Wildcat Run
Wildcat Run is a gated, member-owned Arnold Palmer golf community of about 450 homes on Corkscrew Road in Estero. Sales by neighborhood, club and HOA fees, the recorded lease rules and flood facts. Call Jesse at (239) 898-6072.
Wildcat Run is a gated, member-owned Arnold Palmer golf community of about 450 homes on Corkscrew Road in Estero. Sales by neighborhood, club and HOA fees, the recorded lease rules and flood facts. Call Jesse at (239) 898-6072.
Updated November 2026 · By Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar, McGreevy and Comisar, Domain Realty Group
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Wildcat Run Golf and Country Club is a gated community of about 450 homes built around an 18-hole Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay golf course on the south side of Corkscrew Road, about two miles east of I-75, in the Village of Estero, Florida. It opened in 1985, its members have owned the club since 2002, and it holds seven neighborhoods under one master association, from 1,720-square-foot villas to custom estate homes on half-acre to three-quarter-acre lots. This guide is built from the recorded 2015 Declaration of Covenants, the club's own published fees and rules, the state corporate filings of all three association layers, the Lee County Property Appraiser roll and tax notices, FEMA's flood map queried at individual Wildcat Run streets, the school district's own zone service and every closed sale in the saved Southwest Florida MLS pull. Where a fact lives only in a document the club gives applicants, we say so.
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Recent Wildcat Run track record (last 12 months): In the 12 months to October 21, 2026, Wildcat Run recorded 33 MLS closings at a median of $575,000, from a $200,000 villa to a $2.8 million estate home, and the 16 estate-section closings had a median of $947,500 (Southwest Florida MLS). These are the market-wide numbers for the community, and they were handled by other brokerages. We tracked every one of the 114 closings in the five-year pull, neighborhood by neighborhood, because a Village villa and a golf-course estate share a gate and a club but not a price.
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Wildcat Run is a finished, member-owned golf community where the recorded covenants, the club tie and seven very different neighborhoods decide value. These eight facts are the spine of this page, and each is expanded and sourced below.
Use these links to jump to any part of this Wildcat Run guide. The sections run from what the community is and what homes sell for, through its history, neighborhoods, golf, club and fees, to the recorded rules, flood, insurance, schools, comparisons, and the buyer and seller guides.
Wildcat Run is a private golf and country club community in the Village of Estero, Lee County, ZIP 33928, on the south side of Corkscrew Road between I-75 and the newer communities of East Corkscrew Road. A staffed gatehouse, an 18-hole Arnold Palmer course, a clubhouse and Grill Room, and about 450 homes in seven neighborhoods make up the whole community.
The club describes Wildcat Run as "450 homes on 584 acres about two miles east of I-75" on its About Us page, while its own Welcome Realtors sheet gives 514 acres. The Lee County parcel layer shows the parts that matter most: 310 single-family parcels on the master estate plat covering about 136 acres, a 120.69-acre golf course parcel and a 7.52-acre clubhouse parcel owned by the Country Club Association, and about 219 acres of lakes, buffers and water-retention tracts owned by the master association.
Wildcat Run is in the Village of Estero. Every parcel we checked is in Lee County taxing district 316, "Village of Estero / Estero Fire," and the county's ZIP layer, the Census address matcher and the MLS all return Estero, 33928. A Bonita Springs ZIP that appears in some listings is wrong for this community.
The gate is on the south side of Corkscrew Road, east of Miromar Outlets and Hertz Arena. The clubhouse is at 20300 Country Club Drive, about 2.8 road miles east of Miromar Outlets and about 3.3 road miles from the I-75 interchange area at Corkscrew Road, using the public OSRM router on OpenStreetMap roads.
The streets follow the wild-cat theme: Puma Trail, Golden Panther Drive, Cheetah Lane, Wildcat Run Drive and Wildcat Cove Circle, with Country Club Drive leading to the clubhouse and Water Oak Drive and Cypress Knee Court among the estate streets. The golf course's own local rules mention cypress knobs in the pine straw, a reminder that the course was cut through native cypress and pine.
