The National at Ave Maria: Lennar's gated golf community, now nearly sold out. The 2026 fee stack by collection, county-recorded sale prices, the Zone AH flood map and how golf membership conveys. Call McGreevy and Comisar at (239) 898-6072.
Updated September 2026 · Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar, Domain Realty
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The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria is a gated, Lennar-built golf community of 1,284 planned homesites on 490.37 acres in Ave Maria, Florida. It is the only village in town built around its own 18-hole course, and in September 2026 it is essentially sold out, which makes it a resale market from here on.
That last fact changes who a buyer or seller needs on their side. When a builder is selling, the builder’s sales office answers the questions. When the builder leaves, the questions stay: which membership conveys with this address, which of the five fee stacks applies, whether this parcel sits in a Zone AH flood area, and which of eighteen legal entities has to sign off before closing. This guide answers each of them from the documents themselves.
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McGreevy and Comisar are the best realtor for The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria because a post-builder golf community is sold on documents, not on model homes. We read the fee sheets, the district bond document, the FEMA map and the association filings before we price a home or write an offer, and that is what this page shows.
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Recent The National track record, county-recorded: Collier County’s 2026 preliminary tax roll records 337 qualified sales of $50,000 or more at The National from January 2025 through the roll date: 122 Terrace condos (median $230,000), 79 Veranda condos (median $250,000), 49 Coach Homes (median $370,000) and 87 single-family homes (median $550,000). These are deed-recorded sales graded “qualified” by the Florida Department of Revenue, not MLS figures, and they include Lennar’s own closings. Our Southwest Florida MLS Development report for The National is being refreshed and will be added beside these figures; until then we do not publish an MLS number for this community.
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Living at The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria means a gated, all-ages golf community with a 2025 clubhouse, a public-access championship course, eight pickleball courts and a lifestyle calendar, inside a Catholic-anchored town 24 miles inland. It is not a 55-plus community, and it is not bundled golf for every home.
A buyer arriving at The National usually comes with one of three pictures in mind, and each is partly right.
The first picture is a golf community. That part is exactly right. The Gordon Lewis course is the organizing feature of the site: the streets, the lakes and the collections were laid out around it, water is in play on almost every hole, and the clubhouse opened in March 2025 sits on the course. What buyers often get wrong is who plays it. The course sells public tee times through GolfNow, so The National is a semi-private operation in practice, and whether a given home carries a golf membership depends on when and how that home was sold.
The second picture is a Lennar new-construction community. That was true from the March 2020 grand opening through 2026, and it is ending. Lennar’s own community page on September 23, 2026 shows the Terrace, Veranda and Executive collections as sold out and only four Coach Homes left on Newcastle Court. From here on, nearly every purchase at The National is a resale, which moves the buyer’s due diligence from a builder’s sales table to a stack of estoppel letters.
The third picture is Ave Maria itself: La Piazza and the Oratory, the university, the Publix, the new public elementary school on Anthem Parkway North, and the inland elevation that carried the town through the 2022 and 2024 hurricane seasons without significant damage, as the developer has stated in writing. All of that belongs to every village in town, and The National shares it with Del Webb Naples, Maple Ridge and Avalon Park.
The county roll answers this better than any brochure. Across the four product types, homestead exemptions run from 9 percent of Terrace condos to 46 percent of single-family homes, and out-of-state owners hold between 25 and 39 percent of each collection. Put plainly, the single-family streets are majority full-time or near-full-time, while the Terrace buildings are overwhelmingly second homes, rentals and investment units. Those two populations want different things from the same club, and a buyer should know which building or street they are joining.
A weekday at The National starts early at the racquet center, which opens at 7 a.m., and at the practice range. Mid-morning the pool terrace at the clubhouse fills, the Hammock serves lunch by the pool, and Champions Table handles lunch and dinner inside. Evenings run to the lifestyle calendar, which Lennar describes as led by a Lifestyle Director. Groceries, church, the pharmacy and restaurants are at La Piazza, a short drive across town.
Yes. The property owners association assessment funds gated access control services, according to Lennar’s 2026 fee sheets, and Lennar lists “Gated” among the community’s amenities. The main club address is 5923 Double Eagle Circle.
No. The National is all-ages. The club runs Lennar Family Golf, which lets juniors 17 and under play free after 3 p.m. with a paying adult, and the in-town elementary school opened in August 2026. Buyers who want an age-restricted community in Ave Maria are looking for Del Webb Naples.
Every The National conversation we have starts with two questions about the specific address: which membership conveys with it, and which of the four fee stacks applies. Those two answers move a price more than a renovated kitchen does, and as Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008 we have learned to get them in writing first. If you own at The National, get a free valuation of your The National home or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072. If you are shopping, call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and ask him to pull both answers for every home on your list, or read how we represent buyers.
The market at The National in September 2026 is a builder close-out turning into a resale market. County-recorded qualified sales since January 2025 put the Terrace median at $230,000, Verandas at $250,000, Coach Homes at $370,000 and single-family homes at $550,000, while the surrounding ZIP carries 9.3 months of supply.
Data updated: September 2026. County figures from the Florida Department of Revenue Collier County 2026 preliminary NAL roll, qualified sales of $50,000 or more recorded January 2025 onward. ZIP and metro figures from Florida Realtors SunStats, August 2026.
Collection | Residential parcels on the 2026 roll | Year built (min / median / max) | County just value, median | Homestead share | Out-of-state owner share | Qualified sales, 2025 onward | Median qualified sale price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terrace Condominiums | 390 | 2021 / 2023 / 2025 | $194,320 | 9% | 39% | 122 | $230,000 |
Veranda Condominiums | 244 | 2021 / 2023 / 2025 | $229,410 | 27% | 35% | 79 | $250,000 |
Coach Homes (condo) | 176 | 2022 / 2024 / 2025 | $302,428 | 28% | 36% | 49 | $370,000 |
Single-family (Executive and Estate) | 350 | 2021 / 2023 / 2025 | $522,342 | 46% | 25% | 87 | $550,000 |
Three cautions travel with this table. First, the county’s just value is an assessment figure, not a market value, and it lags the market. Second, the qualified-sale medians include Lennar’s own first sales as well as resales, so in 2025 they partly measure the builder’s price list. Third, the county records a building’s total area rather than its air-conditioned living area, so we do not publish a county price per square foot for The National; the two denominators are not comparable and mixing them misleads.
Ave Maria shares ZIP 34142 with Immokalee, so ZIP figures describe a wider and lower-priced market than The National alone. In August 2026 SunStats reported a ZIP 34142 median sale price of $394,500 on 30 closed sales, 264 active listings and 9.3 months of supply, up from 8.2 a year earlier. The Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island metro, by contrast, tightened to 5.7 months of supply with a $595,000 median.
The honest read for The National: coastal Collier is tightening, and the inland ZIP that contains Ave Maria is loosening. A seller at The National competes with a growing inland inventory and should price to it, not to headlines about Naples. A buyer has more choice and more negotiating room than a buyer on the coast. Either way, the pricing work is where a team of Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008 earns its fee: call Jesse at (239) 898-6072 to price a home you own, or Marc at (239) 287-5873 to judge one you are considering.
