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By Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar, McGreevy and Comisar, Domain Realty Group. Updated October 2026.
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Barefoot Beach Club I is an 82-unit condominium in three Gulf-side buildings at 253, 255 and 257 Barefoot Beach Boulevard, and this is our buying plan for a condo there, written by a Bonita Springs buyer’s team. The full neighborhood record sits in our Barefoot Beach Club I guide, and this page turns it into steps: what the three buildings have recorded at, what a buyer pays beyond the price, what the documents require and what to ask for before you sign. For the community-wide view of all four Club condominiums, start with our Barefoot Beach Club buyer page.
Bonita Springs or Naples? The mailing address says Bonita Springs, ZIP 34134, but Club I sits in unincorporated Collier County inside Barefoot Beach, neither in the City of Bonita Springs nor the City of Naples, so Collier County sets the taxes, flood rules, permits and public schools. Club I is the oldest of the four Club condominiums, with the first closings in the spring of 1991, and it carries one rule the other three do not: a 20-pound pet limit, against 45 pounds for the rest of the Club.
Three other names are easy to confuse with this one. Barefoot Beach Club is the 348-unit community of four condominium associations, of which Club I is one. The Club at Barefoot Beach is a separate private beach and tennis club on Shell Drive, and no recorded document we read conveys its membership with a Club I deed. And Barefoot Beach Club is also the name of unrelated hotels in Pinellas County. Southwest Florida MLS figures on this page were pulled October 3, 2026, and each one names the window it covers.
To buy a condo in Barefoot Beach Club I in 2026, start with the documents, not the price: request the association package that Florida Statute 718.503 entitles you to, quote flood and wind insurance for the building, and price from the nearest recorded sale, because the county holds only 8 qualified Club I sales in five years.
The order matters because 82 homes in three buildings leave a thin record. A buyer in a 300-unit tower can price from dozens of recent sales, while a Club I buyer prices from eight recorded deeds spread across three buildings and five floor plans, so the work moves from the market to the paperwork. We build that file for your short list before you tour, and our Barefoot Beach Club I guide carries the full record behind it.
These are the eight facts a Barefoot Beach Club I condo buyer should know in October 2026, each explained in the section that covers it.
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Recent Barefoot Beach Club I buyer track record (last 12 months): McGreevy and Comisar closed no sale at Barefoot Beach Club I through the Southwest Florida MLS in the 60 months to October 3, 2026, on either the listing or the buying side. The MLS shows 2 Club I closings in the 12 months to that date, so our Club I buyer count is 0 and our share is 0 of 2. The highest-priced sale of the 12 months was $1,200,000, the price of both closings, at 257 Barefoot Beach Boulevard.
What we can document is what we tracked. We tracked every one of the 8 county-qualified Barefoot Beach Club I sales in the last 60 months, the 7 further recorded deeds the county did not mark qualified, and all 82 parcels on the county roll, for this page. Jesse and Marc together carry over $900 million in personal sales, and the Domain Realty Group team they lead has sold over $2.5 Billion in real estate. Neither figure is a Club I number, and we do not imply that we sold, listed or represented any Club I sale.
You will work with Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar themselves. Both are licensed Florida agents, with license numbers in the footer of this page, and either of us will take your first call. If you are still comparing agents, see our guide to the best real estate agents in Barefoot Beach. Marc is at (239) 287-5873 and Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072. Our Barefoot Beach buyer page compares every product in the community.
Start your Barefoot Beach Club I buyer consultation with the form on this page, or read how we represent buyers. Call Marc at (239) 287-5873, and we will send the Club I condos that fit your budget with their recorded sales and the documents to request.
Barefoot Beach Club I recorded 8 county-qualified condo sales in the 60 months since October 2021, from $1,400,000 to $3,335,000, and none in the last 12 months. These are county records of sales qualified for the Department of Revenue, not Southwest Florida MLS closings, and eight sales cannot set a price for any one home.
Data updated: October 2026 (Collier County Property Appraiser public data files, 2026 preliminary roll, sales through August 24, 2026)
Our method widens the window to 12, 24, 36 and then 60 months until it holds at least 10 qualified sales, and it lists the sales instead of quoting a median whenever a window holds fewer than 10. Club I never reaches 10 inside five years, so each window below shows its count and range, and the sales follow. The county file was built from Collier County Property Appraiser files dated August 29 and August 31, 2026, and the newest recorded sale in it is dated August 24, 2026, so a sale after that date is not here.
| Window | Counted from | Qualified sales (n) | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 12 months | October 2025 | 0 | none | none |
| Last 24 months | October 2024 | 5 | $1,400,000 | $2,950,000 |
| Last 36 months | October 2023 | 5 | $1,400,000 | $2,950,000 |
| Last 60 months | October 2021 | 8 | $1,400,000 | $3,335,000 |
A qualified sale is one the county coded as an arm’s-length sale for the Department of Revenue. The code can lag a closing by weeks, and in this file it is thin in 2022 and 2024, so a quiet year in the county record is not proof of a quiet market. By calendar year the eight qualified sales fall three in 2023 and five in 2025, with none in 2022 or 2024.
We tracked every one of the 8 qualified sales in the county record for this page. All eight were resales and none was builder-direct. Price per square foot is the sale price divided by the county base area, the roll’s building area, which is not a measured heated area and not an MLS living area. The last column sets each price beside the 2026 preliminary just value of the same home, the county’s tax valuation, shown for context and never as a price guide.
| Date | Price | Building | County base area | Price per sq ft | Price as a percent of that home’s 2026 preliminary just value | Official Records book and page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2023 | $2,480,000 | 253 (building I) | 1,726 sq ft | $1,437 | 157% | 6249 / 2226 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | $3,335,000 | 253 (building I) | 2,003 sq ft | $1,665 | 165% | 6275 / 3064 |
| Sep 28, 2023 | $2,030,000 | 253 (building I) | 1,604 sq ft | $1,266 | 164% | 6293 / 2305 |
| Apr 4, 2025 | $2,750,000 | 255 (building II) | 1,726 sq ft | $1,593 | 174% | 6456 / 1849 |
| Apr 8, 2025 | $2,500,000 | 255 (building II) | 2,003 sq ft | $1,248 | 126% | 6460 / 2684 |
| Jul 9, 2025 | $1,400,000 | 253 (building I) | 1,604 sq ft | $873 | 111% | 6490 / 605 |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $2,950,000 | 257 (building III), penthouse level | 2,003 sq ft | $1,473 | 135% | 6495 / 1313 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $1,875,000 | 257 (building III) | 1,726 sq ft | $1,086 | 120% | 6500 / 3986 |
The median of these 8 sales is $2,490,000. We give it only because every sale sits in the table above, and we do not treat it as a market price. Four of the eight were at 253, two at 255 and two at 257. The price per square foot runs from $873 to $1,665, a spread of almost two to one, so a single blended figure would mislead. We do not know the condition, view, floor or furnishings behind any price, because the county record does not carry them.
