We price a Natura purchase from resales of the same plan and build year, and line up the estoppel, flood quote and fee answers before you write an offer.
Updated September 2026 · Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar, Domain Realty · Prices from the Lee County Property Appraiser recorded-sale file and the Southwest Florida MLS, both current to 29 September 2026
McGreevy and Comisar are a Bonita Springs buyer’s team with our office on South Tamiami Trail, and this is our guide to buying a home in Natura at Bonita Fairways, the neighborhood of patio homes and villas inside the gated Bonita Fairways golf community in Bonita Springs. It covers what Natura homes have actually recorded at, what a buyer pays beyond the price, what the builder still controls, which flood zone most homes sit in and what to ask for before you sign.
Natura is 329 platted lots in three phases: 199 patio-home lots platted in 2016, 24 villa lots platted in 2020 and 106 lots platted in 2025. The 2026 county roll shows 219 finished homes, every one a detached single-family home on its own lot with an attached garage, built from 2016 to 2025 by Home Dynamics, plus 4 vacant Phase 1 lots and 106 Phase 3 lots that sold on one deed on August 12, 2026. In the 12 months to September 29, 2026 the county recorded 10 qualified Natura sales at a $486,250 median, but 7 of them were resales at a $440,000 median and 3 were first sales of builder-owned homes at $550,000 to $579,990.
That split is the first thing a Natura buyer should understand, because it changes what you pay, what you owe at closing and what you can negotiate. A buyer from an individual owner pays a $2,500 resale contribution to the master association and a buyer from the builder does not, the Natura association’s own dues are not published anywhere we could reach, and the developer still controls that association. This guide walks through each of those points, and through the flood map, the insurance questions, the documents and the closing costs, before you write an offer.
To buy a home in Natura in 2026, decide first whether you are buying a resale or a builder home, price it from the recorded resales of the same plan and build year, get the Natura association’s budget and an estoppel figure before you offer, get a flood quote for the exact address, and budget the $2,500 resale contribution unless the seller is Home Dynamics or an affiliate.
The order matters because Natura is really three products behind one name: a 199-lot Phase 1 of patio homes, a 24-villa Phase 2 and a 106-lot Phase 3 with no homes yet. A $380,000 two-story patio home from 2022 and a $530,000 one-story villa from the same year share a gate and a master fee, but not a floor plan, a lot size or a price band. We build that picture for your short list before you tour, and the Natura at Bonita Fairways guide carries the full neighborhood record behind it.
This guide covers the Natura market for buyers, which home fits which buyer, buying from the builder or from an owner, developer control and Phase 3, the fee stack, the documents to read, leasing and pet rules, flood and insurance, permits and roofs, taxes and closing costs, buyer representation after the NAR settlement, schools and daily life, Natura against Carousel Cove and the rest of Bonita Fairways, pros and cons, advice for winter buyers and more than thirty-five buyer questions.
These are the ten facts a Natura buyer should know in September 2026, each drawn from the Lee County deed and parcel record, the Southwest Florida MLS, the recorded Bonita Fairways instruments and the association’s posted records, and each explained in the section that covers it.
Natura at Bonita Fairways for buyers, section by section. Each link below jumps to its part of this guide, from the market read and the fee stack to the developer-control record, the flood map, the comparison with Carousel Cove, the buyer consultation and the sources behind every figure on the page.
Why Work With McGreevy and Comisar as Your Natura Buyer’s Agent?
What Is the Natura Market Like for Buyers Right Now?
Which Natura Home Fits Which Buyer?
Should You Buy From the Builder or From an Owner?
Who Controls the Natura Association, and What Does Phase 3 Mean for a Buyer?
What Will I Pay to Own a Natura Home?
What Should I Check in the Natura Documents?
What Are the Rules on Leasing, Pets and Approvals?
Is Natura in a Flood Zone, and What Will Insurance Cost?
What Do the City Permits Show About Roofs and Windows?
What Will My Property Taxes and Closing Costs Be?
How Does Buyer Representation Work in Florida After the NAR Settlement?
What Is Daily Life Like in Natura?
Natura vs Carousel Cove: Which Should You Buy?
How Does Natura Compare With the Rest of Bonita Fairways?
What Are the Pros and Cons of Buying in Natura?
How Do I See Natura Homes for Sale?
How Do I Get a Personalized Natura Buyer Consultation?
Buying a Winter Home in Natura: What Seasonal Buyers Should Know
What Natura Buyers Say About Working With Us
Frequently Asked Questions, Natura at Bonita Fairways Buyer Edition
Why Does a Natura Specialist Matter When You Buy?
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Sources and Authoritative References
McGreevy and Comisar are a Bonita Springs team, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008 and the #1 team in Southwest Florida since 2012, who represent Natura buyers with the same county-record data we use to price listings. We show you what your plan and build year recorded at, what the Natura layer of fees costs, and where the room to negotiate is.
If you’re searching for the best buyer’s agent in Natura at Bonita Fairways, McGreevy and Comisar represent homebuyers across Bonita Springs, Estero, Naples, Fort Myers and Lee and Collier Counties, whether you are buying a first Florida home, a winter home you will lock and leave, a one-story villa, or a builder home with a warranty. With our Domain Realty Group team we have sold over $2.5 billion in real estate, and McGreevy and Comisar alone have over $900 million in personal sales. Our office is at 24031 S Tamiami Trl #101, Bonita Springs, FL 34134. For a side-by-side look at how to choose an agent in this city, see our comparison of the best real estate agents in Bonita Springs.
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Marc Comisar leads our buyer representation and Jesse McGreevy leads our listings, so a Natura buyer hears how Bonita Springs sellers think about price, timing and repairs from the people who advise sellers every week. Selling a home to buy here? Our Natura home valuation and Natura seller’s guide explain the other side of the same transaction. Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.
For every Natura home on your short list we match it to its phase, plan, story count and year built, pull the county’s sales for its twins, check its FEMA flood zone and any letter of map change, ask for the association’s estoppel and budget, and confirm in writing whether the $2,500 contribution applies. You tour fewer homes and offer with fewer surprises.
We will not tell you the Natura association’s dues, what they pay for, or whether Phase 3 buyers are exempt from the $2,500 contribution, because none of that is in a public document today. We will not tell you a home is outside the flood zone from the street, and we will not quote a price from the builder’s undated list as though it were a sale. As Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, our business runs on repeat clients and referrals, and those come from buyers who got what we said they would get.
Domain Realty, our brokerage, closed 671 transaction sides in Bonita Springs in the 60 months to October 5, 2026, $399.7 million in volume counted by side, per the Southwest Florida MLS pulled that day. McGreevy and Comisar are the #5 real estate team in Florida and the #1 real estate team in Bonita Springs in the 2026 RealTrends rankings. What we bring is the record itself: in the last 12 months we tracked each of the 10 recorded Natura sales against its deed, its size, its year built and its flood zone, and we read the recorded Bonita Fairways instruments and the association’s minutes before writing any advice on this page. Days on market and sale-to-list figures below come from the Southwest Florida MLS pull of September 29, 2026, and our own representation history is not part of that export.
The Natura market for buyers in September 2026 is small, uneven and priced plan by plan. The county recorded 10 sales in the last 12 months at a $486,250 median, but only 7 were resales, at $440,000, and the MLS shows 8 closings, one active home at $519,900 and none pending, so a buyer negotiates from a few comparable twins.
Data updated: September 2026 (Lee County Property Appraiser qualified improved sales, windows ending 29 September 2026; Southwest Florida MLS, pulled 29 September 2026).
Every county figure in this section comes from the county’s own record: deeds the Lee County Property Appraiser marks as qualified, arm’s-length sales of improved property, read from the county sales file and the parcel roll for all Natura homes, with the index built September 29, 2026 (Lee County Property Appraiser parcel data). The newest recorded sale in that file is June 9, 2026, so the last 3.5 months of the 12-month window have not reached the roll yet. We use 12 months because it is the shortest window with 10 or more Natura sales, and where the count is even the median is the mean of the middle pair. The MLS adds days on market, sale-to-list and active homes, which the county file cannot.
Every window below ends September 29, 2026. A first sale is the first recorded qualified sale of a parcel, usually a builder closing, and everything after it is a resale. A buyer choosing a resale should read the resale columns.