Lennar’s remaining Coach Homes list at $299,997 to $331,998 in September 2026, below the “from upper $300,000s” base Lennar advertised for Coach Homes in March 2023, according to the Ave Maria Sun. A builder discounting its last units sets a ceiling for resale Coach Homes until that inventory clears. Single-family homes are the opposite case: the county’s single-family median of $550,000 sits above the “low $500,000s” base Lennar advertised in December 2023, and no new single-family inventory remains to compete with resales.
By the six-month convention, ZIP 34142 at 9.3 months is a buyer’s market, while the Naples metro at 5.7 months has crossed into a seller’s market. Inside The National the answer splits by product: condo inventory is heavier and the builder is still selling Coach Homes, while single-family resales face no new-construction competition.
The National’s 337 county-recorded qualified sales since January 2025 are the starting point for every price we set here, and we read them by collection and membership type. If you own at The National, request a free valuation of your The National home or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072. If you are buying, call Marc at (239) 287-5873, or read how we represent buyers in Southwest Florida.
The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria began in 2019, when Lennar bought 490.37 acres from Ave Maria’s master developer. Lennar opened the models and the course to the public on March 7, 2020, public golf play followed in January 2021, and the first homes closed in 2021.
Ave Maria itself is the work of Barron Collier Companies and Ave Maria founder Tom Monaghan, and the town’s land is sold to builders by the master developer, Ave Maria Development. The Ave Maria Stewardship Community District’s 2022 limited offering memorandum records the 2019 sale of the 490.37 gross acres to Lennar and lays out the project in four phases of 365, 394, 355 and 170 units, 1,284 in all.
Lennar announced the grand opening of the model center and the course for March 7, 2020, with four collections and launch prices from the upper $100,000s for Terrace condos to the low $400,000s for Estate homes. The Ave Maria Sun reported in January 2021 that the course was open, and the town’s own releases put the start of public play at January 15, 2021. By December 31, 2021, according to the district’s bond document, 96 units had been built and 84 closed.
Lennar opened six new multifamily models in February 2022, introducing the four-story Terrace and two-story Veranda condominium buildings to the market, according to Barron Collier Companies. Coach Homes followed as two-story attached condominiums with garages. The condominium associations were incorporated in waves from 2020 (Terrace I and Veranda I) through 2024 (Terrace VI and Coach Homes IV), which gives a build span of roughly 2021 to 2026. The clubhouse, the last major piece, opened on March 24, 2025.
Date | What was advertised | Source |
|---|---|---|
March 2020 | Terraces from the upper $100,000s; Estates from the low $400,000s | Lennar newsroom |
January 2022 | “Mid $200,000’s to mid $400,000’s” across the project | AMSCD 2022 offering memorandum |
January 2022 | Terrace condos $220,000 to $250,000; Veranda condos $275,000 to $299,000 | Ave Maria Sun |
March 2023 | Condos from the high $200,000s; Coach Homes from the upper $300,000s; Executive homes from the upper $400,000s; Estates from the low $600,000s | Ave Maria Sun |
December 2023 | Single-family from the low $500,000s | Ave Maria Sun |
September 2026 | Four Coach Homes left at $299,997 to $331,998 | lennar.com |
The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria is laid out around its 18-hole course, with condominium buildings, attached Coach Homes and single-family streets arranged along the fairways and lakes, and the clubhouse at 5923 Double Eagle Circle as the hub. It sits in Ave Maria’s northwest quadrant, reached from the town’s main boulevards.
The governing count is the district’s: 1,284 lots across four phases. As of January 2022 the district reported 264 of them platted and 1,020 not yet platted. Marketing figures over the years have ranged from 1,400 planned homes (the Ave Maria Sun, January 2021) to “approximately 1,300” (the Ave Maria Sun, 2023). The county’s 2026 preliminary roll carries 1,160 residential parcels grouped under The National’s plat names: 390 Terrace condominium units, 244 Veranda condominium units, 176 Coach Home condominium units and 350 single-family parcels. The difference between 1,284 lots and 1,160 residential parcels is land not yet split into residential parcels, or homes not yet on the roll, at the roll date.
Five collections were sold at The National:
The course threads the entire community. The club’s own course description says water is in play on almost every hole, with grass bunkers and doglegs over water. That design produces the thing most buyers are paying for, a lake or golf view from a large share of homes, and it also produces the lakes, retention areas and low ground that explain the flood map discussed further down this guide.
The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria is governed by a property owners association, a separate golf club corporation and fourteen condominium associations, and it also sits under the town-wide Ave Maria Master Association and the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District. That is eighteen legal entities, every one verified on the Florida Division of Corporations register.
Entity | Florida document number | Role |
|---|---|---|
The National at Ave Maria Property Owners Association, Inc. | N20000001569 | Community-wide association for every home |
The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria Golf Club, Inc. | N20000001557 | Separate non-profit that runs golf membership |
Terrace I through Terrace VI at The National Condominium Associations | N20000001221, N22000001835, N22000009516, N22000012609, N23000011258, N24000005648 | One association per Terrace phase |
Veranda I through Veranda IV at The National Condominium Associations | N20000001222, N21000006475, N22000007067, N22000013719 | One association per Veranda phase |
Coach Homes I through Coach Homes IV at The National Condominium Associations | N21000001521, N22000003076, N23000003121, N24000009478 | One association per Coach Home phase |
Ave Maria Master Association | town-wide | Every home in Ave Maria |
Ave Maria Stewardship Community District | special district created by Chapter 2004-461, Laws of Florida | Infrastructure, bonds, assessments on the tax bill |
Searches for a Terrace VII, a Veranda V or a Coach Homes V at The National return no entity, so the condominium count is fourteen. There is no separate homeowners association for the Executive and Estate single-family homes; their fee sheets list only the Master Association and the property owners association.
ICON Management Services, a Troon company, manages the property owners association and the golf club; its owner portal registration opens 30 days after closing, according to the club’s own instructions. Troon acquired ICON on May 17, 2022. The condominium associations are split among managers: Cambridge Management manages Terrace I and Coach Homes I, and Tropical Isles Management Services manages Veranda I, Terrace VI and Coach Homes IV, according to their Sunbiz filings.
Partly. As of the most recent annual reports on Sunbiz, Terrace I, Veranda I and Coach Homes I have owner officers, and the golf club’s officers are residents. Terrace VI and Coach Homes IV still list Lennar officers at Lennar’s Southwest Florida office on Six Mile Cypress Parkway in Fort Myers. The property owners association filed an amended annual report on June 30, 2026 listing resident officers. The exact turnover date for the property owners association and the golf club is not published in any record we found.
Lennar’s fee sheets name a Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for The National for the property owners association, and a Declaration of Condominium for each condominium. The condo sheets carry the disclosure summary required by section 718.503, Florida Statutes, and the Executive sheet cites section 720.401 for homeowners association disclosure. The Collier County Clerk’s Official Records book and page for each declaration were not indexed where we could reach them, so ask for the recorded copy in the estoppel package.
A resale at The National usually needs at least two estoppel certificates and often more: one from the condominium association (for a condo), one from the property owners association, one from the golf club if the home carries a golf membership, and usually one from the Ave Maria Master Association. Florida law sets estoppel rules for homeowners associations in section 720.30851 and for condominiums in section 718.116. Cambridge-managed associations take estoppel orders through HomeWiseDocs, according to Cambridge’s own estoppel page. For ICON and Tropical Isles, order through the manager directly.
