Bonita Fairways

Updated September 2026 · Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar, Domain Realty

McGreevy and Comisar are the Bonita Springs team that Bonita Fairways owners call first when it is time to sell, and the team buyers use when they want the whole record before they write an offer. Bonita Fairways is a gated golf community of 854 homes and homesites at build-out, built around its own public 18-hole Gordon Lewis executive course on the north side of West Terry Street in Bonita Springs, Florida. It sits about one mile east of U.S. 41, inside the City of Bonita Springs, in Lee County ZIP 34135, a short drive from the Imperial River, Riverside Park and the Old 41 downtown.

What makes Bonita Fairways different from almost every other golf community in Southwest Florida is ownership. The homeowners association bought the golf course in March 2020 for $1.2 million and runs it through its own subsidiary as a public, pay-to-play course, so there is no mandatory club membership, no equity buy-in and no initiation fee. Owners pay a master assessment of $1,100 a year in 2026, plus whatever their own neighborhood association charges, and golf income helps hold that master number down.

Inside the gate sit seven distinct neighborhoods with very different price points, building ages and flood maps: the 55+ single-family enclave of Carousel Cove, four generations of low-rise condominiums (Rosewood Pointe Garden, Bermuda Links, The Gardens at Bermuda Links and Botanika), and the newer Natura patio homes and villas that ring the course. This guide covers every one of them with the recorded documents, the county sales record and the numbers a buyer or seller needs.

Why McGreevy and Comisar Are the Best Realtor for Bonita Fairways

If you’re searching for the best realtor for Bonita Fairways, whether you’re ready to sell your Bonita Fairways home or buy your next one, McGreevy and Comisar is the team that delivers. We lead Domain Realty Group, the #1 real estate team in Southwest Florida since 2012, Top 1% Nationally since 2008, with over $2.5 billion sold as a team with Domain Realty Group and $900 million in personal sales between Jesse and Marc. Our office is on South Tamiami Trail in Bonita Springs, about ten minutes from the Bonita Fairways gate.

Recent Bonita Fairways track record (last 12 months, county deed record): 34 recorded qualified home sales in Bonita Fairways · $12.6 million in recorded dollar volume · a median recorded price of $341,448 · a median of $243.76 per heated square foot · highest recorded sale: $579,990, a Natura home on Bonita Fairways Boulevard in December 2025. (Source: Lee County Property Appraiser tax roll and sale fields, roll dated September 1, 2026, qualified improved sales from September 2025 through August 2026, retrieved 24 Sep 2026. Days on market and sale-to-list ratio are MLS fields rather than deed fields, so they are not part of this county-record snapshot; ask us for the current MLS read on any Bonita Fairways neighborhood.)

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• Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008
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• McGreevy and Comisar and their Domain Realty Group team have sold over $2.5 Billion in Real Estate
• McGreevy and Comisar alone have over $900 million in Sales
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Selling your Bonita Fairways home? Get a free home valuation at https://mcgreevyandcomisar.com/home-valuation OR call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072 (confidential conversations welcome).

Buying a home in Bonita Fairways? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 for a personalized buyer consultation, or read how we represent buyers in Bonita Springs.

Key Takeaways

These are the eight facts about Bonita Fairways that matter most to a buyer or seller, each drawn from a recorded document, a county data file or the association’s own published records.

• The homeowners own the golf course. Bonita Fairways Community Association bought the 18-hole course on March 27, 2020 for $1,200,000 (Lee Clerk Instrument 2020000078155) and operates it as a public course through Bonita Fairways Golf Club, Inc. Golf membership is optional.
• 854 homes and homesites at build-out. The September 2026 county roll shows 742 built homes and 112 vacant Natura lots, including 106 Phase 3 lots sold in one transaction on August 12, 2026 for $12,985,000.
• Seven neighborhoods, three housing types. 419 condominium units in five condominiums, 106 homes in the 55+ Carousel Cove neighborhood (56 of them manufactured homes), and the single-family patio homes and villas of Natura.
• The master fee is modest and public. $1,100 per home per year in 2026, billed as two $550 payments, plus a $2,500 one-time resale capital contribution paid by the buyer. Neighborhood association fees are separate and are not published.
• 34 recorded sales in 12 months at a $341,448 median. Condos traded from $250,000 to about $365,000; Natura homes from $380,000 to $579,990 (Lee County Property Appraiser, September 2026 roll).
• The flood map is not uniform. Most of the community is FEMA Zone X shaded, but 152 of 222 Natura homes and six of the twelve Gardens at Bermuda Links buildings sit in a Spring Creek AE zone. Every address is in Lee County Evacuation Zone A.
• No CDD. Every parcel is in City of Bonita Springs tax district 017, with a 2026 proposed total millage of 12.8217.
• Walkable to the Old 41 downtown. Riverside Park, the Bonita Springs Recreation Center and Bonita Springs Middle School are all within about a mile, and the planned Bonita Estero Rail Trail runs along the community’s northeast edge.

Table of Contents

About Bonita Fairways: Why McGreevy and Comisar Are the Best Realtor for Bonita Fairways · What Is Bonita Fairways, and What Is It Like to Live There as a Homebuyer? · What Are Bonita Fairways Homes Selling For? · How Did Bonita Fairways Come to Be? · What Does the Bonita Fairways Master Plan Allow? · Who Governs Bonita Fairways?

Neighborhoods, Golf and Amenities: What Are the HOA Fees in Bonita Fairways? · Which Neighborhoods Make Up Bonita Fairways? · Who Owns the Bonita Fairways Golf Course, and Can the Public Play? · What Is the Bonita Fairways Golf Course Like?

Storms, Flood and Insurance: What Amenities Does the Bonita Fairways Clubhouse Offer? · How Did Bonita Fairways Fare in Hurricanes Ian and Irma? · Is Bonita Fairways in a Flood Zone?

Schools, Healthcare and Getting Around: What Should Buyers Know About Insurance and Florida’s Condo Safety Laws in Bonita Fairways? · Which Schools Serve Bonita Fairways? · Where Is the Nearest Hospital to Bonita Fairways?

Rules, Community Life and Taxes: How Long Are the Drives From Bonita Fairways? · What Is Being Built Near Bonita Fairways? · What Are the Daily Rules in Bonita Fairways?

Comparisons and Advice: What Clubs and Events Does Bonita Fairways Offer? · What Are Property Taxes in Bonita Fairways? · Bonita Fairways vs Spanish Wells vs Highland Woods: Which Bonita Springs Golf Community Fits You? · Comparable Communities to Consider

Selling, Experts and Answers: Is Bonita Fairways a Good Place to Buy? Honest Pros and Cons · How We Price a Bonita Fairways Home · Thinking of Selling Your Bonita Fairways Home? List With the #1 Team in Southwest Florida Since 2012 · Your Local Real Estate Experts · Frequently Asked Questions, Buyer Edition · Frequently Asked Questions, Seller Edition · Sources and Authoritative References · Downloadable Documents

What Is Bonita Fairways, and What Is It Like to Live There as a Homebuyer?

Bonita Fairways is a gated, pet-friendly golf community of about 188 acres in the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, built around a public 18-hole, par-61 executive course designed by Gordon Lewis. It offers condominiums from the mid-$200,000s, single-family patio homes in the $400,000s and $500,000s, and a 55+ neighborhood, all sharing one clubhouse and one gate on West Terry Street.

Living here feels closer to a small town than to a country club. The clubhouse at 26771 Bonita Fairways Boulevard is the social center: a two-story building of about 18,800 gross square feet with a 215-person banquet hall, a cafe, card, game, billiards and craft rooms, a library and two fitness rooms. Outside are the master pool and spa, four dedicated pickleball courts, a lighted tennis court that is also lined for pickleball, bocce and two shuffleboard courts. The golf course threads through the middle of the community, and the lakes that frame most of the fairways are stormwater lakes rather than boating water.

The people who buy here tend to fall into four groups. Seasonal owners buy the two-bedroom condominiums in Bermuda Links, The Gardens and Rosewood Pointe Garden as a lock-and-leave winter home. Retirees who want a single-family house without a club bill buy in Carousel Cove, where the recorded declaration makes the neighborhood a 55+ community under the federal Housing for Older Persons Act. Families and year-round owners buy the Natura patio homes, which were built from 2016 to 2024 and carry modern construction standards. And newer buyers who want a four-story elevator building buy Botanika, completed in 2024. The county roll shows 281 of the community’s 854 parcels carrying a homestead exemption, roughly 38 percent of the built homes, which tells you the community is a genuine mix of full-time and seasonal owners.

What you will not find is the cost structure of a bundled golf club. There is no equity membership to buy, no annual food minimum and no initiation fee. The declaration is explicit that buying a home conveys no ownership or membership interest in the golf course beyond what the public has, which is exactly why the association’s 2020 purchase of the course matters: it put the course under owner control without forcing every owner to golf. Residents can book tee times like anyone else, buy a seasonal player card, or never touch a club.

Daily life also runs outward. Bonita Springs Middle School sits about three-tenths of a mile from the golf club on the same West Terry Street corridor. Riverside Park and the Old 41 downtown are about four minutes away, the nearest Publix about five, Interstate 75 about ten, and Bonita Beach Park about eleven minutes in light traffic. That combination, a gated golf setting at condo-level prices inside walking and biking distance of downtown, is the core of the Bonita Fairways value case, and it is what separates it from the larger bundled communities along Bonita Beach Road and Imperial Parkway.

Who Is Bonita Fairways a Good Fit For?

Bonita Fairways suits buyers who want a golf-course setting and a real amenity center without a club membership, who value being close to downtown Bonita Springs, and who can work with association rules that bar pets in rental units and require a 30-day minimum lease. It suits sellers who price by neighborhood, because the recorded sales show a $200,000 spread between the condominiums and Natura.

Who Should Look Elsewhere?

Buyers who want a private equity club, deep-water boating, a single-story home under $300,000 outside a 55+ neighborhood, or a community with no flood insurance requirement anywhere inside the gate should compare the communities in our comparison section below before choosing. Investors who want short-term rentals should note that the master declaration forbids leases shorter than 30 days and the association’s tenant form states that Airbnb and VRBO are not permitted.

A Straight Answer on Bonita Fairways Real Estate Agents

We are often asked whether it matters which agent sells a Bonita Fairways home, since the community looks simple from the road. It matters because the pricing, the fee disclosures and the flood facts differ by neighborhood, and a buyer’s lender, insurer and inspector will each find the difference if the listing does not. For how we compare with other Bonita Springs agents on the public record, see our guide to the best real estate agents in Bonita Springs.

What Are Bonita Fairways Homes Selling For?

Bonita Fairways recorded 34 qualified home sales in the twelve months from September 2025 through August 2026, at a median price of $341,448 and a median of $243.76 per heated square foot, according to the Lee County Property Appraiser. Condominiums traded between $250,000 and $365,000, while Natura single-family homes ranged from $380,000 to $579,990.

Data updated: September 2026 (Lee County Property Appraiser tax roll and recorded sale fields, roll dated 1 Sep 2026, retrieved 24 Sep 2026)

The figures in this section come from the county’s own deed record, not from a listing portal. We read every Bonita Fairways parcel on the September 1, 2026 Lee County tax roll, kept only sales the Property Appraiser coded as qualified (transaction code 01) and improved, and dropped the August 2026 bulk sale of 106 vacant Natura lots, which is a land transaction rather than a home sale. The median of 34 sales is the average of the two middle sales, $339,000 and $343,895. Square footage is the Property Appraiser’s heated (living) area, which is the closest county equivalent to the MLS living-area field.

The twelve-month total recorded dollar volume was $12,617,285. Over a wider 24-month window the county recorded 133 qualified sales at a median of $365,000, but that window is inflated by 62 Botanika closings, most of them first sales from the developer in 2024 and 2025, so the 12-month figure is the better read on today’s resale market.

Bonita Fairways Sales by Neighborhood, Last 12 Months

The table below splits the 34 recorded sales by neighborhood. Where a neighborhood had fewer than ten sales we list the individual sale prices rather than a median, because a median of three or four sales is not a market rate.

Source: Lee County Property Appraiser parcel roll (LCPA2608, 1 Sep 2026), qualified improved sales September 2025 through August 2026; thin samples listed individually and too thin to read as a market rate.

If you own in one of these neighborhoods, request a free valuation built from these sales or call Jesse at (239) 898-6072; if you are buying, call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and see how we represent buyers.

What the County Roll Says About Value

The county’s 2026 just (market) values tell the same story from a different angle. The median just value is about $258,000 in Bermuda Links, $288,000 to $294,000 in the two Rosewood Pointe Garden condominiums, $299,000 in The Gardens at Bermuda Links, $316,000 in Botanika, $271,000 in Carousel Cove and $402,000 in Natura Phase 1, per the Lee County Property Appraiser roll dated September 1, 2026. Just value is the Property Appraiser’s estimate as of January 1, not a sale price, and it typically lags a moving market.

How Many Bonita Fairways Owners Live There Year-Round?