Wildcat Run fits buyers who want a large lot on a protected golf course, a member-owned club with its own dining rooms and racquet courts, and an equal master fee, at prices well below the newest gated clubs east on Corkscrew Road. It is a poorer fit for anyone who wants a boat on the water, a short-term rental or a brand-new home with a builder warranty.
In the 12 months to October 21, 2026, Wildcat Run recorded 33 MLS closings at a median of $575,000, a median of $258 per square foot, a median of 90 days on market and a median sale of 95.0 percent of the final list price (Southwest Florida MLS). That single median blends very different products, so every neighborhood is shown on its own below.
Neighborhood | Closings | Median sold | Range | Median $/sq ft | Median days on market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estate section | 16 | $947,500 | $797,000 to $2,800,000 | $346.69 | 101.5 |
Wildcat Cove | 5 | $499,000 | $371,000 to $545,000 | $203.54 | 123 |
The Pines | 3 | $525,000 | $500,000 to $575,000 | $255.85 | 89 |
Cypress Cove | 4 | $390,000 | $350,000 to $515,000 | $239.37 | 30 |
The Village | 4 | $241,000 | $200,000 to $390,000 | $140.12 | 94 |
Cypress Bend | 1 | $467,500 | one sale | $215 | 171 |
All Wildcat Run | 33 | $575,000 | $200,000 to $2,800,000 | $258.32 | 90 |
Source: Southwest Florida MLS, closed sales, Development "Wildcat Run," 12 months to October 21, 2026. Medians of an even count are the mean of the middle pair.
Window | Closings | Median sold | Median $/sq ft | Median sold-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
12 months | 33 | $575,000 | $258.32 | 95.0% |
24 months | 45 | $810,000 | $292.84 | 94.4% |
36 months | 66 | $875,500 | $312.30 | 94.6% |
60 months | 114 | $870,000 | $305.93 | 95.8% |
The all-community median fell in the last year mostly because more villas and carriage homes sold than in a typical year, not only because prices fell. The cleaner signal is the estate section on its own.
Calendar year | Estate closings | Estate median sold |
|---|---|---|
2022 | 13 | $1,079,000 |
2023 | 12 | $1,324,000 |
2024 | 14 | $1,300,000 |
2025 | 10 | $1,002,500 |
2026 (to October 21) | 14 | $955,000 |
Estate prices rose into 2023 and 2024 and have reset since. In the 12 months to October 21, 2026 the estate median was $947,500 on 16 closings, against $1,075,000 on 9 closings in the 12 months before that. The top of the market still trades: estate homes closed at $2.1 million in January 2026 and $2.8 million in April 2026, and the $2.8 million sale is the highest price in the five-year record.
In the last 12 months, 7 homes sold within 30 days, 10 took 31 to 90 days and 16 took more than 90 days. Three sold at or above the final list price and 30 sold below it, at a median discount of 5.0 percent. Over the full five years the median was 31.5 days, so today's pace is about three times slower than the five-year norm.
On October 21, 2026 there were 12 active listings: four estate homes asking $850,000, $975,000, $1,210,000 and $1,699,000, one Wildcat Cove home at $625,000, one Pines home at $679,000, three Cypress Cove carriage homes at $327,900, $329,900 and $410,000, and three Village villas from $250,000 to $294,900. One more estate home, asking $1,350,000, was pending. At the 12-month pace that is about 4.4 months of supply, and about 3.0 months for estate homes alone.
Season matters. Of the 114 closings in five years, 14 were in March, 24 in April and 14 in May, compared with 2 in September and 5 in July. Homes that are listed by January catch the spring buyers who tour the community during the winter golf season.
The Lee County Property Appraiser recorded 28 qualified resales in the 12 months from September 2025, with a median of $560,000 and the same $200,000 to $2.8 million range. The county count is lower than the MLS count because the county file's newest recorded sale is August 10, 2026, before five of the MLS closings. Market data from Southwest Florida MLS, pulled October 21, 2026; sales after that date are not included.