The county file holds 7 more recorded deeds over $100,000 against Club I homes in the same 60 months with no qualified flag. They are real recorded transfers, so we list them separately and never fold them into the eight above, average them or use them as a price guide. The county file does not say why a deed was left out, and our own reading is only an inference: the flag is thin in the years of Hurricane Ian and the 2024 hurricane season.
| Date | Recorded price | Building | County base area | Official Records book and page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2021 | $1,000,000 | 253 (building I) | 1,604 sq ft | 6024 / 3824 |
| Mar 8, 2022 | $2,450,000 | 257 (building III) | 1,726 sq ft | 6099 / 3315 |
| Jul 1, 2022 | $3,495,000 | 255 (building II) | 2,003 sq ft | 6149 / 1483 |
| Jan 10, 2024 | $2,850,000 | 253 (building I) | 1,726 sq ft | 6321 / 2032 |
| Mar 9, 2024 | $3,850,000 | 253 (building I) | 2,003 sq ft | 6340 / 59 |
| Dec 16, 2024 | $2,800,000 | 255 (building II) | 2,003 sq ft | 6426 / 269 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | $1,200,000 | 257 (building III) | 1,726 sq ft | 6557 / 3360 |
The seven range from $1,000,000 to $3,850,000. The February 2026 deed is the newest recorded Club I deed of this size in the file, and because it is not county-qualified, the qualified list ends in August 2025 while a deed was recorded after it. For a buyer, the point is narrow: the qualified record alone understates activity, and an appraiser or a seller who cites a deed from the second list should be asked for its context first.
On the qualified record alone, 8 sales in 60 months is 1.6 sales a year (8 divided by 5), which is 1.95 percent of the 82 homes a year (1.6 divided by 82). The last 24 months show 5 sales, 2.5 a year (5 divided by 2), or 3.05 percent a year (2.5 divided by 82), and the last 12 months show none. Because seven further deeds were recorded without the qualified flag, true turnover is somewhat higher, and we do not blend the two series or guess at the reason.
The county’s 2026 preliminary just value is a mass-appraisal figure for tax purposes, not a sale price. For the 82 homes the lowest is $1,119,040, the median is $1,772,030 and the highest is $2,339,440. Building I has a median of $1,602,030, lower partly because it holds all ten of the 1,604 square foot homes, and buildings II and III both have a median of $1,825,482. Source: Collier County Property Appraiser, 2026 preliminary tax roll.
The community-wide view lives on the Barefoot Beach Club buyer page. In the 12 months since October 2025 the four Club condominiums together recorded 12 qualified sales with a median of $1,300,000, and in the 60 months 32 sales from $1,000,000 to $3,335,000. Those are Club-wide figures, not Club I figures, and none of the 12 recent sales was at Club I.
The Southwest Florida MLS, pulled October 3, 2026, shows 2 Club I closings in the last 12 months, both at $1,200,000, 10 in the last 36 months and 15 in the last 60. In the 36 months to October 3, 2026, the 10 closings had a median sale price of $2,725,000 in a range of $1,200,000 to $3,850,000, median days on market of 164, a median sale-to-list ratio of 93.4% of the final list price and MLS living areas of 1,604 to 2,003 square feet. Four condos were active and none was pending on October 3, 2026, which is 24 months of supply, an indicative figure on 2 closings in 12 months. The pull records the final list price only, so price changes are read listing by listing when we prepare an offer. Our team’s share of Club I transactions is 0 of 15: McGreevy and Comisar closed no sale at Barefoot Beach Club I through the Southwest Florida MLS in the 60 months to October 3, 2026, on either the listing or the buying side. We do not blend these figures with the county record, because the two are different measures and a blended number would be wrong about both.
A Barefoot Beach Club I condo fits a buyer who wants a Gulf-side condominium inside the gate, a smaller association of 82 homes and a choice among five floor plans, and who is comfortable reading recorded documents. It fits less well a buyer with a large dog or one who needs a published monthly fee before touring.
Data updated: October 2026 (Collier County Property Appraiser public data files, 2026 preliminary roll, sales through August 24, 2026)
Club I occupies three of the Club’s twelve buildings, all on the odd-numbered, Gulf side of Barefoot Beach Boulevard. Each is six residential levels over ground-level parking, seven levels in all. The county labels them I, II and III, which is easy to confuse with the Club’s four condominiums, so on this page “building” always means one of these three.
| Building | Street number | Homes | Year built (county roll) | Plans in the building | Median 2026 preliminary just value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 253 | 34 | 1991 | 1,604, 1,726, 2,003, 2,226 and 2,408 sq ft | $1,602,030 |
| II | 255 | 24 | 1991 | 1,726 and 2,003 sq ft | $1,825,482 |
| III | 257 | 24 | 1991 | 1,726 and 2,003 sq ft | $1,825,482 |
Building I has floors 2 to 6 with six homes each, which is 30, plus four on the penthouse level, for 34. Buildings II and III each have floors 2 to 6 with four homes each, 20, plus four on the penthouse level, for 24. And 34 + 24 + 24 = 82. The state’s elevator registry records two elevators in building I and one each in buildings II and III.
The county reports base area, which is not the MLS or listing measure, so confirm square footage against the plans and a survey before pricing.
| County base area | Homes | Where | Median 2026 preliminary just value | Qualified sales in 60 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,604 sq ft | 10 | Building I only | $1,239,040 | 2 |
| 1,726 sq ft | 34 | Building I (10), buildings II and III (12 each) | $1,582,030 | 3 |
| 2,003 sq ft | 34 | Building I (10), buildings II and III (12 each) | $1,998,934 | 3 |
| 2,226 sq ft | 2 | Building I interior penthouses | $2,150,180 | 0 |
| 2,408 sq ft | 2 | Building I end penthouses | $2,339,440 | 0 |
The arithmetic: 10 + 34 + 34 + 2 + 2 = 82. Two things follow for a buyer. The 1,604 square foot plan exists only in building I, so a buyer who wants the smallest plan has one building to choose from. And only four Club I homes are larger than 2,003 square feet, all on building I’s penthouse level, none of which has a qualified sale in five years.
An owner of a Barefoot Beach Club I condo pays three layers of assessments: to the Club I association, to the Club umbrella association at 1/348 of its budget and, through the umbrella, a share of the Master Association’s boulevard, gate and security costs. We found no dollar amount for any layer in any recorded document or public page.