County window | All qualified sales | Median, all sales | Resales | Resale median | Resale range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 months (first window with 10+) | 10 | $486,250 (mean of $472,500 and $500,000) | 7 | $440,000 | $380,000 to $530,000 |
24 months | 25 | $499,900 | 15 | $480,000 | $380,000 to $560,000 |
36 months | 64 | $508,250 (mean of $507,500 and $509,000) | 25 | $505,000 | $380,000 to $589,050 |
60 months | 191 | $414,170 | 46 | $508,250 (mean of $507,500 and $509,000) | $322,211 to $620,000 |
All history, December 2016 to June 9, 2026 | 265 | $376,020 | 51 | $505,000 | $290,000 to $620,000 |
The all-sales median climbs with the window because the long windows are mostly builder closings at 2017 to 2022 contract prices. In the 12 months the 3 first sales were $550,000 to $579,990 (median $550,000) and the 7 resales were $380,000 to $530,000 at $236.01 per heated square foot, so a buyer who reads $486,250 as the price of a resale is reading the wrong number.
Ten sales is enough for a median but not enough to hide any of them, so here is every one, with no street addresses, so you can see which ones are your comparables.
Recorded | Home | Year built | Beds | Heated sq ft | Price | $/sq ft | First sale or resale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 24, 2025 | Phase 1 patio home | 2022 | 3 | 1,704 | $380,000 | $223 | Resale |
November 26, 2025 | Phase 1 patio home | 2016 | 3 | 2,002 | $390,000 | $195 | Resale |
December 17, 2025 | Phase 1 patio home | 2016 | 3 | 2,171 | $579,990 | $267 | First sale |
December 17, 2025 | Phase 2 villa | 2022 | 2 | 1,695 | $530,000 | $313 | Resale |
January 14, 2026 | Phase 1 patio home | 2022 | 3 | 1,753 | $385,000 | $220 | Resale |
February 25, 2026 | Phase 1 patio home | 2018 | 3 | 1,309 | $440,000 | $336 | Resale |
April 30, 2026 | Phase 1 patio home | 2022 | 3 | 2,002 | $472,500 | $236 | Resale |
April 30, 2026 | Phase 1 patio home | 2022 | 3 | 1,704 | $500,000 | $293 | Resale |
May 26, 2026 | Phase 1 patio home | 2016 | 4 | 2,766 | $550,000 | $199 | First sale |
June 9, 2026 | Phase 1 patio home | 2024 | 3 | 2,351 | $550,000 | $234 | First sale |
Together the 10 sales total $4,777,490, a mean of $477,749. Heated square feet are the county’s current figures, not a listing’s total area. Two of the three first sales are 2016-built homes beside the builder’s sales center, which may be former model homes, though no record we read says so, and the third is a 2024-built home.
Budget decides less than plan does in Natura, but the 24-month resale record shows what each price band has actually bought. The bands below use the 15 county resales recorded from December 2024 to April 2026 (the 24-month window), and they are a guide to the kind of home, not a price list.
Resale price band | Resales, 24 months | What sold |
|---|---|---|
Under $400,000 | 4 | Two-story patio homes of 1,704 to 2,002 sq ft at $380,000 to $390,000, built 2016 or 2022 |
$400,000 to $449,999 | 2 | A 2,004 sq ft two-story patio home at $410,000 and the 1,309 sq ft one-story plan at $440,000 |
$450,000 to $499,999 | 3 | Two-story homes of 1,704 and 2,002 sq ft at $480,000 and $472,500, and a 2016-built one-story 1,704 sq ft home at $499,900 |
$500,000 to $549,999 | 5 | Three Phase 2 villas at $507,000 to $530,000, a one-story 1,778 sq ft home at $525,000 and a 2022-built two-story 1,704 sq ft home at $500,000 |
$550,000 and up | 1 | A 2,171 sq ft two-story patio home at $560,000 |
Two patterns follow. First, every resale under $400,000 was a two-story home, and every villa resale was $507,000 or more, so a buyer who wants one story pays for it. Second, the builder’s own first sales in the last 12 months, $550,000 to $579,990, and its undated price list, $449,990 to $519,990, bracket the resale range from above, which is why a resale priced at or above the builder’s list needs a reason you can see.
The MLS is where the days-on-market and sale-to-list numbers live, and they are what a buyer negotiates against. We pulled it on September 29, 2026, segmented by the MLS neighborhood field, with every window ending that day.
MLS window | Closed sales | Median sold price | Median days on market | Median sale-to-list | Median $/living sq ft | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 months | 8 | $435,000 | 127 | 97.2% | $241 | $380,000 to $579,990 |
24 months | 17 | $472,500 | 144 | 97.9% | $258 | $380,000 to $579,990 |
36 months | 27 | $500,000 | 112 | 97.7% | $267 | $380,000 to $589,050 |
60 months | 48 | $503,500 | 86 | 97.4% | $257 | $324,680 to $620,000 |
All MLS history | 66 | $475,000 | 87 | 98.0% | $240 | $263,540 to $620,000 |
The MLS shows 1 Natura home active at $519,900 and none pending on September 29, 2026, so there is one home to tour today, and it is priced $79,900 above the 12-month resale median and inside the builder’s list range. Nineteen Bonita Fairways MLS sales carry only the community name, not a neighborhood, and are not assigned to Natura here. The MLS has 66 Natura closings in all history against 265 on the county record, because most builder closings never went through the MLS.
A median of 127 days on market and a sale-to-list ratio of 97.2 percent in the last 12 months mean that Natura homes took about four months to sell and closed about 3 percent under their final asking price. Applied to a $500,000 asking price, a 97.2 percent ratio is $486,000, or $14,000 under. That is an illustration of the median, not a promise for any home, and with only 8 closings one slow sale moves the median, so treat it as a description of the last year, not a forecast.
Buyers have more leverage where a home has been listed for months, where it competes with the builder’s list on price per square foot, and where a flood-zone or unpublished-fee question gives you a reason to ask. The county’s 51 recorded resales cluster in winter and spring, with 17 in the first quarter and 14 in the second, so 31 of 51 fell in January through June and 20 in July through December. Fewer resales in the second half of the year is a reason to shop then, not a guarantee of a discount, and monthly counts are too small to publish month-level medians.
The 1,309-square-foot plan shows how far one plan’s price can move. It is one-story, three-bedroom, two-bath, and 17 of Natura’s 219 homes use it. The county records the 2018-built home we walk through here selling twice: $292,840 on December 14, 2018 as a builder-direct first sale and $440,000 on February 25, 2026 as a resale, a gain of $147,160, or 50.25 percent over 7.2 years, about 5.8 percent a year compounded. Another home of the same plan sold on February 8, 2024 for $575,000, which is $135,000 more than the 2026 sale, and the county file explains neither price.
We leave out the address, the owners and the parcel number. What a buyer at $440,000 takes from this record is arithmetic. At $440,000 the county’s 2026 just value for this home, $353,522, is 80 percent of the price, and a property tax bill at the 2026 proposed rate of 12.8217 mills on $353,522 is $4,532.75 while on $440,000 it is $5,641.55, so the bill moves about $1,109 a year once the assessment follows the price. The worked closing and monthly cost for a $440,000 purchase are in the cost sections below.
The county file carries no buyer names, financing, concessions, condition or occupancy, and no sale after June 9, 2026. The MLS has 8 closings, one active home and no pending sale. Nothing here sizes the effect of the 106 Phase 3 lots, because no builder has published a product or a price for them. We say so plainly, because a buyer should know which numbers are records and which are guesses.
Start your Natura buyer consultation and we will send the Natura homes that fit your budget and plan, their recorded twins and the documents to request. Call Marc at (239) 287-5873, or read how we represent buyers. Selling a home to buy here? Get a free Natura home valuation and Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.
Natura offers three products: 195 two-story and one-story Phase 1 patio homes of 1,309 to 2,766 heated square feet, 24 one-story Phase 2 villas of 1,676 to 1,707 square feet, and 106 Phase 3 lots with no homes yet. All 219 finished homes are detached, fee-simple and garaged, so the choice is plan, story count and phase.
Data updated: September 2026 (Lee County Property Appraiser roll of 354 Natura parcels, retrieved 29 Sep 2026).
The description below comes from the county’s parcel and building fields for every Natura parcel, not from a brochure (Lee County GIS, Parcels layer). Each row is a count on the 2026 roll.