Wildcat Run began in the mid-1980s as a private investor venture built around an Arnold Palmer course. The News-Press reported in 2016 that "Keith Miller and 30 investors wanted a big name to back their Estero golf course project," and that Palmer agreed "after two meetings and a site visit."
The original Declaration of Covenants was recorded on March 13, 1985 at Lee County Official Records Book 1772 Page 3639, and the Wildcat Run Community Association and the Wildcat Run Country Club Association were both incorporated with the state on March 20, 1985. The club calls itself "Established in 1985," and it celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2025.
The state corporate register shows a Wildcat Run Development Corporation filed on November 7, 1986, alongside realty, nursery and venture companies carrying the Wildcat Run name, all long since dissolved. The Lee County Property Appraiser's record for the master association's Tract B shows an $11.0 million vacant-land sale in November 1986, a deed total that may cover more than one parcel. Some marketing pages credit a national homebuilder with developing Wildcat Run; we found no deed, filing, club page or news report that supports it, so we do not repeat it.
The Lee County roll shows two building waves on the estate plat. Of 277 estate parcels with a recorded building year, 91 were first built from 1987 to 1992 and 126 from 2000 to 2007; a thin tail of rebuilds and infill followed through 2015, and one new home in 2020. The attached neighborhoods came in between: The Village was declared in 1988, Lakeside Villas in 1989, Cypress Bend in 1991, The Pines in 1995, Cypress Cove in 1999 and Wildcat Cove in January 2000.
The club says it has been "member-owned since 2002." The record behind that: a December 1997 deed for $7.4 million, recorded at Official Records Book 2901 Page 3010, is the instrument cited in the legal descriptions of the golf course, clubhouse and master association tracts, and the Country Club Association amended its articles in 2002 and restated them again in 2004, 2007, 2012, 2020 and 2021.
The Community Association adopted the current Second Amended and Restated Declaration on February 9, 2015, after preserving the original covenants under Florida's Marketable Record Title Act in March 2014. The members then reinvested in the club: a $3.4 million clubhouse reconfiguration, a $4 million Grill Room expansion completed in 2020, a new short-game area and range in summer 2022, the $8 million course renovation completed in summer 2023 and four pickleball courts in November 2024.
Wildcat Run has seven neighborhoods under one master association: the estate homes, The Pines, Wildcat Cove, Cypress Cove, The Village, Lakeside Villas and Cypress Bend. Each attached or cluster neighborhood also has its own association, and the club, the roll and the 2015 Declaration agree on the counts.
Neighborhood | Homes | Product | Built | 12-month median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Estate homes | 292 (1 vacant lot) | custom single-family on the course and lakes | 1985 to 2020 | $947,500 |
The Pines | 20 | ten duplex buildings on the 14th fairway | from 1995 | $525,000 |
Wildcat Cove | 40 | single-family homes, each with a private pool | 2000 to 2002 | $499,000 |
Cypress Cove | 44 | two-story carriage homes, 11 buildings of 4 | 1999 to 2002 | $390,000 |
The Village | 36 | attached villas | about 1989 to 1995 | $241,000 |
Lakeside Villas | 10 | detached condominium homes | declared 1989 | one sale in five years |
Cypress Bend | 8 | two buildings of 3-bedroom units | declared 1991 | $467,500 (one sale) |
The estate section is the heart of Wildcat Run: 292 custom homes on lots the club describes as half an acre to three quarters of an acre, set along the golf course and the lakes. On the Lee County roll the estate parcels run from 0.19 to 0.90 acre with homes of about 2,050 to 6,940 square feet, and 274 of 277 estate parcels with a building record show a private pool. Any new or rebuilt home must have at least 2,700 square feet of living area under the recorded Declaration.
The Pines is 20 homes in ten duplex buildings on the 14th fairway, created in 1995 by splitting ten original estate lots. It has its own homeowners' association. Three Pines homes sold in the last 12 months at a median of $525,000, and eight in five years at a median of $602,500.
Wildcat Cove is 40 single-family homes built from 2000 to 2002 on their own plat, each with a private pool, and a community pool shared by deed with Cypress Cove. The club lists homes of 2,160 to 2,656 square feet under air, the largest of them courtyard models. Five sold in the last 12 months at a median of $499,000, after a 2025 high of $724,900.
