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By Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar, McGreevy and Comisar, Domain Realty Group. Updated October 2026.

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Casa Bonita I Condominium on Bonita Beach: What This Building Actually Is

Casa Bonita I is a 54-unit, eight-story, Gulf-side condominium at 26000 Hickory Blvd on Little Hickory Island, the barrier island that carries Bonita Beach inside the City of Bonita Springs, Florida. The county roll dates the building to 1973, and the association is one of four separate Casa Bonita corporations on the strip.

Sellers deciding who should list a unit here, and buyers deciding whether to own one, are the readers this page is written for. We put sellers first because the unit-level facts below decide how a listing should be priced, and we put the gaps first too, because the association keeps its declaration, rules and budget behind an owner login.

This page is our own audit of what is public. We read the association’s lease application, its purchase application, its renovation plan form, sixteen public pages on casabonitaone.com, the Lee County Property Appraiser roll for all 55 parcels, the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer at the building, and the county’s recorded-sales history. Where those sources disagree with each other, we publish both versions and say who said what.

Casa Bonita I is a different association from Casa Bonita II and Casa Bonita Grande, which are separate corporations with separate declarations, and from the larger Bonita Beach Club to the north on Hickory Blvd. Our Casa Bonita overview compares all four.

Where Casa Bonita I is, precisely

The building is at 26000 Hickory Blvd, Bonita Springs, Florida 34134, on the Gulf side of the road. The county roll codes the land as GULF on all 54 unit parcels, and the roll’s legal text ties the condominium to Lee County Official Records Book 969, Page 616. The association’s own trash and recycling page places its recycling bins near the gate to the beach at each end of the building.

Hickory Blvd runs the length of the island, and street numbers rise toward the south. Casa Bonita Grande at 25900 sits roughly 90 meters up the beach from Casa Bonita I and Casa Bonita II at 25870 roughly 180 meters, both measured between county parcel centroids and approximate. Bonita Beach Access 10 at 26082 Hickory Blvd is the numbered county access closest to this building by street number.

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Recent Casa Bonita I track record (last 12 months): Information not available at time of publishing (checked 2026-10-01). The Southwest Florida MLS Matrix pull for this building has not been run, so we publish no resale count, no share of transactions and no sale-to-list ratio rather than estimate one. What we can publish is the county record, which follows in the market sections.

We tracked every one of the 127 Casa Bonita I closings in the county record, and every transfer the county roll shows on all 54 unit parcels, so the numbers below come from the recorded deeds and not from a listing feed.

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What Is It Like to Live at Casa Bonita I as a Homebuyer?

Living at Casa Bonita I means owning a two-bedroom, two-bath concrete apartment in a 54-unit, eight-story building on the Gulf, with a pool, a Club Room, shuffleboard courts, a grill area, two elevators and beach gates at each end. The building suits owners and tenants of a month or longer, not weekly vacation rentals.

Data updated: October 2026

The honest daily picture

Owners walk out through the building’s beach gates to the sand. The association’s public pages describe a pool area, a grill area, patio areas, shuffleboard courts with tables beside them, a Club Room that the cleaning crew services, and two elevators, of which the north elevator is the larger one and is the one reserved for deliveries and renovation debris. A cleaning crew services the common areas on Tuesdays and Fridays, per the association’s cleaning schedule page, and the association states that surveillance cameras may be used in common-use areas inside and outside the building.

The building is not a resort. The association’s rental page says “Casa Bonita One is classified as a condominium and not a hotel” and that owners may not legally offer short-term rentals. Dining, groceries and services are a short drive away, covered in the daily logistics section.

Who buys here

The pattern in the recorded deeds is a mix of very long holders and recent buyers. Of the 54 unit parcels, the county roll shows the latest recorded transfer in 2000 or earlier on 17 units and in 2021 or later on 16 units, and 33 of the 54 owner mailing addresses are outside Florida against 21 inside it (counts and arithmetic in the number audit below). That is a seasonal-owner building by the roll, and the benchmark table below shows how its prices compare with its neighbors.

Who should look elsewhere

If you need to bring a pet, rent weekly, or learn the monthly dues before you tour, this building will not fit as the public record stands. The association’s lease form states that the declarations prohibit all animals, rentals under one month are barred, and the dollar amount of the regular assessment is not published. If you want boat slips or an amenity-heavy campus, look at the larger Bonita Beach Club or the bay-side Bay Harbor Club.

What Does the Casa Bonita I Market Snapshot Show?

The county record for Casa Bonita I holds 8 qualified sales in the latest 60 months, from $550,000 to $1,215,000, and the median of these 8 sales is $824,500. Every one is listed below. The Southwest Florida MLS figures are not published on this page, because the Matrix pull has not been run.

Data updated: October 2026

Southwest Florida MLS figures

Closed sales, median price, price per square foot, days on market, sale-to-list ratio, active listings, median list price and months of supply: Information not available at time of publishing (checked 2026-10-01).

County recorded sales, the figures we can stand behind

The county sales index was built on October 1, 2026, and its newest recorded sale for this building is dated June 8, 2026. We use the first window of 12, 24, 36 or 60 months that holds at least ten qualified sales. None does: the latest 12, 24, 36 and 60 months hold 1, 4, 5 and 8 qualified sales. So we list every Casa Bonita I sale since October 2021 below, and we state a median only as the median of these 8 sales.

The county roll keeps each unit’s last four sales with exact dates, and the state sale files add every recorded sale from 2009 on. The record is therefore complete from 2009 and partial before 2009, and a count of all recorded history is a count of what the file holds, never a claim of every sale ever made.

The median of these 8 sales is $824,500, the mean of the fourth and fifth sorted prices ($799,000 and $850,000), and the median price per square foot of these 8 sales is $767.87. The range is $550,000 to $1,215,000.

Qualified Florida Department of Revenue sales are a county record, not Southwest Florida MLS data. The county file carries deed consideration, which is the amount stated in the recorded transfer, while the MLS carries the reported closing price, and the two can differ on a single sale. We never average them.

Why a $40,300 low should not worry you

The lowest recorded price is $40,300, a unit 201 sale recorded in October 1973, the earliest sale in the file. Eight of the 127 qualified sales on file are builder-direct first sales of new units in 1973 and 1974, from $40,300 to $65,000, and the other 119 are resales. A building whose recorded history starts in 1973 carries five decades of price levels, which is why we publish no all-history median as a price signal: it would say where the building has traded across its life and not what a unit is worth today. The next table splits the same 127 sales by decade, and counts before 2009 are what the county file holds, not every sale.

The decade medians are history, not a price signal. For current value, read the eight-sale list above and the since-January-2021 window below, which holds 12 qualified sales.

What the county roll shows since 2021

Data updated: October 2026

The county roll lists up to four recorded sales per unit parcel. Between January 2021 and the roll’s September 27, 2026 pull it shows 18 recorded sales on 16 of the 54 units, and 12 of those 18 carry a conveyance code that our county file counts as a qualified sale. The 12 qualified prices, sorted, are $500,000, $550,000, $625,000, $650,000, $729,630, $775,000, $775,000, $799,000, $850,000, $950,000, $1,025,000 and $1,215,000.

With twelve values the median is the mean of the sixth and seventh, which is ($775,000 + $775,000) / 2 = $775,000. The mean of the twelve is $786,969. The other six roll transfers, dated from April 2022 to July 2024, carry a different conveyance code and are not counted in the county file, so we show them separately in the sales table below and do not blend them into any median.

What Have Casa Bonita I Units Actually Sold For Since 2021?

Eighteen recorded sales on 16 Casa Bonita I units fall between January 2021 and June 2026, priced from $500,000 to $1,215,000, and the table lists each one with its heated area from the county roll and the price per square foot we computed. Twelve are counted in the county qualified file and six are not.

Data updated: October 2026

How to read the table

The mean of the twelve qualified per-sale ratios is $725.8 per square foot and the median is $711.7. Across all eighteen the mean is $741.2 and the median is $712.6. We use the mean of per-sale ratios, not a ratio of means, and we compute every ratio from the county roll’s heated area, which is the county’s number and not the declaration’s.

Two units appear twice. Unit 303 recorded $500,000 on June 4, 2021 and $1,215,000 on November 20, 2023, which is $472.6 and $1,148.4 per square foot on the same 1,058 square foot plan. The roll cannot tell us what changed in the unit between those dates, and we would not guess. It does tell a seller that two units of the same plan and floor can sit at very different prices when condition differs. Unit 604 recorded $755,000 in February 2023 and $799,000 in September 2025.

Price by floor plan

The 1,148 square foot plan has only two qualified sales, so we list them and publish no median. The 1,089 plan has the highest median of the two plans with enough sales, and the 1,058 plan, which accounts for 22 of the 54 units, has the lowest, which is a pattern a buyer should test against a specific floor and condition before relying on it.

What this means for a seller

The two largest roll prices, $1,215,000 in November 2023 and $1,025,000 in August 2023, are both on the third floor, and the four most recent qualified sales are $950,000 in May 2025, $550,000 in May 2025, $799,000 in September 2025 and $850,000 in June 2026. A listing at Casa Bonita I should be priced against specific units of the same plan and floor, not against a building average. We do that work unit by unit in a listing appointment, and we show our seller clients the deed behind every comparable.

How Do Casa Bonita I Prices Compare With Casa Bonita II, Casa Bonita Grande and Casa Bonita Royale?

Casa Bonita I’s last 60 months hold 8 qualified county sales with a median of $824,500, against $749,500 at Casa Bonita II on 8 sales, $945,000 at Casa Bonita Grande on 3 and $505,000 at Casa Bonita Royale on 2. Each figure is the median of these sales since October 2021, and none rests on 10 sales.

Data updated: October 2026

Every median in this table is the median of these sales, the count in the column to its left, over the 60 months since October 2021. Only the combined row holds 10 or more sales.

What the benchmark shows

On the last-60-months yardstick, Casa Bonita I’s median of $824,500 on 8 sales is $75,000 above Casa Bonita II ($824,500 less $749,500, which is 10.0 percent of $749,500), $120,500 below Casa Bonita Grande ($945,000 less $824,500, which is 12.8 percent of $945,000) and $319,500 above Casa Bonita Royale ($824,500 less $505,000, which is 63.3 percent of $505,000). On price per square foot its $767.87 is 14.1 percent above Casa Bonita II’s $672.77, 16.3 percent below Grande’s $917.48 and 67.1 percent above Royale’s $459.51. Grande’s median rests on 3 sales and Royale’s on 2.