Item | Phase 1 patio homes | Phase 2 villas | Phase 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
Platted lots | 199 | 24 | 106 |
Finished homes on the roll | 195 (193 with a size record) | 24 | 0 |
Vacant lots | 4, all builder-owned | 0 | 106, sold August 12, 2026 |
Year built | 2016 to 2025 | 2021 to 2023 | none yet |
Stories | 36 one-story, 157 two-story | 24 one-story | not applicable |
Heated area | 1,309 to 2,766 sq ft, median 2,002 | 1,676 to 1,707, median 1,685.5 | not applicable |
Bedrooms (county) | 178 three-bedroom, 15 four-bedroom | all 24 recorded as two-bedroom, two-bath | not applicable |
Lot area | 2,822 to 13,290 sq ft, median 3,300 | 4,391 to 7,157, median 4,726 | median 3,138 |
2026 county just value | median $401,891 | median $361,031 | vacant lots $35,645 or $55,874 |
Phase 1 is the bulk of Natura, and its 195 finished homes were built from 2016 to 2025, with a peak of 64 in 2022. Of the 193 homes with a story count, 157 are two-story and 36 are one-story, and every rated home across both phases has an attached garage, 216 of 216. One home on the roll has a private pool. The Naples Daily News described the patio design in 2014 as homes connected by breezeways or arches (Naples Daily News, August 29, 2014), and the county nonetheless codes every one as a single-family residence on its own parcel, so you buy the lot and the house, not a unit.
The 24 villas on Natura Boulevard are all one-story, all recorded as two-bedroom and two-bath, and all between 1,676 and 1,707 heated square feet: 6 built in 2021, 14 in 2022 and 4 in 2023. The builder’s marketing has described two- and three-bedroom villas, but the county roll shows no third bedroom, so a listing that claims one may be counting a den, and you should ask which room is meant. The builder’s villa page now redirects to its home page, whose community map marks the villas sold out, so a villa is a resale purchase.
Story count is the clearest price lever in the resale record. Only 60 of Natura’s 217 rated homes are one-story, or 28 percent: all 24 villas and 36 of the 193 patio homes rated for stories. The table shows the plan clusters on the roll with the county resales of the last 36 months. Where a plan has fewer than three resales we list the prices and do not report a median.
Plan (county heated area) | Homes on the roll | One-story / two-story | Resales, 36 months | Resale range | Resale median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phase 1, 1,309 sq ft | 17 | 17 / 0 | 2 | $440,000 and $575,000 | two sales, no median |
Phase 1, 1,704 to 1,778 sq ft | 51 | 18 / 33 | 9 | $380,000 to $525,000 | $500,000 |
Phase 1, 2,002 to 2,004 sq ft | 37 | 1 / 36 | 6 | $390,000 to $545,000 | $441,250 (mean of $410,000 and $472,500) |
Phase 1, 2,171 sq ft | 44 | 0 / 44 | 2 | $560,000 and $589,050 | two sales, no median |
Phase 1, 2,351 to 2,355 sq ft | 43 | 0 / 43 | 2 | $544,500 and $545,000 | two sales, no median |
Phase 2 villa, 1,676 to 1,707 sq ft | 24 | 24 / 0 | 4 | $507,000 to $530,000 | $509,500 (mean of $509,000 and $510,000) |
Those five Phase 1 size clusters plus the villas account for most of the neighborhood, which is why most Natura sales have a near-identical twin in the record. Over 24 months the one-story resales (6) had a $508,500 median at $300.00 per square foot and the two-story resales (9) a $410,000 median at $223.00, a gap of $98,500; over 36 months the gap narrows to $9,000 ($509,000 on 9 sales against $500,000 on 16). Groups this small are patterns, not rates.
The builder’s own specification lists a steel-reinforced concrete foundation, stucco exterior, “contemporary flat tile roofing,” bronze aluminum window frames with insulated low-E glass, brick-paver driveways and walkways, nine-foot first-floor ceilings, a 14-SEER minimum central air conditioner, granite counters, an appliance package that includes a washer and dryer, a 10-year structural warranty and sodded, landscaped sites with automatic sprinklers (Home Dynamics, The Patios of Natura at Bonita Fairways). It does not say whether the glass is impact rated or whether shutters are standard, and it does not say whether the warranty passes to a resale buyer, so ask for the wind-mitigation report and the warranty terms on the specific home and do not assume either.
Buy from the builder if you want a home with a written warranty and no $2,500 resale contribution and can pay a first-sale price, which the county recorded at $550,000 to $579,990 in the last 12 months. Buy from an owner if you want a lower recorded price, a chosen lot and a faster closing, and can budget the $2,500.
Data updated: September 2026 (Home Dynamics website, Lee County roll and Bonita Fairways recorded amendment of March 12, 2024, retrieved 29 Sep 2026).
Home Dynamics is the Natura developer and the builder of the Phase 1 patio homes and Phase 2 villas. On the 2026 county roll it still owns 4 finished homes, one of them its sales center, and 4 vacant Phase 1 lots. The Phase 3 buyer, TPG AG EHC III (LEN) Multi State 2, LLC, is a separate party, and a memorandum recorded with its deed (Instrument 2026000214144) gives Lennar Homes, LLC an option to buy the lots until November 20, 2029. Whether a specific home is a builder home or an owner’s resale is the first thing we confirm, because the answer changes the price, the contract and the closing costs.
The builder’s page is undated, lists patio models A to E from $449,990 (Model A, 1,308 square feet) to $519,990 (Model E, 2,308 square feet) and a sold-out Model F, and states prices as “starting at” and “subject to change without notice.” Its heading reads “from the $500s” while its list starts at $449,990, so we treat it as a brochure and not a price.
Model | Builder’s size | Bedrooms, baths, garage | Builder’s starting price |
|---|---|---|---|
A | 1,308 sq ft | 3 / 2 / 1 | $449,990 |
B-1 | 1,651 sq ft | 3 / 2.5 / 1 | $469,990 |
B-2 | 1,640 sq ft | 3 / 2.5 / 2 | $478,990 |
C | 1,940 sq ft | 3 / 2.5 / 1 | $479,990 |
D | 2,117 sq ft | 3 / 2.5 / 1 | $509,990 |
E | 2,308 sq ft | 3 / 2.5 / 2 | $519,990 |
F | not stated | not stated | sold out |
The builder’s sizes and the county’s heated areas differ by a few square feet to several dozen, and neither source maps a model to a roll size, so we do not print a model-by-address table. A model is a starting point for a conversation with the sales center, and the contract, not the list, sets the price.
Question | Buying from Home Dynamics | Buying from an individual owner |
|---|---|---|
Recorded price, last 12 months | 3 first sales at $550,000 to $579,990 (median $550,000) | 7 resales at $380,000 to $530,000 (median $440,000) |
Builder’s published list | $449,990 to $519,990, undated, “starting at” | Not applicable |
$2,500 master resale contribution | Not due when the seller is Home Dynamics or a named affiliate, under exemption (g) | Due from the buyer unless another exemption applies |
Warranty | A 10-year structural warranty is listed in the builder’s specification; terms are in the contract | Whether the warranty passes to a resale buyer is not stated; ask |
Contract | The builder’s contract governs deposits, closing costs and timing | The Florida Realtors and Florida Bar contract or a comparable form governs |
Lot and landscaping | The builder’s remaining lots, 4 vacant Phase 1 lots on the roll | An established lot and landscape |
Time to close | The builder’s schedule | Your negotiated date |
Disclosure summary | Supplied by the developer under Section 720.401 | Supplied by the owner under Section 720.401 |
Section 718.202 protects buyers’ deposits on condominium contracts, and Natura is not a condominium, so whatever protects a deposit on a Natura contract is in the contract itself: ask who holds it, when it is released and what happens if the builder does not close. A builder contract can also shift who pays deed stamps and the owner’s title policy, which a Lee County resale customarily assigns to the seller, so read that clause before you compare price to price.
Exemption (g) of the recorded amendment exempts the purchaser of a lot or living unit from Home Dynamics Bonita, LLC, Home Dynamics Bonita Fairways, LLC, Cedar Green Homes, L.L.C., or their affiliates, successors and assigns. A buyer choosing between an owner’s home and a builder home therefore starts with a $2,500 difference, about 0.57 percent of a $440,000 price. Some buyers ask an owner for a credit for that amount, and we negotiate it in the offer.
The developer still controls the Natura association. On July 16, 2026 the Bonita Fairways president told members that the Natura developer holds 329 votes, that Home Dynamics remains in control because turnover has not yet occurred, and that it delegated its two board seats to Natura residents. Phase 3, 106 lots, sold on one deed on August 12, 2026 for $12,985,000.
Data updated: September 2026 (Bonita Fairways July 16, 2026 special meeting records and Lee County roll, retrieved 29 Sep 2026).
Developer control matters to a buyer because the party that controls the association’s board writes the budget, sets the dues and decides when owners take over. The statements below come from the association’s own posted records, and where the record stops we say so.