Data updated: October 2026 (Collier County Property Appraiser public data files, 2026 preliminary roll, sales through August 24, 2026)
| Layer | Who it is | What the recorded documents say it covers | Owner’s share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barefoot Beach Club I Condominium Association, Inc. | The three Club I buildings, the condominium’s common elements and its insurance, as Chapter 718 requires of every condominium association | 1/82 of the condominium’s common expenses per home |
| 2 | Barefoot Beach Club Condominium Owners Association, Inc., the umbrella | Pools, recreation facilities, clubhouse and its parking, landscaping throughout, streets not publicly dedicated, the surface water system and a pro rata share of the boulevard | 1/348 per home, across 348 members |
| 3 | Barefoot Beach Master Association, Inc. | The roughly 1.8-mile boulevard, the guarded gate, street lighting and speed humps | Paid through its member entities, of which the Club is one |
The umbrella’s recorded declaration says its common expenses include a pro rata share of maintaining and replacing Barefoot Beach Boulevard, so a Club I owner’s boulevard and gate cost reaches the owner through the umbrella, not through a separate bill from the Master Association.
Under Florida Statute 718.503, a buyer under contract is entitled, at the seller’s expense, to the annual financial statement and annual budget, and the estoppel certificate under Florida Statute 718.116 states what is owed on the specific home. We request both on every Club I purchase, and we also ask for the umbrella’s budget and the Master Association’s budget, because the Club I figure is only one of three.
A Barefoot Beach Club I buyer should check the declaration, the umbrella’s master declaration, the budget, the estoppel certificate and the insurance summary, because Florida Statute 718.503 entitles a buyer under contract to the association’s governing papers at the seller’s expense and a seven-day window to cancel after signing and receiving them. Club I is a chapter 718 condominium.
Data updated: October 2026 (Collier County Property Appraiser public data files, 2026 preliminary roll, sales through August 24, 2026)
Under Florida Statute 718.503, a prospective purchaser who has entered into a contract for a condominium unit is entitled, at the seller’s expense, to the declaration of condominium, the association’s articles of incorporation, its bylaws and rules, an annual financial statement and annual budget, the inspector-prepared summary of the milestone inspection report where one applies, the association’s most recent structural integrity reserve study or a statement that none has been completed, and the Frequently Asked Questions and Answers document.
A contract for the resale of a residential unit must carry a conspicuous clause. One version acknowledges receipt of the documents before signing, and the other makes the contract voidable by written notice within 7 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after the buyer signs and receives the documents. For contracts entered into after December 31, 2024, a parallel clause covers the milestone inspection summary, the turnover inspection report and the reserve study where they apply. All 8 recorded Club I sales in our 60-month window were resales, so this is the rule you will meet.
The Club I Amended and Restated Declaration of Condominium was recorded on October 8, 2010 at Official Records book 4612, page 3276, and restates the original declaration of February 20, 1991 at book 1594, page 305. The umbrella’s Amended and Restated Master Declaration was recorded the same day at book 4612, page 3203, and the Master Association’s restated bylaws were recorded on April 27, 2011 at book 4675, page 2424. All are public records in the Collier County Clerk’s index, linked in our Downloadable Documents section. Read the lease, pet and approval clauses yourself, because our summaries are ours.
The county labels the three Club I buildings I, II and III, so a “building III” at 257 belongs to Club I and is not Club III, a different condominium. The road is Barefoot Beach Boulevard today and Lely Beach Boulevard in the 1985 ordinance, the plats and the state’s condominium registry, which also lists Club I under the wrong county, Lee. If a title commitment or insurance quote uses the old road name or that county, ask the preparer to confirm the parcel.
Florida Statute 553.899 requires a milestone inspection of a condominium building of three habitable stories or more by December 31 of the year the building reaches age 30, counted from the certificate of occupancy, and every 10 years after. Florida Statute 718.112, paragraph (2)(g), requires a structural integrity reserve study at least every 10 years for each such building. The county roll dates the Club I buildings to 1991 and we could not read their certificates of occupancy, so we state no building’s status and no deadline. Ask for the summary and the study in the 718.503 package, and see the state’s reserve study reporting page.
Barefoot Beach Club I allows leasing with board approval for a minimum of 30 consecutive days and a maximum of one year, no more than three leases a year, and limits pets to 20 pounds in aggregate under the Club I declaration. A sale needs board approval, which the umbrella declaration says must be decided within 10 business days.
Data updated: October 2026
| Subject | Club I association | Umbrella association | Master Association |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pet limit | Stricter: 20 lb aggregate, declaration section 14.15 | Sets 45 lb aggregate for the Club, section 6.14, and lets a condominium be stricter | None found |
| Leasing and sale approval | Follows the umbrella’s master declaration | Sets lease terms in section 8 and sale approval in section 9 | None found |
| Pools, clubhouse, grounds | None | Owns and maintains them | None |
| Boulevard, gate, street lighting | None directly | Pays a pro rata share | Owns the road and staffs the gate 24 hours |
| Rules and Regulations | Not recorded; available from the association | Not recorded; available from the association | Not found |
Read the table as our summary of three recorded documents. Where it says none found, we mean the document we read does not address the point, not that no rule exists.
The umbrella’s master declaration says a sale needs board approval, that the decision is due within 10 business days and that approval may be refused only for listed good cause. It allows a transfer fee up to the statutory maximum plus the estoppel fee. Whether the board holds a buyer interview is not in the recorded documents, so we ask, and we start the approval clock on the day the contract is signed. Occupancy is capped at four persons in a two-bedroom home and six in a three-bedroom home, and commercial vehicles, recreational vehicles, boats and trailers may not be kept overnight unless enclosed. We found no age restriction in the 2010 Club declarations.
Section 8 of the umbrella’s master declaration, as restated in 2010, sets these terms for all four Club condominiums.
Because at most three leases fit in a year, an owner cannot run a month-to-month rotation of twelve short rentals, and a seasonal pattern of up to three stays, each at least 30 days, is what the text allows. Collier County’s Ordinance 2021-45 separately requires registration when a property is rented for fewer than 30 consecutive days more than three times in a calendar year, with fines up to $500 per violation per day. Because the Club’s 30-day floor is longer than the county’s trigger, a Club I condo that follows the declaration should not normally need county short-term registration.
Section 14.15 of the 2010 Club I declaration sets an aggregate weight of 20 pounds, meaning the combined weight of all pets in a home, so two cats of 10 pounds each reach the limit and a single 25-pound dog does not qualify. Pets must be registered and are not allowed on the beach, and the county-run Barefoot Beach Preserve also bars dogs. Club I is the only one of the four Club condominiums whose declaration sets a limit below the Club-wide 45 pounds. Ask the association how it weighs animals, whether a pet registered before the 2010 restatement is grandfathered and how assistance animals are handled, because the rules that answer those questions are not recorded.