The homestead exemption is the best public proxy for full-time residence, because only a permanent Florida resident can claim it. On the September 2026 roll, 53 of 106 Carousel Cove homes carry a homestead exemption, 114 of Natura’s 217 built homes, 45 of 142 Bermuda Links units, 37 of 134 Gardens units, 27 of 68 Rosewood Pointe Garden units and 5 of 75 Botanika units. In other words, Carousel Cove and Natura are about half full-time, the condominiums are mostly seasonal or rented, and Botanika is still overwhelmingly second-home and investor owned. That split shapes who your buyer is when you sell.

How the Price Bands Break Down

A buyer can think about Bonita Fairways in three bands. Under $325,000 is mostly two-bedroom, two-bath condominiums in Bermuda Links and The Gardens, built in 2005 to 2007. From about $325,000 to $460,000 you find the larger Gardens units, the Rosewood Pointe Garden condos, Botanika’s newer units and the Carousel Cove homes. Above $460,000 is almost entirely Natura, where the patio homes run about 1,300 to 2,800 heated square feet and were built from 2016 to 2024.

How Did Bonita Fairways Come to Be?

Bonita Fairways was developed by Alagold Communities, Ltd., a Goldman family company formed in 1989, on land first zoned for a mobile-home planned development that year. Lee County rezoned it in 1997 to allow up to 1,105 homes around a golf course that Gordon Lewis designed and that opened in 1993.

The chronology in the public record runs like this. Alagold Communities, Ltd. filed with the Florida Division of Corporations on September 12, 1989, with Alan Goldman’s Alagold Corporation behind it. Lee County’s planned development data sheet records Resolution Z-89-021, dated April 24, 1989, rezoning the tract from mobile-home, light industrial and agricultural zoning to a Mobile Home Planned Development. The first homes in Carousel Cove went up in 1992, and the county roll dates the community clubhouse to 1993, the same year the golf course opened.

The defining approval came in 1996 and 1997. Lee County Resolution Z-96-063, corrected by Z-96-063A after a final Board of County Commissioners hearing on February 3, 1997, rezoned the property to a Residential Planned Development and a Mobile Home Planned Development, capped at 1,002 homes in the residential district and 103 in the mobile-home district, 1,105 in all. The Bonita Fairways Community Association was incorporated on August 11, 1997, and the master Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions was recorded on September 30, 1997 at Official Records Book 2872, Page 2887.

After Bonita Springs incorporated as a city on December 31, 1999, later approvals became city actions. City of Bonita Springs Zoning Ordinance 05-07, adopted March 28, 2005, restored three single-family lots on Sammoset Way and added single-family homes to the list of permitted uses. Rosewood Pointe Garden filled in by 2005, Bermuda Links was built in 2005 and 2006, and The Gardens at Bermuda Links followed in 2007. Development then stalled through the recession, according to association minutes quoted by the Naples Daily News in 2014.

The modern chapter began in August 2014, when Home Dynamics put a 27-acre parcel ringing the golf course under contract for the patio homes it named Natura. The first Natura plat was recorded in 2016, a second phase followed in 2020, and a third phase of 106 lots was platted in August 2025. Botanika, three four-story condominium buildings on the old unbuilt pads near Rosewood Pointe Drive, was announced in 2018 and completed in 2024. Along the way the developer’s rights passed through several successor entities, and in 2020 the owners bought the golf course itself.

Bonita Fairways Timeline

Who Built Each Bonita Fairways Neighborhood?

Carousel Cove, Rosewood Pointe Garden, Bermuda Links and The Gardens at Bermuda Links were built out under the original Alagold master plan and its successor declarants between 1992 and 2007. Home Dynamics built Natura’s patio homes and villas from 2016 to 2024. Botanika was announced in 2018 by Katalyst Real Estate and Development with FL Star Construction as builder, and the developer of record on its sales site today is Cedar Green Homes, LLC.

What Happened to the Remaining Natura Lots?

All 106 Natura Phase 3 lots, plus their common tracts, show a single recorded sale on August 12, 2026 for $12,985,000 to an entity the county roll abbreviates as “TPG AG EHC III LEN MULTI STAT,” in care of an asset manager in Scottsdale, Arizona. The recorded name alone does not confirm which homebuilder will build the lots, and we do not name one until the deed and a builder announcement say so.

What Does the Bonita Fairways Master Plan Allow?

The Bonita Fairways master concept plan covers about 184 acres and allows up to 1,105 homes, with 50 acres of golf course, 18 acres of lakes, 18.5 acres of indigenous preserve and 47 percent open space. Multifamily buildings may rise to four stories and 48 feet, single-family homes to 25 feet, and the street network is intentionally closed and gated.

The plan comes from Lee County zoning case DCI2004-00081, whose five-page master concept plan names the team: Q. Grady Minor and Associates as civil engineer, Corral-Howard Collaborative as land planner, Gordon G. Lewis as golf course architect and Boylan Environmental as environmental consultant. The site data table lists 184.28 acres, a gross density of 6.0 homes per acre, 73.71 acres of required open space and 87.03 acres provided.

Several details of the plan still shape daily life. The residential district allows a country club, restaurants and specialty retail only within the existing clubhouse, which is why there is no commercial strip inside the gate. A deviation approved with the plan allows streets that do not connect to the surrounding neighborhood grid, which is what makes the single gate on West Terry Street possible. Golf maintenance traffic reaches the course through Pine Avenue on the east side. And a 2004 amendment expanded the area where four-story residential buildings may be built along the Seminole Gulf Railroad right-of-way, the corridor that the planned Bonita Estero Rail Trail will follow.

How Many Homes Can Still Be Built?

On the September 1, 2026 county roll, Bonita Fairways had 742 built homes and 112 vacant homesites, 854 in all, against an entitlement of 1,105. The vacant lots are almost all in Natura Phase 3. The master association’s own website still describes “585 existing units growing to 850+,” a line that predates most of Natura and Botanika; the county roll is the current count.

What Is the Zoning Today?

City of Bonita Springs zoning maps show about 160.6 acres of Residential Planned Development and about 21.6 acres of Mobile Home Planned Development inside the community, and the city’s 2040 future land use map classifies most of it as Moderate Density Mixed Use/Planned Development. The southeast edge of the community touches the city’s Downtown District land use category along Old 41, which is one reason the community is so close to the downtown redevelopment.

Who Governs Bonita Fairways?

Bonita Fairways is governed by the Bonita Fairways Community Association, Inc., a Florida not-for-profit homeowners association under Chapter 720 that sits over seven neighborhood associations. Five of those are condominium associations under Chapter 718 and two are single-family homeowners associations. The master association is managed by Gulf Breeze Management Services from Bonita Springs.

The master association was filed with the state on August 11, 1997 under document number N97000004554 and filed its most recent annual report on April 13, 2026. Its 2026 officers are Donald Griffin as president, Vivien Canning as vice president and John Goretti as treasurer. Governance runs through one voting representative per neighborhood, with one vote for each lot or living unit, and seven trustees drawn from the neighborhood groups created by a 2014 amendment and supplemental declaration (Lee Clerk Instrument 2014000101383).

The seven neighborhood entities are Carousel Cove Homeowners Association (N97000005167), Rosewood Pointe Garden “A” Association (N97000005888), Rosewood Pointe Garden “B” Association (N97000005886) with a shared Rosewood Pointe Gardens Commons Association (N97000005890), Bermuda Links Condominium Association (N05000009023), The Gardens at Bermuda Links Condominium Association (N07000001048), Natura at Bonita Fairways Homeowners Association (N15000010319) and Botanika at Bonita Fairways Condominium I Association (N22000013123). Natura is still controlled by its developer, Home Dynamics, which in 2026 delegated its two trustee seats to Natura residents.

Owners have used their votes actively. At the March 25, 2026 annual meeting, members passed a recorded amendment limiting guests at the recreation facilities by 542 votes to 202, and rejected a proposed clubhouse stage by 424 to 320. At a special meeting on July 16, 2026, members rejected a $500 per-home special assessment for a second pool by 735 votes to 122. Those results are public on the association’s website and are a good guide to how cost-conscious this owner base is.

Is There a CDD or Special District?

No. Every one of the roughly 890 county parcels in the community sits in Lee County taxing district 017, the City of Bonita Springs and Bonita Springs Fire, with no community development district or other special assessment district on the tax bill. Surface water is managed under a South Florida Water Management District permit held by the master association, which is a regulatory permit rather than a taxing district.

What Are the HOA Fees in Bonita Fairways?

The Bonita Fairways master assessment is $1,100 per home for 2026, billed as two $550 payments, up from $932 in 2025. Buyers also pay a one-time $2,500 resale capital contribution. Each neighborhood association charges its own separate fee, and none of those neighborhood fees are published on any public source we can cite.

Data updated: September 2026 (Bonita Fairways Community Association 2026 budget and recorded amendments, retrieved 24 Sep 2026)

That last sentence is the one most buyers miss, so we put it plainly: the $1,100 master fee is not what you will pay. It is one layer. A Bermuda Links or Gardens condo owner also pays that condominium association’s fee, which covers building insurance, exterior maintenance and reserves; a Carousel Cove or Natura owner pays that neighborhood’s homeowners association fee. The only reliable way to get the current neighborhood number is an estoppel certificate or the association’s adopted budget, and we pull both for every client before an offer is written.

The Bonita Fairways Fee Stack

Every layer a Bonita Fairways owner can be billed, with the amount, the period, what it covers and where the number comes from.

Who Is Exempt From the $2,500 Transfer Fee?

The recorded amendment exempts transfers to a spouse or co-owner, transfers by inheritance or to an estate-planning trust, foreclosures by a lender or the association, an owner who sells one Bonita Fairways home and buys another within one year, and a buyer’s first purchase directly from Home Dynamics or Cedar Green Homes. Members approved the fee on March 6, 2024 and it was recorded on March 12, 2024.

How Does the Golf Course Affect the Master Fee?

The golf course is owned by the master association and leased to its wholly owned subsidiary, Bonita Fairways Golf Club, Inc., which pays membership fees back to the master budget. The 2026 master budget counts $264,000 of golf course income against $120,000 of golf loan interest, and the golf club’s 2023 shareholders report credited golf with distributing $540,000 to owners through the master budget. In practice, public green fees subsidize the master assessment rather than the other way around.

What Is Pending That Could Change the Fees?

The association approved and financed a second master pool in 2024, taking a Wintrust ten-year loan at 6.75 percent, but on July 16, 2026 members rejected a $500 special assessment to complete its funding. As of September 2026 the pool is not built and its funding is unresolved. Buyers should ask for the most recent board minutes and any pending assessment in the estoppel certificate before closing.

How Can a Buyer Confirm the Real Monthly Cost?

Ask for three documents before you write an offer: the neighborhood association’s current adopted budget, a recent estoppel certificate showing the regular assessment and any special assessment, and the master association’s current budget. Add the neighborhood fee, one-twelfth of the $1,100 master fee, and your insurance and property tax estimates, and you have the real monthly carrying cost. Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and we will assemble all three for the specific home you are considering.

Ready to Talk About a Bonita Fairways Home Today?

Whether you own one of the 142 Bermuda Links condominiums or a Natura patio home on Bonita Fairways Boulevard, our pricing starts from the 34 recorded sales in this community over the last twelve months, not a ZIP average. Get your free Bonita Fairways home valuation, call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072, or, if you are buying, see how we represent buyers in Bonita Springs and call Marc at (239) 287-5873.

Which Neighborhoods Make Up Bonita Fairways?

Bonita Fairways is made up of seven neighborhoods: Carousel Cove, Rosewood Pointe Garden A and B, Bermuda Links, The Gardens at Bermuda Links, Botanika at Bonita Fairways and Natura at Bonita Fairways. Together they hold 419 condominium units, 106 Carousel Cove homes and 329 Natura homesites, 854 in all at build-out, around a shared golf course and clubhouse.

We built this roster from four independent enumerations: the recorded plats and condominium declarations in the Lee County Geographic Information System, the Florida Division of Corporations filings for each association, the Lee County Property Appraiser subdivision and use codes, and the recent sale records. Every neighborhood below appears in all four. We also checked sixteen adjoining subdivisions, including Highland Woods, Imperial Harbor, Quail Creek and Helfenstein Estate, and none is part of the Bonita Fairways association.

Sources: Lee County Property Appraiser roll (1 Sep 2026); Lee County GIS subdivisions and condominiums layer; Florida Division of Corporations; Florida DBPR condominium registry. Heated square footage shown as the 10th to 90th percentile.

Selling in any of these neighborhoods? Get a free Bonita Fairways valuation or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072. Buying? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 or read how we represent buyers in Bonita Springs.

Carousel Cove: The 55+ Single-Family Neighborhood

Carousel Cove is the oldest neighborhood in Bonita Fairways and the only one with an age restriction. It holds 106 single-story homes on Bonita Fairways Circle, Sammoset Way and Landfall Place: 56 manufactured homes and 50 site-built houses, built mostly from 1992 to 2005, with one built in 2017. The platted neighborhood is recorded at Plat Book 60, Pages 13 to 15, and a 2008 amendment (Instrument 2008000078237) added five more lots, bringing the permitted total to 109.