According to the July 16, 2026 opening remarks, the Natura developer had 329 votes: 199 for Phase 1, 24 for Phase 2 and 106 for Phase 3. The 106 Phase 3 lots were then listed on the county roll as owned by Home Dynamics, and the owners as a group held 857 votes in all. Natura’s 329 votes are 38.4 percent of 857, more than a third of the master association’s vote in the hands of one party.
On the same day members rejected a pool-loan expansion and a $500 special assessment, 122 for and 735 against of 857 votes, and the developer’s 329 Natura votes were counted as against (vote results). For a buyer, the practical result is that no second master pool is funded and no special assessment for one is pending. The vote does not show how a future contested vote would split.
No turnover date is published. The association’s materials tie turnover to the Phase 3 sell-out, and the 106 lots have now sold as land, not as homes, so the event that would trigger turnover has not clearly occurred. Illustratively, under the 90 percent measure in section 720.307, Florida Statutes, 297 of 329 lots would have to be owned by members other than the developer. On the 2026 roll about 215 of the 329 lots are homes owned by individual owners, 8 are held by the Home Dynamics entity and 106 by the Phase 3 buyer, so whether the default measure is met turns on whether that buyer counts as a developer, and the Natura documents may set a different trigger that we could not read.
The Phase 3 plat of 106 lots on 13.10 acres was created on August 6, 2025, and on August 12, 2026 all 106 lots and 7 tracts, 113 parcels in all, were recorded on one deed for $12,985,000, or $122,500 a lot. Whether the votes moved to that buyer depends on the recorded deed and any assignment of declarant rights, and we did not find either. Expect construction traffic on the streets around Phase 3 when work starts, and expect new-home competition for Natura resales once a builder announces prices. A 2023 association goal, a second exit to Pine Avenue “after Natura Phase III,” has no status we could find.
We assemble those requests for every Natura buyer. Start your Natura buyer consultation or Call Marc at (239) 287-5873.
Owning a Natura home costs the price plus a $1,100 master assessment for 2026, the Natura association’s own dues (not published), property tax at 12.8217 mills, a city stormwater fee of $20 or $50 a year, insurance and, when you buy from an individual owner, a one-time $2,500 resale contribution. On a $440,000 purchase with 20 percent down at 7.03 percent, principal, interest, tax and the master fee come to about $2,915 a month.
Data updated: September 2026 (Bonita Fairways 2026 master budget and recorded amendments, Lee County 2026 proposed millage, Freddie Mac survey of 24 September 2026, all retrieved 29 Sep 2026).
Every layer we could document is in the table, with the amount, the period, who pays and where the number comes from. The Natura association’s own layers are marked “not published” because we found no Natura budget, and we did not fill the gap with a guess.
Layer | Amount | Period | Who pays | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Master assessment, 2026 | $1,100 ($964 operating plus $136 reserve) | Yearly, two payments of $550 | Every Natura owner | 2026 master budget, 736 doors |
Master assessment, 2025 | $932 | Yearly | Every Natura owner | Same budget, prior-year column |
Natura association dues | Not published | Not published | Every Natura owner | Approved Natura budget or resale estoppel certificate |
Natura working capital, application and estoppel fees | Not published | Not published | Buyer or seller, per the Natura declaration | Natura declaration, not posted online |
Resale capital contribution | $2,500 | One time, at closing | The buyer, unless exempt | Instrument 2024000069667, recorded March 12, 2024 |
Initial capital contribution | $475 per lot | At each third-party closing | The builder, not the buyer | Supplemental Declaration, Instrument 2021000296451 |
City stormwater fee, 2026 to 2027 | $20 under 1,800 sq ft, $50 above | Yearly | Every owner | City of Bonita Springs |
Extra gate vehicles | $30 each | Per additional vehicle | Single-family owners | Gate RFID sticker form |
Special assessments | None found for Natura; a $500 master proposal failed July 16, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Association vote results |
CDD or special district | None | Not applicable | Not applicable | Lee County parcel layer, taxing district 017 |
Golf | Optional; summer card $550, $750 or $950; owners get 10 percent off green fees | May 1 to September 30 | Players only | Bonita Fairways Golf Club |
The master budget lists the common-area landscape contract, the gate and its data, sheriff patrol, the pool and spa, clubhouse utilities, insurance, management, reserves and $120,000 of golf-loan interest. A budget line is not a promise of service, and the budget does not say what a Natura owner’s own lot maintenance costs.
The $2,500 resale capital contribution is due from the buyer and was approved by members on March 6, 2024. The recorded Certificate of Amendment exempts a transfer to a spouse, a prior co-owner, an estate or heirs, a trustee for estate planning and a mortgagee or association after foreclosure, and it exempts a purchaser from the builder entities it names. Exemption (g) reads “the purchaser of a Lot or Living Unit from Home Dynamics Bonita, LLC, Home Dynamics Bonita Fairways, LLC, Cedar Green Homes, L.L.C., or their affiliates, successors and assigns.”
That wording turns on who the seller is, not who the buyer is, so a first-time home buyer purchasing from an individual owner pays the $2,500 and a buyer purchasing from the builder does not. The association’s public notice of the transfer fee lists “Botanica / Natura 1st time buyers” as not qualifying, and read against the recorded text, “1st time” means the first sale from the builder, so the recorded amendment governs.
We found no Natura budget, so we cannot say whether the Natura dues pay for lawn care, irrigation, roads or management. The master board voted in 2022 to pay each neighborhood $250 a door for management and lawn services and voted 4 to 1 on June 14, 2023 to stop, effective December 31, 2023 (June 14, 2023 minutes), which shows neighborhoods run those services and not what Natura’s dues include. The approved Natura budget or a resale estoppel certificate answers it, and we request both for every Natura buyer.
The price is the $440,000 median of the 7 resales in the 12 months to September 29, 2026. The loan is $352,000 for 30 years at 7.03 percent, the Freddie Mac average for the week of September 24, 2026 (Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey), so your own rate will differ.
Monthly line | Whole dollars | Basis |
|---|---|---|
Principal and interest | $2,349 | $352,000, 30 years, 7.03 percent |
Property tax | $470 | $5,641.55 a year, no homestead, 12.8217 mills |
Master assessment | $92 | $1,100 a year |
City stormwater fee | $4 | $50 a year, home over 1,800 sq ft |
Monthly total | $2,915 | Excludes Natura dues and insurance |
Same total with homestead | $2,888 | Tax on $415,000, $5,321.01 a year |
The price is the 12-month county median of all 10 sales, which mixes resales and first sales. The loan is $437,625 with the same rate and term, and a lender will usually add mortgage insurance at 10 percent down, which this table leaves out.
Monthly line | Whole dollars | Basis |
|---|---|---|
Principal and interest | $2,920 | $437,625, 30 years, 7.03 percent |
Property tax | $520 | $6,234.55 a year, no homestead |
Master assessment | $92 | $1,100 a year |
City stormwater fee | $4 | $50 a year |
Monthly total | $3,536 | Excludes Natura dues, insurance and mortgage insurance |
Same total with homestead | $3,509 | Tax on $461,250, $5,914.01 a year |
A year ago the same survey showed 6.30 percent. At 6.30 percent the $352,000 loan costs $2,179 a month in principal and interest and the monthly total falls to $2,745, and the $437,625 loan costs $2,709 and the total falls to $3,324. Each 0.73 point of rate moves the $440,000 scenario by about $170 a month, which is more than the master assessment.
The totals exclude the Natura association’s dues, homeowners insurance, flood insurance and mortgage insurance, and for a home in a high-risk flood zone the insurance lines can outweigh the tax. Add one-twelfth of the Natura dues and a quote for the exact address and you have the real number. Buyers can see how we price a Natura purchase or Call Marc at (239) 287-5873, and a Natura owner who wants to know what the same math means for a sale can request a free Natura valuation or Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.
Check the Natura association’s own declaration, budget and estoppel certificate first, because the master documents are public and the Natura layer is not. Every instrument we found is listed below, and the Natura declaration, articles, bylaws and architectural guidelines are the items you must request from the association or find in the Lee County Clerk’s official records before you close.
Data updated: September 2026 (Lee County Clerk instruments and Bonita Fairways association documents, retrieved 29 Sep 2026).
The recorded documents are the authority, and this table is a guide to them.