The Rules and Regulations are not recorded, so renovation standards, hurricane shutter and window rules, balcony and enclosure rules, move-in procedures and fines are not confirmed. A buyer who plans to renovate should request the rules in writing before making an offer, together with any architectural approval procedure.
Barefoot Beach Club I is in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area: all three buildings are Zone AE with a base flood elevation of 11 feet NAVD88 and by our reading of the public map layers between 4 and 25 percent of each building’s footprint lies in VE at elevation 12. Club I is also in Evacuation Zone A.
Data updated: October 2026
We queried FEMA’s National Flood Hazard Layer and Collier County’s public map layers on October 1, 2026, at the address points and building footprints for 253, 255 and 257. All three are on Collier County flood map panel 12021C0179J, effective February 8, 2024, and none is inside a Coastal Barrier Resources System unit, so federal flood insurance is available.
| Address | Zone at the address point | Share of the building footprint by zone, our reading of the public map layers |
|---|---|---|
| 253 (building I) | AE, base flood elevation 11 ft | AE 11: 75%; VE 12: 25% |
| 255 (building II) | AE, base flood elevation 11 ft | AE 11: 96%; VE 12: 4% |
| 257 (building III) | AE, base flood elevation 11 ft | AE 11: 79%; VE 12: 21% |
The footprint shares are our reading of the public map layers: we intersected the county’s 2025 building outlines with FEMA’s zone polygons, so they depend on how the appraiser drew balconies and overhangs. The FIRM panel and an elevation certificate from a Florida surveyor govern, and all elevations are in feet in the NAVD88 datum.
FEMA’s flood insurance rating rules say a building located in more than one flood zone is rated in the more hazardous zone. On our reading of the public map layers, the line between AE 11 and VE 12 crosses all three Club I buildings, so a point lookup that says AE understates the exposure at 253, 255 and 257. Under FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 the zone no longer sets an individual flood policy’s premium, but it still drives the Florida Building Code flood design class, how the 50 percent repair rule applies and what a lender’s flood determination says.
The effective map is the Collier County flood map of February 8, 2024. FEMA issued preliminary countywide maps in March 2025, and Collier County’s news release of August 19, 2026 says a 90-day comment and appeal period began that day. We queried FEMA’s preliminary layer at the same addresses: panel 0179 is re-issued with the suffix K, and the zone and base flood elevation are unchanged at every address we tested. The county’s floodplain management page says the 2025 maps remain preliminary and are not the effective regulatory map.
A condominium has two layers of insurance. The association carries the master policy on the building under Florida Statute 718.111, and each owner carries a unit policy, called an HO-6, for contents, improvements and liability. Under Florida Statute 627.714 a unit owner’s policy must include at least $2,000 of loss assessment coverage. Under Florida Statute 627.351 Citizens does not require flood coverage as a condition of a policy written on a condominium unit owners form, so any flood policy on a Club I condo is a choice you make with your lender and your own risk tolerance.
Ask the association for the master policy summary, the deductible by peril, whether the master policy covers flood, the age of the roof and window systems and any wind mitigation inspection, and ask your own insurer for an HO-6 quote that matches the master policy’s split. The Florida Building Code design wind speed for a Risk Category II building at this site is 161 miles per hour, and all of Barefoot Beach is in the wind-borne debris region. You can view the panels yourself at the FEMA Map Service Center.
Collier County keeps a public index of elevation certificates. It holds one for 253, entered April 19, 2022 with a building permit, and returned none for 255 or 257. A buyer who needs one can ask the county’s flood information line or commission a new certificate from a Florida surveyor, and we state no floor elevation because we did not open the certificate. Unincorporated Collier County has participated in FEMA’s Community Rating System since 1992 and holds Class 5, which gives eligible National Flood Insurance Program policies a 25 percent discount on the full-risk premium, per the county’s 2026 flood protection newsletter and FEMA’s April 2026 list of eligible communities. Under the county’s Floodplain Management Ordinance 2019-01, repairs or improvements that cost 50 percent or more of a building’s value trigger the substantial-improvement rule.
The public record shows that Hurricane Ian reached Barefoot Beach on September 28, 2022 and that a Notice of Commencement naming buildings 253, 255 and 257 was recorded seven weeks later. We report recorded instruments only, name no building-level damage and draw no conclusion about any home’s condition.
Data updated: October 2026
Collier County’s official records index Notices of Commencement, which show that work was contracted but not how it was funded or what it cost.
| Recorded | Official Records book and page | What the notice says |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2022 | 6191 / 1058 | “concrete repairs and door replace buildings 253, 255, 257” |
| Jun 21, 2023 | 6260 / 1725 | A Club I notice; we did not carry its scope |
| Jul 25, 2023 | 6271 / 2801 | A Club I notice; we did not carry its scope |
| Jul 9, 2026 | 6607 / 2690 and 6607 / 2691 | “repair outdoor decks as needed and screen enclosures like for like” |
The two notices of July 9, 2026 are the newest Club I instruments of this kind we found. They do not say which decks, how many or what the work will cost, and we draw no conclusion beyond the fact that work was contracted. How any of these projects was paid for, whether by reserves, insurance, special assessments or a loan, is not published.
Ask the seller and the association for the scope, contract total, funding source and any remaining assessment for each project above, and for the home’s permit history. We did not search each home’s permits for this page, so the county permit portal is your route for a specific address.
On May 17, 2023, Club I recorded a Temporary Beach Restoration Easement to Collier County at book 6248, page 1109, one of a block of such instruments from the Club, the Master Association and neighboring owners. The instruments say they are not a public dedication and that they terminate automatically on December 31, 2043. The easement supports a county berm seaward of the base line, so it belongs on the title commitment’s list of recorded instruments.
The National Hurricane Center’s report says maximum inundation levels of 8 to 12 feet above ground occurred in Estero, Bonita Beach, Bonita Springs and North Naples. The U.S. Geological Survey’s high-water mark inside the gates is 11.76 feet NAVD88 at Barefoot Beach Boulevard and Anguilla Lane, at the north end of the community and not at Club I, where the 2024 map shows AE with a base flood elevation of 10 feet, so the mark is about 1.76 feet above it (11.76 minus 10). We cite it for the water surface, not as a statement about any Club I building. The NHC report on Ian is in our sources.
A buyer can finance a condo in Barefoot Beach Club I, and a lender will ask for the association’s budget, reserve and insurance information through a condominium questionnaire, a flood determination and an appraisal that compares few sales. We name no lender, and a cash buyer still faces the board, the estoppel and the insurance quotes.
Lenders differ, but a mortgage on a condominium unit generally runs through the same file items.
A financed purchase adds two state taxes on the loan, which the closing-cost section below works through, and a lender’s title policy. In Collier County the buyer customarily pays the owner’s title policy and chooses the closing agent, so the financing and the title choices are made together.