Owning at The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria costs between about $9,730 and $13,107 a year in association fees and district assessments before property tax and insurance, depending on the product. Lennar’s 2026 non-golf fee sheets, dated December 30, 2025, are the source for every line in this section.
Annual line (2026, non-golf) | Executive home | Terrace VI condo | Coach Home IV condo |
|---|---|---|---|
Ave Maria Master Association | $812.00 | $812.00 | $812.00 |
The National property owners association | $2,828.00 | $3,928.00 (cable included) | $2,828.00 |
Cable | $1,100.00 | included above | $1,100.00 |
Landscape maintenance | $1,780.00 | not billed | not billed |
Condominium assessment | not billed | $3,884.00 | $5,796.00 |
Food and beverage minimum | $750.00 | $750.00 | $750.00 |
Associations total | $7,270.00 ($605.83 a month) | $9,374.00 ($781.17 a month) | $11,286.00 ($940.50 a month) |
District debt assessment (tax bill) | $1,618.45 | $950.46 | $979.44 |
District operations and maintenance (tax bill) | $841.98 | $841.98 | $841.98 |
All-in per year (calculated) | $9,730.43 | $11,166.44 | $13,107.42 |
All-in per month (calculated) | $810.87 | $930.54 | $1,092.29 |
Source: Lennar Homes, “Schedule of Unit Owner’s Assessments”, The National Executive Homes, Terrace VI (Buildings 36 and 37) and Coach Homes IV (Buildings 48 to 56), non-golf versions, dated December 30, 2025, covering January 1 to December 31, 2026. The all-in rows are our arithmetic from the sheet lines.
The condominium assessment covers “reserves, building maintenance, water and sewer, trash collection, building insurance, janitorial services, and landscaping maintenance”, according to the Terrace and Coach Home sheets. A single-family owner buys their own homeowners insurance and pays their own utilities, so the association line is lower while the owner’s own bills are higher. Compare carrying costs on the same basis: condo all-in plus the unit owner’s HO-6 policy, against single-family all-in plus a full homeowners policy.
Each home carries a food and beverage minimum of $750 a year, spent on non-alcoholic purchases at the club and billed at the fiscal year-end for any shortfall. The fee sheets set it at $500 until food service was available and $750 once food and beverage was sold at the clubhouse; the clubhouse and its restaurants opened on March 24, 2025, so the $750 level applies.
One-time charges at a new-construction closing were $5,725 for an Executive home (including a $1,000 builder fee, a $1,500 irrigation charge, a $475 survey, a $250 working capital contribution to the Master Association and a $2,500 capital contribution to the property owners association) and $3,750 for a Terrace VI or Coach Home IV condo, according to the same sheets. Resale capital contributions are set by each association’s governing documents, so confirm them in the estoppel.
Golf dues are billed only to homes that carry a golf membership, and no 2026 golf-version fee sheet or golf club budget is posted anywhere we could reach. That is the single largest open number in The National’s cost stack. If you are buying a golf-membership home, the golf club’s current dues come from the estoppel and from the club, and we get that figure in writing before an offer is written.
Two. First, Lennar’s website displays monthly association figures for Terrace and Executive collections that are higher than the fee sheets (the website field may reflect a golf version or an earlier phase), so rely on the dated fee sheet or the estoppel. Second, the quarterly column on all three sheets prints the property owners association share as $610, which does not reconcile with the sheets’ own annual figures; the annual numbers above do. No Veranda fee sheet is posted, and Lennar’s website field for Veranda reads about $896 a month, a figure we treat as unverified until an estoppel confirms it.
The Ave Maria Stewardship Community District is a special-purpose unit of local government created by the Florida Legislature in Chapter 2004-461, Laws of Florida. The National has its own bond series inside the district: the Series 2021 (Ave Maria National Project) bonds, $11,340,000, issued March 4, 2021. The district’s offering document sets the National debt assessment at $950 to $1,618 per unit a year, which matches Lennar’s 2026 sheets exactly. The district publishes a bond balance and per-parcel assessment schedule on its website, and the debt line runs until the bonds are retired or the parcel prepays.
The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria has five collections, and each is a different purchase: Terrace condos in four-story buildings, Veranda condos in two-story buildings, attached two-story Coach Homes, and Executive and Estate single-family homes. Legal form, fees, insurance and condo-law duties all change from one to the next.
Terrace buildings are four stories with 30 single-story units each, according to Barron Collier Companies’ February 2022 announcement. Lennar’s plans were the Arbor (two bedrooms, two baths, 1,120 square feet), the Birkdale (two and two, 1,154 square feet) and the Carolina (two and two plus den, 1,301 square feet). The county roll carries 390 Terrace units across six associations. Lennar shows the collection sold out. Because the buildings have three or more habitable stories, the Terrace associations fall under Florida’s structural integrity reserve study and milestone inspection laws, discussed in the storm section below.
For the building-by-building view of Terrace, with the six condominium associations, their recorded rules and the FEMA flood letters for each building, read our Terrace Condominiums at The National guide.
Veranda buildings are two stories with 12 or 16 units each. Lennar’s plans were the Bromelia II (1,355 square feet), the Diangelo II (1,366) and the Arabella II (1,569), two bedrooms and two baths, some with a den. The roll carries 244 Veranda units across four associations. Lennar shows the collection sold out.
Coach Homes are two-story attached condominium homes with three bedrooms, two baths and a two-car garage. The Arrowhead (1,741 square feet) is a single-story first-floor home; the Bay Creek (2,110 square feet) has its garage on the first floor and living space upstairs. The roll carries 176 Coach Home units across four associations. Lennar’s September 23, 2026 inventory showed four Coach Homes left on Newcastle Court: two Arrowheads at $299,997 and $309,997 and two Bay Creeks at $319,998 and $331,998.
Executive homes are detached single-family homes with two-car garages. Lennar’s community page lists the Victoria (two bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 1,850 square feet), the Angelina (two and two, 2,061), the Isabella (three and two, 2,246) and the Maria (three and three, 2,247). Lennar’s 2026 Executive fee sheet names a different plan set, the Remington, Azalea, Cypress and Calusa, each with a den and two-car garage. Lennar shows Executive homes sold out.
Estate homes are the largest single-family plans at The National, up to 3,473 square feet and five bedrooms, with launch pricing that Lennar advertised from the low $400,000s in 2020 and the Ave Maria Sun reported from the low $600,000s in March 2023. Estate homes no longer appear on Lennar’s site. Executive and Estate homes together make up the 350 single-family parcels on the county roll.
Question | Terrace | Veranda | Coach Homes | Executive and Estate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Legal form | Condominium (Chapter 718) | Condominium (Chapter 718) | Condominium (Chapter 718) | Fee simple, homeowners association (Chapter 720) |
Stories | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Reserve study and milestone laws | Apply | Do not apply | Do not apply | Not applicable |
2026 associations, non-golf | $9,374 a year (Terrace VI) | No fee sheet posted | $11,286 a year (Coach Home IV) | $7,270 a year |
District debt line | $950.46 (Terrace VI) | Not published | $979.44 (Coach Home IV) | $1,618.45 |
Board control, September 2026 | Terrace I owner-run; Terrace VI Lennar | Veranda I owner-run | Coach Homes I owner-run; Coach Homes IV Lennar | Property owners association board |
County median qualified sale, 2025 onward | $230,000 | $250,000 | $370,000 | $550,000 |
A dedicated The National Terrace Condominiums sub-page is coming with full HOA fee schedules, recent sale comps, and building-by-building analysis. We’ll link it here when it goes live.