The Amended and Restated Declaration for Carousel Cove, recorded May 10, 2013 as Instrument 2013000110712 and titled “An Over 55 Community,” invokes the federal Housing for Older Persons Act. At least 80 percent of newly occupied homes must include a resident 55 or older, no permanent residents under 18 are allowed, and any rental household must include a qualifying resident 55 or older. Pets are limited to three, with no more than two dogs. In the last twelve months the county recorded four Carousel Cove sales at $290,000, $360,000, $365,000 and $460,000.

Two practical points for buyers. First, a manufactured home is built to the federal HUD code rather than the Florida Building Code, which affects insurance and lending, so confirm which type you are buying. Second, 65 of Carousel Cove’s homes were built from 1992 through 2001, before the first statewide Florida Building Code took effect in March 2002. Our Carousel Cove page carries the current listings, and a fully rebuilt Carousel Cove guide with its association details, recent sale comps, and street-by-street analysis is coming to that same page.

Rosewood Pointe Garden: The Original Condominiums

Rosewood Pointe Garden is two small condominium associations, A with 24 units on Rosewood Pointe Court and B with 44 units on Rosewood Pointe Terrace, that share a commons association. Both declarations were recorded in 1998 (DBPR registrations PR1U024345 and PR1U024358). The first 16 units were built in 1997 and the rest in 2004 and 2005, in mostly two-story buildings with two- and three-bedroom floor plans.

Rosewood Pointe Garden is the smallest condominium section in the community and trades rarely: the county recorded one qualified sale in the last twelve months, at $344,000, and six over 24 months at a $346,500 median. All of its buildings sit in FEMA Zone X shaded. Our Rosewood Pointe Garden page carries the current listings, and a fully rebuilt Rosewood Pointe Garden guide with its association details, recent sale comps, and street-by-street analysis is coming to that same page.

Bermuda Links: 142 Two-Bedroom Condominiums

Bermuda Links is a condominium of 142 two-bedroom units in 14 two-story buildings on Rosewood Pointe Drive, Circle, Lane and Terrace and Bonita Fairways Boulevard, built in 2005 and 2006 in more than a dozen recorded phases beginning with Instrument 2005-15574. It is registered with the state as DBPR condominium PR69771 and managed by Gulf Breeze Management Services.

Bermuda Links is the most affordable way into Bonita Fairways. Its five recorded sales in the last twelve months were $265,000, $285,000, $295,000, $300,000 and $310,000, at a median of $242.60 per heated square foot. Every Bermuda Links building is in FEMA Zone X shaded, and several buildings obtained FEMA Letters of Map Amendment in 2010 and 2023. Because every building is two stories, the state’s structural integrity reserve study and milestone inspection laws, which apply to condominium buildings of three or more habitable stories, do not reach Bermuda Links. Our Bermuda Links page carries the current listings, and a fully rebuilt Bermuda Links guide with its association details, recent sale comps, and street-by-street analysis is coming to that same page.

The Gardens at Bermuda Links: Twelve Buildings and Two Pools

The Gardens at Bermuda Links is a 134-unit condominium established in 2007, with twelve buildings and two pools of its own on Rosewood Pointe Drive and Bonita Fairways Boulevard (DBPR registration PR71940). All units are two-bedroom and all were built in 2007. Ten buildings are two stories and two, at 26630 and 26640 Rosewood Pointe Drive, are three stories.

The Gardens was the most active neighborhood in the last year, with ten recorded sales at a $325,000 median and a range of $280,000 to $365,000. Its rules allow an annual lease or up to four monthly rentals a year with a 30-day minimum, require board approval of every lease and sale, cap owners at two pets and bar pets for tenants. Six of its twelve buildings, the ones along Bonita Fairways Boulevard, sit in a FEMA AE zone tied to Spring Creek, which matters for flood insurance. Our Gardens at Bermuda Links page carries the current listings, and a fully rebuilt Gardens at Bermuda Links guide with its association details, recent sale comps, and street-by-street analysis is coming to that same page.

Botanika at Bonita Fairways: The Four-Story Newcomer

Botanika at Bonita Fairways is a 75-unit condominium in three four-story elevator buildings at 26589, 26600 and 26610 Rosewood Pointe Drive, completed in 2024. It offers 12 one-bedroom, 36 two-bedroom and 27 three-bedroom units from about 770 to 1,640 heated square feet, and it was declared as DBPR condominium PR77170 on July 19, 2024.

Most Botanika sales so far have been first sales from the developer: the county recorded 62 Botanika closings in the 24 months to August 2026. The three resales in the last twelve months were $250,000, $339,000 and $343,895, at a median of $318.88 per heated square foot, the highest per-foot figure in the community because the units are newer and smaller. Because the buildings are four stories, Botanika falls under Florida’s structural integrity reserve study and milestone inspection laws, and buyers should read its reserve disclosures closely. Our Botanika page carries the current listings, and a fully rebuilt Botanika guide with its association details, recent sale comps, and street-by-street analysis is coming to that same page.

Natura at Bonita Fairways: Patio Homes and Villas Around the Course

Natura at Bonita Fairways is the single-family neighborhood Home Dynamics built around the golf course from 2016 to 2024. Phase 1 holds 199 patio-home lots, Phase 2 holds 24 one-story villas on Natura Boulevard, and Phase 3 holds 106 vacant lots platted in August 2025 and sold in bulk in August 2026. Patio homes run about 1,300 to 2,800 heated square feet with three or four bedrooms.

Natura is where Bonita Fairways’ higher prices live. Its eleven recorded sales in the last twelve months ranged from $380,000 to $579,990 at a $472,500 median and $233.94 per heated square foot. Two cautions come with it. The neighborhood association is still controlled by the developer, and 152 of Natura’s 222 homes have their building footprint centered in a Spring Creek AE flood zone for which FEMA publishes no single base flood elevation, so each lot’s elevation certificate and any FEMA letter of map change matter. Our Natura at Bonita Fairways page carries the current listings, and a fully rebuilt Natura at Bonita Fairways guide with its association details, recent sale comps, and street-by-street analysis is coming to that same page.

Who Owns the Bonita Fairways Golf Course, and Can the Public Play?

The Bonita Fairways Community Association owns the golf course, having bought it on March 27, 2020 for $1,200,000. It leases the course to its wholly owned subsidiary, Bonita Fairways Golf Club, Inc., which runs it as a public, pay-to-play course. Anyone can book a tee time, and no Bonita Fairways owner is required to join or pay golf dues.

That structure is rare in Southwest Florida and it is the single most important fact about the community. Most golf communities in Bonita Springs either bundle an equity membership into every home or leave the course in private hands that can close or redevelop it. The Bonita Fairways declaration gave the association an option to acquire and operate the course as a common expense and a one-time right of first refusal, and in 2020 the owners used it. The purchase covered the 67-acre main golf parcel, the 5.8-acre Pine Avenue parcel and a Carousel Cove tract, recorded as Instrument 2020000078155.

The golf club was incorporated on March 12, 2020 (Florida document P20000023607), fifteen days before the purchase, with the association as its sole shareholder. It leases the course from the association at rent matched to the purchase loan and is managed under contract by Lifestyle Management Group of Florida. Its current officers are Bonita Fairways residents. The Business Observer reported at the time that the new owners planned “a full renovation of the pro shop, cafe and course.”

Do Bonita Fairways Residents Get a Golf Discount?

The association’s posted rules give owners 10 percent off the daily rate. Beyond that, residents play on the same terms as the public: they book tee times through the club’s online system, and they can buy the Summer Player Card, which from May 1 to September 30 costs $550 for a single, $750 for a couple and $950 for a family, with unlimited golf and a $20 cart fee per round.

Is There Any Risk the Course Closes or Is Redeveloped?

The course is owned by the homeowners, so the third-party redevelopment risk that has hit other Southwest Florida golf communities does not apply in the same way; any change would need the owners themselves. We found no redevelopment proposal and no litigation over the course in city, county or news records. Buyers do search whether the Bonita Fairways golf course is closing, and the answer from the public record is no.

What Is the Bonita Fairways Golf Course Like?

Bonita Fairways Golf Club is an 18-hole, par-61 executive course designed by Gordon Lewis that opened in 1993. It plays 3,388 yards from the blue tees, 2,785 from the white and 2,338 from the red, with seven par 4s and eleven par 3s, lakes on about twelve holes, and a public green fee of $30 to $45 for 18 holes off season.

Data updated: September 2026 (Bonita Fairways Golf Club scorecard printed November 2024, Florida State Golf Association ratings, club booking engine, retrieved 24 Sep 2026)

The official scorecard, printed in November 2024, shows a front nine of par 31 and a back nine of par 30. The two longest holes are the first and the sixth, both 300-yard par 4s from the blue tees, and the shortest are the twelfth and seventeenth, both 95-yard par 3s. The number one handicap hole is the thirteenth, a 280-yard par 4. A forward tee on the sixth turns it into a par 3 and makes an alternative par-60, 2,218-yard layout. The association and club marketing round the length to 3,500 yards; the scorecard is the current measured figure.

The course is rated by the Florida State Golf Association at 56.8 with a slope of 89 from the blue tees for men, 54.6 and 82 from the white, and 52.4 and 80 from the red, with women’s ratings of 58.7 and 101 from the blue. Those numbers describe what the course is: a shot-maker’s short course that rewards iron play and putting rather than length. Water comes into play on most of the front nine, the twelfth green is almost surrounded by a lake, and the ninth and eighteenth greens share the large central lake.

Sources: Bonita Fairways Golf Club scorecard (Nov 2024); Florida State Golf Association club detail; retrieved 24 Sep 2026.

Bonita Fairways Hole by Hole

Source: Bonita Fairways Golf Club official scorecard, printed November 2024, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.

What Should a Homebuyer Know About Living on the Course?

The master declaration grants golf-ball easements over every lot next to the course and states that owners have no right to a golf view, which means an errant ball on a lanai is an accepted part of course-side living and a future tree or course change is not a legal wrong. Pets are not allowed on the course, and the course and cart paths are for golfers only, so they are not walking paths. In return, course-side homes and condos get long views across fairways and lakes that the association, not a private course owner, controls. If you want a course view, call Marc at (239) 287-5873; if you own one and are thinking of selling, get a free valuation or call Jesse at (239) 898-6072.

What Does It Cost to Play Bonita Fairways?

On the club’s live booking engine in late September 2026, 18 holes cost $30 to $45 depending on the rate type and 9 holes started at $15, with a cart included in the green fee. Rental clubs are $55 for 18 holes and $35 for nine, and lessons with a PGA professional are $120 an hour or $65 for half an hour. In-season rates from December to April run higher and are posted only for near dates.

Does Bonita Fairways Have a Driving Range?

No full-length driving range. The club offers what it calls a practice facility with professional-grade hitting cages, plus a putting green and a chipping area; summer card holders get free range balls in the cages. The course is a soft-spike facility, and all water hazards and tree lines play as red penalty areas.

Who Was Gordon Lewis?

Gordon G. Lewis is a Naples-based golf course architect who studied landscape architecture at Kansas State University, moved to Naples in 1978, and has designed more than 80 courses in Southwest Florida, among them Spanish Wells, Highland Woods, Palmira, Bonita National and The Villages at Country Creek. Bonita Fairways is one of the few fully public courses in his portfolio.

What Golf Leagues and Events Are There?

Resident golf groups documented in association newsletters include a Thursday morning men’s league, a Friday late-afternoon resident scramble, a Wednesday putting contest and spring and fall resident scrambles that have drawn 80 players. The club also hosts outings, charity tournaments and private events, and it runs daily from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Is There a Marina or a Beach Club?

No. Bonita Fairways has no marina, no boat slips, no docks and no beach club; the lakes are stormwater and golf lakes, and the declaration prohibits boating and swimming in them. For boating, the Lee County Imperial River boat ramp on U.S. 41 is under a mile from the community, and Bonita Beach Park is about 5 miles and 11 minutes away.

What Amenities Does the Bonita Fairways Clubhouse Offer?

The Bonita Fairways clubhouse at 26771 Bonita Fairways Boulevard is a two-story, elevator-served building of about 18,800 gross square feet, built in 1993 and owned by the master association. It holds a 215-person banquet hall, a small banquet room, a cafe and patio with a grill, card, game, billiards, ping pong, computer and craft rooms, a library and two fitness rooms, and it is open to residents only.

The size needs a word of explanation because three different numbers circulate. The association’s 2025 insurance appraisal measures 18,784 gross square feet across two stories with a replacement cost of $4,482,221; the architect’s 2025 life-safety plan measures 18,315 square feet of assembly and storage area; and the Lee County Property Appraiser records 15,856 square feet under roof and 9,595 heated square feet. The widely repeated figure of “19,000 square feet” is a rounding of the first. All three describe the same building.