Instrument | Reference | What it does for a Natura owner |
|---|---|---|
O.R. Book 2872, Page 2887 (1997) | Leases, pets, vehicles, antennas, architectural review, assessments | |
Instrument 2014000101383, recorded May 15, 2014 | Natura voting groups 5 and 6; developer appoints their trustees while it controls the Natura association; architectural committee of 3 to 7 persons | |
Natura Phase 1 plat | Instrument 2016000012072 | 199 lots |
Natura Phase 2 plat | Instrument 2020000162384 | 24 villa lots |
Natura Phase 3 plat | Instrument 2025000218513 | 106 lots on 13.10 acres |
Supplemental Declaration | Instrument 2021000296451 | $475 per lot from the builder at third-party closings |
Instrument 2024000069667, recorded March 12, 2024 | $2,500 buyer-paid contribution and its exemptions | |
Instrument 2026000086991, recorded April 6, 2026 | Guest limits and who may use the pool and courts | |
Phase 3 deed | Instrument 2026000214143, August 12, 2026 | Sale of 106 lots and 7 tracts for $12,985,000 |
Association posting | Clubhouse, pool, courts and golf rules |
Section 720.401, Florida Statutes requires that a prospective parcel owner be presented a disclosure summary before executing the contract for sale. If the summary is not delivered before you sign, you may void the contract by written notice within 3 days after you receive it or before closing, whichever comes first, and the statute says the right cannot be waived and ends at closing. Ask for the summary by name, and keep the date you received it.
A resale estoppel certificate under section 720.30851, Florida Statutes states the regular assessment, any special assessment and any money the owner owes the association. For Natura it is the fastest route to the dues figure the public record does not give, and it is worth ordering as soon as you are under contract.
Section 6.2 of the Master Declaration creates an architectural review committee of 3 to 7 persons, none of whom may serve as trustees, according to the recorded 2014 amendment. Under the master rules expect to need approval for exterior paint and color changes, fences limited to six feet, screened lanais, hurricane shutters, roof-mounted equipment, visible landscaping changes and any sign, including a real estate sign. Section 5.10 bars antennas and satellite dishes without approval, except those protected by the federal over-the-air reception rule, and Section 5.13 requires roof installations such as solar collectors and vents to be screened. Natura’s own rules are not posted and may be stricter, so ask before you sign a contractor, not after.
We assemble that package for every Natura buyer, and you can start a Natura buyer consultation or Call Marc at (239) 287-5873.
The master rules allow long-term and seasonal leases of 30 consecutive days or more, bar Airbnb and VRBO rentals, allow ordinary household pets in owner-occupied homes but not in leased homes, and require architectural approval for exterior changes. Natura’s own lease minimum, cap, tenant-approval and pet limits are not published, so a buyer who plans to rent or has several animals should get them in writing first.
Data updated: September 2026 (Bonita Fairways Master Declaration, tenant access form and community rules, retrieved 29 Sep 2026).
Section 5.17 of the Master Declaration states that no living unit may be leased for less than 30 consecutive days and allows neighborhood covenants to be stricter. The association’s tenant access permission form states that short-term rentals, VRBO and Airbnb are not permitted. Natura’s minimum term, the number of leases a year, screening and any lease-approval fee are not published, so do not assume the 30-day master floor is Natura’s floor. For comparison, Carousel Cove allows at most 4 leases a year and requires board approval.
Since the April 2026 amendment, residential tenants who live in the home may use the recreation facilities, and an owner who delegates use to a tenant may not use the common areas during the delegation except as another member’s guest. The pool, pickleball, tennis and bocce courts are reserved for owners, family, residential tenants and invited guests.
Section 5.18 allows “ordinary household pets (i.e., cats, dogs, tropical fish, and birds in cages) in reasonable number,” requires a leash outdoors, bars pets from the golf course at all times and bars leaving them unattended or tied in yards, garages, porches or lanais. It also calls keeping a pet “a privilege, not a right.” “Reasonable number” is not a number, so a buyer with several animals or a large dog should get Natura’s count, weight and breed rules in writing. Carousel Cove, for comparison, allows up to 3 pets and no more than 2 dogs.
We found no age restriction in any recorded Natura document we read, and the only Bonita Fairways neighborhood with a recorded over-55 declaration is Carousel Cove, so Natura buyers of any age may purchase subject to the association’s ordinary approvals. Ask the management company to confirm in writing that the Natura declaration has none, and ask whether any buyer application, interview or approval fee applies, because the Natura declaration is not posted.
An investor buying a Natura resale pays the $2,500 unless the seller is Home Dynamics or a listed affiliate, and should budget the unpublished Natura dues before projecting a return. Of the 219 finished homes, 114 claim homestead on the 2026 roll, so about half are owner-occupied. A current owner weighing a rental against a sale can request a free Natura valuation or Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072, and our Natura seller guide shows how a tenant in place changes the buyer pool.
Most Natura homes sit in a FEMA high-risk flood zone: on panel 12071C0656G, effective November 17, 2022, 152 of 222 Natura home footprints are centered in a Spring Creek Zone AE area and 70 in shaded Zone X, and every Natura address is in Evacuation Zone A. We publish no premium figure, because a premium depends on the address, and the only quote that counts is one written for the home you want.
Data updated: September 2026 (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, USGS Hurricane Ian high-water marks and Lee County LiDAR, retrieved 29 Sep 2026).
We tested Natura’s home footprints against FEMA’s live flood map. Zone AE is a high-risk area that requires flood insurance on a federally backed mortgage, and shaded Zone X is a moderate-risk area where insurance is optional but sensible. Because the split runs through the neighborhood, two homes on the same street can have different requirements, and the AE area has no single published base flood elevation. Median ground at Natura building sites is 11.12 feet NAVD88 in the county’s 2018 survey, and ground is not finished-floor elevation, which only a home’s elevation certificate records.
FEMA’s records show four letters of map amendment or revision for Natura lots between February 2024 and August 2026, of which three removed the structure from the flood zone and one was denied. A letter applies to one structure, so ask the seller for it and do not assume the map.
Hurricane Ian’s surge marks near Bonita Fairways measured 8.7 to 9.0 feet NAVD88 (USGS Hurricane Ian high-water marks), below the median Natura ground. We found no report naming Natura as flooded in Ian, and we do not claim that no home took water, because insurer and city files are not public. Most Natura homes were built after Irma in 2017, and 57 were built in 2023 or later, after Ian.
The City of Bonita Springs participates in FEMA’s Community Rating System, and the City and FEMA’s April 2025 list record Class 5, a 25 percent discount on National Flood Insurance Program premiums (City of Bonita Springs, FEMA Community Rating System). Check the April 2026 list before relying on the figure. Ask for the elevation certificate and any FEMA letter, and get a flood quote before you offer. Citizens Property Insurance does not write flood policies, but it requires its wind-coverage policyholders to carry flood insurance in the high-risk zone now, and outside it on a schedule that reaches every policy on January 1, 2027.
Natura’s advantage is age, because every unreplaced roof is 10 years old or less. Florida requires insurers to offer discounts for documented wind-resistant features, recorded on the Uniform Mitigation Verification Inspection Form. The builder does not state whether Natura windows are impact rated, so order the form on the specific home. Section 689.302, Florida Statutes also requires a seller to disclose known flood damage, flood insurance claims and federal flood assistance at or before the contract, so ask for that disclosure in writing. Buyers can start a Natura buyer consultation or Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 to line up the quotes before an offer.
Natura sits inside the City of Bonita Springs, so permits for roofs, windows, air conditioners, pools and additions are issued by the city, and the county’s year-built record shows Natura was built in ten consecutive years, from 11 homes in 2016 to a peak of 78 in 2022 and 2 in 2025. We did not retrieve permit-level records for this page, so we publish no roof or window permit counts.
Data updated: September 2026 (Lee County Property Appraiser year-built field and City of Bonita Springs permit portal, retrieved 29 Sep 2026).
Year built | Homes | Phase |
|---|---|---|
2016 to 2018 | 38 | Phase 1 |
2019 and 2020 | 22 | Phase 1 |
2021 | 24 | 18 Phase 1, 6 Phase 2 |
2022 | 78 | 64 Phase 1, 14 Phase 2 |
2023 | 33 | 29 Phase 1, 4 Phase 2 |
2024 and 2025 | 24 | Phase 1 |
About three Natura homes in four, 162 of 219, were built in 2022 or earlier, so any of them may have had window, air-conditioner, screen-enclosure or roof work since.