A dedicated The National Veranda Condominiums sub-page is coming with its association details, recent sale comps, and building-by-building analysis. We’ll link it here when it goes live.
A dedicated The National Coach Homes sub-page is coming with full HOA fee schedules, recent sale comps, and street-by-street analysis. We’ll link it here when it goes live.
The Executive and Estate homes share one property owners association and no separate homeowners association, so they stay on this page rather than a sub-page of their own.
Choosing between a condo and a single-family home at The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria is a choice between a lower price with a higher monthly fee and a higher price with a lower one. The county’s recorded sales and Lennar’s 2026 fee sheets let you put numbers on both sides.
Measure | Terrace condo | Coach Home | Single-family |
|---|---|---|---|
County median qualified sale, 2025 onward | $230,000 | $370,000 | $550,000 |
2026 associations, non-golf, per month | $781.17 (Terrace VI) | $940.50 (Coach Home IV) | $605.83 (Executive) |
District debt and operations, per year | $1,792.44 (Terrace VI) | $1,821.42 (Coach Home IV) | $2,460.43 (Executive) |
Building insurance | in the condo assessment | in the condo assessment | owner buys a full policy |
Exterior and roof | association | association | owner |
Landscaping | in the condo assessment | in the condo assessment | $1,780 a year to the property owners association |
Sources: Florida Department of Revenue Collier County 2026 preliminary roll; Lennar 2026 non-golf fee sheets. District totals are the sum of the debt and operations lines on each sheet.
A condo owner’s fee pays for the building’s insurance, its reserves for the roof and structure, water and sewer, trash, janitorial service and landscaping, on top of the property owners association and Master Association shares. The owner insures only the interior and contents, which is usually a far smaller policy than a single-family homeowner’s.
A single-family owner pays less to the associations but buys a full homeowners policy, pays for water and sewer and trash directly, and maintains the roof, exterior and systems. In a newer home those costs start low and rise with age, which is why a single-family budget should include a reserve of the owner’s own.
A seasonal owner who wants to lock the door and leave usually prefers a condo or Coach Home, where the association handles the building. A full-time owner, a family, or a buyer who wants a yard and control of their own maintenance usually prefers a single-family home. The county roll reflects exactly that split: 46 percent of single-family homes carry a homestead exemption, against 9 percent of Terrace condos.
Condo resales compete with a larger pool of similar units and, for Coach Homes, with Lennar’s last builder inventory. Single-family resales compete only with each other now that Lennar’s single-family collections are sold out. Over a hold period, that difference in competition tends to matter as much as the difference in fees. If you own one and are weighing a move to the other, start with a free valuation of your current home or call Jesse at (239) 898-6072; if you are buying, call Marc at (239) 287-5873 or see how we represent buyers.
The clubhouse at The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria opened on March 24, 2025 at 5923 Double Eagle Circle. It measures 16,922 square feet, with a 6,446-square-foot fitness and spa area and a 34,072-square-foot pool area, and it houses the community’s restaurants, bar and lifestyle programming.
Interiors are by Clive Daniel Hospitality, working with Humphrey Rosal Architects, according to Clive Daniel’s own announcement of the project. The grand opening was advertised publicly for March 24, 2025.
For five years The National’s owners had a course and a sales center but no finished clubhouse. The opening changed three things at once: it brought full-service dining into the gates, it activated the $750 food and beverage minimum on every home, and it gave the club a place to run the event calendar. For a resale buyer in 2026 the clubhouse is simply part of the community. For a seller who bought before 2025, it is a material improvement to what they are selling, and it belongs in the listing.
Lennar lists the clubhouse, a pool, golf, pickleball, tennis, a fitness center, an aerobics studio, a sport court, a full-service spa offering massage, facials and nails, a sauna, poolside dining and a Lifestyle Director among The National’s amenities. The developer’s own blog also describes satellite pools in the community.
Golf at The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria is an 18-hole, par-72 Gordon Lewis course that plays 4,546 to 7,309 yards across nine tee combinations. It opened for play in January 2021, sells public tee times, and its membership is attached to individual homes, so what conveys varies by address.
Tee | Yards | Men’s rating / slope | Women’s rating / slope |
|---|---|---|---|
Silver | 7,309 | 74.7 / 134 | not rated |
Orange | 6,672 | 72.0 / 131 | not rated |
Red | 6,435 | 70.9 / 127 | 76.2 / 129 |
White | 6,202 | 69.8 / 125 | 74.9 / 126 |
Black | 6,020 | 68.7 / 123 | 71.5 / 124 |
Purple | 5,593 | 66.8 / 118 | 71.5 / 119 |
Blue | 5,060 | 64.2 / 113 | 68.4 / 112 |
Green | 4,753 | 63.0 / 110 | 66.8 / 109 |
Gold | 4,546 | 62.2 / 109 | 65.5 / 107 |
Source: The National Golf and Country Club official scorecard. The course details page describes five sets of playing tee boxes; the scorecard’s nine lines are combinations of them.
Hole 16 is a par 5 of 701 yards from the Silver tees, which the club calls one of the longest par 5 holes in the county. Hole 13 is a par 3 of 114 yards from Silver and 74 from Gold. Course architect Gordon Lewis told the Ave Maria Sun in January 2021 that the 13th “is one of the shortest holes in the world”, and compared it to the 12th at Augusta. The same article describes hole 8 as a Z-shaped par 5.
Yes. Public tee times are sold through GolfNow and by phone at (239) 867-9090, according to the club’s website. The club also runs Lennar Family Golf, under which juniors 17 and under play free after 3 p.m. with a paying adult. Leagues are organized through GolfGenius, and the practice facility includes a driving range, short-game area and putting green with a pro shop that rents Callaway clubs.
This is the most important question on any The National purchase, and the answer is address-specific:
Lennar’s promotional page describes homes “that include a bundled golf membership or social membership”. The developer’s all-communities page says every residence carries bundled golf or social membership. So every home carries one or the other, and a buyer must confirm which, in writing, before an offer.
No primary document we reviewed shows an equity or initiation structure; membership is described as attached to the residence. The golf club is its own non-profit corporation with a resident board, and golf dues are billed to golf-membership homes only. The Ave Maria Sun reported in January 2021 that the bundled golf membership was transferable to renters.
A golf-membership home and a social-membership home next door to each other are not the same product, even with the same floor plan. The golf home carries the golf dues and the playing rights; the social home carries lower fees and no golf privileges beyond public play. We price each against its own kind. Pricing a social home off a golf-home comparable, or the reverse, is the single most common error we see in this community. Owners can get a membership-matched valuation of their The National home or call Jesse at (239) 898-6072; buyers can call Marc at (239) 287-5873 or read how we represent buyers in Southwest Florida.
The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria has neither a marina nor beach access. It sits about 24 miles inland in eastern Collier County, and its lakes are stormwater management lakes, not navigable water. Boaters and beach-goers drive to the Gulf, and we cover those drive times below.
That absence is also part of the reason for the town’s hurricane record: no storm surge reaches this far inland. For a buyer who wants boating, the nearest options are Naples and Bonita Springs, and for a buyer who wants the beach, the Naples and Bonita beaches are the closest public ones.
The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria has eight pickleball courts, six tennis courts and two bocce courts, all lighted and open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., according to the club’s racquet sports page. The tennis courts are Har-Tru clay, and the pro shop phone is 239-867-9096.