Cypress Cove at Wildcat Run is 44 two-story carriage-home condominiums in 11 buildings of four, built from 1999 to 2002 in three phases that merged in 2002. Every unit has three bedrooms, some with a den, and a private two-car garage; MLS listings show 1,624 to 2,131 square feet, and the club describes first-floor units of 1,759 and second-floor units of 2,130 square feet. Four sold in the last 12 months at a median of $390,000.
The Village at Wildcat Run is 36 attached villas, the community's original attached homes and its lowest-priced way into the club, The club describes 18 single-story two-bedroom end units, 16 two-story three-bedroom units and two two-story three-bedroom-plus-den units, with new roofs on every building; MLS listings show the two-bedroom plan at 1,720 square feet and three-bedroom plans of about 1,974 to 2,092 square feet. Lakeside Villas (10 detached condominium homes of about 2,000 to 2,300 square feet) and Cypress Bend (8 three-bedroom, three-bath units in two buildings, the upper units with interior elevators) sit beside it and share the Villages Master Association's pool, tennis and basketball court. The Village's 12-month median was $241,000, and the $200,000 villa sale of April 2026 is the five-year low for the whole community.
No. Verdana Village is a separate Cameratta community farther east on Corkscrew Road with its own master association, its own plats and its own amenities. It shares a road with Wildcat Run, not a gate, a club or an association.
The Wildcat Run course is an 18-hole, par-72 Arnold Palmer signature design created with Palmer's longtime partner Ed Seay, playing from 4,342 to 6,912 yards. The members funded an $8 million renovation, overseen by North Carolina golf architect Kris Spence and completed in summer 2023, that kept the original design and rebuilt the infrastructure underneath it.
The club credits the design to Arnold Palmer "in partnership with Ed Seay," and its scorecard reads "An Arnold Palmer Signature Design, Est. 1985." Ed Seay began working with Palmer in 1971 and co-founded Palmer Course Design Company with him in 1979; the American Society of Golf Course Architects credits him with more than 350 courses, records that he trained under architect Ellis Maples and lists him as the society's president in 1976 and 1977.
Tee | Yards | Course rating / slope |
|---|---|---|
Blue | 6,912 | 73.4 / 136 |
Gold | 6,366 | 70.7 / 128 |
Green | 6,148 | 69.8 / 124 |
White | 5,897 | 68.4 / 122 |
Silver | 5,416 | 66.2 / 115 |
Copper | 5,120 | 64.7 / 112 (men), 69.9 / 121 (women) |
Red | 4,342 | 67.4 / 117 |
Source: Wildcat Run Golf and Country Club scorecard, 2024 to 2025. Both nines are par 36. The longest hole from the Blue tees is the 556-yard par-5 12th, and the men's number 1 handicap hole is the 537-yard par-5 4th. Seven sets of tees mean the same course works for a scratch player and a weekend beginner.
The club says the plan "didn't seek to redesign the course. Instead, it sought to preserve and enhance the original design while implementing critical infrastructure needs and foundational improvements," improving "infrastructure, playability, and ongoing maintenance." The first phase, in summer 2022, built a new short-game practice area and redesigned the range; the course work was completed in summer 2023. The architect's own project record lists the work: every green resurfaced with TifEagle bermudagrass, the entire course regrassed with Bimini bermudagrass, bunkers rebuilt with Capillary Concrete liners, extensive fairway drainage for firmer conditions and a new concrete cart path system course wide, plus a short-game complex by the clubhouse and target greens on the practice fairway. The club posts a timelapse of the project on its YouTube channel.
Not without the owners. Section 11.1 of the recorded Declaration says the golf course tract "shall be used for no purpose other than as a golf course, with its related facilities," and changing the Declaration takes a two-thirds vote of the owners' voting interests. The master association also holds a water-management easement over the course, because many of the community's lakes sit inside it.
Yes, at the right time. Section 11.3 gives owners a walking easement over the golf course "but only when golf is not being played," under rules the club and the association set, and adds: "In no event shall pets be allowed on the Golf Course Tract."