Access is by resident fob only, and the posted rules set hours of roughly 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. with 24-hour video surveillance. The main fitness room has treadmills and other cardio machines, free weights, weight racks and hanging boxing and speed bags, with a smaller second weight room. The banquet hall can be reserved for private weddings in the off season for a $750 fee and a $200 deposit, the cafe and patio for immediate-family events with a $100 deposit, and the community, meeting and craft rooms at no charge.

The association has studied upgrades in recent years. A 2025 architect’s plan proposed new pool-side restrooms and a small stage in the great room; members rejected the stage at the March 2026 annual meeting by 424 votes to 320. The clubhouse elevator was repaired after Hurricane Ian and upgraded again in the 2026 budget.

What Courts Does Bonita Fairways Have?

The court complex has four dedicated pickleball courts, converted from the west tennis court in 2022, and one lighted tennis court that is also lined for pickleball, with tennis players given priority. There are also bocce courts and two shuffleboard courts. Since March 2026 residents reserve courts online through the owners’ area, play is limited to 60 minutes when others are waiting, and only association-sanctioned leagues may use the courts.

How Many Pools Does Bonita Fairways Have?

The master amenity center has one pool of about 1,831 square feet and one spa, open dawn to dusk, according to the association’s 2025 insurance appraisal and posted rules. Some neighborhoods have their own pools; The Gardens at Bermuda Links, for example, has two. Whether the master pool is heated is not stated in any association document we could find, and a second master pool approved in 2024 remains unbuilt after members rejected its funding in July 2026.

Where Can Bonita Fairways Residents Eat On Site?

The Bobcat Cafe in the golf clubhouse at 26740 Sammoset Way is the on-site restaurant, with floor-to-ceiling views of the course and a menu of sandwiches, salads and deli items from about $8 to $16. Outside the gate, the Old 41 downtown restaurants are about six minutes away and Doc’s Beach House on Bonita Beach about eleven.

How Did Bonita Fairways Fare in Hurricanes Ian and Irma?

Hurricane Ian’s surge stopped just short of most Bonita Fairways building pads. USGS surveyed Ian high-water marks of 8.7 to 9.0 feet above sea level (NAVD88) within about a mile of the community, while the 2018 county LiDAR puts the median ground at Bonita Fairways building sites between 10.2 and 11.1 feet. We found no report naming the community as flooded.

Data updated: September 2026 (USGS high-water marks, 2018 Lee County LiDAR, NOAA gauge and NHC reports, retrieved 24 Sep 2026)

That comparison is the most useful storm fact we can give a buyer, and it is measured rather than anecdotal. The nearest Ian marks were at Tonya Court and Pennsylvania Avenue, south of West Terry Street, and behind a restaurant on Old 41 directly east of Carousel Cove, all rated excellent by the USGS. At a condominium on Pennsylvania Avenue about 1.3 kilometers away, water flooded the first-floor units. The National Hurricane Center’s report on Ian records maximum inundation of 8 to 12 feet above ground in Bonita Beach and Bonita Springs, most of it in lower-lying neighborhoods nearer the Gulf and the river.

The ground inside Bonita Fairways is higher than those neighborhoods. By sub-neighborhood, the median ground at building sites runs 10.28 feet in Bermuda Links, 10.24 in The Gardens, 10.35 in Rosewood Pointe Garden, 10.78 in Botanika, 10.36 in Carousel Cove and 11.12 in Natura, from the Lee County 2018 spot-elevation LiDAR, which has a stated accuracy of plus or minus 0.57 feet. Ground is not finished-floor elevation; finished floors are usually higher and are recorded on each building’s elevation certificate.

Hurricane Irma in 2017 was a river event in Bonita Springs. The Imperial River gauge at Interstate 75 set its record crest of 15.32 feet on September 12, 2017, and older neighborhoods near the river flooded for weeks. USGS river high-water marks a kilometer south of the community were 4.0 to 7.6 feet NAVD88, several feet below Bonita Fairways ground. The association’s 2024 budget presentation records $40,000 of clubhouse elevator repair after Ian and insurance increases of 42 and then 45 percent.

How Many Flood Insurance Claims Have There Been?

FEMA’s national flood claims file shows 19 flood insurance claims ever filed in the census block group that almost exactly covers Bonita Fairways and a few adjoining older blocks: nine from Irma, six from Ian, three from Milton and one from Sally. Most were on buildings originally built between 1950 and 1989, which is older than nearly all Bonita Fairways housing. FEMA does not release claim addresses.

What Is the Storm Surge Risk in a Major Hurricane?

Every Bonita Fairways address is in Lee County Evacuation Zone A, the first zone ordered to leave. The National Hurricane Center’s worst-case storm surge maps show more than 3 feet of water above ground across the community in a Category 2 hurricane and more than 9 feet in a Category 4. Those maps are planning tools, not forecasts, but they are why you should plan to leave early when Zone A is called.

Is Bonita Fairways in a Flood Zone?

Most of Bonita Fairways is FEMA Zone X shaded, a moderate-risk zone with no federal flood insurance requirement, but three neighborhoods have homes in a high-risk AE zone. We tested all 907 Lee County address points and 357 building footprints against FEMA’s current map: Natura, The Gardens at Bermuda Links and the edges of Botanika and Carousel Cove carry AE exposure.

Data updated: September 2026 (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, panel 12071C0656G effective 17 Nov 2022, retrieved 24 Sep 2026)

The governing flood map is Lee County FIRM panel 12071C0656G, effective November 17, 2022. Two AE zones touch the community. The larger is a riverine AE zone along Spring Creek with no single published base flood elevation; nearby FEMA study cross-sections show 1 percent annual chance water elevations of 10.3, 11.1 and 13.0 feet NAVD88. The smaller is a coastal AE zone with a base flood elevation of 9 feet that brushes the south and west edges. Lenders require flood insurance on federally backed mortgages for buildings in an AE zone, and it is a sensible purchase in Zone X as well.

Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer queried at every Lee County E911 address point and building footprint in the community, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.

Selling a Natura or Gardens home in the AE zone? We pull the elevation certificate and any FEMA letter before listing, so request your free valuation or call Jesse at (239) 898-6072. Buying? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and see how we represent buyers so the flood quote comes before the offer.

What Are FEMA Letters of Map Change in Bonita Fairways?

A letter of map amendment or letter of map revision based on fill is FEMA’s determination that a specific structure sits above the base flood elevation, which can remove the federal flood insurance requirement for that building. FEMA’s records show such letters for Carousel Cove in 2009, Bermuda Links in 2010 and 2023, Botanika in 2023, and four Natura lots between 2024 and August 2026, three of which removed the structure from the flood zone and one of which was denied.

What Is Bonita Springs’ Community Rating System Discount?

The City of Bonita Springs participates in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which discounts National Flood Insurance Program premiums citywide. The City and FEMA’s April 2025 list record Class 5, a 25 percent discount, and in 2024 FEMA confirmed it would maintain the city’s rating after a post-Ian compliance review. Check the current FEMA list before relying on the exact discount.

What Should Buyers Know About Insurance and Florida’s Condo Safety Laws in Bonita Fairways?

Florida’s condominium safety laws require structural integrity reserve studies and milestone inspections only for condominium buildings of three or more habitable stories. In Bonita Fairways that means Botanika’s three four-story buildings and two three-story Gardens at Bermuda Links buildings. Bermuda Links and Rosewood Pointe Garden are two-story and fall outside both requirements.

The laws come from Senate Bill 4-D of 2022, passed after the Surfside collapse, and House Bill 913 of 2025. Under the current statute, a milestone inspection is due at 30 years of age and every ten years after, or at 25 years if the local building official requires it, and a structural integrity reserve study is due at least every ten years, with the first deadline for existing associations extended to December 31, 2025. The 2025 law also lets boards fund reserves by special assessment, credit line or loan with majority approval. We could not confirm the filing status of the Gardens or Botanika studies in the state’s online database, so we request them directly for every condo buyer.

Insurance cost in Bonita Fairways is driven by four things: whether the home is a condominium unit (where the association carries the building policy and the owner carries an interior policy) or a single-family home; the flood zone; the roof age; and wind-mitigation features. Original roofs would now be about 19 years old at The Gardens, 20 to 21 at Bermuda Links, up to 29 at Rosewood Pointe Garden and up to 34 in Carousel Cove, but many have been replaced, and only the permit record shows when. Citizens Property Insurance requires an inspection showing at least five years of remaining roof life once a shingle roof passes 25 years or a tile or metal roof passes 50.

Which Bonita Fairways Homes Were Built Under the Florida Building Code?

Everything except most of Carousel Cove and three early Rosewood Pointe Garden buildings. The first statewide Florida Building Code took effect on March 1, 2002. Bermuda Links, The Gardens and the Sammoset Way homes were built under the 2001 or 2004 code, Natura under the 2014 through 2023 codes, and Botanika under the 2020 or 2023 code. Sixty-five Carousel Cove homes predate 2002, and its 56 manufactured homes are built to the federal HUD standard.

How Do Wind-Mitigation Discounts Work?

Florida law requires insurers to offer premium discounts for documented wind-resistant features, recorded on the state’s Uniform Mitigation Verification Inspection Form, form OIR-B1-1802. The inspection records roof covering, roof deck attachment, roof-to-wall connections, roof shape, secondary water resistance and opening protection. For a Natura or Botanika home built under recent codes, a current form can make a meaningful difference to the premium.

Which Schools Serve Bonita Fairways?

Every Bonita Fairways address falls in the School District of Lee County’s South Zone 3, whose choice lists include Bonita Springs, Spring Creek, Pinewoods, Three Oaks and San Carlos Park elementary schools, Bonita Springs and Three Oaks middle schools, and Bonita Springs, Estero and South Fort Myers high schools. Bonita Springs Middle is about three-tenths of a mile from the golf club.

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)

Lee County does not assign students to a single school by address. Families rank schools on a choice application in the district’s parent portal each winter, placement is by lottery, and the zone mainly determines which schools come with bus transportation. We tested ten points across Bonita Fairways in the district’s own 2026-27 locator and every one returned the same zones: elementary Zone Q, middle Zone GG and high school South Zone 3. The district’s Student Enrollment office is at (239) 337-8247. Do not rely on the school fields in a listing, which are often ZIP-level.

Sources: SchoolSite Locator “Lee County 26-27” (district locator); FLDOE SchoolGrades26 (as of 1 Sep 2026); approximate free-flow drive times from OpenStreetMap routing.

Are There Charter and Private Schools Near Bonita Fairways?

Two public charter schools in Bonita Springs take applications from any Lee County family: Bonita Springs Charter School on Bernwood Drive, graded A in 2026, and Oak Creek Charter School on Performance Lane, graded C. Private options within about half an hour include Community School of Naples, St. John Neumann Catholic High School and Seacrest Country Day School in Naples and Canterbury School in Fort Myers. Florida Gulf Coast University is about 23 minutes away.

Where Is the Nearest Hospital to Bonita Fairways?

The nearest full-service hospital to Bonita Fairways is NCH North Hospital in North Naples, about 15 minutes away. Closer emergency care is at the NCH freestanding emergency department on South Tamiami Trail in Bonita Springs, about 9 minutes away, and the 24-hour emergency department at Lee Health Coconut Point in Estero, about 11 minutes.

Lee Health describes Coconut Point as a health campus with a 24/7 emergency department, outpatient surgery and imaging rather than an inpatient hospital, so a serious admission from Bonita Fairways typically goes to NCH North or to Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, Lee Health’s largest hospital and a Level II trauma center, about 26 minutes away. HealthPark Medical Center, with Golisano Children’s Hospital next door, is about 33 minutes. For walk-in care, Lee Convenient Care at the Bonita Health Center on Health Center Boulevard is open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, about 9 minutes from the golf club.

How Long Are the Drives From Bonita Fairways?

From the Bonita Fairways golf club, the Old 41 downtown and the nearest Publix are about 4 minutes away, Interstate 75 about 9, Bonita Beach Park and Coconut Point about 11, Mercato in North Naples about 15, and Southwest Florida International Airport and downtown Naples about 30, in free-flowing traffic. Season traffic from December to April can add 20 to 50 percent.

Every route out of Bonita Fairways leaves by Bonita Fairways Boulevard onto West Terry Street, then west to U.S. 41 or east to Old 41 and Imperial Parkway. The figures below are approximate driving distances and free-flow times computed on OpenStreetMap roads from 26740 Sammoset Way.

Source: OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM) and U.S. Census geocoder, retrieved 24 Sep 2026; free-flow times, longer in season.

What Is Being Built Near Bonita Fairways?

The biggest changes near Bonita Fairways are inside the gate and along its edges: 106 Natura Phase 3 homesites changed hands in August 2026, the voter-approved Bonita Estero Rail Trail will run along the community’s northeast edge, West and East Terry Street are getting new sidewalks, paths and drainage, and downtown’s Imperial 41 apartments are due in 2027.

Natura Phase 3. The 13.1-acre Phase 3 plat recorded in August 2025 created 106 single-family lots, and all of them sold on August 12, 2026 for $12,985,000, so a new round of home construction inside Bonita Fairways is likely. Buyers near the Phase 3 streets should expect construction traffic for a period.