Royale is the outlier because it is a different product: a bay-side building of 1,099 and 1,399 square foot units, with a flood zone of AE 11 rather than VE 13, and, by its own public policies, beach access only beside Casa Bonita Grande. The three Gulf-side buildings run from $672.77 to $917.48 per square foot on these medians, a spread of 36.4 percent of the lower figure, so we do not rank them on price per square foot.

Three cautions on this table

The counts of qualified sales on file reach back to 1973 at Casa Bonita I, 1974 at Casa Bonita II, 1975 at Casa Bonita Grande and 1978 at Casa Bonita Royale, and the record is complete from 2009 and partial before, so those counts show how much history each file holds, not what a unit is worth today. The last-60-months columns are the closer guide for current value, but they rest on 2 to 8 sales each, and one unusual sale can move a median of so few.

The county file counts only qualified sales, and the roll carries other recorded transfers that it does not count. At Casa Bonita I that is six of 18 since 2021, as the sales table above shows. We list them so no reader is surprised by a higher or lower number elsewhere. The Southwest Florida MLS figures that would let us compare days on market and sale-to-list across these buildings are not published here: Information not available at time of publishing (checked 2026-10-01).

What Is Your Casa Bonita I Unit Worth Against the Recorded Sales?

If you own at Casa Bonita I, one of the Casa Bonita buildings in Bonita Beach, the county shows 12 qualified sales since 2021 and 18 recorded transfers in all, and your unit’s floor, plan and condition decide which of them are real comparables. Get a free home valuation at mcgreevyandcomisar.com/home-valuation or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.

Buying here instead? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and read our buyer guide first.

How Did Casa Bonita I Begin? The Declaration, the Recording Dates and the 1997 Restatement

Casa Bonita I’s declaration of condominium sits in Lee County Official Records Book 969, Page 616, and the state condominium record shows it recorded on June 12, 1972. The county roll dates the building to 1973, and the state corporate record shows the association filed on August 27, 1973 and amended and restated on September 26, 1997.

Data updated: October 2026

Three dates that do not match, and why we show all three

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation condominium record lists the declaration as recorded on June 12, 1972. The Lee County Property Appraiser shows every one of the 54 unit parcels as built in 1973. The corporation that operates the building was filed with the state on August 27, 1973. These are three different events, a recorded declaration, a completed building and a filed corporation, and we do not treat any of them as an error. We use 1973 as the year built because that is the county’s figure, and we say so wherever the year matters.

What we did and did not read

The association’s declarations-and-bylaws page, its condo rules page and its insurance and wind-mitigation page each returned a password-protected response when we requested them on October 1, 2026. We therefore did not read the declaration text, the bylaws or the rules, and nothing on this page is stated to come from them. Every rule, fee and procedure below comes from a document the association publishes openly, from a state or county record, or from a Florida statute, and each is cited to its source.

If you are buying, the declaration is a document you are entitled to receive from the seller under Florida Statutes section 718.503, at the seller’s expense, and the recorded original is also available from the Lee County Clerk of the Circuit Court under the book and page above.

The legal description and the common elements

The county roll describes each unit parcel as Casa Bonita I Condo with the Official Records book and page and the apartment number, and it carries one further parcel, for the common elements, typed as Casa Bonita C/E. We did not read the plat or the survey exhibits to the declaration, so we state no lot, block or acreage for the land.

Ownership structure

Whether each of the 54 units carries an equal share of the common elements and one vote is something the declaration answers and the public pages do not. The association’s board page says the board has five directors serving two-year terms, with an annual meeting typically held in February, two seats elected in odd years and three in even years. We do not name any director or officer on this page.

What Does the Casa Bonita I Building Look Like, and Which Floor Plans Exist?

Casa Bonita I is an eight-story concrete-slab building with 54 units on three floor plans of 1,058, 1,089 and 1,148 square feet of heated area per the county roll, every unit coded two bedrooms and two baths. The first floor has five units and floors two through eight have seven each, which we infer from unit numbers 101 to 807.

Data updated: October 2026

The three floor plans

The identical floor plans repeat on every floor, so the plan, the floor and the position along the building are the three variables that separate one unit from another in a price comparison. We have not seen the association’s floor plan drawings, and the grouping above is our reading of the county roll.

Floor-by-floor unit count

Floor one has units 101, 102, 105, 106 and 107, which is five. Floors two through eight have seven units each, so the total is 5 + (7 x 7) = 54. That matches the state condominium record. The county roll shows 55 parcels because one parcel is the common-elements parcel and not a residence.

How the county roll counts stories

The roll’s story field returns 8 on seven parcels, 7 on 42 parcels and 1 on five parcels. We do not read that field as a floor count, because the pattern does not read as a single building height. We rely on the unit numbering instead, and we label eight floors as our inference. Habitable-story status under the Florida Building Code, which controls the milestone rules, comes from the plans and the certificate of occupancy.

Structure, shutters and lanais

The association’s renovation form states that the building has a 6-inch concrete slab between floors, and it requires owners to keep hurricane protection in place up to the exterior wall of the lanai, with white roll-down shutters or white-framed hurricane glass both acceptable. Electric shutters must have a manual override and a crank. Lanai floors are built to pitch water toward the beach side, with drain holes that must not be blocked when shutters or flooring are replaced.

Parking, carports and storage

The county roll flags a carport on 42 of the 54 unit parcels and a pool on all 54, and these are appraiser flags and not an inventory. The association’s smoking policy and lease form refer to parking lots on the common elements. We found no public statement of how many spaces each unit has, whether spaces are assigned, or whether storage rooms exist, so we state none of it.

Elevators, stairs, trash chutes and the ground floor

The building has a north elevator and a south elevator, and the renovation page says the north elevator is the larger of the two and the one that must be used for removals and deliveries. The trash page says each floor from two to eight has two trash chutes, located next to each elevator, and that the ground-floor garbage cans are reached through garage doors at the south and north ends of the building. The public pages do not say whether the building has an emergency generator.

What Amenities Come With Casa Bonita I, and What Do They Cost to Use?

Casa Bonita I’s public pages name a pool area, a Club Room, shuffleboard courts, a grill area, patio areas, two elevators, trash chutes, recycling bins and beach gates at both ends of the building. No pool hours, amenity fee or membership fee is published, and the association states the common areas are cleaned twice a week.

Data updated: October 2026

Pool

The association’s smoking policy lists the pool area among the places where smoking is prohibited, and the lease form says an occupant renting for under 30 days can be barred from the swimming pool. The county roll flags a pool on all 54 unit parcels. We found no published pool hours, depth, heating or guest rules, so we publish none. Ask the manager for the pool rules in writing.

Beach gates and the beach

The recycling bins sit near the gate to the beach at each end of the building, per the association’s trash page, so owners reach the sand through the building’s own gates. The width of the beach changes with nourishment projects and storms, and the storm section covers that. Sea turtle season runs from May 1 to October 31, and the association’s turtle season page reproduces a City of Bonita Springs staff notice asking owners and renters to keep exterior lights turtle-friendly.

Club Room and shuffleboard courts

The cleaning page lists the Club Room among the common spaces the cleaning crew services, and the smoking policy places common tables near the shuffleboard courts. Whether the Club Room can be reserved, what it holds and what it costs are not published.

Grill area and patios

The smoking policy names a grill area and patio areas as no-smoking zones, which tells us they exist. The lease form and rules pages we could read say nothing on personal grills on lanais, so we make no statement on them. The declaration decides that question, and the declaration is not public.

Cleaning, trash and recycling

The association’s cleaning and maintenance page says a contracted crew cleans the Club Room, stairs, lobbies, walkways and trash rooms on Tuesdays and Fridays. The trash and recycling page gives pickup days and asks residents to use tied garbage bags and not thin store bags in the chutes. Recycling and trash are both picked up Monday and Thursday from January 1 to April 30. From May 1 to December 31, recycling is Thursday and trash is Monday and Thursday. Only one chute is open in the off season, alternating each year between the south and north chute unless an occupant needs an accommodation.

Internet and television

The association’s television, internet and phone page describes a Summit Broadband package for the building and notes that a wireless router is not included. Whether the package is a bulk contract paid through the assessment or an individual subscription is a budget question, and the budget is not public.

Cameras and common-area safety

The association’s residents page states that surveillance cameras may be used in common-use areas inside and outside the building. It also lists the Lee County Sheriff’s local office, the Bonita Springs Fire Control and Rescue District and Florida Power and Light’s outage line, which are public agencies and a utility, not association services.

Fishing

The residents page links to a fishing page that summarizes Florida’s rules for shore-based shark fishing, including a free annual shore-based shark fishing permit for anglers age 16 and older and a ban on chumming from a beach. The association does not describe a fishing pier or dock. Lee County’s beach pages require a saltwater license to fish from shore, with no fee for the resident shoreline license.

What Does the Casa Bonita I Fee Bundle Cover, and What Is Not Published?

Casa Bonita I does not publish its regular assessment, so we publish no monthly or quarterly dues figure. The documented fees are a $100 purchase application fee, a $75 Certificate of Approval fee and a $150 lease fee per tenant per year. The route to the real number is the estoppel certificate and the current budget.

Data updated: October 2026

What the public pages say the association handles

Read together, the association’s public pages describe contracted cleaning of the common areas twice a week, a trash-chute and recycling system with scheduled pickups, two elevators, surveillance cameras in common areas, and a Summit Broadband television, internet and phone package. They do not say which of these the regular assessment pays for. We therefore do not state a “what dues cover” list, because a list built from guesses is worse than a gap.

What we can say about what is probably not in the bundle

Each unit has its own 125-amp electrical service per the association’s new-keys page, and the association’s residents page points owners to Florida Power and Light for outages, so we read electricity as an owner cost. The owner also carries the water heater, which the same page says must be installed with a pan under the tank and replaced every 10 years, the interior finishes, the locks, and the hurricane protection to the lanai wall. This is our reading of the public pages, and the declaration, which we could not read, decides who pays what.

How assessments, late fees and interest work under Florida law

Florida Statutes section 718.116 provides that unpaid assessments bear interest at the rate in the declaration, up to the rate the law allows, and 18 percent per year if the declaration is silent. If the declaration or bylaws provide for it, the association may add an administrative late fee of up to the greater of $25 or 5 percent of each delinquent installment. Five percent exceeds $25 once an installment is above $500 ($25 divided by 0.05). Whether Casa Bonita I’s declaration provides for either is a question for the declaration.