Yes. Non-residents can buy an annual racquet membership or pay $40 an hour per court, according to the club’s racquet center FAQs. Residents can book seven days out and receive ten guest passes a year.
Pickleball demand in Southwest Florida regularly outruns court supply, and eight lighted courts inside the gates is a real amenity for a community of this size. It also means outsiders play here, which some buyers like (a busier club) and some do not.
The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria’s clubhouse includes a 6,446-square-foot fitness and spa area with a fitness center, an aerobics studio, a sauna and a full-service spa offering massage, facials and nails, according to Clive Daniel Hospitality and Lennar. The resort-style pool area covers 34,072 square feet.
Ave Maria as a town was recognized as a Blue Zones community, which frames wellness as a town-wide program rather than a single club amenity. Residents of The National have both: the club’s own fitness space and the town’s parks, trails and programs.
The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria has three dining outlets inside the gates: the Hammock, a poolside bar and grill; Champions Table, serving lunch and dinner; and a concession window for golfers. All opened with the clubhouse in March 2025, and spending there counts toward the $750 annual minimum.
The Hammock’s menu runs to tacos, pizza and burgers, according to the developer’s own write-up of its opening. Outside the gates, La Piazza in the town center has a Publix and more than twenty restaurants and shops.
The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria sits in a town that reported no significant damage in Hurricanes Irma, Ian, Helene and Milton, according to the developer’s June 4, 2025 statement. The reasons are distance from the coast, elevation, underground utilities and the town’s own backed-up water and sewer plants.
The developer’s June 4, 2025 release says Ave Maria “experienced zero damage despite the extreme 2024 season”, covering Helene and Milton, and describes only minor landscape damage from Ian in 2022. That is a town-wide statement. It does not replace a home inspection or a wind mitigation report on the specific house.
The National’s homes were permitted from 2020 onward under the current Florida Building Code, which followed the post-Andrew reforms and carries some of the strictest wind provisions in the country. Ask for the wind mitigation inspection on any resale; it drives the insurance premium.
Yes, much of it. The effective FEMA flood map for The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria, panel 12021C0260H effective May 16, 2012, shows most of the footprint as Zone AH, which is a Special Flood Hazard Area, with Zone X pockets. Adjacent homesites can differ, so every address needs its own determination.
We queried FEMA’s National Flood Hazard Layer at 26 points across The National’s footprint on September 23, 2026. Twenty returned Zone AH with the Special Flood Hazard Area flag set to true, four returned Zone X (minimal hazard) and two returned Zone X shaded (0.2 percent annual chance). Two adjacent Coach Home IV homesites on Newcastle Court fell on opposite sides of the line: one in AH, one in X shaded. A base flood elevation line of 21.5 feet (NAVD88) runs nearby.
The effective panel dates from 2012, before The National’s site work began in 2019 and 2020. The map shows the land as it was, shallow-ponding agricultural ground, not as it was graded and built. Homes in Ave Maria are built at least one foot above the base flood elevation, and a home built above the base flood elevation on fill can often be removed from the Special Flood Hazard Area by a Letter of Map Amendment or Letter of Map Revision based on Fill. Those letters are issued parcel by parcel and do not appear on the map layer, so the effective status of a single home must be checked on FEMA’s Map Service Center.
Zone AH is a Special Flood Hazard Area. A federally backed or federally regulated mortgage on a structure in Zone AH requires flood insurance, unless a Letter of Map Amendment has removed the structure from the hazard area. For a condo, the association’s master flood policy is part of the answer and the unit owner’s own policy is the rest. We check the flood determination, the elevation certificate and any letter of map change on every The National home before an offer, and we price the flood premium into our advice.
If your home has a Letter of Map Amendment or an elevation certificate showing the lowest floor well above the base flood elevation, that document is worth money at resale, because it can lower or remove the buyer’s flood requirement. Find it before you list, and we will put it in the listing file: request a free home valuation or call Jesse at (239) 898-6072. Buyers weighing an AH address can call Marc at (239) 287-5873, or read how we represent buyers, and we will pull the flood file before you offer.
Homeowners insurance at The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria depends on product type: single-family owners buy a full homeowners policy, while condo owners buy an HO-6 unit policy because the association insures the building. Inland location lowers premiums compared with coastal Collier, while a Zone AH parcel can add a flood premium.
For a single-family home: the wind mitigation features on the inspection form (roof shape, roof deck attachment, secondary water resistance, opening protection), the year built, the replacement cost and the flood zone. For a condo: the master policy’s deductible, which the association can assess back to owners after a storm, and the unit owner’s interior coverage.
The Ave Maria town guide sets typical 2026 single-family premiums in Ave Maria at roughly $2,500 to $5,000 a year, against $8,000 to $20,000 for comparable coastal Collier homes. Treat those as ranges, not quotes, and get a quote on the specific address with its wind mitigation report before you commit.
Florida’s structural integrity reserve study and milestone inspection laws apply to The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria’s four-story Terrace buildings, and not to the two-story Veranda and Coach Home buildings. Both laws turn on buildings of three or more habitable stories.
Section 718.112, Florida Statutes, requires a condominium association to complete a structural integrity reserve study at least every ten years for each building three habitable stories or higher, and requires the developer to deliver a turnover inspection report for such buildings before turnover. The study sets required reserves for the roof, structure, fireproofing, plumbing, electrical, waterproofing and windows, and those reserves cannot be waived.
Section 553.899, Florida Statutes, requires a milestone structural inspection for condominium buildings of three or more habitable stories by December 31 of the year the building reaches 30 years of age. The Terrace buildings were completed from 2022 onward, so by that statute their first milestone falls around 2052 or later.
The association’s most recent structural integrity reserve study, its current budget with the reserve lines, any special assessment history and the turnover inspection report where the building is still Lennar-controlled (Terrace VI was, as of 2026). Whether each of Terrace I through V has completed its study is not published where we could verify it, so we request it in every Terrace transaction.
Public schools for The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria are Ave Maria Elementary, Corkscrew Middle and Palmetto Ridge High, according to Collier County Public Schools’ own address lookup for the 2026-2027 school year, run on four addresses across the community on September 24, 2026.
Address | Elementary | Middle | High |
|---|---|---|---|
5923 Double Eagle Circle (clubhouse) | Ave Maria Elementary, 4050 Anthem Pkwy | Corkscrew Middle, 1165 Oil Well Rd | Palmetto Ridge High, 1655 Victory Ln |
5509 Pikewood Court | Ave Maria Elementary | Corkscrew Middle | Palmetto Ridge High |
5927 Sunningdale Street | Ave Maria Elementary | Corkscrew Middle | Palmetto Ridge High |
5508 Whistling Straights Court | Ave Maria Elementary | Corkscrew Middle | Palmetto Ridge High |
None of the four carried a pending rezoning. Run the district’s lookup on the exact address you are buying, because boundaries change, and do not rely on a listing’s school fields, which are often out of date.
Ave Maria Elementary opened on August 11, 2026 as Collier County’s 33rd elementary school and the first public school inside the town, serving pre-kindergarten through grade five. Barron Collier Companies and Ave Maria Development donated 46 acres for the campus. The school opened with about 400 students against a built capacity of 900, and it doubles as the area’s hurricane shelter.
