Fountainhead, the honest version.
Four hundred fifteen homes on French-named streets near Wickham Park, a real voluntary HOA with a fee confirmed by multiple independent listings, and a real cemetery in Palm Bay sharing the exact same name worth ruling out first.
Not the cemetery, and a real voluntary HOA.
Fountainhead sits near Wickham Park in Melbourne, southwest of Autumn Woods and southeast of Temple Terrace, built out mostly between 1965 and 2011 across six recorded plats. Worth ruling out directly, and I mean this literally: Fountainhead Memorial Park is a real cemetery and funeral home in Palm Bay, completely unrelated to this 415-home neighborhood despite sharing the exact name, and at least half a dozen other unrelated Florida condos and apartment complexes use the same name in other cities. The HOA here is real, described consistently as The Fountainhead Home Owners Association, voluntary rather than mandatory, with a roughly $225-a-year fee that shows up across more than one current, independent listing rather than a single unverifiable snippet. I could not personally pull the exact state filing record to confirm its registration date. The internal streets carry a real French theme, Sacre Coeur Drive, Chantilly Drive, Bayeux Avenue and Rouen Avenue among them, though I could not find who chose the naming or why.
What 415 homes look like on paper.
I keep the full Brevard property roll on hand, every parcel, not a listing-site sample. This is all of Fountainhead as the county appraiser sees it, across 6 recorded plats.
Source: Brevard County Property Appraiser public roll, mid-2026. Sale medians are recorded sale prices, not appraiser market value.
Three Fountainhead realities to price in.
"Fountainhead" alone will pull in a cemetery, apartments, and unrelated condos
This is one of the more crowded names I've researched. Confirm any listing, review or HOA rule you find actually names this Melbourne subdivision near Wickham Park before you rely on it, not the Palm Bay memorial park or any of the several unrelated Fountainhead condos and apartments elsewhere in Florida.
The HOA fee circulating online is not primary-sourced
Roughly $225 a year, voluntary, shows up across multiple current listings rather than just one, giving it more credibility than most fee figures I report, but it's still not a primary HOA document. Confirm the current amount directly with the association before assuming it.
A 1974 median means the roof and the panel are worth asking about by name
In Florida in 2026, a four-point inspection can decide whether a policy gets written at all on a house this age, and insurers price roof age above almost everything else. Also ask specifically about the electrical panel brand, Federal Pacific and Zinsco panels from this era are widely flagged as fire-risk by inspectors. Neither is guaranteed present, but both are worth asking about directly rather than trusting a generic inspection to catch them.
Three things I could not source.
Three things I would rather show you the gap on than fill with an unverified listing snippet.
The exact state filing date for the HOA
The association's existence and voluntary $225-a-year fee are corroborated across multiple current listings, but I could not personally pull the exact state corporate filing record to confirm its registration date.
The original developer and the reason for the French street names
A real, distinctive naming pattern with no documented origin I could find. If you find the primary plat document, I would like to see it.
Your school zoning and flood zone
Both assigned by address, not by subdivision, and both get redrawn. Verify the exact address with Brevard Public Schools, and pull the flood zone at FEMA's Map Service Center. My flood zone guide walks through what it means for your insurance bill.
If it is Wickham Park-area Melbourne you are shopping.
Ixora Park sits nearby with a similar established, mid-1970s Melbourne story. The Melbourne guide covers the wider market.
Questions people actually ask.
Is this the same Fountainhead as the memorial park in Palm Bay?
No, and this is worth stating plainly given how different the two are. Fountainhead Memorial Park is a real cemetery and funeral home in Palm Bay, completely unrelated to this 415-home Melbourne subdivision, sharing nothing but the name. At least half a dozen other unrelated Florida properties, condos, apartments and communities in other cities, also use the Fountainhead name. Confirm which one a source is actually describing.
Does Fountainhead have an HOA?
Yes, a real association exists, described consistently across multiple current listings as The Fountainhead Home Owners Association, voluntary rather than mandatory. I was not able to independently pull the exact state filing record myself to confirm the entity's registration date, so treat that specific detail as probable rather than certain. A separate, unrelated Fountainhead Homeowners' Association exists in Seminole County, another same-name trap to rule out.
What is the Fountainhead HOA fee?
Roughly $225 a year, and this figure is corroborated across more than one current, independent listing, not just a single aggregator snippet, which gives it more credibility than most fee figures I report. It is still not a primary HOA document, so confirm the current amount directly with the association or a specific listing's disclosure before relying on it.
Why do the streets here have French names?
This is real: Sacre Coeur Drive, Chantilly Drive, Bayeux Avenue and Rouen Avenue are among the actual street names in this community, a genuine developer naming theme. I could not find who chose it or why, so I am not inventing a reason.
Looking at a Fountainhead listing? No pressure.
Tell me the address and I will confirm the real HOA fee before you assume the voluntary figure I found online is current. No drip campaign, no calls.