Reserves and the budget

Under Florida Statutes section 718.112, a condominium association’s budget must include reserves for the items the statute names, and for buildings of three stories or more the structural items must follow the association’s structural integrity reserve study. We do not state what Casa Bonita I’s reserve schedule contains, because that record is available to owners and prospective purchasers on request and is not public.

Budget and special assessments

We found no special assessment published on the association’s public pages, and we do not know whether one is planned or in force, so we say so rather than guess. Ask for the budget, the last two years of assessments and any special assessments, all of which the disclosure package under section 718.503 covers.

What Other Costs Layer on Top of Casa Bonita I’s Regular Assessment?

Beyond the regular assessment, a Casa Bonita I buyer or owner faces a $100 purchase application fee, a $75 Certificate of Approval fee, a $150 lease fee for each tenant each year, an estoppel certificate fee capped by statute, renovation requirements that add cost, electricity, interior insurance and county property tax. No capital contribution is published.

Data updated: October 2026

Purchase approval fees

The association’s purchase application asks for a completed application, a copy of the purchase agreement, background consents, a $100 application fee payable to Casa Bonita I and a $75 fee for the Certificate of Approval payable to Resort Management. That is $175 in total ($100 + $75). Florida Statutes section 718.112(2)(k) allows a transfer fee only if the declaration, articles or bylaws provide for it, and caps it at $150 per applicant, with spouses or a parent and dependent children counting as one applicant. The statutory cap is adjusted for inflation every five years. Whether the $175 in two payments fits inside that cap for a single applicant is a legal question we do not answer, and the manager’s written current schedule controls.

Lease fees

The association’s lease application, updated June 6, 2026, states a $150 check per tenant per year, payable to Casa Bonita I, to cover the administrative fee. The association’s rental page states an application fee of $150 payable to the Casa Bonita One Association. The two agree on the amount. A renewal with the same tenant may not be charged under the statute.

Estoppel certificate

Under Florida Statutes section 718.116, the estoppel fee may not exceed $250 when nothing is owed, plus $100 if the certificate is expedited to three business days, plus $150 if the unit is delinquent. If the association does not deliver the certificate within 10 business days, it may not charge a fee for it. The largest combined fee for a delinquent, expedited certificate is $250 + $100 + $150 = $500.

Renovation costs the association’s form builds in

The association’s renovation plan, effective August 25, 2026, requires a contractor’s certificate of insurance, a copy of the occupational license and permits, scaled diagrams, and an owner-paid underlayment under every non-carpeted floor from floor two up, specifically Proflex Super SIM-90, Super SAM 125 or an engineering equivalent. Lanai floors need two coats of RedGard waterproofing membrane, a new water heater needs a pan, a bathroom should get a utility access door above the toilet, and a new lock must be satin nickel and work with a Schlage C 5-pin cylinder keyed to the master key. Renovation debris may not go in the trash chutes or the building dumpsters, and the owner pays for its removal.

Electricity, insurance and tax

Electric service is each owner’s account with Florida Power and Light. The county roll’s just value, which is the appraiser’s value and not a tax bill, runs from $430,671 to $696,631 across the 54 units with a median of $661,284. We publish no tax figure for a unit because a buyer’s taxable value resets differently from an owner’s, and the owner’s contents and interior coverage are separate from the association’s master policy, covered in the insurance section.

Selling at Casa Bonita I? Get a free valuation at mcgreevyandcomisar.com/home-valuation or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072. Buying here? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and read our buyer guide.

What Do the Casa Bonita I Declaration, Bylaws and Rules Actually Say?

The Casa Bonita I declaration, bylaws and rules are behind an owner login, so we cannot summarize them and we say so. What the association publishes openly is two application forms, a renovation plan, and public pages on rentals, lockboxes, smoking, turtle season, trash and storm preparation. Those are summarized in the sections that follow, each cited to its source.

What we read, line by line

We downloaded the three PDFs the association posts on its forms page, the lease application, the purchase application and the renovation plan, and read every line. We read the association’s public pages for the home page, property manager, rental rules, notices to realtors and property managers, smoking policy, rebuild and remodel, new keys and unit maintenance, turtle season, end-of-season storm preparation, residents, board, cleaning, trash and recycling, television and internet, and fishing, all on October 1, 2026. We compared each rule to the others and to Florida law. Every rule on this page that is not marked as our inference comes from one of those documents.

Governance structure

The association’s board page says the board’s members serve two-year terms and may be re-elected, that new members are elected each year at the annual meeting, typically held in February, and that two seats are filled in odd years and three in even years. The page lists five directors. We do not name any director, officer or manager on this page.

Renovations

The association’s renovation plan, effective August 25, 2026, says to submit it and all attachments 30 days before work starts and that the Architectural Control Committee has up to 30 days to approve the request. An approval is “as presented,” and any change needs new approval. Contractors may not move the toilet location in the guest or master bathroom, and the association’s rebuild and remodel page adds that common pipes in the walls may not be moved. Any expense caused by a City or County code change is the applicant’s.

Smoking and vaping

The association’s smoking policy says it follows the Florida Clean Indoor Air Act and permits smoking or vaping only inside a unit with all openings closed, inside a closed vehicle in the common-element parking lots, and at the common tables near the shuffleboard courts. It prohibits smoking in lobbies and elevators, the pool area, the grill area, patio areas, walkways on each floor, individual lanais unless enclosed in glass and closed, and anywhere on the grounds not designated.

Lockboxes and showings

A realtor placing a lockbox needs written permission from the Board of Directors, according to the association’s notices to realtors and property managers. The lockbox is allowed only for a unit that is for sale or needed for emergency medical purposes, only until the sale or the need ends, and the Board designates its location. A lockbox placed without permission, not identified in writing, or left after a sale is removed and discarded.

Where the public documents disagree, in one place

Management company, published with attribution

The association’s home page names Sterling Property Services at a Bonita Springs address. The association’s property manager page, its lease form, its purchase form and its renovation plan name Resort Management, and the state’s condominium record shows Resort Management as the care-of name. We cannot tell from the public record which firm manages the building today or whether one succeeded the other, and we do not guess. Ask for the current management contact on the estoppel request.

How Does a Sale or Lease Get Approved at Casa Bonita I?

Every purchase of a Casa Bonita I unit needs approval from the Board of Directors before closing, according to the association’s notices page. A buyer submits a purchase application, a copy of the purchase agreement and background consents with a $100 application fee and a $75 Certificate of Approval fee. A tenant submits a lease application every year.

Data updated: October 2026

What the purchase application asks for

The purchase application asks for the buyer’s name, spouse, address and how title will be conveyed, a signed statement that the buyer has read and agrees to abide by the condominium declaration, bylaws and rules, and a separate background and credit check authorization. It is mailed to Resort Management in Estero with a copy of the purchase agreement, background consents, the $100 application fee payable to Casa Bonita I and the $75 fee for the Certificate of Approval payable to Resort Management.

What this means for timing

We found no published number of days in which the board must act on a purchase application, and the declaration, which would say, is not public. A cash buyer and a financed buyer both need the approval. Our rule of thumb for a seller is to submit the buyer’s packet the day the contract is signed and to write the approval into the contract as a condition with a closing date that leaves room, and to ask the manager in writing for the board’s timeline before the contract is drafted.

Why approval exists and what it does not do

The approval is the association’s way of screening occupants. We found no right of first refusal described on any public page, which is not proof that none exists in the declaration. If a right of first refusal matters to your sale, ask the association’s attorney.

Gifts and estate transfers

The public pages describe approval for purchases and say nothing about gifts, inheritances or transfers at death. Ask the manager or the association’s attorney how the board handles those, because the answer depends on the specific facts and on the declaration.

Selling at Casa Bonita I? Get a free valuation at mcgreevyandcomisar.com/home-valuation or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072. Buying here? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and read our buyer guide.

What Are the Casa Bonita I Rental Rules?

Casa Bonita I allows leases of one month or longer, with a lease application filed each year and an administrative fee of $150 per tenant per year. The association’s rental page says owners may not legally offer short-term rentals. The lease form and the rental page disagree on how many days before move-in an application is due.

Data updated: October 2026

The lease terms we could read

The association’s rental rules page says all renters and leaseholders must complete and file a lease application each year, that the minimum term a unit may be leased is one month, and that renting for less than one month may be fined. It describes the board as dedicated to enforcing the restriction. The lease application states a minimum of 30 days, asks for the number and names of all occupants and their vehicles, and requires the tenant and the owner to agree that all occupants are bound by the rules, with fines possible against the owner for a tenant’s violations.

Fees and timing, with the conflict

Both documents state $150. The lease form says to submit the completed form and attachments with the check at least 10 days before the lease starts and warns that failure to comply may result in eviction by the Board. The rental page says to apply at least 30 days before moving in. We cannot tell which is current, and a landlord should apply 30 days ahead and ask for the manager’s confirmation in writing.

What a rental under 30 days costs

The lease form says that if a rental period is under 30 days, the association has the right to, and will, bar all occupants and guests under that rental from the common areas, including the swimming pool and parking lot. The rental page says the unit owner may be fined. Neither document states a fine amount.

What a tenant may and may not do

The lease form requires every tenant to agree that no animals of any kind may be brought into the unit, onto any part of the condominium property or onto the beach. The pet section covers this. Realtors and property managers placing a lockbox for a rental need written permission, as the lockbox rules above describe, and the lockbox is allowed only for a unit that is for sale or for emergency medical need.

Why a one-month minimum matters for an investor

A one-month minimum rules out weekly vacation rentals, which is a buyer-pool and an income decision. A rental of 30 days or more is outside Florida’s transient-rental licensing trigger, which is rentals of less than 30 days or one calendar month, and the City of Bonita Springs rental permit does not apply to condominiums of more than six units. Lee County Ordinance 13-14, which sets the 5 percent tourist development tax, applies to rentals of six months or less and its list of taxable accommodations names condominiums, so a landlord should confirm whether a given lease is taxable. We cite those programs and do not give tax advice.

Statute on rental amendments

Florida Statutes section 718.110(13) provides that an amendment limiting the number or frequency of rentals applies only to owners who consent to it and to owners who acquire title after it takes effect. Whether that grandfathering matters at Casa Bonita I depends on the history of the rental provisions, which we could not trace because the declaration is not public, so a buyer who wants to rent for shorter terms should ask counsel.