Donahue Academy of Ave Maria is a classical Catholic school serving pre-kindergarten through grade 12 in town, operated under Ave Maria Catholic Church and the Diocese of Venice. Ave Maria University, a Catholic liberal arts university, anchors the town center.
Healthcare near The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria starts in town: an NCH Immediate Care Center opened in spring 2025 and Mater Dei Clinic provides outpatient care. NCH has announced a 150-bed hospital for Ave Maria, beginning with a freestanding 24/7 emergency department, while full hospitals remain in Naples today.
In October 2025 NCH announced a 150-bed hospital on 18 donated acres at Oil Well Road and Arthrex Commerce Park Drive, built in four phases over about ten years. Phase one is a 25,000-square-foot freestanding emergency department, with construction targeted to begin around late 2027. Until it opens, serious emergencies go to NCH North Naples or Physicians Regional in Naples, with Collier County EMS Medic 32 based in town.
The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria is about 37 miles from downtown Naples, roughly 53 minutes by car, and about 37 miles from Southwest Florida International Airport, according to the Ave Maria town guide. The Gulf beaches are about 24 miles west as the crow flies, farther by road.
Destination | Approximate distance or time | Basis |
|---|---|---|
Downtown Naples | about 37 miles, about 53 minutes | Ave Maria town guide |
Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) | about 37 miles | Ave Maria town guide |
Gulf of Mexico coastline | about 24 miles inland (straight line) | developer and town guide |
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary | about 25 minutes | Ave Maria town guide |
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge | about 30 minutes | Ave Maria town guide |
La Piazza town center | a short drive across town | town map |
Drive times vary with season and traffic on Oil Well Road and Camp Keais Road. Test the drive at the hour you would make it before you buy.
The biggest change coming to The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria is outside its gates: Collier County commissioners approved a 2,042-acre, 6,738-home expansion of Ave Maria 4-1 on June 9, 2026, raising the town’s capacity to 17,738 homes, and NCH’s hospital campus is planned for the town’s east side.
The Collier County Planning Commission recommended the Ave Maria stewardship receiving area amendment on May 7, 2026, and the Board of County Commissioners approved it 4-1 on June 9, 2026, with one commissioner dissenting over the timing of road improvements, as WINK News reported. The expansion lifts the town from roughly 5,928 to about 7,970 acres.
For an owner, more rooftops support the town center, the hospital and the school, and they also add traffic on the roads out of town and more resale competition in ZIP 34142. For a buyer, it means the town you buy into in 2026 is not the town it will be in 2036, and that is worth weighing as honestly in one direction as the other.
The wider eastern Collier Rural Lands Stewardship Area includes other approved and proposed towns and villages, among them the Town of Big Cypress, which Collier County’s September 2025 town hall presentation laid out alongside Ave Maria’s expansion. None is adjacent to The National’s gates, but together they will reshape traffic on Oil Well Road over the coming decade.
Day-to-day logistics at The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria run through the town’s own systems: water and sewer from the Ave Maria Utility Company, underground electric service, a gated entry, an Immokalee mailing designation on the shared 34142 ZIP, and association-managed landscaping and condo services.
Water and wastewater come from the Ave Maria Utility Company, the town’s own utility, which publishes an annual drinking water consumer confidence report. Electric lines in town run underground. Cable is billed through the property owners association on the 2026 fee sheets.
The ZIP code 34142 is shared with Immokalee, and USPS uses Immokalee as the post office of record, which is why some Ave Maria addresses appear as “Immokalee, FL 34142”. It is the same place.
Condominium owners have trash collection, water and sewer, building insurance, janitorial service and landscaping inside the condominium assessment. Executive home owners pay a separate $1,780 landscape maintenance line to the property owners association in 2026.
Pet rules and leasing minimums are set in each declaration, and the recorded copies were not reachable for this guide. The Ave Maria Sun reported in 2021 that the original bundled golf membership was transferable to renters. Check the specific declaration before you buy with a rental plan.
Clubs and events at The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria are organized by the club’s lifestyle program, which Lennar describes as led by a Lifestyle Director. The Ave Maria Sun reported a goal of two to four events a week in December 2023, including a weekly Wine Down Wednesday, and golf leagues run through GolfGenius.
Outside the gates, Ave Maria’s town calendar, the Oratory’s parish ministries, the university’s athletics and the civic association all add to what residents can join, and all are open to every village in town.
The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria is Ave Maria’s only village built around its own golf course and the only one with a full condominium mix, which gives it the town’s lowest entry price and its highest association fees. The comparison below uses county-recorded qualified sales and each village’s published facts.
Village | Builder | Age profile | Product | Golf | County median qualified sale, 2025 onward (single-family) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The National Golf and Country Club | Lennar | All ages | Condos, Coach Homes, single-family | Own 18-hole course; membership by home | $550,000 |
Del Webb (PulteGroup) | 55 and over | Single-family, attached | Panther Run nearby, optional | $506,750 | |
Maple Ridge (core) | CC Homes | All ages | Single-family | None | $550,800 |
Pulte | All ages | Single-family | None | $505,000 |
Source for the price column: Florida Department of Revenue, Collier County 2026 preliminary roll, qualified sales of $50,000 or more recorded 2025 onward, grouped by plat name. The Del Webb Naples figure covers the parcels recorded under Del Webb plat names only; some early Del Webb phases are recorded under other plat names.
The buyer who wants golf at the door, a condo or coach-home price point, or a lock-and-leave second home belongs at The National. The buyer who wants a 55-plus social calendar belongs at Del Webb Naples. The family buyer who wants a larger single-family home at a lower association cost usually looks first at Maple Ridge or Avalon Park.
The National at Ave Maria and Babcock National at Babcock Ranch are Lennar’s two sister golf communities in Southwest Florida, with courses by the same architect, Gordon Lewis. They differ on flood map, governance, membership and location, and those differences decide which one fits.
Question | The National at Ave Maria | Babcock National at Babcock Ranch |
|---|---|---|
County | Collier | Charlotte |
Builder status | Essentially sold out, four Coach Homes left (September 2026) | Lennar has closed it out; resale only (August 2026) |
Course architect | Gordon Lewis | Gordon Lewis |
Membership conveyed | Varies by home and sale year; social on 2026 sales | Mostly bundled golf on closed sales, per our Babcock National guide’s MLS read |
Flood map | Largely Zone AH (a Special Flood Hazard Area) on a 2012 panel, X pockets | Zone X on a 2022 panel with a 2025 letter of map revision |
District | Ave Maria Stewardship Community District (special act) | Babcock Ranch Community Independent Special District (special act) |
Nearest big city | Naples, about 53 minutes | Fort Myers and Punta Gorda |
Town anchor | Catholic university town, La Piazza | Solar-powered new town, Founders Square |
Choose The National at Ave Maria if you want the lower condo entry prices in Collier County, a Collier address and school system, the Ave Maria town and the Naples orbit, and you are prepared to check flood status address by address. Choose Babcock National if a bundled golf membership is non-negotiable, if a current Zone X map matters more to you than price, and if Fort Myers and Punta Gorda are your orbit rather than Naples.
Before making an offer at The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria, check six things for the specific address: the membership type, the collection’s current fee schedule, the district assessment on the tax bill, the flood determination, the condo association’s reserve study where it applies, and every estoppel the sale will need.
Ask the seller for the membership in writing and confirm it with the golf club. A golf-membership home and a social-membership home are priced differently and cost differently to own.
