 taxable values and 2025 millage for FDOR vacant-residential code 000 parcels. They cover ad valorem taxes only, not a parcel-specific bill or non-ad valorem assessments. The reviewed 2026 recorded-sale window runs from January through June 2026; unreviewed recent sales are excluded. Flood and springs-BMAP figures screen tax-roll parcel center points, not parcel boundaries. They are aggregate map screens, not flood-zone, insurance, buildability, elevation, septic, or permitting determinations.
- [1] Florida Department of Revenue (data); Parcel Buyers (analysis), Parcel Buyers analysis of the 2026 preliminary Name-Address-Legal (NAL) property tax roll (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [2] Putnam County, Building Department, including city permit offices (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [3] Putnam County, Planning and Zoning, lot inquiry timing and fee (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [4] Putnam County Board of County Commissioners, Resolution 2026-071, fiscal year 2026-2027 fee schedule (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [5] Federal Emergency Management Agency, Flood Insurance Study 12107CV000A, Putnam County and incorporated areas (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [6] Putnam County Public Works, Right-of-way use permit, effective December 11, 2024 (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [7] Putnam County Planning and Development Services, A Citizen's Guide to Development in Putnam County (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [8] Florida Forest Service, Etoniah Creek State Forest (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [9] Wikipedia, Florahome, Florida (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [10] U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Place List for Florida (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [11] Putnam County GIS, Parcel layer: Florahome Map Book 1 lots and community name (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [12] Putnam County Property Appraiser, Parcel 18-08-25-5106-6060-0080, 109 Money Dr, and subdivision menu (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [13] Putnam County Tax Collector, 2025 real estate tax detail, 109 Money Dr (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [14] Putnam County Property Appraiser, Non-ad valorem assessments and solid waste (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [15] U.S. Geological Survey, Etonia Creek near Florahome, monitoring site 02245000 (accessed 2026-10-03)