Selling at Casa Bonita I? Get a free valuation at mcgreevyandcomisar.com/home-valuation or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072. Buying here? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and read our buyer guide.

What Are the Casa Bonita I Pet Rules?

Casa Bonita I’s lease form states that the condominium declarations prohibit all animals and bars tenants, occupants and guests from bringing any animal into the unit, onto the property or onto the beach. We could not read the declaration, so we cannot say whether an owner may keep a pet, and we do not guess.

Data updated: October 2026

What the lease form says

The lease application puts the animal rule in capital letters in the acknowledgment every tenant signs. The tenant represents that no animal of any kind will be brought into the unit or onto any portion of the condominium property or the beach. The form does not say how an assistance animal is handled, and it does not describe an owner’s rule.

What we cannot say

The association’s rules and declaration pages are behind the owner login. A buyer who owns or plans to own a dog or cat should treat the rule as unknown until the manager provides the declaration section and any rule in writing, before the contract is signed. We would rather a buyer hear that from us than discover it at closing.

Assistance animals

Under federal fair-housing guidance, an assistance animal is not a pet, and a request for one is handled as a reasonable accommodation request. A pet prohibition does not decide that request. A buyer or tenant who relies on an assistance animal should raise it with the association early and in writing.

The public beach is also pet-free

Lee County’s Bonita Beach Park, Bonita Beach Access 1, the Accesses 2 through 9 and Little Hickory Island Park, Access 10, each state “No pets allowed” on their county pages. A pet owner at Casa Bonita I therefore has no nearby county beach to take an animal to, and the leash rules of the association’s own beach gates are not public.

Why this matters to resale

A building that states a blanket animal prohibition narrows the buyer pool and the renter pool. Sellers should expect this question at the first showing and should have the manager’s written answer ready.

What Flood Zone Is Casa Bonita I In?

Casa Bonita I is in FEMA flood zone VE with a base flood elevation of 13 feet NAVD88, on Lee County FIRM panel 12071C0651G effective November 17, 2022, and in Lee County Evacuation Zone A. VE is FEMA’s coastal high-hazard zone, where wave action is expected during the base flood.

Data updated: October 2026

What we queried

We queried the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer at the building’s county parcel centroid on October 1, 2026 and read the zone, base flood elevation and panel. We also read the bare-earth ground elevation at the same point from the federal 3D Elevation Program, which is 7.2 feet NAVD88. The base flood elevation of 13 feet is 5.8 feet above that ground (13 minus 7.16).

A boundary worth knowing about

A second point on the common-elements parcel, about 20 meters from the building point, returns zone AE with a base flood elevation of 11 feet. That tells us the VE and AE boundary runs through or beside the property, and we state the building’s zone from the point on its unit parcels. A buyer relying on the zone for insurance should ask for the building’s elevation certificate or order a flood determination at the unit’s address.

The City’s design flood elevation

The City of Bonita Springs treats the design flood elevation as the FEMA base flood elevation plus one foot, which is 14 feet NAVD88 here (13 plus 1), and 6.8 feet above the ground at the building (14 minus 7.16). This is the City’s notice on substantial damage and substantial improvement, and it applies to a building that is substantially damaged or substantially improved.

Evacuation zone and the pre-FIRM era

Lee County’s evacuation-zone layer returns Zone A, surge zone 1, at the building, and the association’s storm preparation page states “We are in evacuation Zone A.” The City’s initial flood insurance rate map is dated September 19, 1984 and the county roll dates the building to 1973, so the building is pre-FIRM by our reading, which affects how flood insurance can be rated. The association’s elevation certificate, if it has one, is the document that settles it.

Coastal construction control line and county hazard layers

The building sits seaward of the 1991 state coastal construction control line by about 78 meters and landward of the 1978 line by about 10 meters, from our point check against the state and county map layers. Lee County’s map layers at the building point also return a Coastal High Hazard Area designation and a Coastal Building Zone under County Ordinance 94-22. A rebuild or major addition on a Gulf-front parcel here would need a state coastal construction permit in addition to the City permit, and we label this our inference from the line geometry.

City community rating

The City of Bonita Springs participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and is rated Class 5 in the Community Rating System, which carries a 25 percent discount on flood insurance premiums in special flood hazard areas, per the FEMA Community Information System table. The City’s own page notes that FEMA announced in 2024 that it planned to revise the rating. Whether the discount applies to a particular building’s policy is a rating question for the insurance agent.

What Did Hurricane Ian, Helene and Milton Do Near Casa Bonita I?

Hurricane Ian’s storm surge at Bonita Beach reached 8 to 12 feet above ground per the National Hurricane Center’s report, and the U.S. Geological Survey recorded a surveyed high-water mark of 11.3 feet NAVD88 inside a ground-floor unit at 25901 Hickory Blvd, Casa Bonita Royale’s address, about 170 meters from Casa Bonita I.

Data updated: October 2026

What the surveyed mark does and does not tell you

The National Hurricane Center’s report on Ian says maximum inundation of 8 to 12 feet above ground occurred in Estero, Bonita Beach, Bonita Springs and North Naples. The U.S. Geological Survey’s high-water mark, recorded for unit 107 at 25901 Hickory Blvd, is 2.53 feet above the ground at that point. The county roll shows 25901 Hickory Blvd as the address of the 40 Casa Bonita Royale units, which is about 170 meters from Casa Bonita I, so the mark is nearby evidence and not a measurement of this building.

The base flood elevation of 13 feet and the Ian mark of 11.3 feet are both on the same NAVD88 datum, which is why they can be compared. Ian’s water at that nearby unit was 1.7 feet below the FEMA base flood elevation at Casa Bonita I (13 minus 11.3), though a different building on a different parcel can see different water.

Helene and Milton

The National Hurricane Center reports storm surge of 3 to 5 feet above ground for Helene from south of Englewood to Bonita Beach, and 4 to 6 feet above ground for Milton from south of Boca Grande through Bonita Beach. Local reporting after Milton described damage to about 1,300 homes in Bonita Springs, including Hickory Island, and erosion of 30 to 35 feet on the south end of Bonita Beach, per the City’s assessment as reported by WGCU.

What we do not know

We did not find a public damage or repair record specific to Casa Bonita I for any of these storms, and we do not state one. The association’s storm page, read October 1, 2026, states that the building is in Zone A and links to Lee County and state emergency pages and to a printable close-of-season checklist. Ask the manager for the repair history and any insurance claims from Ian, and read the budget for the cost of any repairs.

The association’s close-of-season checklist

The association posts a one-page close-of-season checklist from 2022 for owners who leave for the summer. We cite it as the association’s own preparation document and make no statement about whether it is current.

What Is the 50 Percent Rule and Why Does It Matter at Casa Bonita I?

The City of Bonita Springs defines substantial damage as repair cost that equals or exceeds 50 percent of a structure’s pre-damage market value, and substantial improvement as five-year improvements that equal or exceed 50 percent. A building that crosses either line must be brought up to the design flood elevation, which for Casa Bonita I is 14 feet NAVD88.

Data updated: October 2026

What counts toward the 50 percent

The City’s substantial damage and substantial improvement notice says impact windows, impact shutters and code-compliant replacement roofs count only over a one-year period, and that the accumulation period begins at the first permitted improvement after November 18, 1992. For a condominium, the building is the structure for the calculation, which means an owner’s kitchen renovation does not on its own trigger the rule, but a major association project and storm repairs can.

Why a buyer should care

If a future storm damages the building badly, the 50 percent test is made against the whole structure, and a building that fails it must be elevated, which in our judgment is rarely practical for a concrete mid-rise. That is a risk to understand, not a prediction, and we make no claim about this building’s condition.

Build-back and the declaration

The declaration decides how the association handles reconstruction and termination after severe damage, and we could not read it. Florida law sets the statutory minimum for insurance and reconstruction under section 718.111, and the consequence of a vote belongs to the association’s attorney and not to this page.

How Is Casa Bonita I Insured, and What Does the Owner Insure?

Casa Bonita I’s master policy terms are not published, and the association’s insurance and wind-mitigation page is behind the owner login. Under Florida law the association’s policy covers the building as originally installed and excludes the unit’s floor, wall and ceiling coverings, fixtures, appliances, water heaters, cabinets and window treatments, which the owner insures.

Data updated: October 2026

What Florida law requires of the master policy

Florida Statutes section 718.111(11) requires every residential condominium association to carry adequate property insurance and to have the replacement cost determined by an independent appraisal at least once every three years. It sets the primary coverage as all portions of the condominium property as originally installed, and it excludes personal property within the unit and the floor, wall and ceiling coverings, electrical fixtures, appliances, water heaters, built-in cabinets and countertops and window treatments. We do not state the carrier, the premium, the deductible or the limits, because the association does not publish them.

Flood coverage for a condominium building

FEMA’s summary of coverage for residential condominium buildings describes building coverage of up to $250,000 multiplied by the number of units. For 54 units that ceiling would be $13,500,000 (54 times $250,000). Whether the association carries the full amount, and at what premium, is not published, so ask for it.

The statewide premium trend, as context only

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation’s data show the statewide average premium per condominium association policy rising from $72,570 in the second quarter of 2022 to $147,381 in the second quarter of 2024, which is an increase of 103 percent (147,381 divided by 72,570 is 2.03), and standing at $135,100 in the second quarter of 2026, which is 8.3 percent below the 2024 figure. These are statewide averages across many building sizes. They are not Casa Bonita I’s premium and cannot be used to estimate it.

Citizens and rate changes

Citizens Property Insurance’s 2026 rate and rule changes page lists Office of Insurance Regulation approved changes for commercial residential condominium associations effective on or after July 1, 2026: an overall average increase of 7.7 percent for multiperil and 14.1 percent for wind-only. Eligibility rules for associations with significant short-term rental use differ, which is another reason the one-month minimum matters at this building.

My Safe Florida Condo

The state’s My Safe Florida Condo pilot program offers eligible associations free wind mitigation inspections and grants. We did not find whether Casa Bonita I applied, and we do not state it. Ask the manager.

What owners carry themselves

Owners should carry an HO-6 policy with loss assessment coverage, contents coverage, and, for a Gulf-side unit, a separate flood policy for contents and interior improvements. The association’s renovation plan requires the owner to keep hurricane protection to the lanai wall, which is also a wind-mitigation feature an insurance agent will ask about. Lenders and the association may require proof of coverage. An agent should quote after reading the master policy.

Selling at Casa Bonita I? Get a free valuation at mcgreevyandcomisar.com/home-valuation or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072. Buying here? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and read our buyer guide.