Bonita Estero Rail Trail. Bonita Springs voters approved a $35 million general obligation bond for the rail trail in the August 18, 2026 primary with 68 percent of the vote, according to WINK News. The Seminole Gulf Railway corridor runs within 100 feet of about 2,760 feet of the community’s northeast boundary. The Trust for Public Land targeted an October 2026 closing, after which the railroad has up to two years to remove the tracks, followed by at least a year of construction; the city has said the design will address privacy and access for neighborhoods along the corridor. The bond will be repaid through property taxes over 30 years.

Terry Street. A 12-foot shared-use path and buffered bike lane were completed on the north side of West Terry Street in 2022, directly in front of the community, and the city has planned a new sidewalk with closed drainage on the south side from U.S. 41 to Old 41. On East Terry Street, the City Council awarded a $17,823,584 stormwater and multi-use pathway contract to Quality Enterprises USA in April 2026, funded largely by a federal Hurricane Irma mitigation grant.

Downtown. Imperial 41, a Barron Collier Companies and CAPREIT project with 120 apartments and 19,000 square feet of commercial space across the Imperial River from the Wonder Gardens on Old 41, broke ground in December 2025 with completion targeted for 2027. The city’s April 2026 downtown update reported Riverside Park Phase 1 complete and Phase 2 under way. Bonita Springs does not have a community redevelopment agency; downtown work runs through city projects and an interlocal agreement with Lee County.

Roads. The Florida Department of Transportation has advanced a partial displaced-left-turn redesign of the U.S. 41 and Bonita Beach Road intersection into design, and a study of widening Old 41 to four lanes covers the segment south of Bonita Beach Road, not the stretch beside Bonita Fairways.

Who Provides Utilities in Bonita Fairways?

Florida Power & Light provides electricity, Bonita Springs Utilities, a member-owned nonprofit cooperative founded in 1970, provides water and sewer, Waste Management collects trash under the city contract, and the Bonita Springs Fire Control and Rescue District provides fire service. The community is in Bonita Springs City Council District 5.

What Are the Daily Rules in Bonita Fairways?

The Bonita Fairways master declaration sets a 30-day minimum lease, bars pets in leased homes, keeps boats, trailers, campers and commercial vehicles out of sight unless garaged, requires architectural approval for exterior changes, and, since April 2026, limits how many guests an owner may bring to the pools and courts. Each neighborhood may add stricter rules of its own.

Leasing. No home may be leased for fewer than 30 consecutive days, and a full-February lease counts as 30 days. The association’s tenant access form states that short-term rentals, VRBO and Airbnb are not permitted. The Gardens at Bermuda Links allows an annual lease or up to four monthly rentals a year, and Carousel Cove requires a tenant household to include someone 55 or older. An owner who delegates recreation rights to a tenant gives up his or her own use of the common areas during the lease.

Pets. Owners may keep ordinary household pets in reasonable number, on a leash outdoors and never on the golf course. Pets are not allowed in leased units, which makes Bonita Fairways pet-friendly for owners but not for renters. The Gardens caps owners at two pets and Carousel Cove at three, no more than two of them dogs.

Vehicles and exterior changes. Commercial vehicles, boats, trailers, campers, motor homes and inoperable vehicles must be kept fully enclosed. Satellite dishes need architectural approval except as federal rules protect them, fences are limited to six feet, window air conditioners are not allowed, and no signs, including real estate signs, may go up without board consent.

Guests. A 2026 amendment recorded as Instrument 2026000086991 allows up to two non-family day guests per home when accompanied by the owner, up to six family day guests, and up to six family and six non-family overnight guests at the recreation facilities.

How Does the Bonita Fairways Gate Work?

The gate on West Terry Street is unmanned. Residents enter with a radio-frequency sticker on the passenger-side headlight, with two vehicles per condominium and additional vehicles for single-family homes at $30 each. Visitors use the call box to reach the resident, who opens the gate from a phone. License-plate cameras shared with the Lee County Sheriff and paid sheriff patrols, budgeted at $18,000 for 2026, back up the gate, and internal streets carry a 25 mph limit.

What Clubs and Events Does Bonita Fairways Offer?

Bonita Fairways has an active resident social calendar run by a volunteer social committee, built around seasonal tribute-band concerts and dances in the clubhouse ballroom, a Halloween trunk-or-treat, a holiday trolley tour of the Naples lights, a New Year’s Eve party and an end-of-season pool party, plus golf, pickleball, bocce, cards, bingo and mahjong groups.

The 2025 to 2026 calendar published by the association lists concerts and dances from January through March, including a Frankie Valli tribute, a Journey tribute and a Doobie Brothers and Steve Miller tribute, with an end-of-season pool party in April. The holiday pancake breakfast and a Christmas concert have raised gift cards for students at the neighborhood middle school, and the association has formally endorsed the Bonita Estero Rail Trail. The association’s newsletter, Fairways Notes, and its minutes are posted on the association website.

What Are Property Taxes in Bonita Fairways?

Bonita Fairways homes are taxed in City of Bonita Springs district 017, where the 2026 proposed total millage is 12.8217 mills, including 0.847 mills for the city and 3.7623 mills for Lee County general revenue. A home with $400,000 of taxable value would owe about $5,129 a year before early-payment discounts and non-ad-valorem fees, and there is no CDD.

The millage table comes from a 2026 Lee County Property Appraiser TRIM notice for a Natura home. Lee County adopted its 3.7623 countywide rate on September 15, 2026, and the city set its 0.847 rate as a ceiling in July 2026. Taxable value depends on homestead status: a full-time Florida resident’s homestead exemption and the Save Our Homes cap keep an owner’s assessed value well below a new buyer’s purchase price, and a buyer’s taxes reset to market value the year after purchase. The city’s stormwater fee for 2026-27 is $20 a year for condominiums and homes under 1,800 square feet and $50 for larger homes. The rail trail bond will add a voted debt levy in a future year once its rate is set, and a statewide homestead amendment is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.

Source: Lee County Property Appraiser 2026 TRIM notice, folio 10573219 (Natura at Bonita Fairways), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.

Bonita Fairways vs Spanish Wells vs Highland Woods: Which Bonita Springs Golf Community Fits You?

Bonita Fairways, Spanish Wells and Highland Woods are three Bonita Springs golf communities within a few miles of one another, and they answer the membership question three different ways. Bonita Fairways’ homeowners own a public executive course, Spanish Wells’ homeowners own a 27-hole semi-private club, and Highland Woods bundles an equity golf membership into every home.

These three communities are the ones Bonita Fairways buyers most often compare, and the difference between them is not scenery but cost structure. Highland Woods sits directly west of Bonita Fairways and is a bundled equity golf community of 799 homes, where the golf membership conveys at closing with no waitlist. Spanish Wells Golf and Country Club is a gated community of 1,361 owners on 591 acres where the homeowners association owns a 27-hole club and membership is optional outside Cordova. Bonita Fairways is smaller, closer to downtown and priced lower, with an 18-hole public executive course and no membership at all.

Sources: this guide; our Spanish Wells guide (MLS trailing twelve months, September 2026); our Highland Woods guide. The Bonita Fairways median is a county recorded-deed figure and the Spanish Wells median is an MLS figure, so read them as orders of magnitude rather than a precise comparison.

Who Should Choose Bonita Fairways?

Choose Bonita Fairways if you want a gated golf setting at condominium and patio-home prices, if you play golf occasionally or not at all and do not want to pay for a membership you will not use, if walking or biking distance to the Old 41 downtown matters to you, or if you want a 55+ single-family option in Carousel Cove.

Whichever of the three you choose, the pricing, fee and flood questions are the same, and McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, work all three communities from the same public-record method.

Who Should Choose Spanish Wells or Highland Woods?

Choose Spanish Wells if you want 27 holes and a full-service club with the option to join, and a larger range of single-family homes, at a higher price point. Choose Highland Woods if you play often enough that a bundled equity membership is worth its cost and you want full private-club golf included with the home. For other nearby choices, compare Bonita National, a newer Gordon Lewis course community, and Village Walk of Bonita Springs, a single-family community without golf.

Comparing communities before you sell and buy? Get a free valuation of your current home or call Jesse at (239) 898-6072, and call Marc at (239) 287-5873 to tour Bonita Fairways, Spanish Wells and Highland Woods side by side, or see how we represent buyers.

Comparable Communities to Consider

Buyers weighing Bonita Fairways usually also look at these Bonita Springs communities, each covered in its own guide: Highland Woods, Spanish Wells Golf and Country Club, Bonita National, Cedar Creek, Village Walk of Bonita Springs and Bonita Bay. The full list of Bonita Springs neighborhoods is in our Bonita Springs real estate guide.

The right comparison depends on what you are buying. A two-bedroom Bermuda Links or Gardens condo competes with other golf-view condominiums along the U.S. 41 corridor; a Natura patio home competes with newer single-family communities east of Interstate 75; and a Carousel Cove home competes with the small number of 55+ single-family neighborhoods in south Lee County. We build the comparison around the home, not the community name.

Is Bonita Fairways a Good Place to Buy? Honest Pros and Cons

Bonita Fairways is a good buy for someone who wants gated golf-course living at a modest price and a short trip to downtown Bonita Springs, and a harder fit for someone who needs short-term rental income, pets in a rental, or a home entirely outside a FEMA high-risk zone. Here is the balanced case from the record.

The Advantages

• Owner-controlled golf with no membership bill. The homeowners bought the course in 2020 and run it as a public course whose income flows back to the master budget.
• A low, published master fee. $1,100 a year in 2026, with the budget, reserves and votes posted publicly.
• Location. About four minutes to the Old 41 downtown and Riverside Park, less than a mile to the city recreation center and a middle school, and about eleven minutes to Bonita Beach.
• Range of price points. From about $250,000 for a Botanika or Bermuda Links condo to about $580,000 for a Natura home, in one gate.
• No CDD and a city tax rate of 0.847 mills.
• Ground above the Ian surge line. Building-site ground of 10.2 to 11.1 feet against nearby Ian high-water marks of 8.7 to 9.0 feet.

The Trade-Offs

• Neighborhood fees are not published, so the true monthly cost requires an estoppel certificate.
• Flood zone exposure in Natura and The Gardens, where 152 homes and six buildings are in a Spring Creek AE zone.
• Evacuation Zone A for every address.
• Rental limits. A 30-day minimum lease and no pets for tenants rule out many investor strategies.
• Construction ahead in Natura Phase 3 and along the rail trail corridor.
• An executive course, not a championship one. At 3,388 yards and par 61, serious low-handicap golfers usually want something longer.

If the advantages outweigh the trade-offs for you, call Marc at (239) 287-5873 or see how we represent buyers in Bonita Springs. If you already own here, request a free valuation or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.

How We Price a Bonita Fairways Home

We price a Bonita Fairways home from the recorded sales of its own neighborhood, adjusted for building, floor, view, flood zone and roof age, because the community-wide median hides a gap of more than $200,000 between a Bermuda Links condo and a Natura home. In the last 12 months we tracked 34 Bonita Fairways closings through the county deed record, sale by sale.

Our method is the same one an appraiser uses, done before the listing rather than after the contract. We start with the neighborhood’s qualified recorded sales, pull the heated square footage and year built for each, and set aside first sales from a developer, which do not reflect the resale market. Then we adjust for what buyers in this community actually pay for: a golf or lake view, a first-floor unit versus an upper floor, a Zone X building versus an AE building in Natura or The Gardens, a newer roof and hurricane protection, and whether the association has a pending assessment. Finally we check the result against the current MLS inventory in the same neighborhood, because the competition a seller faces is the listings on the market that week, not last year’s sales.

We have worked this way since 2008, which is part of why we are Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008 and have held the #1 Team in Southwest Florida since 2012 ranking. That discipline matters more here than in most communities. Two Gardens at Bermuda Links condos of identical size can sit in different flood zones, which changes the buyer’s insurance quote and therefore what the buyer can pay. A Carousel Cove manufactured home and a Carousel Cove site-built home on the same street finance differently. A Botanika unit carries reserve obligations under Florida’s condominium safety law that a Bermuda Links unit does not. We disclose all of it up front, because a buyer’s inspector, insurer and lender will find it anyway, and a listing that has already answered the question sells faster.

Thinking of Selling Your Bonita Fairways Home? List With the #1 Team in Southwest Florida Since 2012

If you’re searching for the best Bonita Fairways listing agent, or thinking, ‘I need to sell my house in Bonita Fairways…’, McGreevy and Comisar are the team to call. We price from the recorded sales of your own Bonita Fairways neighborhood, disclose the fee, flood and condo-law facts buyers will ask about, and market every home to our qualified-buyer database across Southwest Florida.

