Golf communities (Naples, Immokalee, Pelican Bay: 2014, HOA fees, condos)

[Ryan113]

What are some of the more affordable golf communities in Naples ie: homes, initiation and HOA fees? Also any that are golf cart friendly. TIA

[JPrzybylski07]

Here Marc a potential new lead! LOL

[bbtondo]

Originally Posted by Ryan113

What are some of the more affordable golf communities in Naples ie: homes, initiation and HOA fees? Also any that are golf cart friendly. TIA

Affordable? It depends on what you think affordable is. Are you looking for a bundled golf community? A separate country club with initiation fees and dues? Look at your budget and start inquiring at country clubs. It's easy to email them to get fee information along with their social calendar, golf info, etc. Then look at the same budget and compare to communities with bundled golf. Generally speaking bundled golf communities have more people on the course. Be sure to compare the taxes, CDC fees and HOA fees plus cc fees with all communities. Especially look to see if and what assessments a cc and/or community has had in the past. They can be quite high!

You may find the cost of a bundled golf community with high CDC fees plus taxes, plus HOA may be similar as to costs in a community with no golf and joining a country club instead. It all depends on where you look.

What location do you want to live in? Do you want a large of small community? Do you want a community with a large resort pool and resort amenities? Do you want to join a country club vs Bundled Golf community?

For example:

Cypress Woods in North Naples is a bundled golf community. some small homes there along with condos. You may want to check that out. Nice small restaurant, bar, clubhouse. The community pool next to the restaurant and clubhouse is small and nothing special. I consider that an affordable golf community. Off of Immokalee to get there but you can avoid it if you want.

I believe most of the homes in Esplanade are bundled golf. Nice community, but I don't think their clubhouse has been built yet; it's been quite a while. Also off of Immokalee. I'm not a fan of any community off of Immokalee. Just hate that road and don't want to deal with it day in and day out. LOL

Heritage Bay off of Immokalee is also a bundled golf community.

Grey Oaks is lovely, where you'll need a very high budget. Pelican Bay, etc.

As far as golf cart friendly, you mean driving a golf cart in the community on the roads? I'm not familiar with one, but I have very limited knowledge about that.

Good luck!

[markjames68]

Originally Posted by bbtondo

As far as golf cart friendly, you mean driving a golf cart in the community on the roads? I'm not familiar with one, but I have very limited knowledge about that.

If it's a gated golf community you will see carts driving on the roads, as privately owned carts are parked in the garage and then driven to the course.

Note that the courses usually charge a trail fee for the use for personal carts (this will vary by course and community). In Olde Cypress it was around $2,000 a year, so you had to play a fair amount of rounds to save vs. paying a per-round cart fee.

As to golf fees, there are generally a couple of options, and then if it's an equity membership or non-equity.

Again using Olde Cypress as an example, the initiation fee was somewhere around $45K (might have increased), which was non-equity (and therefore non-refundable) but if you bought a house it was "free".

Full golf was then around $12K a year, and partial golf around $8500. The latter limited advanced reservations, in-season golf rounds and a few other things - plus you paid reduced greens fees.

In Heritage Bay, it's bundled golf, but you still pay other fees, and I know there there's a minimum food and beverage spend of just under $1000 I believe.

[Ryan113]

Thanks so much for your detailed response.

[Ryan113]

Just a FYI, I found that the Golf Home Guru website and app was very informative and was a big help for membership fees at listed golf communities.

[markjames68]

Originally Posted by Ryan113

Just a FYI, I found that the Golf Home Guru website and app was very informative and was a big help for membership fees at listed golf communities.

This looks like a helpful resource.

[markjames68]

Something else I saw...the Esplanade clubhouse STILL isn’t completed. I looked at that community in 2014 and they said 2 years THEN.

If I lived there I would be totally pissed off.

[bbtondo]

Originally Posted by markjames68

Something else I saw...the Esplanade clubhouse STILL isn’t completed. I looked at that community in 2014 and they said 2 years THEN.

If I lived there I would be totally pissed off.

We looked with friends there about 3 years ago. When they saw no clubhouse, they didn't buy there. Something bad financially must be going on.

[Marc Middleton]

Originally Posted by markjames68

Something else I saw...the Esplanade clubhouse STILL isn’t completed. I looked at that community in 2014 and they said 2 years THEN.

If I lived there I would be totally pissed off.

Should be done in 2021 - there was a big financial dispute that messed things up.

It'll be gorgeous when done, most of the homes are all sold out now (a few condos).

However yes, as an owner i'd be livid. Good thing they have an awesome golf facility & tennis courts to keep me happy