What Are the Milestone Inspection and Structural Reserve Study Rules, and How Do They Apply to Casa Bonita I?

Casa Bonita I is an eight-story building completed in 1973, so under Florida Statutes section 553.899 the building reached 30 years of age in 2003 and its first milestone inspection was due before December 31, 2024. A structural integrity reserve study was due by December 31, 2025. The association’s actual status is not published.

Data updated: October 2026

The arithmetic of the deadline

The county year built is 1973, and 1973 plus 30 is 2003. Florida Statutes section 553.899 says a building that reached 30 years of age before July 1, 2022 must have its initial milestone inspection before December 31, 2024. The statute applies to buildings three habitable stories or more, and we infer eight stories from the unit numbering, so the threshold is met. The certificate of occupancy date, which the statute uses, may differ from the roll year.

What a milestone inspection is

Phase 1 is a visual inspection by a licensed architect or engineer within 180 days of the local agency’s written notice. Phase 2 happens only if substantial structural deterioration is found, with a progress report within 180 days of the Phase 1 report and repairs commenced within 365 days after the local agency receives the Phase 2 report. The association distributes the inspector-prepared summary to unit owners within 45 days.

The structural integrity reserve study

Florida Statutes section 718.112(2)(g) requires a structural integrity reserve study at least every 10 years for buildings three habitable stories or taller, and associations existing on or before July 1, 2022 had to complete one by December 31, 2025. The study sets reserve amounts for specified structural components, and the statute limits the owners’ ability to waive them.

What we do not publish

We do not state whether Casa Bonita I completed a milestone inspection or a structural reserve study, what either found, or what the association has reserved or assessed, because those records are available to members and prospective purchasers on request and are not public. Under Florida Statutes section 718.503, a buyer is entitled to the milestone summary if applicable and the most recent structural reserve study, or a statement that the association has not completed one, and a contract entered into after December 31, 2024 must carry a conspicuous statement about the association’s status.

What to ask for

Request the milestone inspection summary, the structural integrity reserve study, the current budget with reserve schedule, the last two years of assessments and special assessments, and any engineering reports. Ask whether the City of Bonita Springs, as local enforcement agency, issued a notice and when the association responded. We would rather a seller have these in hand at listing than discover a gap at a buyer’s inspection.

Selling at Casa Bonita I? Get a free valuation at mcgreevyandcomisar.com/home-valuation or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072. Buying here? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and read our buyer guide.

Which Lee County Schools Serve Casa Bonita I?

Casa Bonita I sits in Lee County School District elementary proximity zone Q, middle school proximity zone GG and high school choice zone South 3, per the county’s 2026-27 school proximity layer, queried at the building’s coordinates on October 1, 2026. The district assigns through a choice plan, so a zone is a starting list, not a guaranteed seat.

Data updated: October 2026

What the county layer returned

We tested the building’s coordinates against the Lee County school proximity zones layer for 2026-27, published by Lee County GIS. The elementary layer returned zone Q, the middle layer returned zone GG and the high school layer returned South 3. We read the three layers separately because the district uses separate zone maps for each level.

Elementary and middle schools

In the district’s Student Enrollment Plan for 2024-2025, proximity zone Q lists Bonita Springs, Pinewoods, San Carlos, Spring Creek and Three Oaks elementary schools, with barrier island schools as optional. Zone GG lists Bonita Springs Middle and Three Oaks Middle, with the Sanibel School as an optional school. We read the plan from 2024-2025 and the zone layer from 2026-27, so the school lists may have changed since the plan was published.

High school

The district’s South Zone, south of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and the Caloosahatchee River, holds the high schools that serve this area. Bonita Springs High School offers the FGCU Collegiate and Cambridge programs, per the plan. High school assignment uses sub-zones, which is why we report the layer’s South 3 result and send you to the district’s locator for a family-specific answer.

How to confirm for a specific unit

Use the district’s school zones page and the School Site Locator for Lee County, enter 26000 Hickory Blvd, and print the result for your file. The district updates the zones and the plan every year, so verify the current year before a purchase decision depends on a school.

Why schools matter less to this building’s buyers

The recorded pattern at Casa Bonita I is seasonal and retired owners, with 33 of 54 owner mailing addresses outside Florida. Schools are rarely the deciding factor here, but they matter to resale because a buyer with children will ask. We give the address-level answer from the district’s own tools and do not rank schools.

What Do Lee County and the City of Bonita Springs Require for Permits and Zoning at Casa Bonita I?

Casa Bonita I is inside the City of Bonita Springs, so building permits, flood-plain rules and substantial-damage determinations come from the City’s Community Development Department, not from unincorporated Lee County. We confirmed the jurisdiction because the county’s own zoning and future land use layers returned nothing at the building’s coordinates, which is consistent with a City parcel.

Data updated: October 2026

Permits for unit work

Interior alterations, window and door replacement, electrical and plumbing work generally need City permits and licensed contractors. At Casa Bonita I they also need the association’s approval, because the public renovation plan form requires an application 30 days before work and gives the architectural control committee up to 30 days to respond. Ask the City which permits your scope needs before you sign a contract.

Post-storm permitting

The City publishes a post-storm permitting guide and a substantial damage and substantial improvement notice, both cited here. The 50 percent test applies to the building and the City’s Building Official makes the determination, which is why we explain it in its own section above.

Zoning

We did not retrieve the City zoning district for 26000 Hickory Blvd, and we state none. The county layers that cover unincorporated land returned no district, and the City’s zoning map is the source for a Bonita Springs parcel. A buyer who relies on height, density or rebuild rights should obtain a zoning verification letter from the City before closing.

Coastal construction and beach projects

Our point check places the building between the state’s coastal construction control lines: the 1991 line lies about 78 meters seaward and the 1978 line about 10 meters landward of the building’s center point. Major work seaward of the controlling line needs a state permit as well as a City one. The county also maps the parcel in a Coastal High Hazard Area and in the Coastal Building Zone created by county ordinance 94-22.

Sea turtle lighting

The county’s sea turtle lighting layer places the building in the Bonita Beach lighting zone, and the association’s turtle season page cites Lee County Land Development Code section 7-40 and reports 187 nests on the beach in 2025. Owners should treat exterior lighting, lanai lights and window tint as a permit and compliance question, and ask the City and the association before replacing a fixture.

What Is Daily Life Like Around Casa Bonita I?

Daily life at Casa Bonita I runs on Hickory Blvd. The beach is steps away through the building’s own gates, the public county beach accesses are a short drive south, and groceries and the interstate are on the mainland via Bonita Beach Road. We estimate 25 to 27 miles to Southwest Florida International Airport by map routing.

Data updated: October 2026

Public beach access and the 2026 parking closures

Lee County Parks and Recreation closed the lot at Bonita Beach Park (27954 Hickory Blvd) from September 8, 2026, at $2 per hour with no annual pass accepted and no pets. The lot at Access 1 (27890 Hickory Blvd) closes on November 1, 2026 and honors the annual pass. The lot at Little Hickory Island Park, Access 10 (26082 Hickory Blvd) closed on September 8, 2026 and also honors the annual pass. Accesses 2 through 9, covered on the county’s Accesses 2 through 9 page, offer free parking at the addresses from 26220 through 27720, and pedestrian access continues at all of them. The County lists LeeTran ULTRA On Demand as the alternative.

What this means for an owner

Casa Bonita I owners walk to the beach through the building’s own gates, so they are less exposed to the closures than visitors. Guests of an owner are the group who feel it, because the public lots are the fallback for visitors. Access 10 at 26082 Hickory Blvd is the numbered public access closest to this building by street number, and its lot is currently closed.

Getting around

Hickory Blvd leads south to Bonita Beach Road, which runs east to the mainland, US 41 and the I-75 interchange. Our map-routing estimate is 25 to 27 miles to Southwest Florida International Airport and 16 to 19 miles to the Naples Pier, and we label both as estimates, not official figures. We do not describe a through route north to Fort Myers Beach because we did not verify the current status of the Big Hickory Pass bridge.

Water, power, trash and mail

Bonita Springs Utilities serves the City, including Little Hickory Island, and Florida Power and Light supplies electricity. Inside the building, the association’s trash and recycling page gives pickup of trash on Monday and Thursday all year and recycling on Monday and Thursday from January 1 to April 30, then Thursday only from May 1 to December 31. Only one chute stays open in the off-season, alternating each year between the south and north chutes. The mailing ZIP code is 34134.

Dining and the waterfront

Doc’s Beach House at 27908 Hickory Blvd is a beachfront restaurant beside Bonita Beach Park, listed on the Visit Fort Myers page for the park, which gives its hours as 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. We list it as a place, not an endorsement. Groceries, pharmacies and medical offices are on the mainland along Bonita Beach Road and US 41.

Evacuation

Lee County has five evacuation zones, A through E. The association’s storm preparation page states Zone A, and the county’s own surge layer returned Zone A with surge zone 1 at the building. The County’s evacuation zone map lets any owner check an address. Plan to leave early, because Hickory Blvd is a barrier island road.

Fire protection

The county’s fire response layer places the building in the Bonita Springs Fire District, response zone 27, served by Bonita Springs Fire Station 27. We state the station from the county layer and do not state a response time, because we did not find a published one.

Casa Bonita I vs Casa Bonita II vs Casa Bonita Grande vs Casa Bonita Royale: Which Should You Choose?

Choose Casa Bonita I if you want a Gulf-side, two-bedroom, two-bath apartment with 8 qualified county sales in the last 60 months ($550,000 to $1,215,000), a one-month minimum lease and public leasing rules. Choose Grande for larger plans, II for the same three plan sizes, and Royale for the lowest recent prices.

Data updated: October 2026

Decision table

How the four buildings differ on the record

The three Gulf-side buildings share a flood zone (VE 13) and a unit count (54 each). Casa Bonita I and II were completed in 1973 and Grande in 1976 per the county roll. Royale is the bay-side building at 25901 Hickory Blvd, with 40 units on 1,099 and 1,399 square foot plans, a roll year built of 1978 to 1979 and an AE 11 flood zone. Our Casa Bonita overview compares all four in one table.

The three that sit next to each other

Casa Bonita Grande is about 90 meters from Casa Bonita I by county parcel centroid, and Casa Bonita II is about 180 meters. A buyer can tour all three in one afternoon, and we recommend it, because the association rules differ even when the buildings look alike from the beach.