As the leaders of Domain Realty Group our team has closed over $2.5 billion in real estate, and McGreevy and Comisar alone have over $900 million in personal sales. Here is the record behind that:

• Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008
• 5 Star Award for Customer Satisfaction for 21 Straight Years. Only 5 out of 21k+ Licensees (Gulfshore Life Magazine)
• #1 Team in Southwest Florida since 2012
• McGreevy and Comisar and their Domain Realty Group team have sold over $2.5 Billion in Real Estate
• McGreevy and Comisar alone have over $900 million in Sales
• Nationally Recognized Top Producing Realtors
• Platinum Sales Production Award Winners

Bonita Fairways sold record, last 12 months: 34 recorded qualified sales at a $341,448 median, from $250,000 for a Botanika condo to $579,990 for a Natura home, per the Lee County Property Appraiser roll dated September 1, 2026. Natura led with eleven sales at a $472,500 median, and The Gardens at Bermuda Links followed with ten at a $325,000 median.

What Is Your Bonita Fairways Home Worth? Get a Free Valuation in 60 Seconds.

Request your free Bonita Fairways home valuation and we will send a value built from your neighborhood’s recorded sales, not a ZIP-wide estimate.

Talk to Jesse direct: (239) 898-6072, text or call. Confidential conversations welcome.

Do I pay the $2,500 transfer fee when I sell my Bonita Fairways home?

No. The recorded amendment makes the resale capital contribution payable by the buyer at closing, though it is a negotiable item in some contracts.

Will a buyer’s lender care about my flood zone?

Yes, if your home or building is in the Spring Creek AE zone in Natura or The Gardens. We pull your building’s zone and any FEMA letter before listing.

Does my condo need a structural integrity reserve study to sell?

Only Botanika and two three-story Gardens buildings fall under the study requirement. We request the association’s study and reserve disclosures so buyers see them early.

Can I sell to an investor who wants to rent short term?

Not for stays under 30 days; the declaration forbids it, so we market to long-term and seasonal buyers.

How do I sell a Carousel Cove home under the 55+ rule?

The buyer household must meet the neighborhood’s HOPA occupancy rules; we qualify buyers for it before showings.

Your Local Real Estate Experts

Jesse McGreevy is a top-reviewed Bonita Fairways realtor, and Marc Comisar is a top-reviewed Bonita Springs buyer’s agent; you can read every review on our Google Business Profile. McGreevy and Comisar are based in Bonita Springs, about ten minutes from the Bonita Fairways gate, and have represented buyers and sellers across Southwest Florida since 2008.

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• Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008
• 5 Star Award for Customer Satisfaction for 21 Straight Years. Only 5 out of 21k+ Licensees (Gulfshore Life Magazine)
• #1 Team in Southwest Florida since 2012
• McGreevy and Comisar and their Domain Realty Group team have sold over $2.5 Billion in Real Estate
• McGreevy and Comisar alone have over $900 million in Sales
• Nationally Recognized Top Producing Realtors
• Platinum Sales Production Award Winners
• Jesse McGreevy: (239) 898-6072 · [email protected]
• Marc Comisar: (239) 287-5873
• Office: 24031 S Tamiami Trl #101, Bonita Springs, FL 34134

Jesse McGreevy (Sales Associate) and Marc Comisar (Broker Associate) are licensed Florida REALTORS® with Domain Realty; Florida real estate licensure is regulated by the Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC). Florida license numbers: Jesse McGreevy SL3101296, Marc Comisar BK3060671.

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Frequently Asked Questions, Buyer Edition

What is Bonita Fairways known for?

Bonita Fairways is known for its homeowner-owned public golf course, an 18-hole, par-61 Gordon Lewis executive layout that opened in 1993, and for offering gated golf-community living at condominium and patio-home prices close to downtown Bonita Springs, with no mandatory club membership.

Where is Bonita Fairways located?

Bonita Fairways is on the north side of West Terry Street in the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, ZIP 34135, about one mile east of U.S. 41 and between U.S. 41 and Old 41 Road. The clubhouse is at 26771 Bonita Fairways Boulevard and the golf club at 26740 Sammoset Way.

Is Bonita Fairways a gated community?

Yes. Bonita Fairways has a single unmanned gate on West Terry Street with radio-frequency headlight stickers for residents, a call box for visitors, license-plate cameras and paid sheriff patrols.

How far is Bonita Fairways from the beach?

Bonita Beach Park on Hickory Boulevard is about 5.1 miles and 11 minutes from the Bonita Fairways golf club in light traffic, and Barefoot Beach Preserve is about 7 miles and 15 to 20 minutes. Season traffic on Bonita Beach Road can add time.

Is the Bonita Fairways golf course public?

Yes. Bonita Fairways Golf Club is a public executive course that takes tee times from anyone through its online booking system, even though it is owned by the homeowners association.

Who owns the Bonita Fairways golf course?

The Bonita Fairways Community Association owns the course. It bought the course on March 27, 2020 for $1,200,000, recorded as Lee Clerk Instrument 2020000078155, and leases it to its wholly owned subsidiary, Bonita Fairways Golf Club, Inc.

Do I have to join the golf club if I buy in Bonita Fairways?

No. Golf membership is optional, and the declaration states that buying a home conveys no right to use the course beyond what the public has. Residents receive 10 percent off the daily rate under the posted rules and may buy a seasonal player card.

How much does golf at Bonita Fairways cost?

In late September 2026 the club’s booking engine listed 18 holes at $30 to $45 with a cart and 9 holes from $15. The summer player card, valid May 1 to September 30, costs $550 single, $750 couple or $950 family plus a $20 cart fee per round. Year-round membership pricing is not published.

How long is the Bonita Fairways golf course?

The November 2024 scorecard measures 3,388 yards from the blue tees, 2,785 from the white and 2,338 from the red, at par 61, with a par-60 forward option of 2,218 yards. The association rounds it to 3,500 yards.

Is the Bonita Fairways golf course difficult?

It is a forgiving short course by rating: the Florida State Golf Association rates it 56.8 with a slope of 89 from the blue tees for men. Water comes into play on about twelve holes, so accuracy matters more than length.

Does Bonita Fairways have a driving range?

No full driving range. The club has professional-grade hitting cages, a putting green and a chipping area.

Is there a restaurant at Bonita Fairways?

Yes. The Bobcat Cafe in the golf clubhouse at 26740 Sammoset Way serves sandwiches, salads and deli items from about $8 to $16, with views over the course. The club is open daily from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

What are the HOA fees in Bonita Fairways?

The master association fee is $1,100 per home for 2026, billed as two $550 payments. Each neighborhood association charges an additional fee that is not published, so the total depends on the neighborhood and must be confirmed through an estoppel certificate or the neighborhood’s budget.

Is there a transfer fee when buying in Bonita Fairways?

Yes. Buyers pay a one-time $2,500 resale capital contribution to the master association at closing, under an amendment recorded March 12, 2024. First purchases from Home Dynamics or Cedar Green Homes and certain family and estate transfers are exempt.

Does Bonita Fairways have a CDD?

No. Every Bonita Fairways parcel is in City of Bonita Springs tax district 017 with no community development district or other special assessment district.

Is Bonita Fairways a 55+ community?

Only one neighborhood is. Carousel Cove, with 106 single-family homes, is a recorded 55+ community under the federal Housing for Older Persons Act. The rest of Bonita Fairways has no age restriction in any document we reviewed.

Is Carousel Cove at Bonita Fairways a 55+ neighborhood?

Yes. The Carousel Cove Amended and Restated Declaration, recorded May 10, 2013 as Instrument 2013000110712, makes it an over-55 community in which at least 80 percent of occupied homes include a resident 55 or older and no permanent residents are under 18.

What types of homes are in Bonita Fairways?

Bonita Fairways has 419 condominium units in five condominiums, 106 single-story homes in Carousel Cove (56 manufactured and 50 site-built), and single-family patio homes and one-story villas in Natura, for 854 homes and homesites at build-out.

How much do Bonita Fairways condos cost?

In the twelve months to August 2026, recorded condominium sales ranged from $250,000 for a Botanika unit to $365,000 for a Gardens at Bermuda Links unit. The Gardens had a $325,000 median on ten sales, and Bermuda Links’ five sales ran from $265,000 to $310,000.

How much do Natura at Bonita Fairways homes cost?

Natura’s eleven recorded sales in the twelve months to August 2026 ranged from $380,000 to $579,990, at a median of $472,500 and $233.94 per heated square foot, according to the Lee County Property Appraiser.

What is Botanika at Bonita Fairways?

Botanika is a 75-unit condominium in three four-story elevator buildings on Rosewood Pointe Drive, completed in 2024, with one-, two- and three-bedroom units from about 770 to 1,640 heated square feet. Its recent resales recorded at $250,000, $339,000 and $343,895.

Are there new homes in Bonita Fairways?

Botanika was completed in 2024 and Natura’s first two phases through 2024. Natura Phase 3, 106 lots platted in 2025, sold in one transaction in August 2026, so new single-family construction is likely there.

Is Bonita Fairways in a flood zone?

Partly. Most of the community is FEMA Zone X shaded, but 152 of 222 Natura homes and six Gardens at Bermuda Links buildings sit in a Spring Creek AE zone, and small edges of Botanika and Carousel Cove touch a coastal AE zone, on FEMA panel 12071C0656G effective November 17, 2022.

Do I need flood insurance in Bonita Fairways?

Lenders require flood insurance on federally backed mortgages for buildings in an AE zone, which includes most of Natura and six Gardens buildings. It is not federally required in Zone X, but we recommend it for every Bonita Fairways home because the entire community is in Evacuation Zone A.

Did Bonita Fairways flood in Hurricane Ian?

We found no report naming Bonita Fairways as flooded. USGS recorded Ian high-water marks of 8.7 to 9.0 feet NAVD88 within about a mile, while the median ground at Bonita Fairways building sites is 10.2 to 11.1 feet on the county’s 2018 LiDAR.

What evacuation zone is Bonita Fairways in?

Every Bonita Fairways address is in Lee County Evacuation Zone A, the first zone ordered to evacuate before a hurricane.

What amenities does Bonita Fairways have?

A two-story clubhouse of about 18,800 gross square feet with a banquet hall, cafe, library, card, game, billiards, craft and fitness rooms; a master pool and spa; four pickleball courts and a lighted tennis court; bocce and shuffleboard; and the public golf course with its pro shop and Bobcat Cafe.

Is Bonita Fairways pet friendly?

Yes for owners, who may keep ordinary household pets in reasonable number on a leash. The master declaration does not allow pets in leased homes, and some neighborhoods set their own limits, such as two pets at The Gardens and three at Carousel Cove.

Can I rent out my Bonita Fairways home?

Yes, for 30 consecutive days or longer. The declaration forbids shorter leases, the tenant form bars Airbnb and VRBO, tenants may not have pets, and some neighborhoods add limits, such as The Gardens’ maximum of four monthly rentals a year.

Can you rent in Bonita Fairways long term?

Yes. Annual and seasonal leases of 30 days or more are allowed, subject to each neighborhood’s approval process, a tenant registration with the master association, and the rule against pets in leased homes.

What schools serve Bonita Fairways?

Bonita Fairways is in Lee County’s South Zone 3. Its choice lists include Bonita Springs, Spring Creek, Pinewoods, Three Oaks and San Carlos Park elementary schools, Bonita Springs and Three Oaks middle schools, and Bonita Springs, Estero and South Fort Myers high schools. Placement is by choice application and lottery.

How far is Bonita Fairways from the airport?

Southwest Florida International Airport is about 30 minutes from Bonita Fairways in free-flowing traffic, usually via West Terry Street, Bonita Beach Road and Interstate 75.

What is the nearest hospital to Bonita Fairways?

NCH North Hospital in North Naples is the nearest full hospital, about 15 minutes away. The NCH freestanding emergency department in Bonita Springs is about 9 minutes and the Lee Health Coconut Point emergency department about 11 minutes.

What are property taxes in Bonita Fairways?

The 2026 proposed total millage for City of Bonita Springs district 017 is 12.8217 mills, so $400,000 of taxable value would carry about $5,129 of ad valorem tax before discounts and non-ad-valorem fees.

Is Bonita Fairways close to downtown Bonita Springs?

Yes. Riverside Park and the Old 41 downtown are about 1.4 miles and 4 minutes away, and the Bonita Springs Recreation Center and Community Park are about a mile from the golf club.

What is the Bonita Estero Rail Trail and how does it affect Bonita Fairways?

It is a planned trail on the Seminole Gulf Railway corridor, funded by a $35 million bond voters approved in August 2026. The corridor runs along about 2,760 feet of Bonita Fairways’ northeast edge, and the trail is at least a few years from opening.

Who manages Bonita Fairways?

Gulf Breeze Management Services of Bonita Springs manages the master association, with an on-site manager available in the late afternoon and evening. Several neighborhood associations use their own management companies.

Is Bonita Fairways bundled golf?

No. Bundled golf means every home carries a mandatory club membership. Bonita Fairways’ course is owned by the homeowners association but operated as a public course with optional play, so there is no bundled membership fee.

How does Bonita Fairways compare with Spanish Wells?

Both are Bonita Springs golf communities whose homeowners own the golf. Spanish Wells has 27 holes, 1,361 owners and a higher price point, with optional club membership outside Cordova; Bonita Fairways has an 18-hole public executive course, 854 homes and homesites and lower prices.

