Sarasota, FL
The Meadows
One of Sarasota's largest master-planned communities, approximately 3,400 residences on 1,650 acres, developed by Taylor Woodrow Homes between 1977 and 2017. Features 17 Har-Tru tennis courts, 14+ miles of nature trails, lakes, and an Audubon-certified bird sanctuary. The Meadows Country Club offers 54 holes of championship golf.
Status
Established · resale
Home Types
Single Family, Villas, Condos & Townhomes
Amenity Level
High
Community size
~3,400
homes, as the community reports it
community record
1,221
completed homes on the county roll
Sarasota County property appraiser roll, read October 2026
1,315
recorded residential lots
Sarasota County property appraiser roll, read October 2026
These two figures are 64% apart. These two figures count different things and have not been reconciled. The roll counts parcels inside the boundary matched to this name; the community figure may cover plats the roll matched separately, or an association roster. Neither is presented here as the size of the community.
Amenities & lifestyle
- 54 holes of golf (Meadows Country Club)
- 17 Har-Tru tennis courts
- 14+ miles of nature trails
- Lakes & Audubon bird sanctuary
- Multiple pools & fitness centers
- 1,650 acres
How The Meadows compares
From the county records
$485,000
Median of 151 recorded sales since October 2023, the middle eighty percent between $325,000 and $725,000.
45%
Of the 1,221 matched residential units here claim a homestead exemption, which reads as a mix of homes claimed as a permanent residence and homes that are not.
Newest completion recorded 2023. The roll records no completions here in the last three years. Most of what trades is resale, though an absence of recent completions is not by itself proof a community is closed to new building.
Arm’s-length sales recorded with Sarasota County, read October 2026. Quitclaims, foreclosures, family transfers and pre-construction sales are excluded. Homestead requires the property to be a permanent residence, so the share carrying one is reported here as a share of matched residential units rather than as a count of who lives here. Homestead is a tax filing, not an occupancy count. A rented home can house full-time residents and will never carry the exemption, and an owner who lives here but never filed does not appear in it either. Read it as what share of matched residential units claim the exemption, not as who lives here.
Golf here is The Meadows Country Club, a public club. Membership structure and any fees are on its page.
The Meadows also appears in
Governing Documents
HOA & community documents for The Meadows
0 documents published by the association and linked to the page each one lives on. Nothing is copied here, so you read whatever they publish today.
The Meadows Community Association, Incorporated
Master associationMatched to The Meadows because: Florida’s Division of Corporations register records this as an ACTIVE not-for-profit corporation, document number 735441, filed on 31 March 1976, with its principal address at 2004 Longmeadow, Sarasota, FL 34235. THE ADDRESS IS THE EVIDENCE, NOT THE NAME. Florida is full of identically named associations, and a search of the register for the communities on this site returned active corporations of the right name in Orlando, Bonita Springs, Melbourne, Ormond Beach, Sanford, Estero, Lakeland, Miami and Deerfield Beach. Only a corporation registered in Sarasota at an address consistent with the community was accepted.
Who to contact
- Contact role
- Not-for-profit corporation registered with the Florida Division of Corporations
No officer, director or registered agent is listed here. The corporate register publishes all three by name, and several give a home address; none of that belongs in a public directory of community documents.
Board members and officers are not listed here. They change often, and their names are on the association’s own records and in the state’s corporate filings, which is where they should be read from rather than from a page that cannot keep up.
The Meadows Community Association, Incorporated
No public documents have been located for this association yet.
Nothing found is not the same as nothing in force. Every community in Florida with an association has governing documents; this says only that they have not been found in a public place.
The governing body is known and nothing it publishes is public. That is a gap in what has been published, not evidence that the community has no restrictions. This list records what has been found in public, not everything that governs the property. Before an offer I pull the full document set for the specific address along with the association’s budget and financials.
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The Meadows FAQ
Can you still buy a new home in The Meadows?+
The Meadows is essentially sold out of new construction, so homes here come up as resale. I can set you up with alerts the moment one hits the market and give you an honest read on value before you offer.
What kind of homes are in The Meadows?+
The Meadows offers single family, villas, condos & townhomes. Attached homes carry an association that maintains the building itself, so the fee covers more than it would on a single-family home and the association's reserves matter to you directly. What a specific home includes, and what the association maintains, is set out in that community's documents and is worth reading before an offer rather than after.
Is golf membership required at The Meadows?+
Golf is central to The Meadows, but living in a golf community and holding a golf membership are two different things and the distinction costs real money. The course here is The Meadows Country Club, which is public. Membership structures vary: some are required with the home, some optional, some sold separately to non-residents, and some carry a waiting list. Confirm which applies to the specific address, and the current dues, directly with the club before relying on it.
What amenities does The Meadows have?+
The Meadows offers 54 holes of golf (Meadows Country Club), 17 Har-Tru tennis courts, 14+ miles of nature trails, Lakes & Audubon bird sanctuary, Multiple pools & fitness centers, among others. Worth separating two things that often get blurred together: amenities the HOA maintains and which every owner pays for, and club or golf facilities that may require a separate membership on top. Which category each amenity falls into determines your actual annual cost, and it is set out in the community documents rather than in any listing.
What have homes in The Meadows actually sold for?+
151 arm's-length sales have been recorded in The Meadows since October 2023, at a median of $485,000. The middle eighty percent of those sales fell between $325,000 and $725,000, which is a better guide to the range than the extremes. These are prices recorded with Sarasota County, not asking prices, so they describe what buyers and sellers actually agreed. Figures read October 2026; quitclaims, foreclosures and family transfers are excluded.
Do people live in The Meadows year round?+
45% of the 1,221 matched residential units in The Meadows claim a homestead exemption, which Florida grants only on an owner's permanent residence, read from the Sarasota County roll in October 2026. That reads as a mix of homes claimed as a permanent residence and homes that are not. Homestead is a tax filing, not an occupancy count. A rented home can house full-time residents and will never carry the exemption, and an owner who lives here but never filed does not appear in it either. Read it as what share of matched residential units claim the exemption, not as who lives here.
Is The Meadows still being built?+
The most recent home the county records in The Meadows was completed in 2023, across 1,315 platted parcels of which 1,221 carry a finished home. The county records no completions in The Meadows in the last three years, so what trades is resale. An absence of recent completions is not by itself proof that no further building is permitted. Build year matters more in Florida than buyers expect, because insurers weight roof age heavily and it drives what a property costs to carry rather than just what it costs to buy.
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