The city’s file for an address shows re-roofs and their dates, window and door replacements, air-conditioner changeouts, pool and screen-enclosure permits, any open or expired permit and, for a home in a flood zone, the elevation certificate. Search it by address on the city’s EnerGov self-service portal. An open permit is the seller’s problem before closing and yours afterward. Natura homes were built under the Florida Building Code edition in force at the permit date, and condominium milestone-inspection and reserve-study laws do not apply because Natura is a subdivision of detached homes. Sellers who want the same check before listing can request a free Natura valuation or Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.
Natura is in Bonita Springs taxing district 017, where the 2026 proposed millage totals 12.8217 mills with no CDD, so a $440,000 purchase is taxed at about $5,641.55 a year without a homestead exemption. A financed buyer at $440,000 with 20 percent down brings about $6,661 of closing items beyond the down payment, and a cash buyer about $4,100, both counting the $2,500 resale contribution.
Data updated: September 2026 (Lee County Property Appraiser 2026 notice of proposed taxes, Florida Department of Revenue and Florida title-insurance rate rule, retrieved 29 Sep 2026).
A mill is $1 per $1,000 of taxable value, and the dollar column applies each rate to $440,000. The lines are rounded and the total is computed on the full rate.
Taxing authority | 2026 proposed mills | On $440,000 |
|---|---|---|
Lee County general revenue | 3.7623 | $1,655.41 |
Public schools, local board | 2.2480 | $989.12 |
Public schools, state law | 3.0230 | $1,330.12 |
City of Bonita Springs | 0.8470 | $372.68 |
Lee County Library District | 0.4218 | $185.59 |
Bonita Springs Fire District | 2.0100 | $884.40 |
South Florida Water Management District | 0.2301 | $101.24 |
Lee County mosquito and hyacinth control | 0.2401 | $105.64 |
West Coast Inland Navigation District | 0.0394 | $17.34 |
Total | 12.8217 | $5,641.55 |
A homestead exemption takes $25,000 off the taxable value for all levies under section 196.031, Florida Statutes, which lowers the $440,000 bill to $5,321.01, and you file with the property appraiser by March 1 of the year after you close. Save Our Homes limits later assessment growth on a homestead, and a buyer who already holds a Florida homestead should ask the property appraiser about portability. The caps reset on a change of ownership, so never carry a seller’s bill forward, and section 689.261, Florida Statutes requires a disclosure summary saying exactly that at or before the contract.
The financed columns use the loans from the monthly worksheets. Mortgage stamps are $0.35 per $100 of the loan, rounded up, and the intangible tax is 2 mills on the loan (Florida Department of Revenue, documentary stamp tax and nonrecurring intangible tax). Recording, appraisal, inspections and survey are planning estimates carried from our live Bonita Fairways buyer page.
Item | A: $440,000, 20% down | B: $486,250, 10% down | C: $440,000 cash |
|---|---|---|---|
Mortgage documentary stamps | $1,232 | $1,532 | none |
Intangible tax | $704 | $875 | none |
Lender’s title, simultaneous issue | $25 plus endorsements | $25 plus endorsements | none |
Recording, estimate | $200 | $200 | $200 |
Appraisal, estimate | $600 | $600 | none |
Inspections, estimate | $900 | $900 | $900 |
Survey, estimate | $500 | $500 | $500 |
Resale contribution | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
Total | $6,661 | $7,132 | $4,100 |
Deed stamps of $0.70 per $100, $3,080 on $440,000, are assigned to the seller in the standard Florida contract, and the owner’s title premium follows the state rate rule of $5.75 per $1,000 up to $100,000 and $5.00 per $1,000 above (Florida Administrative Code rule 69O-186.003). Lee County custom has the seller paying the owner’s policy, but the contract controls. The worksheet omits prepaid insurance, tax escrow, prorations and any Natura application or working-capital fee, and your lender’s Loan Estimate and the title company’s settlement statement control.
Since August 17, 2024, an MLS participant working with a buyer must sign a written agreement with the buyer before touring a home, in person or by live video, and the agreement must state the compensation as an amount or rate that is objectively ascertainable, not open-ended (National Association of Realtors, Written Buyer Agreements 101). That is the rule in Florida as elsewhere, and it makes the fee a conversation you have before the first tour.
Data updated: September 2026 (National Association of Realtors guidance, retrieved 29 Sep 2026).
The agreement must conspicuously disclose the compensation and how it is determined, state that the agent may not receive more than the amount agreed with you, and state in conspicuous language that broker commissions are not set by law and are fully negotiable, according to the NAR guidance. It should also say what services you receive and how long the agreement lasts.
We put the agreement and the fee in writing before we open the first Natura door, and we explain who pays what: you can ask the seller in your offer to cover some or all of our fee, and any part the seller does not cover is yours. We will walk you through the NAR settlement FAQs in plain terms before you sign anything. Start your Natura buyer consultation or Call Marc at (239) 287-5873.
Every Natura address falls in the School District of Lee County’s South Zone 3, with elementary Zone Q, middle Zone GG and high school South Zone 3, and Lee County does not assign one school by address: families rank schools on a choice application each winter, and the zone mainly determines which schools have bus transportation. The district’s Student Enrollment office at (239) 337-8247 confirms zones by address.
Data updated: September 2026 (School District of Lee County 2026-27 school locator and Florida Department of Education 2025-26 school grades, retrieved 24 Sep 2026).
The locator returned the same zones for ten test points across Bonita Fairways (School District of Lee County, School Zones). Do not rely on the school fields in a listing, which are often ZIP-level.
School | Level | State grade | Approx. drive from the golf club |
|---|---|---|---|
Bonita Springs Elementary | Elementary | C | 2.0 mi, about 6 min |
Pinewoods Elementary | Elementary | A | about 5 mi straight line |
Bonita Springs Middle Center for the Arts | Middle | B | 0.7 mi, about 2 min |
Bonita Springs High | High | B | 5.1 mi, about 11 min |
Estero High | High | B | 7.7 mi, about 15 min |
Grades are from the Florida Department of Education school grades for 2025-26, and drive times are approximate free-flow times. Bonita Springs Charter School, graded A in 2026, takes applications from any Lee County family.
Daily life in Natura runs through the Bonita Fairways gate on West Terry Street, which residents open with a windshield-mounted radio-frequency sticker, with visitors announced by call box, sheriff patrols budgeted at $18,000 for 2026, a 25 mph limit on internal streets and about four minutes to the nearest Publix and the Old 41 downtown. Natura has no clubhouse, pool or courts of its own, and its owners use the master amenities.
Data updated: September 2026 (Bonita Fairways gate instructions, association documents and 2026 master budget, retrieved 29 Sep 2026).
The master association owns a 1993 clubhouse of about 18,800 gross square feet with a 215-person banquet hall, one pool and spa, four pickleball courts, one lighted tennis court, bocce and shuffleboard. The homeowners also own the 18-hole, par-61 golf course, bought on March 27, 2020 for $1.2 million, which is open to the public at green fees of $30 to $45 with 10 percent off for owners and a summer card of $550, $750 or $950. No Natura owner must join a golf club. A second master pool was approved in 2024, but members rejected its loan expansion and a $500 assessment on July 16, 2026 by 122 votes for and 735 against, so do not count on it.
Extra vehicles for a single-family home cost $30 each, and the gate is backed by license-plate cameras shared with the Lee County Sheriff (tele-entry owner instructions). Florida Power and Light provides electricity, Bonita Springs Utilities provides water and sewer, and Waste Management collects trash. Under Section 5.15 of the Master Declaration, commercial vehicles, boats, trailers and campers must be kept fully enclosed, and Natura’s own parking rules are not published.
Destination | Approx. distance | Approx. drive |
|---|---|---|
Riverside Park and the Old 41 downtown | 1.4 mi | 4 min |
Publix, Bonita Bay Plaza | 1.3 mi | 4 min |
Interstate 75, Exit 116 | 3.8 mi | 9 min |
Downtown Naples, Fifth Avenue South | 15.9 mi | 29 min |
Southwest Florida International Airport | about 18 to 21 mi | about 30 min |
Times are free-flow from the golf club, and season traffic from December to April can add 20 to 50 percent.
Natura’s own Phase 3 sold on August 12, 2026, so expect construction traffic. Bonita Springs voters approved a $35 million bond for the Bonita Estero Rail Trail on August 18, 2026, and the corridor runs within 100 feet of about 2,760 feet of the community’s northeast boundary. The city awarded a $17,823,584 stormwater and pathway contract on East Terry Street in April 2026 (City of Bonita Springs, East Terry Street contract), and Imperial 41, a 120-apartment project on Old 41, broke ground in December 2025 for completion in 2027. Every route out of Bonita Fairways leaves by Bonita Fairways Boulevard onto West Terry Street.