A Barefoot Beach Club I buyer should budget about $17,629 a year in property tax on a $1,875,000 purchase at the county’s 2026 preliminary millage of 9.4020 mills, before exemptions, plus one-time closing costs. In Collier County the buyer customarily pays the owner’s title policy, and the seller customarily pays the deed stamp tax of 70 cents per $100.
Data updated: October 2026 (Collier County Property Appraiser public data files, 2026 preliminary roll, sales through August 24, 2026)
The 2026 preliminary millage rate is 9.4020 mills on every Barefoot Beach parcel, made up of 3.9293 for the county, 4.1470 for schools and 1.3257 for other districts, with 0.0000 for any municipality because there is none (3.9293 + 4.1470 + 1.3257 = 9.4020). As an illustration for a non-homestead purchase before exemptions and non-ad valorem charges, a purchase at the most recent recorded price of $1,875,000 carries $1,875,000 divided by 1,000, times 9.4020, which is $17,628.75 a year. At the median 2026 preliminary just value of $1,772,030 the same arithmetic gives $16,660.63.
The county’s actual median 2026 preliminary tax bill across the 82 homes is $14,099.43, from $2,656.09 to $21,506.62. Actual bills run lower than the illustration partly because 19 of the 82 homes (23.2 percent) carry a homestead exemption, a proxy for full-time residency, and the median bill on the 63 other homes is $15,432.39. Source: Collier County Property Appraiser, 2026 preliminary tax roll.
Florida resets the assessment after a sale. Under Florida Statute 193.155, property assessed under the homestead cap is assessed at just value as of January 1 of the year following a change of ownership, so a seller’s bill is not a forecast of yours. A buyer who will live in the condo full time should ask the Property Appraiser about the homestead exemption after closing, and model tax on the purchase price, not on the seller’s bill.
In Collier County the buyer customarily pays the owner’s title policy and chooses the closing agent, and the seller customarily pays the documentary stamp tax on the deed, which is 70 cents per $100 of consideration under Florida Statute 201.02. The purchase contract controls, so any of these can be negotiated, and we negotiate the allocation, not the custom.
| Closing item on a $1,875,000 purchase | Arithmetic | Who customarily pays | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deed documentary stamps | 18,750 times $0.70 | Seller | $13,125 |
| Owner’s title policy and closing agent | Rates and choices vary, not computed here | Buyer | Not computed |
| Mortgage documentary stamps, 80 percent loan | Loan $1,500,000; 15,000 times $0.35 | Buyer | $5,250 |
| Nonrecurring intangible tax, 80 percent loan | $1,500,000 times 0.002 | Buyer | $3,000 |
| Association transfer fee or capital contribution | Stated in the estoppel certificate | Per contract | Confirm in writing |
| Estoppel certificate | Capped by statute, adjusted every five years | Per contract | Confirm in writing |
The two state mortgage taxes come from Florida Statute 201.08, 35 cents on each $100 of the debt, and Florida Statute 199.133, 2 mills on each dollar of the debt, so $5,250 plus $3,000 is $8,250 on this example. These are illustrations of the statutes, not a quote. A buyer’s closing statement also carries recording fees, the lender’s charges, inspections and prorated taxes and assessments, and the Master Declaration describes a transfer fee “not exceeding the maximum permitted by law” that the estoppel certificate states in dollars.
Since the National Association of Realtors settlement changes took effect on August 17, 2024, offers of compensation can no longer be published on an MLS, and a buyer and a buyer’s agent need a written agreement before touring a home. Compensation is set by agreement and is fully negotiable, not set by law or by the seller’s listing.
The National Association of Realtors’ settlement FAQs describe the practice change: offers of compensation can no longer be made on the MLS, a participant working with a buyer must have a written agreement with the buyer before the buyer tours a home, and the agreement must state that compensation is not set by law and is fully negotiable. A buyer may ask a seller to pay the buyer’s agent as a term of the offer. This page describes the rules and does not replace the source.
Any agent should tell you in writing, before touring, how the agent is paid, by whom and what you owe if the seller does not pay. We put ours in the written buyer agreement before we tour with you, and our buyer representation page explains how we work. Ask any agent how long the agreement lasts and whether you can end it.
Collier County Public Schools’ zone locator for the 2026-27 school year assigns the Barefoot Beach Club I addresses to Naples Park Elementary, North Naples Middle and Aubrey Rogers High. Zones change, so confirm by address in the district’s locator, and note that a Bonita Springs mailing address does not put a home in Lee County schools.
We pulled the data behind the district’s School Zone Locator for Barefoot Beach addresses, including the Club’s. Enter your exact address on the day you buy, because a zone is not a guarantee, and a multiple-listing field that names a school is not a zone either. The mailing address comes from the U.S. Postal Service, not from a school boundary. Barefoot Beach is in Collier County, so its public schools are Collier County Public Schools. The Florida Department of Education publishes annual school grades, which we do not repeat because a grade changes every year and describes a school, not a condo.
Daily life at Barefoot Beach Club I means a guarded private boulevard, a public county preserve at its south end, no public parking on the road and a roughly 3-mile drive to a supermarket. A separate private beach and tennis club on Shell Drive is not conveyed with a Club I deed. Distances are estimates from an open-source router.
Data updated: October 2026
The Barefoot Beach Master Association owns the roughly 1.8-mile boulevard, and its recorded turnover agreement requires it to keep the guardhouse staffed 24 hours a day with a licensed security guard and to maintain street lighting and the 20-mile-per-hour speed humps. The same agreement bars public parking on or next to the main roadway. We could not find a published guest, vendor or delivery procedure, so how to register a visitor is not confirmed, and we ask the association for it in writing. The boulevard also carries a recorded permanent 60-foot State easement for ingress and egress (book 1376, page 279), and we state that fact and characterize no dispute.
Inside Club I the recorded declaration is explicit only about one assigned covered parking space and one storage unit per home. The umbrella owns the pools, recreation facilities, clubhouse and its parking, and the Club’s website describes two pools, a gym, a social room, an outdoor kitchen and private beach access with a boardwalk, which you should confirm with the association. The Master Association provides the boulevard, gate and security.