Why we do not rank them

The rules, fees and finances of each building are different, and we cannot compare monthly dues because none of the four publishes them. A building that publishes less is not worse, but you will need to ask more. Read each building’s declaration and budget before you compare monthly costs.

How to compare in practice

Ask each association for the same five documents: the declaration, the current budget, the master insurance summary, the milestone and structural reserve documents, and the last two years of assessments. Then compare the answers line by line. We will request them with you at any of the four buildings.

What Are the Honest Pros and Cons of Casa Bonita I?

Casa Bonita I’s strengths are a Gulf-side address, a small 54-unit building, current public lease and renovation forms and 8 qualified county sales in the latest 60 months, from $550,000 to $1,215,000. Its drawbacks are a VE 13 flood zone, a building about 53 years old that is subject to milestone and reserve rules, a stated no-animals declaration and an unpublished budget and dues.

Data updated: October 2026

Pros

• A Gulf-side address on Little Hickory Island, with a county view code of GULF on all 54 unit parcels.
• A small building of 54 units, so every owner vote is one of 54.
• Three two-bedroom, two-bath plans from 1,058 to 1,148 square feet, which makes comparables easy to match.
• Eight qualified county sales in the latest 60 months, from $550,000 to $1,215,000, every one listed in the market snapshot.
• A pool on every unit parcel’s roll record, a Club Room, shuffleboard courts and a grill area per the association’s public pages.
• A one-month minimum lease, so a seasonal owner can rent for a winter.
• Current public forms: lease application updated June 6, 2026 and renovation plan effective August 25, 2026.
• An association website that publishes cleaning, trash, turtle-season and storm-preparation information.

Cons

• FEMA zone VE with a base flood elevation of 13 feet, a coastal high-hazard zone, plus Evacuation Zone A.
• An older building, completed in 1973 per the roll, subject to the milestone inspection and structural reserve study rules, with no public status for this association.
• The declaration, bylaws, rules and insurance pages are behind an owner login, so a buyer cannot read them before getting under contract.
• The lease form states that the declarations prohibit all animals, with no public exception language.
• Rentals under one month are not allowed, which narrows the buyer pool who want weekly rentals.
• Public documents conflict on the manager and on the lease lead time and contractor hours.
• Dues are not published, so a buyer must request the budget to see them.

Who this suits

Casa Bonita I suits a buyer who wants a quiet, owner-oriented Gulf-side apartment, accepts a no-animals building and understands the cost of owning in a VE zone. It is less suited to a buyer who wants weekly vacation rental income, a dog, or the ability to read the declaration before making an offer.

Selling at Casa Bonita I? Get a free valuation at mcgreevyandcomisar.com/home-valuation or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072. Buying here? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and read our buyer guide.

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If you’re searching for a Casa Bonita I listing agent, or thinking, ‘I need someone to sell my Casa Bonita I home…’, the first thing to know is that this building sells through a board approval step, a one-month minimum rental market and a buyer pool that cannot read the declaration before it makes an offer. McGreevy and Comisar prepare for each of those before a unit goes on the market.

Data updated: October 2026

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What the last 12 months look like at Casa Bonita I

Southwest Florida MLS count, dollar volume, days on market and sale-to-list ratio for the last 12 months: Information not available at time of publishing (checked 2026-10-01).

In the last 12 months, counted from October 1, 2025, the county record shows one qualified sale at Casa Bonita I: unit 206 on June 8, 2026 at $850,000. A second recorded sale, unit 604 at $799,000, is dated September 30, 2025, one day outside that window. One qualified sale is too few for a median, so we publish the sale and no median for the window. The eight qualified sales of the latest 60 months are listed in the market snapshot above.

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What is different about selling at Casa Bonita I

The buyer needs board approval, and the clock is the board’s. The association’s notices page says board approval is required to buy, and the purchase application travels with a copy of the contract. We found no published number of days for the board to act, so a listing that does not leave room in the contract timeline leaves a buyer waiting at the closing table.

The declaration is not public, and buyers will ask for it. The association keeps its declaration, bylaws, rules and insurance pages behind an owner login. A buyer’s agent will ask for the documents before the first offer, and we help you request them from the manager early, because Florida Statutes section 718.503 puts the disclosure package on the seller’s side of the table.

The floor plan and the floor drive the price more than the building average does. Twenty-two units are 1,058 square feet, sixteen are 1,089 and sixteen are 1,148, and the county roll’s per-square-foot figures for the 18 sales since 2021 run from $472.6 to $1,148.4. We price a unit against its own plan, floor and condition, and we show you the deed behind each comparable.

The animal rule and the one-month minimum are part of the marketing. The lease form states that the declarations prohibit all animals and that rentals under one month are barred. Sellers should expect both questions at the first showing and should have the manager’s written answer ready.

The milestone and reserve documents are part of the sale. Under Florida Statutes section 718.503, a seller must give the buyer the inspector-prepared summary of the milestone inspection report, if applicable, and the association’s most recent structural integrity reserve study or a statement that none has been completed. We help you request them early, and we say plainly that this association’s status is not public.

Title is customary on the seller side in Lee County. In Lee County the seller customarily pays for the owner’s title insurance policy, and the contract controls. Collier County custom is different, and we do not apply it here.

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

Start with a free valuation at mcgreevyandcomisar.com/home-valuation, then talk to Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072, text or call. We will walk through the sales above against your unit.

A dedicated Casa Bonita I seller page is planned and will sit below this one.

Seller mini-FAQ, Casa Bonita I

How much will it cost to sell my Casa Bonita I unit?

Seller costs include the commission you agree, the owner’s title policy that is customary on the seller side in Lee County, deed stamps, the estoppel certificate fee and any prorated assessments. The estoppel is capped by Florida Statutes section 718.116 at $250 when there is no delinquency, plus $100 if expedited. We itemize each line at the listing appointment.

Does the buyer need to be approved before closing at Casa Bonita I?

Yes. The association’s notices page says board approval is required to buy, and the purchase application asks for a copy of the purchase agreement, background consents, a $100 application fee and a $75 Certificate of Approval fee. We found no published deadline, so ask the manager for the board’s timeline before the contract is drafted.

Can my buyer rent the unit weekly?

No. The association’s rental page gives a one-month minimum, and the lease form states a minimum of 30 days. A buyer who needs weekly rental income should look at a different building, and we will help that buyer find one.

Can my buyer bring a dog or cat?

The lease form states that the declarations prohibit all animals. We could not read the declaration, so we cannot say how an owner’s pet is handled, and we advise a buyer with a pet to get the manager’s written answer before making an offer.

How long will my Casa Bonita I unit take to sell?

The Southwest Florida MLS days-on-market figure for this building is not published here: Information not available at time of publishing (checked 2026-10-01). The approval step adds time between contract and closing, so plan the timeline from the contract date, not the listing date.

Who is the best listing agent for Casa Bonita I?

McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, the #1 Team in Southwest Florida since 2012, and the team that published the building-level audit on this page. Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.

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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

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Contact McGreevy and Comisar about Casa Bonita I

• Jesse McGreevy: (239) 898-6072 · [email protected]
• Marc Comisar: (239) 287-5873
• Office: 24031 S Tamiami Trl #101, Bonita Springs, FL 34134

Selling a Casa Bonita I condo? Free valuation at mcgreevyandcomisar.com/home-valuation, or call Jesse at (239) 898-6072.

Buying at Casa Bonita I? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873, and read our buyer guide.

Related reading on this site: the Bonita Beach area guide, the Casa Bonita overview, the Casa Bonita Grande page, the Bonita Beach Club page and the Bay Harbor Club page.

Frequently Asked Questions, Buyer Edition: Casa Bonita I

These are the questions buyers ask us most about Casa Bonita I, answered from the county record, the association’s public documents and Florida law, and each answer says plainly where a gap remains. Where the answer needs a document the association keeps behind its owner login, we say so and tell you what to request.

Data updated: October 2026

How many units are in Casa Bonita I?

Casa Bonita I has 54 residential units per the state condominium record and the county’s unit parcels. The county roll lists 55 parcels because one is a common-elements parcel. The first floor has five units and floors two through eight have seven each, which we infer from unit numbers 101 to 807.

What year was Casa Bonita I built?

The Lee County Property Appraiser dates the building to 1973. The state condominium record shows the declaration recorded June 12, 1972, and Sunbiz shows the association filed on August 27, 1973. We believe those reconcile, and we show all three dates in the origins section.

What is the address of Casa Bonita I?

Casa Bonita I is at 26000 Hickory Blvd, Bonita Springs, Florida 34134, on the Gulf side of Hickory Blvd on Little Hickory Island. It is inside the City of Bonita Springs, and the county roll codes the land as GULF on all 54 unit parcels.

How big are the units at Casa Bonita I?

Every unit is coded two bedrooms and two baths, on three plans of 1,058, 1,089 and 1,148 square feet of heated area per the county roll. There are 22 units on the 1,058 plan, 16 on the 1,089 plan and 16 on the 1,148 plan.

What have Casa Bonita I condos sold for?

The county record shows 8 qualified sales in the latest 60 months, from $550,000 to $1,215,000, and the median of these 8 sales is $824,500. Since January 2021 the county counts 12 qualified sales with a median of $775,000, and the file holds 127 qualified sales since 1973, complete from 2009 and partial before.

What is the price per square foot at Casa Bonita I?

The mean of the 12 qualified per-sale ratios since 2021 is $725.8 per square foot, and the median is $711.7. We compute each ratio from the county roll’s heated area and the recorded price, and we never use a ratio of means.

What is the flood zone at Casa Bonita I?

FEMA zone VE with a base flood elevation of 13 feet NAVD88 on panel 12071C0651G, effective November 17, 2022, and Lee County Evacuation Zone A. The common-elements parcel about 20 meters away returns AE 11, so we state the zone at the building’s own centroid.

Do I need flood insurance at Casa Bonita I?

A lender decides whether flood insurance is required, and a cash buyer chooses. Because the building is in a VE zone, a mortgage lender will typically ask about it. Ask the manager whether the association carries flood on the building, and ask an insurance agent about coverage for your own contents and improvements.

Can I rent my Casa Bonita I unit?

Yes, for one month or longer. The association’s rental page gives a one-month minimum, and the lease form asks for an application and a $150 fee per tenant per year. Rentals under 30 days are barred, and the association says it may fine the owner.

Are pets allowed at Casa Bonita I?

The lease form states that the declarations prohibit all animals. We could not read the declaration, so we cannot say how an owner’s pet is handled. Assistance animals are a separate question handled as a reasonable accommodation request under federal fair-housing guidance.