Buy in Natura if you want a newer single-family home with no age restriction at a county median of $486,250, and buy in Carousel Cove if at least one buyer is 55 or older and you want a lower entry price, near $360,000, in a smaller, older single-story neighborhood where the board approves every sale. Carousel Cove is the only other Bonita Fairways neighborhood of single-family homes.
Data updated: September 2026 (Lee County Property Appraiser recorded sales and Southwest Florida MLS, retrieved 29 Sep 2026).
Criterion | Natura | Carousel Cove |
|---|---|---|
Homes | 219 finished patio homes and villas plus 110 vacant lots | 106 single-story homes: 56 manufactured, 50 site-built |
Built | 2016 to 2025 | 1992 to 2017 |
Buyer age | No restriction found | Over 55, recorded under the federal housing-for-older-persons rule |
Price, county | $486,250 median, 12 months, 10 sales | $360,000 median, 24 months, 11 sales |
Price, MLS | $435,000 median, 12 months, 8 sales | $360,000 median, 12 months, 3 sales |
Days on market, MLS 12 months | 127 | 13 |
Buying approval | None found; Natura declaration not posted | Board approval before every sale; $100 plus $42 per person background check |
Leasing | Master 30-day floor; Natura rules not posted | At least 30 days, at most 4 a year, a tenant 55 or older, board approval |
$2,500 resale contribution | Due unless the seller is the builder or an affiliate, or another exemption applies | Due unless another recorded exemption applies |
Flood | 152 of 222 footprints in Zone AE | 100 of 101 homes in Zone X |
Developer role | Developer holds 329 votes and turnover has not occurred | No developer control found in our research |
Pets | Master rule, reasonable number | Up to 3, at most 2 dogs |
Choose Natura if no buyer is 55 or older, if you want a home built to the 2014 to 2023 Florida Building Codes with an attached garage, if you can budget the master fee plus an unpublished Natura fee and if you accept a developer-run association and a Phase 3 build-out next door. Choose Carousel Cove if a lower price matters more than a newer building, if you accept a board that approves every buyer and if you would rather have a mostly Zone X neighborhood. Carousel Cove’s 13-day MLS median rests on 3 sales and Natura’s 127 days on 8, so neither number is a forecast. Tour both with Marc: start a Natura buyer consultation or Call Marc at (239) 287-5873.
Natura is the largest and the highest-priced of the six Bonita Fairways neighborhoods on the county record: its 12-month median of $486,250 on 10 sales is above Botanika’s $399,420 (55 sales, 24 months) and the other four neighborhoods’ $312,500 to $360,000. Each is measured in the first window that reaches 10 sales, so read across the columns with the window in mind.
Data updated: September 2026 (Lee County Property Appraiser recorded sales and Southwest Florida MLS, retrieved 29 Sep 2026).
Neighborhood | Product | Window, sales | County median | $/sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
219 finished homes plus 110 vacant lots | 12 months, 10 | $486,250 | $234.97 | |
75 condominiums, built 2024 | 24 months, 55 | $399,420 | $356.05 | |
68 condominiums | 36 months, 10 | $358,750 | $277 | |
106 single-story homes, 55+ | 24 months, 11 | $360,000 | $233.33 | |
134 condominiums | 24 months, 12 | $327,450 | $246 | |
142 condominiums | 24 months, 15 | $312,500 | $247 |
The MLS adds days on market and sale-to-list for the same 12 months, and the counts are small because most builder and condominium closings are not MLS-recorded here.
Neighborhood | MLS closed sales | Median sold price | Median days on market | Median sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Natura | 8 | $435,000 | 127 | 97.2% |
Carousel Cove | 3 | $360,000 | 13 | 96.1% |
Bermuda Links | 2 | $302,500 | 29.5 | 96.9% |
The Gardens at Bermuda Links | 11 | $325,000 | 85 | 96.6% |
Botanika | 2 | $294,500 | 174 | 94.8% |
Rosewood Pointe Garden | 1 | $344,000 | 12 | 98.3% |
All Bonita Fairways | 28 | $339,000 | 85 | 96.8% |
The community-wide picture is on the Bonita Fairways community page, and our Bonita Fairways buyer page covers all six. A Natura buyer pays about $87,000 to $174,000 more at the county median than in the other five for a detached lot, a garage and no shared roof, and comparing a Natura home with a 1990s manufactured home or a 2005 condominium tells you what a building costs, not what a neighborhood is worth.
Buying in Natura means a newer detached home with a garage and no required golf membership, set against an unpublished association fee, a developer-run board, a high-risk flood zone for most homes and a 106-lot Phase 3 next door. Whether that mix works depends on the buyer.
To see Natura homes for sale, search current listings on our site or on DomainRealtyGroup.com, then send us your favorites, and we pull the flood, permit, fee and document file for each before you tour. Some homes are discussed before they reach the MLS, one reason buyers choose McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008.
In the last 12 months we tracked every Natura closing in the Southwest Florida MLS, 8 of them at a $435,000 median, and on September 29, 2026 one Natura home was active at $519,900 and none was pending. A saved search is how you see the next one first, and if Natura’s supply is too thin we also represent buyers across Bonita Springs.
You get a personalized Natura buyer consultation from McGreevy and Comisar by using the buyer form on this page or by calling Marc Comisar at (239) 287-5873. Tell us your budget, timing, whether a one-story plan, a flood zone or a pet matters, and we send the Natura homes that fit, with their recorded sales and the documents to request.
We start with resale or builder, the plan and the flood zone, because those decide most of the price and cost. Then we map your budget to the 10 recorded sales, price the monthly cost with the master fee, and list the documents your lender and insurer will ask for.
Start your Natura 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 Natura homes and get a free Natura home valuation so the sale and the purchase line up. Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.
A seasonal Natura buyer owns a detached home that sits empty for months, so plan the lawn and irrigation, the roof and air conditioning, a gate-approved caretaker and a storm routine, because we could not confirm what the Natura dues cover, and every Natura address is in Evacuation Zone A. Leasing is allowed only for 30 days or more, and short-term rentals are not.
Ask what the Natura dues cover and who maintains the lawn and irrigation while you are away. Set a humidity plan, a water shut-off routine and a caretaker on your gate list, since visitors are admitted through the call box, and tell your insurer the home will be unoccupied, because policies can limit coverage for vacancy.
The summer golf card runs May 1 to September 30, and season traffic from December to April can add 20 to 50 percent. A buyer who arrives in the off-season sees fewer competing buyers, and Natura’s 127-day MLS median shows most sales were not rushed.
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. Canadian and other foreign buyers should plan ownership with a cross-border tax adviser, since a future sale will generally face FIRPTA withholding unless an IRS exemption or certificate applies.
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These are the questions buyers ask us most about Natura, answered from the Lee County record, the recorded Bonita Fairways instruments, the city permit portal and Florida law. For your own search, Call Marc at (239) 287-5873.
A 329-lot neighborhood of detached patio homes and villas inside the gated Bonita Fairways golf community in Bonita Springs, platted in three phases: 199 lots in 2016, 24 in 2020 and 106 in 2025. The 2026 county roll shows 219 finished homes.
Home Dynamics built the patio homes and villas and still owns 4 finished homes and 4 vacant Phase 1 lots on the county roll. A memorandum recorded on August 13, 2026 (Instrument 2026000214144) gives Lennar Homes, LLC an option to buy the Phase 3 lots until November 20, 2029; no product or price is published.
Both. In the 12 months to September 29, 2026 the county recorded 3 first sales of builder-owned homes and 7 resales, and the 106 Phase 3 lots have no homes yet. The two differ on price and on the $2,500 contribution.
The county median for the 12 months to September 29, 2026 is $486,250 on 10 sales, ranging $380,000 to $579,990. The 7 resales had a median of $440,000, and the 3 first sales sold at $550,000 to $579,990.
In the same 12 months the Southwest Florida MLS shows 8 closings at a $435,000 median, 127 days on market and a 97.2 percent sale-to-list ratio. On September 29, 2026 one home was active at $519,900 and none was pending.
Compare the two on price per square foot, the fee stack and what you can negotiate. A builder buyer is exempt from the $2,500 resale contribution, and an owner buyer pays it. Get the builder’s price list in writing before you decide.
Yes. The median MLS closing was 97.2 percent of list price, so on a $500,000 list that is about $14,000 under, and days on market run long. Every offer is negotiable, and we price it from the recorded sales of the same plan.