Beyond golf, the club offers two dining rooms, five Har-Tru tennis courts, four pickleball courts, two bocce courts, a fitness center and an active social calendar. The club describes itself as "Upscale but not pretentious," with friends to meet over "golf, tennis, bocce, pickleball, fitness classes, cards, or book clubs."
Estero Life Magazine reported in 2021 that the club's "26,000-square-foot Clubhouse was reconfigured to increase the entrance and lounge space" in a $3.4 million project. The clubhouse is the fine-dining room, with an executive chef, and the setting for the club's formal events.
The Grill Room is the casual side of the club, expanded to 17,000 square feet in a $4 million renovation completed in 2020; Estero Life reported the unveiling with the club's 36th season. Naples architects Humphrey Rosal and Naples builder Build, LLC expanded the dining room, card rooms, locker rooms and kitchen and added an indoor-outdoor bar and an outdoor gathering area with two bocce courts.
Tennis is played on five Har-Tru courts with a Director of Tennis on staff. Four pickleball courts opened in November 2024, part of a project that also expanded the parking lot and green space.
Yes. The club runs a fitness center with personal training and group classes for members.
No. The club says it is "a 100% private country club" and that "We do not host outside events." Non-resident golf memberships are on a waitlist, so on most days everyone on the course and in the dining rooms is a member or a member's guest. Residents also run their own charity, the Wildcat Run Charitable Foundation, which the club says has given more than $1 million to Lee and Collier children's charities since it was established in 2013.
Every Wildcat Run home carries a club tie: Article 4 of the recorded Declaration says "One Owner of each Lot or Condominium Unit shall be a social member of the Country Club Association." Golf membership is optional, and the club sets initiation fees, dues and capital contributions each year on its Schedule of Fees, which it gives applicants.
No. Wildcat Run is not a bundled golf community. Social membership is required for one owner of every home, villas and carriage homes included; golf membership is a separate, optional and more expensive category. That is the main difference from Pelican Sound, a bundled Estero club compared later on this page.
The club does not publish its fees. Its membership application says "Initiation Fees, dues and applicable Capital contributions for the current year are stated on the Schedule of Fees. The amount of dues may be changed by the Club from year to year." We request the current schedule for every buyer before an offer is written, because the number changes the real cost of a Wildcat Run home.
For residents, no: the club says it is "accepting resident memberships." Non-residents who want golf are placed on a waitlist.
The application states that "Membership is contingent upon approval by the Club, in its sole discretion" and that "a background check will be completed." Club accounts are due by the statement date and become delinquent after 15 days. When a home is owned by a company, trust or several people, the Declaration allocates the membership to one natural person.
The members. The club has been member-owned since 2002, and its board of nine directors is elected by the membership; the Country Club Association, a Florida not-for-profit corporation formed in 1985, owns the golf course and clubhouse parcels. Members approved the recent capital projects themselves, which means future projects are also the members' decision.
The master association, Wildcat Run Community Association, Inc., is a seven-member board elected by owners and managed by Alliant Property Management. It maintains the roads, storm sewers, lakes, gatehouse and security, and its 2025 bill to every home was $3,710 a year: $2,457 in dues plus $1,253 for the community's bulk Comcast service.
Equally. Section 3.2 of the recorded Declaration says "Assessments of the Association shall be apportioned on a 1/450 basis," so a Village villa and a golf-course estate pay the same master share. The 2024 bill was $3,657 ($2,450 plus $1,207), so the 2025 increase was $53 a year.
Layer | Who | 2025 cost | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
Master association | Wildcat Run Community Association | $3,710 a year incl. bulk cable | every home |
Neighborhood association | Village, Lakeside, Cypress Bend, Cypress Cove, Wildcat Cove or The Pines | set by each association | attached and cluster homes |
Club social membership | Wildcat Run Country Club Association | Schedule of Fees | one owner of every home |
Club golf membership | same | Schedule of Fees | optional |
Estate homes on the master plat pay the master and the club only. A Village or Cypress Cove owner pays three: the condominium association, the master and the club. The Village, Lakeside Villas and Cypress Bend fees also fund the Villages Master Association's pool and courts, and Wildcat Cove's fees include the Cove Commons pool it shares by deed with Cypress Cove.