The Club at Barefoot Beach, Inc. is a private, member-owned beach and tennis club at 105 Shell Drive. Its own membership page states a capacity of 425 and says that as of June 1, 2026 it is temporarily not accepting waitlist applications, and it publishes no dues figure. No recorded document we read conveys its membership with a Club I deed, so treat any listing that says a membership “comes with” the home as something to verify in writing.
| Destination | Road distance | Drive time, no traffic |
|---|---|---|
| Gate corner at Bonita Beach Road | 0.9 mi | about 3 min |
| U.S. 41 at Bonita Beach Road | 3.2 mi | about 8 min |
| Supermarket on Bonita Beach Road | 3.1 mi | about 8 min |
| Downtown Bonita Springs, Riverside Park | 5.6 mi | about 12 min |
| Interstate 75, Exit 116 | 6.7 mi | about 13 min |
| Fifth Avenue South, Naples | 16.4 mi | about 30 min |
| Southwest Florida International Airport | 22.2 mi | about 33 min |
These are our estimates from 260 Barefoot Beach Boulevard, a building across the boulevard from Club I, using a public router on OpenStreetMap data with no traffic and no seasonal factor, and winter traffic will add time. Fire and rescue come from the North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office is the police agency and the water and sewer provider, natural gas, internet providers and trash hauler are not confirmed, so the estoppel and closing documents are your route.
Barefoot Beach Club I and Barefoot Beach Club III are the two Club condominiums whose buildings all stand on the Gulf side of the boulevard. Club I has 82 homes dated 1991 and a 20-pound pet limit, while Club III has 92 homes dated 1992 and the Club-wide 45-pound limit, and Club III recorded more recent sales.
Data updated: October 2026 (Collier County Property Appraiser public data files, 2026 preliminary roll, sales through August 24, 2026)
Club III is made of the buildings at 265, 267 and 269, a different condominium from Club I’s building III at 257. The Barefoot Beach Club III guide and the Club III buyer page carry its own audit.
| Question | Barefoot Beach Club I | Barefoot Beach Club III | Who it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buildings | 253 (34 homes), 255 (24) and 257 (24) | 265 (34), 267 (34) and 269 (24) | Either |
| Homes | 82 | 92 | Club I for a smaller association |
| Built (county roll) | 1991 | 1992 | Club III if a year of age matters |
| Declaration | Recorded Feb 20, 1991, book 1594, page 305; restated 2010, book 4612, page 3276 | Recorded Jun 25, 1992, book 1729, page 9; restated 2010, book 4612, page 3498 | Neither on its own |
| Floor plans | 10 of 1,604 sq ft, 34 of 1,726, 34 of 2,003, 2 of 2,226, 2 of 2,408 | 20 of 1,604, 32 of 1,726, 32 of 2,003, 4 of 2,226, 4 of 2,408 | Club III for more small plans and penthouse level homes |
| Pet limit | 20 lb aggregate | 45 lb aggregate under the umbrella | Club III for a larger dog |
| Flood zone | AE 11 at all three address points; VE 12 on 4 to 25% of each footprint by our reading of the public map layers | AE 11 at 265 and 269, VE 12 at the 267 address point; VE 12 on 16 to 45% of each footprint by the same reading | Club I, on the address points and footprint shares we read |
| Qualified county sales, 12 months | 0 | 4; $1,150,000 to $2,450,000 | Club III for recent evidence |
| Qualified county sales, 60 months | 8; $1,400,000 to $3,335,000 | 9; $1,150,000 to $2,600,000 | Similar |
| Qualified turnover, 60 months | 1.95% a year (8 / 5 / 82) | 1.96% a year (9 / 5 / 92) | Similar |
| 2026 preliminary median just value | $1,772,030 | $1,622,030 | Club I ranks higher on the county’s valuation |
| Homestead share | 19 of 82 (23.2%) | 17 of 92 (18.5%) | Club I has the larger share |
| Lease minimum | 30 days, 3 leases a year | 30 days, 3 leases a year | Equal |
The Club III turnover is 9 divided by 5, or 1.8 sales a year, and 1.8 divided by 92 is 1.96 percent.
Choose Club I if a smaller association of 82 homes appeals, if the footprint shares we read matter to you (4 to 25 percent in VE at Club I against 16 to 45 percent at Club III, by our reading of the public map layers), if you have a dog under 20 pounds in total or no pets, and if you are comfortable with the oldest Club buildings. Club I’s higher county valuation reflects a Gulf-side-only mix with fewer of the 1,604 square foot homes, 10 of 82 here against 20 of 92 at Club III.
Choose Club III if you have a dog between 20 and 45 pounds, if you want more recent county-recorded sales to price from, if you want a larger share of 1,604 square foot homes or penthouse level homes, or if you prefer a building a year newer. Read the Club III page for its own flood rows, since one of its three address points is in VE.
Barefoot Beach Club I is the second-smallest of the four Club condominiums at 82 homes, ranks first of the four on the county’s median just value at $1,772,030 and recorded 8 qualified sales in 60 months against 10 for Club II, 9 for Club III and 5 for Club IV. The table compares it with every Barefoot Beach place.
Data updated: October 2026 (Collier County Property Appraiser public data files, 2026 preliminary roll, sales through August 24, 2026)
| Place | Homes | Leading window (first of 12, 24, 36, 60 months with 10 or more qualified sales) | Qualified sales, last 60 months (range) | Median just value, 2026 preliminary (range) | Median 2026 preliminary tax bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barefoot Beach Club (all four associations) | 348 | 12 months: 12 sales, median $1,300,000 | 32 ($1,000,000 to $3,335,000) | $1,582,030 ($519,040 to $2,339,440) | $13,060 |
| Barefoot Beach Club I | 82 | No window reaches 10 sales; list the sales | 8 ($1,400,000 to $3,335,000) | $1,772,030 ($1,119,040 to $2,339,440) | $14,099 |
| Barefoot Beach Club II | 126 | 60 months: 10 sales, median $1,425,000 | 10 ($1,000,000 to $3,000,000) | $1,462,030 ($519,040 to $2,339,440) | $11,812 |
| Barefoot Beach Club III | 92 | No window reaches 10 sales; list the sales | 9 ($1,150,000 to $2,600,000) | $1,622,030 ($1,119,040 to $2,339,440) | $14,258 |
| Barefoot Beach Club IV | 48 | No window reaches 10 sales; list the sales | 5 ($1,150,000 to $2,370,000) | $1,225,482 ($862,030 to $1,588,934) | $9,234 |
| Villas at Barefoot Beach | 50 | No window reaches 10 sales; list the sales | 4 ($1,500,000 to $3,500,000) | $1,328,000 ($1,117,000 to $2,449,200) | $11,846 |
| The Cottages at Barefoot Beach | 15 | No window reaches 10 sales; list the sales | 1 ($5,500,000 to $5,500,000) | $2,868,554 ($2,782,922 to $2,978,497) | $25,482 |
| Bayfront Gardens | 27 | No window reaches 10 sales; list the sales | 6 ($3,026,000 to $6,650,000) | $3,108,994 ($1,731,270 to $4,626,093) | $24,822 |
| Southport on the Bay | 100 | 24 months: 14 sales, median $3,737,500 | 29 ($2,175,000 to $7,000,000) | $2,603,340 ($1,108,598 to $8,118,752) | $19,827 |
| Barefoot Bay | 9 | No window reaches 10 sales; list the sales | 3 ($1,950,000 to $3,475,000) | $2,407,512 ($1,879,666 to $3,418,192) | $22,635 |
| Barefoot Estates | 6 | No window reaches 10 sales; list the sales | 1 ($7,800,000 to $7,800,000) | $6,257,994 ($5,616,107 to $14,286,845) | $51,835 |
| Beach-lane estates (Lely Barefoot Beach Units 1 to 5) | 80 | No window reaches 10 sales; list the sales | 9 ($5,500,000 to $15,350,000) | $6,578,899 ($2,264,159 to $15,245,478) | $50,295 (over 79 of 80 homes; one homesteaded home shows $0.00) |
| All Barefoot Beach residential | 635 | 12 months: 25 sales, median $2,800,000 | 85 ($1,000,000 to $15,350,000) | $1,878,934 ($519,040 to $15,245,478) | $15,001 (over 634 of 635 homes; one homesteaded home shows $0.00) |
Where no window reaches 10 sales, we list the sales instead of printing a median, and for Club I those are the eight sales in the market section above.