The master assessment is $1,100 for 2026, in two $550 payments, and the Natura association’s own dues are not published. A resale estoppel certificate or the approved Natura budget shows the number, and there is no CDD.
Yes, $2,500, due from the buyer to the master association under Instrument 2024000069667. It is not due when you buy from Home Dynamics or a named affiliate, or in the other recorded exemptions such as a transfer to a spouse or heirs.
No, not for being a first-time home buyer. The recorded amendment exempts the first purchase from the builder, so a first-time buyer purchasing from an individual owner pays the $2,500.
About $2,915 a month with 20 percent down at 7.03 percent: $2,349 principal and interest, $470 tax, $92 master fee and $4 stormwater. It excludes the Natura dues and insurance.
About $6,661 beyond the down payment for a $440,000 financed purchase with 20 percent down, and about $4,100 for a cash buyer, both including the $2,500 contribution. The lender’s Loan Estimate and the title company’s statement control.
The 2026 proposed millage is 12.8217 mills with no CDD, so a home taxed at $440,000 owes about $5,641.55 without a homestead exemption and $5,321.01 with one. A purchase resets the assessed value.
No. The course is owned by the homeowners and open to the public, with green fees of $30 to $45, 10 percent off for owners and an optional summer card of $550, $750 or $950.
No. We found no age restriction in any recorded Natura or master document we read, and the only Bonita Fairways neighborhood with a recorded over-55 declaration is Carousel Cove. Confirm in writing with the management company.
Yes, for terms of 30 consecutive days or more under the master declaration, and Airbnb and VRBO are not permitted. Natura’s own minimum, cap and approval rules are not published, so confirm them before you buy to rent.
Yes, for owners: ordinary household pets in reasonable number, on a leash outdoors and never on the golf course. Pets are not allowed in leased homes, and Natura’s own limits are not published.
Mostly. On FEMA panel 12071C0656G, 152 of 222 home footprints are centered in Spring Creek Zone AE and 70 in shaded Zone X. Check the exact address and ask for the elevation certificate.
In Zone AE with a federally backed mortgage, yes. In Zone X it is optional but sensible, and Bonita Springs’ Class 5 rating gives a 25 percent discount on federal premiums. Get a quote before you offer.
We found no report naming Natura as flooded in Ian and cannot say no home took water. Surveyed Ian high-water marks near Bonita Fairways were 8.7 to 9.0 feet, below the median Natura ground of 11.12 feet.
One to 10 years if none has been replaced, because homes were built from 2016 to 2025. Re-roof permits by address are on the city’s permit portal, and we found no Natura re-roof count to report.
Yes, 60 of 217 rated homes, or 28 percent: all 24 villas and 36 of the 193 patio homes rated for stories. A buyer who needs one floor should filter for the villas or the 1,309 square foot plan.
We read nothing that bars financing, and homes are detached on their own parcels. A lender will require flood insurance in Zone AE and will want the estoppel certificate, so start both with the offer.
Section 720.401 requires a disclosure summary before you sign. If you sign without it, you may void the contract by written notice within 3 days after you receive it or before closing, and the right cannot be waived.
A certificate from the association stating the regular assessment, any special assessment and any money owed, under section 720.30851. For Natura it is the fastest route to the dues figure the public record does not give.
Yes. On July 16, 2026 the master association reported that the Natura developer holds 329 of 857 votes and that turnover has not occurred. No turnover date is published.
The 106 Phase 3 lots on 13.10 acres sold on one deed on August 12, 2026 for $12,985,000, or $122,500 a lot. No product, price or opening date is published in a record we read.
Not of its own. Natura owners use the master clubhouse, one pool and spa, four pickleball courts, one lighted tennis court, bocce and shuffleboard, and a second pool was not funded on July 16, 2026.
South Zone 3, with elementary Zone Q, middle Zone GG and high school South Zone 3. Families rank schools on a choice application, and the district’s enrollment office at (239) 337-8247 confirms zones by address.
From the golf club, Bonita Beach Park is about 11 minutes, Interstate 75 about 9 and Southwest Florida International Airport about 30 in free-flowing traffic. Season traffic can add 20 to 50 percent.
Natura is newer, has no age restriction and a $486,250 county median. Carousel Cove is over 55, older and near $360,000, with board approval of every sale. The decision table above compares them row by row.
Botanika is a 75-unit condominium finished in 2024 with a $399,420 county median on 55 sales over 24 months. Natura is detached homes at $486,250 on 10 sales over 12 months, with its own lot and garage.
Yes. Since August 17, 2024 an MLS participant working with a buyer must sign a written agreement before touring a home, stating the compensation as an amount or rate, according to the National Association of Realtors.
That is set in your written agreement and is negotiable. You can ask the seller in your offer to cover some or all of it, and any part the seller does not cover is yours.
Ask for the Natura declaration, budget and estoppel, the elevation certificate and flood quote, the permit history, the builder’s exemption answer and the turnover clause. We assemble that list for every Natura buyer.
Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 or use the buyer form on this page, and tell us your budget, timing and must-haves. If you also need to sell, Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.
A Natura specialist matters because the price is the smaller part of the decision: resale or builder, the $2,500 contribution, unpublished dues, a developer-run board, a flood zone that changes house by house and a Phase 3 next door. McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, read the recorded instruments and every qualified Natura deed before we show you a home.
Sellers thinking about the other side of this market can read how we sell Natura homes or request a free Natura valuation. Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072. For the neighborhood record behind this page, read the Natura at Bonita Fairways guide.
If you are ready to buy in Natura, start your Natura buyer consultation or Call Marc at (239) 287-5873, and we will send the homes that fit your budget, their recorded sales and the documents to request. McGreevy and Comisar are the #1 team in Southwest Florida since 2012, and our credentials are below.
Your local real estate experts for Natura are Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar of McGreevy and Comisar, the team that leads Domain Realty Group from its office at 24031 S Tamiami Trl #101 in Bonita Springs, a short drive from the Bonita Fairways gate. They read the recorded Bonita Fairways instruments and every qualified Natura deed before writing a word.
Jesse McGreevy is a Sales Associate and Marc Comisar is a Broker Associate, and you can read how the team was built on our about McGreevy and Comisar page. McGreevy and Comisar are Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, and the full record is below.
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Every figure on this page traces to a county, city, state or federal record, a recorded Bonita Fairways instrument, an association’s own published document or news reporting, retrieved between 24 and 29 September 2026. We do not cite brokerage or listing sites. Sale figures are from the Lee County Property Appraiser recorded-sale file and the Southwest Florida MLS.
The official documents below are recorded with the Lee County Clerk or published by the Bonita Fairways Community Association, Lee County, FEMA or the State of Florida. They are the ones a Natura buyer should read before signing, and each link opens the issuing authority’s own copy.
Document | Issued by | Date | What it covers | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions for Bonita Fairways | Bonita Fairways Community Association | Recorded 1997, O.R. 2872/2887 | Leases, pets, vehicles, antennas, architectural review | |
Amendment to and Supplemental Declaration | Bonita Fairways Community Association | Recorded May 15, 2014 | Natura voting groups 5 and 6, developer trustees, architectural committee | |
Certificate of Amendment, Resale Capital Contribution | Bonita Fairways Community Association | Recorded March 12, 2024 | $2,500 buyer-paid contribution and its exemptions | |
Certificate of Amendment, Recreational Facilities and Guests | Bonita Fairways Community Association | Recorded April 6, 2026 | Guest limits, tenants and pool and court use | |
2026 Master Budget | Bonita Fairways Community Association | Prepared October 20, 2025 | $1,100 master assessment, reserves, golf loan interest | |
Results of Vote on Pool Loan Expansion | Bonita Fairways Community Association | July 16, 2026 | 122 for, 735 against; Natura’s 329 votes | |
Bonita Fairways Master Concept Plan | Lee County | Zoning case DCI2004-00081 | Density, building heights, open space | |
Uniform Mitigation Verification Inspection Form OIR-B1-1802 | Florida Office of Insurance Regulation | Current form | Wind-mitigation credits, roof and opening protection | |
Florida Statute 720.30851, Estoppel Certificates | Florida Legislature | Current statute | What the Natura association’s estoppel must state | |
FEMA Flood Map Service Center, FIRM panel 12071C0656G | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Effective November 17, 2022 | The flood map that governs Natura |
The Natura association’s own declaration, dues, budget and rules are not posted online. They come with the estoppel certificate and documents package at a sale, and recorded instruments can be requested from the Lee County Clerk.
Market data from Southwest Florida MLS, pulled September 2026, and Lee County Property Appraiser recorded sales.
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