How does Bonita Fairways compare with Highland Woods?

Highland Woods sits directly west of Bonita Fairways and bundles an equity golf membership into each of its 799 homes. Bonita Fairways has no required membership and a public executive course, so its ongoing golf cost is optional.

Are there condos under $300,000 in Bonita Fairways?

Yes. In the twelve months to August 2026, the county recorded Bermuda Links sales at $265,000, $285,000 and $295,000, a Botanika resale at $250,000, and Gardens at Bermuda Links sales from $280,000 to $295,000.

Are there single-story homes in Bonita Fairways?

Yes. Every Carousel Cove home is single-story, the 24 Natura villas are one-story, and many Natura patio homes are single-story.

Does Bonita Fairways have a second pool?

Not yet. A second master pool was approved and financed in 2024, but in July 2026 members rejected a special assessment to finish funding it, and it is not built.

Are there age restrictions on renting in Carousel Cove?

Yes. Any Carousel Cove rental household must include a resident 55 or older, under the neighborhood’s recorded 55+ declaration.

How many homes are in Bonita Fairways?

The September 1, 2026 Lee County tax roll shows 742 built homes and 112 vacant homesites, 854 in all, against a zoning cap of 1,105.

What ZIP code is Bonita Fairways in?

Bonita Fairways is in ZIP code 34135, the Bonita Springs ZIP north of Bonita Beach Road. The golf club’s address is 26740 Sammoset Way, Bonita Springs, FL 34135.

Is Bonita Fairways in Lee County or Collier County?

Bonita Fairways is in Lee County, inside the City of Bonita Springs, and every parcel pays City of Bonita Springs and Lee County taxes. The Collier County line is a few miles south, near Barefoot Beach and Bonita Beach Road’s west end.

Is Bonita Fairways in Naples?

No. Bonita Fairways is in the City of Bonita Springs in Lee County, about 15 minutes north of the Mercato area of North Naples and about 29 minutes from downtown Naples.

How do I book a tee time at Bonita Fairways?

Tee times are booked online through the club’s booking page on its official website, which runs on a GolfNow booking engine, or by calling the pro shop at (239) 947-9100. Summer card holders book through a private member engine up to ten days ahead.

Are golf carts included at Bonita Fairways?

Yes. A golf cart is included in the public green fee, and Summer Player Card holders pay a $20 cart fee per round.

Can I play nine holes at Bonita Fairways?

Yes. The club sells nine-hole rounds, which started at $15 on its booking engine in late September 2026.

Does the Bonita Fairways summer card include other courses?

Yes. The Summer Player Card includes reciprocal tee-time privileges at The Club at Westminster in Lehigh Acres and The Villages at Country Creek in Estero, plus discounts on apparel and lessons.

What are the best public golf courses in Bonita Springs?

Bonita Fairways is the fully public, homeowner-owned executive course in Bonita Springs. Nearby, Saltleaf Golf Preserve on Coconut Road in Estero is a public 18-hole championship course with a nine-hole par-3 course, and Spanish Wells takes public tee times as a semi-private club.

What is the 80/20 rule in a 55+ community like Carousel Cove?

Under the federal Housing for Older Persons Act, a 55+ community must have at least 80 percent of occupied homes housing at least one person 55 or older. Carousel Cove’s recorded declaration applies that rule and bars permanent residents under 18.

What are the downsides of living in a gated community like Bonita Fairways?

Guests and deliveries have to be admitted through the call box, the association sets rules on rentals, pets, vehicles and exterior changes, and owners share the cost of gates, roads and amenities through assessments. Bonita Fairways keeps that shared cost relatively low at $1,100 a year for the master association.

What are Natura at Bonita Fairways HOA fees?

The Natura homeowners association does not publish its fee on any public source we can cite. A Natura owner pays that fee plus the $1,100 master assessment; the current Natura figure comes from the association’s budget or an estoppel certificate.

What are Carousel Cove HOA fees?

Carousel Cove’s homeowners association fee is not published. Owners pay it in addition to the $1,100 master assessment, and the current figure comes from the Carousel Cove HOA or an estoppel certificate.

What are Bermuda Links condo fees?

Bermuda Links does not publish its condominium fee publicly; its owner portal requires a login. The fee covers the building insurance and exterior maintenance of its 14 buildings, on top of the $1,100 master assessment.

Can you rent at Rosewood Pointe Garden?

Yes, subject to the master rules: leases of at least 30 days, tenant registration with the master association, and no pets for tenants. Each Rosewood Pointe Garden association may add approval requirements.

What floor plans does Botanika offer?

Botanika has one-, two- and three-bedroom condominium units from about 770 to 1,640 heated square feet across three four-story elevator buildings: 12 one-bedroom, 36 two-bedroom and 27 three-bedroom units.

Is there new construction under $600,000 in Bonita Fairways?

The newest homes, Natura patio homes built through 2024, resold between $380,000 and $579,990 in the last twelve months. Any new building on the 106 Phase 3 lots will be priced by those lots’ builder once construction begins.

Are Florida condo prices dropping in Bonita Fairways?

Bonita Fairways condominium resales held in a narrow band over the last year: The Gardens at a $325,000 median and Bermuda Links from $265,000 to $310,000. The 24-month condo figures are higher mainly because they include Botanika’s first sales from the developer.

Does Bonita Springs get hit by hurricanes?

Yes. Hurricane Irma in 2017 brought record flooding on the Imperial River, and Hurricane Ian in 2022 pushed 8 to 12 feet of surge into low-lying parts of Bonita Beach and Bonita Springs, according to the National Hurricane Center. Bonita Fairways building sites sit higher than the neighborhoods that flooded most.

How can I check the flood zone of a specific Bonita Fairways home?

Enter the address in FEMA’s Flood Map Service Center, or ask us: we check every building against the current FEMA map, panel 12071C0656G, and pull any letter of map change and the elevation certificate for the home you are considering.

What is FEMA flood zone X?

Zone X shaded marks areas with a 0.2 percent annual chance of flooding, a moderate risk with no federal flood insurance requirement. Most of Bonita Fairways, including all of Bermuda Links and Rosewood Pointe Garden, is Zone X shaded.

Is there a dog park near Bonita Fairways?

Yes. The City of Bonita Springs Dog Park on East Terry Street is about nine-tenths of a mile from the community. Dogs are not allowed on the Bonita Fairways golf course.

Is there a library near Bonita Fairways?

Yes. The Bonita Springs Public Library on Reynolds Street, part of the Lee County Library System, is about 1.5 miles and 5 minutes from the golf club.

What is Imperial 41?

Imperial 41 is a downtown Bonita Springs project by Barron Collier Companies and CAPREIT with 120 apartments and 19,000 square feet of commercial space on Old 41 across the Imperial River from the Wonder Gardens, about a mile from Bonita Fairways, targeted for completion in 2027.

Who is the best realtor for buying in Bonita Fairways?

McGreevy and Comisar are the Bonita Springs team we recommend, with Marc Comisar leading buyer representation. Call Marc at (239) 287-5873, or see how we represent buyers in Bonita Springs.

Frequently Asked Questions, Seller Edition

Who is the best listing agent for Bonita Fairways?

McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008 and the #1 Team in Southwest Florida since 2012, price every Bonita Fairways listing from the recorded sales of its own neighborhood. Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.

What is my Bonita Fairways home worth?

It depends on the neighborhood first. In the last twelve months Natura sold at a $472,500 median, The Gardens at a $325,000 median, and Bermuda Links from $265,000 to $310,000. Request a free Bonita Fairways home valuation for your specific home.

Are home prices dropping in Bonita Fairways?

The 12-month median of $341,448 is below the 24-month median of $365,000, but the 24-month figure is lifted by 62 Botanika sales that were mostly first sales from the developer. Compared neighborhood by neighborhood, resale prices have held within a narrow band, and your own neighborhood’s comparables matter more than the headline.

How many homes sold in Bonita Fairways last year?

The Lee County Property Appraiser recorded 34 qualified home sales in Bonita Fairways from September 2025 through August 2026, totaling $12,617,285.

What is the highest recorded sale in Bonita Fairways in the last year?

$579,990, for a Natura home on Bonita Fairways Boulevard in December 2025, per the county deed record.

What is the average price per square foot in Bonita Fairways?

The median recorded price over the last twelve months was $243.76 per heated square foot, with condominiums around $243 and Natura around $234. Botanika’s newer, smaller units ran highest at about $319.

How long does it take to sell a home in Bonita Fairways?

Days on market is an MLS figure, not a county one, and it varies by neighborhood and season. Call us for the current MLS read on your neighborhood; homes priced from recorded neighborhood comparables and listed with the fee and flood facts disclosed consistently sell faster.

When is the best time to sell in Bonita Fairways?

Listing between January and April reaches the most seasonal buyers, who dominate the condominium neighborhoods. Year-round owners in Natura and Carousel Cove attract full-time buyers in the summer as well.

Who pays the $2,500 Bonita Fairways transfer fee?

The buyer, under the resale capital contribution recorded March 12, 2024. It can still be negotiated in a purchase contract.

Do I need an estoppel certificate to sell my Bonita Fairways home?

Yes. Florida law lets the buyer’s closing agent obtain an estoppel certificate from each association showing assessments owed and any pending special assessment. In Bonita Fairways that usually means both the master association and your neighborhood association.

Does my Bonita Fairways condo need a milestone inspection?

Only buildings of three or more habitable stories are covered. In Bonita Fairways that is Botanika’s three four-story buildings and the two three-story Gardens buildings at 26630 and 26640 Rosewood Pointe Drive. Bermuda Links and Rosewood Pointe Garden are two-story.

Does a SIRS affect selling a Botanika or Gardens condo?

It can. Buyers and lenders increasingly ask for the association’s structural integrity reserve study and reserve funding plan. We request them from the association early so they are ready for the buyer’s review.

Can I sell my Bonita Fairways condo with a pending special assessment?

Yes. The estoppel certificate discloses it, and the contract decides who pays. As of September 2026 the master association had no approved special assessment; members rejected a $500 pool assessment in July 2026.

Do I have to disclose flooding when I sell in Florida?

Florida now requires a flood disclosure at or before contract for residential sales, covering insurance claims and federal flood assistance. We also disclose your building’s FEMA zone and any letter of map change up front.

How does the flood zone affect my Natura sale price?

A Natura home in the Spring Creek AE zone requires flood insurance for a federally backed mortgage, which raises the buyer’s monthly cost. An elevation certificate or a FEMA letter removing the structure from the zone can narrow that gap, and we include it in the listing.

What does it cost to sell a home in Bonita Fairways?

Typical Florida seller costs include the brokerage fee, documentary stamp tax on the deed at 70 cents per $100 of price, title insurance where the seller pays it, estoppel fees and any prorated taxes and assessments. We give you a written net sheet before you list.

How much are seller closing costs on a $350,000 Bonita Fairways condo?

The documentary stamp tax alone is $2,450 on a $350,000 sale, before the brokerage fee, title and estoppel costs. Your exact net depends on the contract, and we prepare it line by line.

Can I sell my Bonita Fairways home as-is?

Yes. An as-is contract limits repair negotiations, but buyers will still inspect and their insurer will still ask for a four-point and wind-mitigation report, so knowing your roof age and condition up front protects the price.

Should I sell to a cash buyer?

Cash buyers are common for Bonita Fairways condominiums and can close quickly without lender flood or condo-questionnaire hurdles. We vet proof of funds and compare net proceeds against financed offers.

How do I sell a Carousel Cove home under the 55+ rule?

The buyer household must include a resident 55 or older so the neighborhood keeps its 80 percent occupancy under the Housing for Older Persons Act. We confirm eligibility early and market to 55+ buyers.

Does a manufactured home in Carousel Cove sell differently?

Yes. Manufactured homes are built to the federal HUD code and some lenders and insurers treat them differently from site-built homes, so we match the listing to buyers and lenders familiar with them.

Can I sell my Bonita Fairways condo to an investor?

Yes, to one who will lease for 30 days or longer. The declaration forbids shorter stays, tenants may not keep pets, and The Gardens limits monthly rentals to four a year.

Can Bonita Fairways homes be listed off-market?

Yes. We can market a home privately to our buyer database before, or instead of, a public MLS listing when discretion matters.

How do you market a Bonita Fairways home?

Professional photography and video, drone, the golf and downtown location story, a clear fee and flood disclosure, and direct outreach to our qualified-buyer database across Southwest Florida.

Do sellers pay anything for the golf course when they sell?

No. There is no golf equity to transfer and no membership to sell, because golf at Bonita Fairways is public and optional.

Will the Natura Phase 3 construction affect my resale?

Construction traffic may affect homes nearest the Phase 3 streets for a period, while new construction can also set higher comparables for resales. We account for both in pricing.

Will the rail trail help or hurt my Bonita Fairways value?

The corridor runs along the community’s northeast edge and the trail is several years from opening. Trails often add appeal, but homes directly beside the corridor may see privacy concerns, which the city says the design will address.

What documents should I gather before listing my Bonita Fairways home?

