The Bluffs at Carey Station, Lake Oconee | New Home Community Guide

The Bluffs is inland on Carey Station Road, about two miles up from Highway 44, in the Lake Oconee commercial district. Coming from Hwy 44 you pass Traditions on the way, and the stone and timber entrance is on the left. It has no water of its own; for the lake, you are a short drive from the public ramps and the marinas. Browse every community on the Lake Oconee neighborhoods page.

Dream Finders Homes, a national builder based in Jacksonville, Florida, is building The Bluffs in two collections named for the width of the homesite.

The 50-foot collection has four plans running from 1,900 to 2,300 square feet with four or five bedrooms, and it makes up the bigger share of the neighborhood: 191 of the 344 homesites are 50-foot lots. The 65-foot collection is the larger of the two: six plans from 2,500 to 3,170 square feet with four to six bedrooms on wider lots.

Every plan is two stories, in what the builder calls a farmhouse style. Some put a primary suite on the main level, and one has two of them, one on each floor. Some plans add a covered patio with an outdoor fireplace.

From the road you see the entrance, the first few streets and the model home, and it is easy to drive past thinking that is all there is. Once you are inside, the land opens up to the north behind a screen of trees you cannot see through from Carey Station Road. It is a much larger subdivision than the frontage suggests.

The final plat for the second phase, dated October 2026, puts numbers on it: 344 homesites on 136.48 acres, with about 44.6 acres kept as open space. The second phase is 85 of those homesites, and the plat still shows a future phase beyond it. At full build-out that is about two and a half homes per acre, well under the four per acre the zoning allows.

The streets are named for writers: Dickens Road, Homer Way, Whitman Way, Joyce Court, Melville Court, Conrad Court and Orwell Lane. The sign at Dickens Road spells it Meliville Court, though the county records have Melville right. One has to assume that was a print error and will be fixed one day.

The amenities Dream Finders lists for The Bluffs:

• A resort-style pool with a pool house
• A covered pavilion with a fire pit
• A playground

At the grand opening these were still described as planned, so check what is finished when you visit. Pickleball courts and a clubhouse are also mentioned on some of the builder’s listings but are not yet confirmed.

Lake Oconee Academy is about a mile and a quarter away and St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital about a mile and three-quarters. Highway 44 and its shops and restaurants are a bit over two miles down Carey Station Road.

The Bluffs is in the Greene County School System. Lake Oconee Academy is a public K-12 charter school, and the subdivision’s location close to it is a big part of the appeal.

Dream Finders lists base prices from the high $300,000s in the 50-foot collection and from the mid $400,000s in the 65-foot collection. Finished and under-construction homes, with the lot and options priced in, have been listed from the high $300,000s into the $500,000s.

That starts below where Traditions has been selling since 2022. With Oakdale Forest in this same corridor there will likely be some price competition along Carey Station Road for both new builds and resales.

Buyers who want a new house a short drive from Lake Oconee Academy are the obvious fit. So are people who work at the hospital or along Highway 44 and want a short commute, and buyers who want new construction with a builder warranty at Lake Oconee.

You can also see every home for sale on and around the lake on my Lake Oconee homes for sale page.