The Executive, Terrace and Coach Home stacks differ by more than $4,000 a year. Get the current assessment for the specific association, not a figure from a listing or a website field.
Look at the most recent property tax bill for the parcel. The Ave Maria Stewardship Community District’s debt and operations lines appear there, and the district publishes each parcel’s bond balance.
Look up the address on FEMA’s Map Service Center, ask the seller for any elevation certificate or Letter of Map Amendment, and get a flood quote early if the parcel maps in Zone AH.
Ask the association for its structural integrity reserve study and current budget. For a building still under Lennar control, ask for the developer’s turnover inspection report.
Order them from each association the home belongs to. They confirm the account is current and disclose any special assessment, capital contribution or violation.
We read the documents above for every home on a buyer’s short list, and we price each one against resales of the same collection and membership type. That is what representation means in a community where the builder’s sales table has gone away, and it is how McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, work every Collier County purchase. Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 to start, or read how we represent buyers in Southwest Florida. If you own at The National and want the same file built for your sale, call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072 or request a free home valuation.
The honest case for The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria is golf and a new clubhouse at inland prices well below coastal Collier; the honest case against is high association fees on condos, a flood map that needs checking address by address, and a membership that varies from home to home.
Selling a home at The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria in 2026 means selling a resale against a builder’s last units and a growing inland inventory. The homes that sell well are priced against their own membership type and collection, with the fee stack, flood file and estoppels ready before the first showing.
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The National sold, county-recorded, January 2025 onward (about 20 months, the window the 2026 roll covers): 337 qualified sales of $50,000 or more. Terrace condos: 122 sales, median $230,000. Veranda condos: 79 sales, median $250,000. Coach Homes: 49 sales, median $370,000. Single-family: 87 sales, median $550,000. These include Lennar’s own first sales. Our MLS Development report for the same window, with days on market and sale-to-list ratios, will sit beside these figures once refreshed.
What sells a The National home in 2026:
Start with a free valuation of your The National home. We follow it with a real comparable analysis against homes of your own collection and membership type, because an automated estimate cannot see either.
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Price against resale Terrace sales, not against Lennar’s list, and adjust for your building’s reserve study status and floor. The Terrace collection is sold out, so the only direct competition is other resale Terrace units.
Yes, if you own a Coach Home. Lennar’s last four list at $299,997 to $331,998 with builder incentives, and a resale Coach Home needs a clear reason to sit above them, such as a golf membership, a better lot or furnishings.
For a buyer who golfs, yes, and for a buyer who does not, the higher dues can be a cost. We market a golf-membership home to golfers first and document the membership so it is priced as an asset.
Your deed, your most recent tax bill with the district lines, any elevation certificate or map amendment, your association account statements, your wind mitigation report, and any golf membership documents.
ZIP 34142 carried 9.3 months of supply in August 2026, with a 54-day median time to contract, according to SunStats. A well-priced home with a complete file sells faster than the ZIP median; an overpriced one waits.
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These are the questions buyers ask most about The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria, answered from the fee sheets, the district bond document, the FEMA map, the Florida corporate register, the club’s own pages and the county roll. Each answer names its source so you can check it yourself.
Lennar. Lennar bought the 490.37-acre site from Ave Maria’s master developer in 2019, according to the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District’s 2022 offering memorandum, and has sold nearly every home.
The district’s bond document plans 1,284 lots in four phases. The county’s 2026 preliminary roll carries 1,160 residential parcels: 390 Terrace units, 244 Veranda units, 176 Coach Homes and 350 single-family homes.
No. It is all-ages, and the club runs a junior golf program. Ave Maria’s age-restricted community is Del Webb Naples.
Yes. Lennar’s 2026 fee sheets list gated access control among the services the property owners association pays for.
Yes. The club sells public tee times through GolfNow and at (239) 867-9090.
Gordon Lewis, the Naples-based architect who also designed the course at Babcock National. It is par 72 and plays 4,546 to 7,309 yards.
No. Every home carries either a golf membership or a social membership, and which one depends on the home. Homes sold from 2020 to 2022 were generally bundled golf, single-family buyers moved to social membership in March 2023, and every 2026 Lennar plan is tagged social.
Ask for it in writing from the seller and confirm it with the golf club’s estoppel before your inspection period ends. We request it on every The National offer.
No primary document we reviewed shows one. Membership is described as attached to the residence.
Under Lennar’s 2026 non-golf fee sheets: $605.83 a month for an Executive home, $781.17 for a Terrace VI condo and $940.50 for a Coach Home IV, before the district assessment on the tax bill.
Our arithmetic from the same sheets: about $810.87 a month for an Executive home, $930.54 for a Terrace VI condo and $1,092.29 for a Coach Home IV, before property tax and insurance.
Ave Maria has a special district, the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District, created by the Legislature rather than as an ordinary CDD. The National has its own Series 2021 bond, with a debt assessment of $950 to $1,618 a year per unit plus $841.98 for operations and maintenance.
$750 a year of non-alcoholic spending at the club, billed at year-end for any shortfall, now that the clubhouse restaurants are open.
On a new home, $3,750 for a condo and $5,725 for an Executive home under the 2026 sheets, including a $2,500 capital contribution to the property owners association. Resale contributions are set by the governing documents; confirm them in the estoppel.
Because the condominium assessment pays for building insurance, reserves, water and sewer, trash, janitorial service and landscaping.
March 24, 2025. It measures 16,922 square feet, with 6,446 square feet of fitness and spa space and a 34,072-square-foot pool area.
At the Hammock by the pool, at Champions Table for lunch and dinner, and at the golfers’ concession window.
Yes, eight lighted pickleball courts, plus six Har-Tru tennis courts and two bocce courts, open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Yes, by annual racquet membership or at $40 an hour per court.
Lennar describes the events calendar as led by a Lifestyle Director, and the Ave Maria Sun reported a new director appointed in December 2023.
On September 23, 2026, four Coach Homes on Newcastle Court, $299,997 to $331,998, three bedrooms, two baths, 1,741 to 2,110 square feet. Everything else is sold out.
Much of it is. FEMA’s effective map shows most of the footprint as Zone AH, a Special Flood Hazard Area, with Zone X pockets. Check each address for a Letter of Map Amendment.
On a federally backed mortgage for a structure in Zone AH, yes, unless a map amendment removes it. In Zone X it is optional. We check the determination on every home before an offer.
The developer states that Ave Maria had no significant damage in Irma, Ian, Helene or Milton. The town sits about 24 miles inland at about 23 feet of elevation with underground utilities.
Yes. Terrace buildings are four stories, so the structural integrity reserve study and milestone inspection laws apply. Veranda and Coach Home buildings are two stories and do not.
Ave Maria Elementary, Corkscrew Middle and Palmetto Ridge High, according to the district’s address lookup for 2026-2027 on four addresses we checked.
About 37 miles from downtown Naples, around 53 minutes by car, according to the Ave Maria town guide.
Full hospitals are in Naples today. An NCH Immediate Care Center is open in Ave Maria, and NCH plans a 150-bed campus in town beginning with a freestanding emergency department.
ICON Management Services, a Troon company, manages the property owners association and golf club. Cambridge Management and Tropical Isles Management Services manage the condominium associations, depending on the building.
Partly. Several condominium associations and the golf club have owner or resident officers, while Terrace VI and Coach Homes IV still list Lennar officers.