Your deed, the neighborhood and master association contact details, recent assessment statements, any elevation certificate or FEMA letter, roof and wind-mitigation reports, and your condominium’s reserve disclosures if it is three stories or taller.

Do I need my association’s approval to sell?

Some Bonita Fairways neighborhoods require board approval of a buyer; The Gardens at Bermuda Links, for example, requires an application for every buyer and tenant. We start that process as soon as a contract is signed.

How do I choose between listing agents in Bonita Springs?

Compare their recorded local production, how they price, and what they disclose. See our comparison of the best real estate agents in Bonita Springs, and call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.

Should I sell now or wait?

That depends on your neighborhood’s current listing competition, your tax position and your insurance and assessment outlook. We give a neighborhood-level read, not a generic market call, in a free consultation.

What is the hardest time of year to sell in Bonita Fairways?

Late summer and early fall usually bring the fewest seasonal buyers to Bonita Springs condominiums, while January through April brings the most. Single-family homes in Natura and Carousel Cove see steadier year-round demand from full-time buyers.

Do I pay capital gains tax when I sell my Bonita Fairways home?

If it was your main home for at least two of the last five years, federal law lets you exclude up to $250,000 of gain, or $500,000 for a married couple filing jointly, and Florida has no state income tax. Ask your tax adviser about your situation; we are not tax advisers.

Can a Bonita Fairways condominium complex be terminated or sold in bulk?

Florida’s Condominium Act allows termination only under strict voting and procedural rules, and we found no termination or bulk-sale proposal for any Bonita Fairways condominium. The 2026 sale of the 106 Natura Phase 3 lots was a vacant-land sale, not a condominium termination.

What if my Bonita Fairways appraisal comes in low?

We supply the appraiser with the neighborhood’s recorded comparable sales and the features that justify the price, such as a golf or lake view, a newer roof or a Zone X building. If the value still comes in low, the buyer and seller renegotiate, the buyer covers the gap, or the parties request a reconsideration of value.

What adds the most value to a Bonita Fairways home?

In this community, buyers pay most for a course or lake view, a newer roof and impact windows or shutters, an updated kitchen and baths, and, in Natura and The Gardens, documentation that the home or building is outside the AE flood zone.

Should I price my Bonita Fairways condo against Botanika?

Only with care. Botanika’s newer, smaller units sold at a median of about $319 per heated square foot, well above the $243 median at Bermuda Links and The Gardens, so a 2005-to-2007 condo should be priced against its own building and neighborhood first.

Is spring 2027 a good time to sell a Bonita Fairways condo?

Season is the strongest period for Bonita Springs condominium buyers, so a listing ready by January usually meets the most demand. The right date for your home depends on current listing competition in your building, which we check before recommending a date.

How do rental restrictions affect my Bonita Fairways sale?

They narrow the investor pool, because stays under 30 days are forbidden and tenants may not have pets, but they also appeal to owner-occupant buyers who prefer a community without short-term rentals. We market to the buyers the rules favor.

Can I sell my Natura home before the developer turns over the HOA?

Yes. Developer control of the Natura association does not restrict resales; the estoppel certificate comes from the association’s manager, and the buyer pays the $2,500 master resale capital contribution.

Do I need a four-point inspection to sell my Carousel Cove home?

Most insurers require a four-point inspection for older homes, and many Carousel Cove homes were built in the 1990s, so having one ready before listing helps a buyer secure insurance quickly and protects the contract.

Can I buy another Bonita Fairways home and avoid the transfer fee?

Yes. The recorded amendment exempts an owner who sells one Bonita Fairways home and buys another within one year.

Sources and Authoritative References

Every fact on this page traces to one of the primary sources below: public records, government data, the Bonita Fairways associations’ own published documents, and news reporting. We do not cite real estate brokerage or listing sites. All sources were retrieved on 24 September 2026 unless a publication date is shown.

1. Bonita Fairways Community Association, home page, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
2. Bonita Fairways Community Association, Community and amenities page, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
3. Bonita Fairways Community Association, public Documents archive, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
4. Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions for Bonita Fairways, O.R. Book 2872 Page 2887 (1997), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
5. Amendment and Supplemental Declaration, Lee Clerk Instrument 2014000101383, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
6. Certificate of Amendment, Resale Capital Contribution, Instrument 2024000069667, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
7. BFCA Public Notice of Transfer Fee, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
8. Certificate of Amendment, recreational facilities and guests, Instrument 2026000086991, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
9. Bonita Fairways 2026 Master Budget (prepared 20 Oct 2025), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
10. BFCA 2024 Budget Presentation, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
11. BFCA December 2025 year-end financial statements, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
12. Results of vote on pool loan expansion, 16 Jul 2026, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
13. BFCA annual members meeting minutes, 25 Mar 2026, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
14. BFCA Special Members Meeting package, 6 Mar 2024, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
15. Bonita Fairways Golf Club, Inc. 2023 Shareholders Report, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
16. Bonita Fairways Community Rules: general, clubhouse, pool, courts and golf, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
17. Bonita Fairways clubhouse room reservation form, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
18. Townsend Appraisals insurance appraisal update for Bonita Fairways, effective 30 Jul 2025, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
19. MK Architecture clubhouse bath and stage plans, 6 Oct 2025, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
20. Bonita Fairways tele-entry owner instructions, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
21. Bonita Fairways tenant access permission form, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
22. Bonita Fairways gate RFID sticker form, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
23. BFCA Social Committee calendar 2025 to 2026, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
24. Fairways Notes newsletter, January 2023, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
25. Fairways Notes newsletter, April 2022, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
26. Bonita Fairways Golf Club, official site, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
27. Bonita Fairways Golf Club scorecard, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
28. Bonita Fairways Golf Club Summer Player Card, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
29. Bonita Fairways Golf Club lessons, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
30. Bonita Fairways Golf Club rental clubs, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
31. Bonita Fairways Golf Club Bobcat Cafe menu, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
32. Bonita Fairways Golf Club contact and hours, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
33. Florida State Golf Association, Bonita Fairways course ratings, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
34. GolfPass, Bonita Fairways course facts, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
35. GolfPass, Gordon G. Lewis architect page, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
36. Ave Maria Sun, Landscape architect designs more than 80 local courses (2020), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
37. Business Observer, Homeowners buy community golf course, plan upgrades (28 Apr 2020), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
38. Naples Daily News, Neighborhood to spring up around Bonita Fairways (29 Aug 2014), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
39. Naples Daily News, Botanika at Bonita Fairways first building 50 percent sold (15 Sep 2018), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
40. Home Dynamics, The Patios of Natura at Bonita Fairways, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
41. Botanika at Bonita Fairways, developer site, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
42. Carousel Cove Homeowners Association, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
43. Carousel Cove Amended and Restated Declaration, an Over 55 Community, Instrument 2013000110712, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
44. The Gardens at Bermuda Links Condominium Association, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
45. Florida Division of Corporations, Bonita Fairways Community Association, Inc. (N97000004554), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
46. Florida Division of Corporations, Bonita Fairways Golf Club, Inc. (P20000023607), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
47. Florida Division of Corporations, Alagold Communities, Ltd. (A28888), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
48. Florida Division of Corporations, Bermuda Links entity search, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
49. Florida Division of Corporations, Carousel Cove entity search, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
50. Florida Division of Corporations, Natura at Bonita entity search, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
51. Florida Division of Corporations, Botanika entity search, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
52. Florida DBPR condominium registry extract (Lee County rows), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
53. Florida DBPR, SIRS reporting and database, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
54. Florida DBPR, Condominium milestone inspections, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
55. Florida Senate, SB 4-D (2022) Building Safety, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
56. Florida Senate, CS/CS/HB 913 (2025) Condominium and Cooperative Associations, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
57. Florida Senate, HB 1049 (2024) Flood Disclosure in the Sale of Real Property, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
58. Florida Department of Revenue, Documentary Stamp Tax, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
59. Lee County Property Appraiser, parcel data roll (LCPA TXT, 1 Sep 2026), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
60. Lee County Property Appraiser, Bonita Fairways golf course parcel, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
61. Lee County Property Appraiser, Bonita Fairways clubhouse parcel, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
62. Lee County Property Appraiser, 2026 TRIM notice, Natura folio 10573219, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
63. Lee County GIS, Neighborhoods and Areas layer, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
64. Lee County GIS, Subdivisions and Condominiums layer, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
65. Lee County GIS, Parcels layer, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
66. Lee County GIS, Building Footprints layer, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
67. Lee County GIS, NG911 Address Points, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
68. Lee County GIS, 2018 LiDAR spot elevations, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
69. Lee County GIS, Evacuation Zones, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
70. Lee County Emergency Management, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
71. Lee County DCD, Evacuation Zone vs. Flood Zone, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
72. Lee County DCD, Planned Development data sheet, Bonita Fairways MHPD/RPD, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
73. Lee County zoning case DCI2004-00081, Bonita Fairways RPD/MHPD, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
74. Lee County, Bonita Fairways master concept plan (DCI2004-00081), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
75. Lee County Parks, Bonita Beach Park, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
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81. City of Bonita Springs, East Terry Street contract award (16 Apr 2026), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
82. City of Bonita Springs, West Terry Street Improvements public meeting, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
83. City of Bonita Springs, Rail-to-Trail funding to the 2026 ballot, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
84. City of Bonita Springs Parks, Recreation Center, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
85. WINK News, Bonita Springs voters approve $35 million for Bonita Estero Rail Trail (19 Aug 2026), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
86. Gulfshore Business, Imperial 41 breaks ground on downtown Bonita project (11 Dec 2025), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
87. Gulfshore Business, Bonita Springs sets property tax ceiling for 2026-27 (16 Jul 2026), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
88. FDOT District One, US 41 at Bonita Beach Road PD&E Study, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
89. FDOT District One, Old 41 (CR 887) PD&E Study, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
90. Bonita Springs Utilities, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
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93. OpenFEMA, NFIP Redacted Claims, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
94. WGCU, Lee communities retain flood insurance discounts, for now (19 Jul 2024), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
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96. NOAA NHC, Tropical Cyclone Report, Hurricane Irma, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
97. NOAA NHC, National Storm Surge Risk Maps, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
98. USGS STN, Hurricane Ian high-water marks, Lee County, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
99. NOAA National Water Prediction Service, Imperial River gauge, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
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101. WGCU, Bonita Springs still contending with flooding weeks after Irma (28 Sep 2017), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
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104. Florida Building Commission, Key Commission Milestones (14 Apr 2026), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
105. eCFR, 24 CFR Part 3280 Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
106. School District of Lee County, Student Enrollment, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
107. School District of Lee County, School Zones, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
108. SchoolSite Locator, Lee County 26-27, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
109. Florida Department of Education, School Grades, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
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111. Bonita Springs Charter School, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
112. NCH, Locations in Bonita Springs, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
113. NCH North Hospital, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
114. Lee Health, Coconut Point, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
115. Lee Health, Gulf Coast Medical Center, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
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117. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
118. Project OSRM, open-source routing on OpenStreetMap, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
119. Publix, Bonita Bay Plaza, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
120. Collier County Parks, Barefoot Beach Preserve, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
121. FEMA Flood Map Service Center, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
122. IRS Topic 701, Sale of your home, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
123. Lee County GIS, Park Locations, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
124. Lee County Library System, branch listing, retrieved 24 Sep 2026.
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126. USGS National Map, NAIP imagery service (hero aerial), retrieved 24 Sep 2026.

Downloadable Documents

These are the governing and reference documents a Bonita Fairways buyer or seller should read, each linked to the official source that publishes it: the association, Lee County or the State of Florida. Neighborhood condominium declarations and budgets are available from each association or the Lee County Clerk.

• Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions for Bonita Fairways (1997): Master declaration, O.R. Book 2872 Page 2887.
• Amendment and Supplemental Declaration (2014): Voting groups and neighborhoods, Instrument 2014000101383.
• Certificate of Amendment, Resale Capital Contribution (2024): $2,500 buyer-paid transfer fee, Instrument 2024000069667.
• Certificate of Amendment, Recreational Facilities and Guests (2026): Guest limits, Instrument 2026000086991.
• Bonita Fairways 2026 Master Budget: $1,100 master assessment and reserve plan.
• Bonita Fairways Community Rules: Clubhouse, pool, courts and golf rules.
• Carousel Cove Amended and Restated Declaration (2013): The 55+ declaration, Instrument 2013000110712.
• Bonita Fairways Master Concept Plan: Lee County zoning case DCI2004-00081.
• Bonita Fairways Golf Club 2023 Shareholders Report: How golf income flows to the master budget.
• Tele-Entry Owner Instructions: How the Bonita Fairways gate works.
• Lee County Evacuation Zone vs. Flood Zone: Why Zone A and Zone X can both apply.
• Florida Uniform Mitigation Verification Inspection Form: Wind-mitigation form OIR-B1-1802.

Market data from the Lee County Property Appraiser recorded-sale file, pulled 24 September 2026, with Southwest Florida MLS figures available on request. Brokered by Domain Realty.