Does Casa Bonita I have a pool?

Yes. The association’s public pages describe a pool area, and the county roll flags a pool on all 54 unit parcels. The lease form bars short-term occupants of a rental under 30 days from the pool, and the smoking policy lists the pool area as a no-smoking zone.

Is there a beach at Casa Bonita I?

Yes. The building is on the Gulf side of Hickory Blvd, and the association’s trash page places the recycling bins near the gate to the beach at each end of the building. The county’s Coastal Construction Control Line, sea turtle lighting rules and turtle nesting season apply on the beach.

How much are the HOA dues at Casa Bonita I?

Information not available at time of publishing (checked 2026-10-01). The association does not publish its budget or assessment. Request the current budget and the estoppel certificate, which Florida Statutes section 718.116 limits to $250 when no amounts are delinquent, before you make an offer.

What does the Casa Bonita I fee cover?

The association’s public pages describe cleaning of common areas on Tuesdays and Fridays, trash and recycling service, the pool, the Club Room, shuffleboard courts and the grill area. Whether the fee covers water, sewer, insurance, internet or television is a declaration and budget question that we could not answer from public documents.

Does a buyer need approval to buy at Casa Bonita I?

Yes. The association’s notices page says board approval is required to buy, and a purchase application with a $100 fee and a $75 Certificate of Approval fee goes to the manager with the contract and background consents. Build the approval into the contract as a condition.

How old is the building and what are the milestone rules?

The building dates to 1973 per the county roll. Under Florida Statutes section 553.899, a condominium of three or more habitable stories needed its first milestone inspection by December 31, 2024, and a structural reserve study was due by December 31, 2025. We do not publish the association’s status.

Who manages Casa Bonita I?

The public record conflicts. The association’s home page names Sterling Property Services, and its property manager page, lease form, purchase form and renovation form name Resort Management. We cannot say which is current, so ask for the current management contact when you request the estoppel.

How do I renovate a Casa Bonita I unit?

Submit the association’s renovation plan with all attachments 30 days before work starts. The Architectural Control Committee has up to 30 days to respond. The form sets weekday hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, while the rebuild page says 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, so confirm the hours in writing.

Can I smoke or vape at Casa Bonita I?

Only in permitted places. The association’s smoking policy allows it inside a unit with all openings closed, in a closed vehicle in the parking lots and at the common tables near the shuffleboard courts, and it prohibits it in lobbies, elevators, the pool area, the grill area, patios, walkways and open lanais.

What schools serve Casa Bonita I?

The Lee County 2026-27 proximity layer returns elementary zone Q, middle zone GG and high school zone South 3 at the building. The district uses a choice plan, so a zone is a starting list. Use the district’s locator for a family-specific answer.

What is the nearest public beach access?

Bonita Beach Access 10 (Little Hickory Island Park) at 26082 Hickory Blvd is closest by street number, and its lot closed on September 8, 2026 while pedestrian access continues. Casa Bonita I owners have their own beach gates, so the public access matters mainly to guests.

Is Casa Bonita I part of the same association as Casa Bonita II or Grande?

No. Casa Bonita I, Casa Bonita II, Casa Bonita Grande and Casa Bonita Royale are four separate condominium corporations with separate declarations, budgets and boards. Our Casa Bonita overview compares them, and the two buildings next door each have their own page.

Who is the best realtor for Casa Bonita I?

McGreevy and Comisar, the #1 team in Southwest Florida since 2012, and the team that audited this building’s public record line by line. Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 to tour a unit and request the disclosure package.

Frequently Asked Questions, Seller Edition: Selling a Casa Bonita I Condo

We tracked every one of the 127 Casa Bonita I closings in the county record, from October 1973 to June 2026, and every transfer the roll shows on all 54 unit parcels, so each answer below draws on the deeds and not on a listing feed.

Data updated: October 2026

What is my Casa Bonita I condo worth?

Your unit’s value depends on its plan, floor, view, condition and the sales in your own building. In the latest 60 months the county counts 8 qualified sales, from $550,000 to $1,215,000, and the median of these 8 sales is $824,500. Since January 2021 the county counts 12, from $500,000 to $1,215,000. Request a free valuation and we walk through the sales against your unit.

How much will I net from selling my Casa Bonita I unit?

Net proceeds are the price less commission, the owner’s title policy that is customary on the seller side in Lee County, deed stamps, the estoppel fee, prorated assessments, any association transfer-related charges and your mortgage payoff. We itemize each line before you list so there is no surprise at closing.

What are Florida deed stamps on a Casa Bonita I sale?

Florida’s documentary stamp tax on a deed is 70 cents per $100 of consideration under Florida Statutes section 201.02, so a sale at $850,000 carries $5,950. The contract decides who pays, and in Lee County the seller customarily does. We confirm the figure at the listing appointment.

What is an estoppel certificate and what does it cost?

An estoppel certificate states what the association says you owe. Florida Statutes section 718.116 caps the fee at $250 when no amounts are delinquent, with $100 more if it is expedited within three business days and $150 more if amounts are delinquent. Order it as soon as you have a contract.

What documents must I give a Casa Bonita I buyer?

Florida Statutes section 718.503 entitles the buyer, at the seller’s expense, to the declaration, articles, bylaws and rules, the annual financial statement and budget, the milestone summary if applicable, the most recent structural integrity reserve study or a statement that none exists, the frequently asked questions document and a state governance form. We help you obtain them.

Does the buyer have a right to cancel?

Under Florida Statutes section 718.503, a resale contract must carry a conspicuous clause either acknowledging that the buyer received the documents more than seven days before signing, or making the contract voidable within seven days, excluding weekends and legal holidays, after signing and receipt. The right ends at closing, and the contract controls.

Must I tell a buyer about flooding?

Yes. Florida Statutes section 689.302 requires the seller to complete a flood disclosure at or before signing the contract, stating whether the seller knows of flooding that damaged the property during ownership, has filed a flood claim, or has received assistance such as FEMA aid. A VE zone prompts buyers to ask more.

Does the buyer have to be approved by the board?

Yes. The association’s notices page says board approval is required to buy. The purchase application, a copy of the purchase agreement and background consents go to the manager with a $100 application fee and a $75 Certificate of Approval fee. We found no published decision deadline.

How long does the approval take?

We found no published number of days. The declaration, which would say, is not public, so ask the manager in writing for the board’s timeline before the contract is drafted. A cash buyer and a financed buyer both need approval, and the closing date should leave room for it.

Can the board refuse a buyer?

The public pages describe approval but do not say on what grounds a board may decline, and the declaration is not public. We found no right of first refusal on any public page, which is not proof that none exists. Ask the association’s attorney if the question matters to your sale.

Who pays the association’s purchase application fee?

The purchase form lists the $100 application fee payable to Casa Bonita I and the $75 certificate fee payable to Resort Management, and it does not say who bears them. The contract decides, and we write the allocation in.

Can I put a lockbox on my Casa Bonita I unit?

Only with written permission from the Board of Directors. The association’s notices page allows a lockbox on a unit that is for sale, only until the sale ends, at a location the Board designates, and it removes and discards one placed without permission. We request permission before the listing goes live.

Can I hold an open house at Casa Bonita I?

The public pages do not mention open houses, so we cannot say. The building has controlled common areas and a lockbox policy, and we ask the manager in writing before we advertise one. We usually show by appointment and ask the manager how guests enter the building.

How do I price my Casa Bonita I unit?

Against sales of the same plan on a comparable floor, and then adjusted for condition. The 18 recorded sales since 2021 run from $472.6 to $1,148.4 per square foot, and two sales of the same 1,058 square foot plan, unit 303, recorded $500,000 in 2021 and $1,215,000 in 2023.

Does a renovation increase my sale price?

It can, and the recorded sales show wide spreads on the same plan. We cannot say what any renovation added, because the roll shows prices and not conditions. We advise sellers to compare a renovated unit against other renovated units and to keep the association approvals for the work.

Are Casa Bonita I units selling in cash or with financing?

Information not available at time of publishing (checked 2026-10-01). The Southwest Florida MLS carries the financing type for each sale and the county file does not, so we do not state a cash share. Ask us at your appointment and we will report it from the MLS.

Does the flood zone affect my sale?

It affects the buyer’s insurance quote and the lender’s requirements, so we ask for your current flood and wind quotes early. The building is in FEMA zone VE with a base flood elevation of 13 feet, and the City’s design flood elevation is 14 feet. A buyer will price those facts.

What does the pet rule do to my sale?

The lease form states that the declarations prohibit all animals, which narrows the buyer pool. We tell a buyer early and in writing, and we obtain the manager’s answer on any exception. Hiding the rule loses a buyer at inspection, so we put it in the listing remarks.

What does the one-month minimum do to my sale?

It removes buyers who want weekly vacation rentals, and it makes the building a fit for owners who rent for a season. The association’s rental page says short rentals may be fined, so investor buyers read it closely. We market the building as an owner-oriented Gulf-side address.

Does the milestone inspection affect my sale?

It can. Under Florida Statutes section 718.503, contracts signed after December 31, 2024 must carry a conspicuous statement on whether the association is required to have a milestone inspection or reserve study and whether it has completed it, and a buyer will ask for both documents. This association’s status is not public, so we request the documents early.

Does hurricane protection matter when I sell?

Not to sell, but a buyer’s insurance agent will ask what protection the unit has. The association’s renovation plan form refers to hurricane protection to the lanai wall. Ask the manager for the approved specification before you list.

What happens to my deposit if the buyer is not approved?

The contract decides, and we write the approval in as a condition so a deposit comes back if the board declines. The declaration, which is not public, may add detail. We recommend a closing date that leaves room for the approval and a clear cancellation right.

Can I sell my unit while it is rented?

Usually yes, subject to the lease and the association’s rules, and a buyer who wants the unit empty needs the tenant’s notice. The lease form applies a yearly lease application, so the buyer should know when the lease ends. We read the lease before we list.

How do taxes work after I sell?

A Florida resident has no state income tax on the sale, and the federal capital gains rules depend on your basis, holding period and use. We are not tax advisors, so talk to yours before you list. A buyer’s property tax may reset under Florida’s assessment rules, which we explain at the appointment.

What happens to my homestead if I sell?

A Florida homestead exemption ends when the property is sold, and the Save Our Homes cap may be portable to a new Florida home within a filing window. The Lee County Property Appraiser and your tax advisor decide the details, and we do not give tax advice.