Leasing rules are in each declaration and were not reachable in the public record for this guide. Read the declaration for the specific association before buying with a rental plan.
County-recorded qualified sales since January 2025 show medians of $230,000 for Terrace condos, $250,000 for Verandas, $370,000 for Coach Homes and $550,000 for single-family homes.
It depends on the product. Condo inventory is heavy and carrying costs are high; single-family homes face no more builder competition. We walk every buyer through both before an offer.
Both are Lennar golf communities with Gordon Lewis courses. Babcock National’s closed sales are mostly bundled golf and its current map is Zone X; The National’s membership varies by home and much of it is Zone AH, but it sits in Collier County at lower condo entry prices.
$812 a year on each of Lennar’s 2026 fee sheets. The Master Association is the town-wide association for every home in Ave Maria, separate from The National’s own property owners association.
The Ave Maria Stewardship Community District publishes a bond balance and per-parcel assessment schedule on its website, currently through October 31, 2026. It shows what remains on the National bond line for a given parcel.
Terrace plans were the Arbor, Birkdale and Carolina; Veranda plans the Bromelia II, Diangelo II and Arabella II; Coach Homes the Arrowhead and Bay Creek; and Executive plans listed by Lennar as the Victoria, Angelina, Isabella and Maria, with the Remington, Azalea, Cypress and Calusa named on the 2026 Executive fee sheet.
The county roll records year built from 2021 to 2025 across all four product types, with medians of 2023 for Terrace, Veranda and single-family homes and 2024 for Coach Homes.
Yes, especially in the condos. Out-of-state owners hold 39 percent of Terrace units, 35 percent of Veranda units, 36 percent of Coach Homes and 25 percent of single-family homes on the 2026 county roll.
5923 Double Eagle Circle, Ave Maria, FL 34142. The racquet pro shop can be reached at 239-867-9096 and the golf shop at (239) 867-9090.
With Lennar essentially sold out, most purchases are resales, and a buyer’s agent works for you. On the last Lennar Coach Homes, bring your own agent to your first visit so your representation is in place before you sign.
These are the questions The National Golf and Country Club at Ave Maria owners ask before they list, answered from the county’s recorded sales, the association documents and what we see move value in a post-builder golf community.
We think it is the team that reads the fee sheets, the flood file and the membership documents before pricing your home. That is how we work as Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, and it is why sellers call McGreevy and Comisar at (239) 898-6072.
Start with a free home valuation, then let us price it against resales of your own collection and membership type.
The usual costs are the listing commission, title and closing charges, estoppel fees from each association and any repairs. We give you a net sheet before you list.
Professional photography, drone and video, our buyer database, and a listing file with the fee stack, flood file and membership documents already in it.
Yes. We can market privately to our buyer database first when discretion matters.
ZIP 34142 ran a 54-day median time to contract in August 2026. A complete, well-priced listing typically beats the ZIP median.
The ZIP carries 9.3 months of supply, a buyer’s market by the usual convention, so pricing matters more than it did in 2022.
Yes. We confirm the membership type with the club, put it in the listing and the contract, and order the golf club estoppel.
For golfing buyers, yes. For others the dues can be a cost. We market golf homes to golfers first.
They set a ceiling for resale Coach Homes until they sell. A resale above them needs a clear reason: membership, lot or condition.
Once Lennar’s last Coach Homes close, the builder competition ends. Single-family owners already face none; Coach Home owners may prefer to list after the builder’s units clear.
The condominium association for a condo, the property owners association, the golf club if you have a golf membership, and usually the Ave Maria Master Association.
Florida law sets delivery timelines for association estoppel certificates; order them at listing so they are ready when a contract arrives.
It is not required to list, but in a Zone AH community it can lower a buyer’s flood cost. If you have one, it goes in the listing file.
If the lowest floor is above the base flood elevation, a Letter of Map Amendment may remove the structure from the hazard area. That is a FEMA process with a surveyor, and we can point you to it.
For a Terrace condo, yes. Ask your association for its structural integrity reserve study status before you list.
Anything an inspector will flag on a newer home: caulking, screens, irrigation heads and the air conditioning service record. Cosmetic updates rarely return their cost here.
Many The National buyers are second-home or seasonal buyers, and furnished condos can appeal to them. We price furniture separately in the contract.
Yes, subject to the lease and the association’s rules. Buyers value a lease that ends before their closing unless they want the income.
It sits on the property tax bill and is prorated with taxes at closing unless the parcel has been prepaid. The bond balance is published by the district.
If you bought before March 2025, yes. The clubhouse is part of what you are selling, and your listing should say so.
It is part of the fee stack, and we put the full stack in the listing file so buyers are not surprised.
Single-family resales no longer compete with Lennar, which helps. We will give you a current days-on-market read for your product when we price your home.
Resale sellers sometimes offer closing-cost credits to compete with builder incentives. We model the net against a price reduction before you decide.
Yes. We coordinate both sides so the timing works, whether your next home is in Ave Maria or elsewhere in Southwest Florida.
Disclose what you know. The town reports no significant storm damage, but an inspector will look, and a documented repair is better than a surprise.
Winter brings the most seasonal buyers to Southwest Florida. Listing ready for that season usually widens the buyer pool.
No. Membership is attached to the residence under the documents we reviewed; it conveys with the home rather than separately.
Very little. The county’s just value is an assessment figure that lags the market. Your price comes from recent comparable sales.
The county records a building’s total area, not air-conditioned living area, so county square footage runs larger. We price on living area.
A complete file: membership confirmed, fee stack attached, flood documents in hand, estoppels ordered and professional media. Buyers pay for certainty.
Every fact on this page traces to one of the sources below. We cite government, statutory, district, builder, club and local-news sources, and we do not cite other real estate brokerages.
These are the primary documents behind this guide, linked at their official sources.
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AMSCD Series 2022 Limited Offering Memorandum | Lot count, phases, Series 2021 National bonds, assessment ranges | |
Chapter 2004-461, Laws of Florida | The district’s enabling act | |
AMSCD FY2025-2026 adopted budget | District operations and maintenance budget | |
AMSCD bond balance and assessment schedule | Per-parcel assessment and bond balances through October 31, 2026 | |
AMSCD FY2024 annual financial report | Audited district finances | |
The National owner portal registration | ICON’s CINC WebAxis registration steps for owners | |
Ave Maria Utility Company 2024 consumer confidence report | Drinking water quality | |
Ave Maria SRA amendment FAQ | The developer’s account of the 2,042-acre expansion | |
Collier County Planning Commission agenda, May 7, 2026 | The expansion hearing |
Market data from Florida Department of Revenue county records and Florida Realtors SunStats, pulled September 2026. Southwest Florida MLS Development statistics for The National are pending refresh.
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6,826 people live in Ave Maria - The National Golf & Country Club , where the median age is 45 and the average individual income is $37,976. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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| Dining | 0.8 miles | 8 reviews | 3.3/5 stars | |
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| Dining · $$ | 0.86 miles | 16 reviews | 3.3/5 stars | |
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Ave Maria - The National Golf & Country Club has 2,082 households, with an average household size of 3. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Here’s what the people living in Ave Maria - The National Golf & Country Club do for work — and how long it takes them to get there. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. 6,826 people call Ave Maria - The National Golf & Country Club home. The population density is 914 and the largest age group is Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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