Club I’s median just value is the highest of the four Club condominiums and its 60-month sales count is third of the four. For the Club-wide picture, see our Barefoot Beach Club buyer page, and for every product in the community see the Barefoot Beach buyer page. Our guides for Barefoot Beach Club, Club II, Club IV and the Villas at Barefoot Beach give each its own audit.
The main advantages of buying a condo in Barefoot Beach Club I are a Gulf-side address inside a staffed gate, five floor plans and a 30-day lease minimum. The main costs are a 1991 building, a 20-pound pet limit, three layers of assessments, a flood map that by our reading crosses every building and a thin sales record.
To see Barefoot Beach Club I condos for sale, tell us your budget and timing, and we watch the Southwest Florida MLS for the 82 homes and send each match with its recorded sales, flood data and documents to request. With 82 homes and fewer than two qualified sales a year, a saved search matters more than a browse.
Four Club I condos were active in the Southwest Florida MLS on October 3, 2026, listed at $1,645,000, $1,695,000, $1,950,000 and $2,500,000, and none was pending. Against 2 closings in the last 12 months that is 24 months of supply, an indicative figure on so few sales. Our team site, linked in the experts section below, carries current listings, and if you see a Club I address, send it to us and we will pull the county record and the documents before you tour.
You get a personalized Barefoot Beach Club I buyer consultation from McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, by using the form on this page or calling Marc Comisar at (239) 287-5873. Tell us your budget, timing and whether leasing or a pet matters, and we send the condos that fit with their recorded sales.
We start with the price you can support from eight recorded sales, then walk through the declaration, the estoppel, the approval timetable and the flood and insurance quotes your lender will ask for.
Start your Barefoot Beach Club I buyer consultation with the form on this page, or read how we represent buyers. Call Marc at (239) 287-5873, or talk to Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.
If you need to sell to buy, read how we sell Barefoot Beach Club I condos and get a free Barefoot Beach Club I home valuation, so the sale and purchase line up. Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.
A seasonal owner at Barefoot Beach Club I leaves a condo empty for months, so plan the storm routine, a caretaker, insurance, the lease limits and the association paperwork before you leave, because the Club sits in Evacuation Zone A and the board must approve any lease. Leases run 30 days to one year, up to three a year.
Ask the association what it requires of an empty home, who handles an emergency in the unit above or below, and whether a caretaker or key holder is expected. Lease only within the three-lease cap, and remember the 20-pound pet limit if you travel with a pet. Sea turtle nesting runs May 1 through October 31, and the county’s exterior lighting rules apply over the summer.
Collier County orders evacuation by zone, so a warning can reach an empty condo before you can. Florida title companies routinely close with remote online notarization or mail-away signing, and you should confirm wire instructions by phone, never from an email alone. Foreign buyers should plan with a cross-border tax adviser, since a future sale will generally face IRS FIRPTA withholding unless an exemption or certificate applies.
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These are the questions buyers ask most about Barefoot Beach Club I, answered from the recorded documents and county files cited on this page. Where a fact is not published, we say so and name the document that settles it.
Barefoot Beach Club I is an 82-unit condominium in three Gulf-side buildings at 253, 255 and 257 Barefoot Beach Boulevard, inside gated Barefoot Beach in unincorporated Collier County. It is one of the four condominiums of Barefoot Beach Club, and the county dates its buildings to 1991.
The county’s qualified file shows 8 sales in 60 months from $1,400,000 to $3,335,000, the latest on August 15, 2025 at $1,875,000, and none in the last 12 months. Eight sales cannot set a price for one home, so we price from the nearest like condo.
They are listed in the market section: three in 2023 and five in 2025, at 253, 255 and 257, with county base areas of 1,604, 1,726 and 2,003 square feet and prices per square foot from $873 to $1,665. All eight were resales.
Four, in the Southwest Florida MLS on October 3, 2026, listed from $1,645,000 to $2,500,000, with none under contract. Tell us your budget and we will send each Club I match as it appears, with its recorded sales and documents.
Median days on market for the 10 Club I closings in the 36 months to October 3, 2026 was 164, per the Southwest Florida MLS, and the 2 closings in the last 12 months took 297 and 752 days. The county record shows fewer than two qualified sales a year, and the MLS shows 15 closings in 60 months (the two sources count differently), so a buyer should expect few homes to choose from at any moment.
Yes. Club I is a condominium under Chapter 718 of the Florida Statutes, so Florida Statute 718.503 entitles a buyer under contract to the association’s documents, and a resale contract carries a 7-day cancellation clause, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after signing and receipt.
Three layers apply: the Club I association, the umbrella at 1/348 and, through it, the Master Association’s boulevard and gate. We found no dollar amount in any recorded or public source, so request the budgets and the estoppel certificate.
We found no special-assessment notice in the public record and cannot say whether one exists or is expected. Request every special-assessment notice since 2022 with its stated purpose, plus the estoppel certificate, before you make an offer.
The umbrella declaration allows a transfer fee not exceeding the maximum permitted by law, plus the estoppel fee, and requires board approval of a sale within 10 business days. The estoppel certificate states the dollar amounts that apply to the home.
An estoppel certificate states what an owner owes the association and whether a transfer fee, capital contribution or approval requirement applies. Florida Statute 718.116 governs it, caps the fee and requires delivery within 10 business days of a request.
Yes, with board approval. The umbrella’s recorded declaration sets a minimum of 30 consecutive days or one calendar month, a maximum of one year and no more than three leases a year. Room rentals and subleasing are not allowed.