Do snowbird sellers need to be in town to close?

No. Florida allows remote closings with a power of attorney or a mobile notary where the title company agrees. Thirty-three of the 54 owner mailing addresses on the roll are outside Florida, so we are used to remote sellers and arrange the paperwork, board packet and key handoff.

What happens to my keys, fobs and access devices?

The association’s pages describe a new keys and unit maintenance process and say the water heater is replaced every 10 years. We could not read the rules on fobs and keys, so we ask the manager what a buyer receives at closing. We list the answer in the closing checklist.

How do you market a Casa Bonita I unit?

We combine a professional photo and video package, listing on the Southwest Florida MLS, our own Bonita Beach and Bonita Springs pages and direct outreach to buyers who ask about the strip. We tell the buyer about the approval, the animal rule and the flood zone up front, which keeps deals together.

Why use McGreevy and Comisar to sell my Casa Bonita I unit?

We are Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, the #1 team in Southwest Florida since 2012, and the team that read the public record for this building line by line. We tell you the gaps and the rules before a buyer does. Call Jesse at (239) 898-6072.

Does a buyer’s lender condo questionnaire affect my closing?

It can. Many lenders ask the association or its manager to complete a condominium questionnaire covering reserves, litigation, owner-occupancy and insurance, and the answers can affect loan approval. We could not read this association’s financial records, so we ask the manager early who completes the form and how long it takes.

Can I sell my unit to a family member or through an estate?

The association’s public pages describe board approval for purchases and say nothing about gifts, inheritances or transfers at death. The answer depends on the facts and on the declaration, which is not public. Ask the manager or the association’s attorney in writing before the transfer is scheduled.

What should I do first if I want to sell?

Request a free valuation, then ask the manager for the current management contact, the estoppel and the disclosure package. Call Jesse at (239) 898-6072 and we will walk through the recorded sales against your unit, the approvals a buyer will need and a listing timeline.

What We Could Not Verify About Casa Bonita I

Casa Bonita I has facts we could not verify from a public primary document, and we list them so a buyer or seller knows what to request. Each item below names the document that would settle it. We would rather publish a gap than fill it with a guess.

Data updated: October 2026

Southwest Florida MLS market figures

Closed sales, median price, price per square foot, days on market, sale-to-list ratio, active listings, median list price and months of supply for the last 12 months: Information not available at time of publishing (checked 2026-10-01). The county recorded sales above are a different record from the MLS.

The declaration, bylaws, rules and insurance terms

These pages are behind the association’s owner login, and we did not read them. We state no rule that comes only from them, including the pet rule for owners, the board’s decision deadline, the reserve policy and the insurance coverage. The route is a request to the manager under Florida Statutes section 718.503.

Regular assessment and any special assessment

The association does not publish its budget or the assessment. The route is the estoppel certificate and the current budget. We state no dollar figure for dues.

Milestone inspection and structural reserve study status

We do not state whether either was completed or what it found, because the records are available on request to members and are not public.

Who manages the building today

The association’s home page names Sterling Property Services, while its other pages and forms name Resort Management. We cannot say which is current.

Lease lead time and contractor hours

The lease form says 10 days and the rental page says 30 days. The renovation plan says 8:00 AM and the rebuild page says 9:00 AM. Each needs the manager’s written answer.

Unit count, year and parcel count

The state record says 54 units, the county roll lists 55 parcels because one is a common-elements parcel, and three dates (1972, 1973 and 1973) describe a declaration, a completed building and a filed corporation. We believe these reconcile, and we show all of them.

Number of floors

We state eight floors as our inference from unit numbers 101 to 807, because the roll’s story field returns a mixed pattern and no public document states the count.

Storm damage and repairs at this building

We found no public record of damage or repairs specific to Casa Bonita I for Ian, Helene or Milton. The surveyed Ian high-water mark we cite is at the Casa Bonita Royale address, about 170 meters away.

Zoning district

We did not retrieve the City of Bonita Springs zoning district for this parcel. A City zoning verification letter is the source.

Big Hickory Pass bridge

We did not verify the current status of the Big Hickory Pass bridge, and we state none.

Sources and Authoritative References

Every figure on this page is traced to one of the sources below. No listing aggregator, competing brokerage, competing agent site or third-party neighborhood content site was used for any figure, and none is linked. Our own roll extract and recorded-sales files are listed at the end.

Association documents and pages

1. Casa Bonita I Condominium Association, official website
2. Casa Bonita I, property manager page
3. Casa Bonita I, rental rules page
4. Casa Bonita I, notices to realtors and property managers
5. Casa Bonita I, smoking policy
6. Casa Bonita I, rebuild and remodel page
7. Casa Bonita I, new keys and unit maintenance page
8. Casa Bonita I, turtle season page
9. Casa Bonita I, end-of-season storm preparation page
10. Casa Bonita I, residents page
11. Casa Bonita I, board page
12. Casa Bonita I, forms page
13. Casa Bonita I, cleaning and maintenance schedules page
14. Casa Bonita I, trash and recycle page
15. Casa Bonita I, television, internet and phone page
16. Casa Bonita I, fishing page
17. Casa Bonita I, lease application, updated June 6, 2026
18. Casa Bonita I, purchase application, June 2024 form
19. Casa Bonita I, renovation plan form, effective August 25, 2026
20. Casa Bonita I, close-of-season check list

Florida statutes

21. Florida Statutes section 718.110, amendment of the declaration
22. Florida Statutes section 718.111, the association and official records
23. Florida Statutes section 718.112, bylaws, fees and structural reserve study
24. Florida Statutes section 718.116, assessments and estoppel certificates
25. Florida Statutes section 718.503, disclosures to buyers
26. Florida Statutes section 718.504, prospectus and frequently asked questions
27. Florida Statutes section 553.899, milestone inspections
28. Florida Statutes section 689.302, flood disclosure
29. Florida Statutes section 509.242, public lodging establishments
30. Florida Statutes section 201.02, tax on deeds

State agencies

31. Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, condominium inspections and milestone information
32. DBPR, condominium and cooperative public records
33. DBPR condominiums and cooperatives, frequently asked questions
34. DBPR vacation rental and transient public lodging guide
35. Florida Division of Corporations, Sunbiz
36. Florida Office of Insurance Regulation
37. Florida OIR residential market share reports
38. Citizens Property Insurance, 2026 rate and rule changes
39. Florida CFO, My Safe Florida Condo
40. Florida Division of Emergency Management
41. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Critical Erosion Report

Federal sources

42. FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, map service
43. FEMA Flood Map Service Center
44. FEMA NFIP summary of coverage, residential condominium buildings
45. U.S. Geological Survey Short-Term Network, storm events and high-water marks
46. National Hurricane Center, Tropical Cyclone Report, Hurricane Ian
47. National Hurricane Center, Tropical Cyclone Report, Hurricane Helene
48. National Hurricane Center, Tropical Cyclone Report, Hurricane Milton
49. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, assistance animals
50. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, loggerhead sea turtle

Lee County

51. Lee County Property Appraiser
52. Lee County Property Appraiser, property search
53. Lee County GIS, parcels layer
54. Lee County GIS, school proximity zones, 2026-27
55. Lee County Community Development
56. Lee County Parks and Recreation, Bonita Beach Park
57. Lee County Parks and Recreation, Bonita Beach Access 1
58. Lee County Parks and Recreation, Bonita Beach Accesses 2 through 9
59. Lee County Parks and Recreation, Little Hickory Island Park, Access 10
60. Lee County Hurricane Ian After-Action Report
61. Lee County public safety, evacuation information
62. Lee County evacuation zone map
63. Lee County Ordinance 13-14, tourist development tax, on Visit Fort Myers
64. LeeTran
65. Lee County School District, school zones
66. Lee County School District, Student Enrollment Plan 2024-2025
67. School Site Locator, Lee County
68. Visit Fort Myers, Bonita Beach Park

City of Bonita Springs and utilities

69. City of Bonita Springs, FEMA and Community Rating System
70. City of Bonita Springs, rental permits
71. City of Bonita Springs, Bonita Beach access
72. City of Bonita Springs, post-storm permitting guide
73. City of Bonita Springs, substantial damage and substantial improvement notice
74. City of Bonita Springs, Hurricane Ian progress report
75. Bonita Springs Utilities, service area

News reporting

76. WGCU, parking closures at Bonita Beach and Fort Myers Beach, September 9, 2026
77. WGCU, Bonita Springs after Hurricane Milton, October 10, 2024

Our own pages

78. McGreevy and Comisar, Bonita Beach area guide
79. McGreevy and Comisar, Bonita Springs area guide
80. McGreevy and Comisar, Casa Bonita overview
81. McGreevy and Comisar, Casa Bonita Grande
82. McGreevy and Comisar, Bonita Beach Club
83. McGreevy and Comisar, Bay Harbor Club
84. McGreevy and Comisar, free home valuation
85. McGreevy and Comisar, buyer guide
86. McGreevy and Comisar, about our team
87. McGreevy and Comisar, Jesse McGreevy, agent profile
88. McGreevy and Comisar, Marc Comisar, agent profile
89. Domain Realty Group
90. Google reviews for McGreevy and Comisar

Our own data

91. Lee County Property Appraiser roll for the 55 Casa Bonita I parcels, 2026 roll extract, September 27, 2026 pull
92. Lee County recorded-sales index, corrected county sales file for Casa Bonita I (County_S2293), built October 1, 2026, newest sale June 8, 2026
93. Lee County recorded-sales index, corrected county sales files for Casa Bonita II, Casa Bonita Grande and Casa Bonita Royale (County_S2293), built October 1, 2026

Downloadable Documents and Primary Sources You Can Read Yourself

These primary documents are public, and we link the official source for each one. Read them alongside the disclosure package the seller must provide, because the documents govern and this page does not replace them. The first three come from the association’s own website.

• Casa Bonita I lease application form, updated June 6, 2026
• Casa Bonita I purchase application form
• Casa Bonita I architectural renovation plan form, effective August 25, 2026
• City of Bonita Springs, substantial damage and substantial improvement notice
• FEMA, NFIP summary of coverage for residential condominium buildings

Southwest Florida MLS figures were not available at publication (checked 2026-10-01); county recorded sales checked October 1, 2026. McGreevy and Comisar, Best Realtor for Casa Bonita I. Brokered by Domain Realty. Jesse McGreevy, FL Lic. SL3101296 · Marc Comisar, FL Lic. BK3060671.