Yes, up to 20 pounds in aggregate under the Club I declaration, section 14.15, stricter than the 45 pounds elsewhere in the Club. Pets must be registered and are not allowed on the beach.
Yes. All three buildings are in Zone AE with a base flood elevation of 11 feet NAVD88 on panel 12021C0179J, effective February 8, 2024, and by our reading of the public map layers 4 to 25 percent of each footprint lies in VE 12. Club I is in Evacuation Zone A.
A lender will require it for a financed purchase in a Special Flood Hazard Area, and Citizens does not require flood coverage on a condominium unit owners form. Ask your insurer and the association whether the master policy covers flood before you decide.
We publish no premium, because no source we can cite gives one for Club I. The association carries the master policy and each owner an HO-6 policy. Get a quote for the exact building and the master policy summary before your inspection period ends.
The public record shows a Notice of Commencement for concrete repairs and door replacement at 253, 255 and 257 recorded November 17, 2022, and a federal high-water mark of 11.76 feet at the north end of the community. We state no building-level damage.
Florida law requires both for condominium buildings of three habitable stories or more, and the county dates the Club I buildings to 1991. We report no building’s status, so request the milestone summary and the latest reserve study in the 718.503 package.
Reserve figures are not published, so we cannot say. The budget, the annual financial statement and the reserve study show whether reserves are funded, and you should request them for Club I and for the umbrella before you make an offer.
Yes. A lender will ask for the association’s budget, reserve and insurance information, a flood determination and an appraisal, and will want board approval before closing. A financed purchase also adds two state taxes on the loan, worked through above.
On a $1,875,000 purchase the deed stamp tax is $13,125, which the seller customarily pays in Collier County, and mortgage taxes on an 80 percent loan are $8,250. The buyer customarily pays the owner’s title policy, and the contract controls.
By Collier County custom the seller pays the documentary stamp tax on the deed, 70 cents per $100 of consideration under Florida Statute 201.02, and the buyer pays the owner’s title policy. The purchase contract controls, so either can be negotiated.
The median 2026 preliminary bill across the 82 homes is $14,099.43, from $2,656.09 to $21,506.62. A non-homestead buyer at $1,875,000 would see about $17,628.75 at 9.4020 mills before non-ad valorem charges, because the assessment resets after a sale.
Three buildings: 253 with 34 homes, 255 with 24 and 257 with 24, for 82 in all. The county labels them I, II and III, so building III at 257 is part of Club I and is not Club III.
The county’s 2026 preliminary just value runs from $1,119,040 to $2,339,440 across the 82 homes, with a median of $1,772,030. It is a tax valuation, not a price, so use the building and plan tables above together with the recorded sales.
Neither city. It is in unincorporated Collier County with a Bonita Springs mailing address and ZIP 34134, so Collier County taxes, zoning, permits and sheriff apply and no municipal levy does. The 2026 preliminary millage is 9.4020 mills.
The three buildings stand on the Gulf side of the boulevard, and the Club’s website describes private beach access with a boardwalk. We could not confirm the access rules for owners, so ask the association before you rely on them.
No recorded document we read conveys that membership with a Club I deed. The private club on Shell Drive states a capacity of 425, has paused waitlist applications from June 1, 2026 and publishes no dues.
Yes. The Master Association staffs a guardhouse around the clock under its recorded turnover agreement. A guest or vendor procedure is not published, so request the current rules in writing.
The district’s 2026-27 locator assigns Naples Park Elementary, North Naples Middle and Aubrey Rogers High to the Barefoot Beach Club I addresses. Confirm by address in the Collier County Public Schools zone locator, because zones change.
Five plans by county base area: 1,604 square feet (10 homes), 1,726 (34), 2,003 (34), 2,226 (2 penthouse level) and 2,408 (2 penthouse level). The 1,604 plan exists only in building I. Confirm area against the plans and a survey.
The umbrella declaration says a sale approval must be decided within 10 business days and may be refused only for listed good cause. Whether the board holds a buyer interview is not in the recorded documents, so we ask on your behalf.
Since the August 2024 NAR settlement changes, a buyer’s agent working with you must have a written agreement before you tour a home, and compensation is negotiable and not set by law. Read the term and the compensation clause before you sign.
Ask for the budgets, the estoppel certificate, every special-assessment notice since 2022, the milestone summary and reserve study, the insurance summary and the Rules and Regulations, then confirm pet, lease and approval clauses against the declaration.
Club I has 82 homes, was built in 1991, has a 20-pound pet limit and recorded no qualified sale in the last 12 months. Club III has 92 homes, a 45-pound limit and 4 qualified sales in 12 months. See the comparison above.
McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, wrote this page from the recorded documents and request the document package on every purchase. Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and we will walk you through it.
Tell us your budget, timing and whether pets or leasing matter through the form on this page, and we will send the Club I condos that fit with their recorded sales. Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 or Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.
A Barefoot Beach specialist matters on a Club I purchase because the price is the smaller part of the decision: three layers of governance, a 20-pound pet rule, flood exposure and eight recorded sales decide whether a deal works. McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, read the county’s sales and the declarations.
We tracked every one of the 8 county-qualified Club I sales in the last 60 months and the seven unqualified deeds beside them. Owners weighing the other side can read how we sell Barefoot Beach Club I condos or request a free Barefoot Beach Club I valuation. Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.
We could not verify Club I’s assessment amounts, budgets, reserves, Rules and Regulations, gate procedure or milestone and reserve study documents, because none is published. The Southwest Florida MLS figures on this page were pulled October 3, 2026. Each item below names the document or office that answers it.
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Every figure on this page traces to a county, state or federal record or a public agency page, retrieved by October 2, 2026. We do not cite brokerage or listing sites. Sale figures are from the Collier County Property Appraiser’s public data files, cited here as text.
These are the recorded and official documents we used most, and each opens from the Collier County Clerk or the county. Print the Club I declaration and the umbrella declaration before you tour, because they answer the pet, lease and approval questions in the recorded words.
| Document | What it is | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Club I amended and restated declaration | The recorded declaration for the 82 homes | Open at the Clerk |
| Club umbrella master declaration | Leasing, sales, pets and shared campus rules | Open at the Clerk |
| Master Association bylaws | Governance of the boulevard and gate | Open at the Clerk |
| State easement agreement | The recorded easement on the boulevard | Open at the Clerk |
| Floodplain Management Ordinance 2019-01 | Freeboard and the 50 percent rule | Open at the county |
Southwest Florida MLS figures pulled October 3, 2026. County recorded sales checked October 1, 2026.
McGreevy and Comisar, Best Realtor for Barefoot Beach Club I. Brokered by Domain Realty. Jesse McGreevy, FL Lic. SL3101296 · Marc Comisar, FL Lic. BK3060671.