The club's local associations page lists Alliant for the master association and the Villages Master Association, WMC for Lakeside Villas, Cypress Cove and The Pines, NextGen for Cypress Bend and Pegasus for Wildcat Cove. The Villages Master Association runs the pool, tennis and basketball court shared by the 54 homes of The Village, Lakeside Villas and Cypress Bend.
The master association's estoppel certificate is ordered from Alliant through HomeWiseDocs for $280 ($250 plus $30), with $100 more for rush delivery, under the Florida statutory cap of $299. The club issues its own estoppel and requires the buyer's membership application. A condominium sale needs three estoppels: the condominium association, the master and the club.
Section 3.10 sets a late charge of $25 or 5 percent of the installment, whichever is more, plus interest, and lets the association accelerate the year's assessments, foreclose its lien and suspend common-area use and voting rights.
There is no community development district at Wildcat Run. A 2026 Lee County notice of proposed taxes for an estate lot shows a 2025 total of 13.0214 mills and a proposed 2026 total of 12.9827 mills across twelve levies (the Property Appraiser's October 9, 2026 millage book applies 12.9712 to the tax roll, with hyacinth control at 0.0190 and mosquito control at 0.2096), with no CDD or special district line beyond the countywide ones.
Levy | 2025 mills | 2026 mills on the tax roll |
|---|---|---|
Lee County general revenue | 3.7623 | 3.7623 |
Public schools, local board | 2.2480 | 2.2480 |
Public schools, state law | 3.0710 | 3.0230 |
Lee County library | 0.4218 | 0.4218 |
Village of Estero | 0.7300 | 0.7300 |
South Florida Water Management District (three levies) | 0.2301 | 0.2301 |
Estero Fire Rescue District | 2.2880 | 2.2880 |
Hyacinth control | 0.0192 | 0.0190 |
Mosquito control | 0.2116 | 0.2096 |
West Coast Inland Navigation District | 0.0394 | 0.0394 |
Total | 13.0214 | 12.9712 |
Source: Lee County Property Appraiser, 2026 notice of proposed property taxes for an estate lot in Wildcat Run Subdivision (Plat Book 36), for the 2025 column; the 2026 column is the Property Appraiser's October 9, 2026 millage book, as applied to the tax roll. The Village of Estero adopted the 0.7300-mill rate on September 23, 2026; the school state-law rate of 3.0230 matches the School Board's 2026 to 2027 adoption.
As an estimate only: a buyer at the estate median of $947,500 whose assessed value resets to the price would pay about $947,500 times 12.9712 divided by 1,000, or about $12,290, in ad valorem tax at the 2026 rates, before any homestead exemption and before the solid waste charge on the bill. Add the $3,710 master bill and club dues to see the full yearly cost.
On the one estate notice we read, the Property Appraiser's market value fell from $906,577 for 2025 to $785,990 for 2026, about 13 percent, and the proposed tax fell from $11,804.90 to $10,204.28. That is one home's notice, not a community average, but it matches the softer 2025 sales the appraiser used.
The governing document is the Second Amended and Restated Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions for Wildcat Run, adopted on February 9, 2015 and prepared by the Becker and Poliakoff law firm. It sets equal master fees, the club tie, a building and design review process, use rules for leasing, parking, pets and roofs, an owner's duty to rebuild after a storm and a term that renews itself.
Any new or rebuilt home must have "not less than Two Thousand Seven Hundred (2,700) square feet of living area," unless the Design Review Committee approves otherwise, and construction that stalls for 90 days lets the association step in at the owner's cost. The committee has at least three members and, where possible, includes "an architect, general contractor, or other person with professional expertise in building, landscaping, or architectural design."
Section 6.20 requires "a conventional gable or hip roof covered with roofing tiles or other roofing materials approved by the DRC," bars flat roofs and bars shingles unless they were original, and adds that "Once a shingled roof is re-roofed with tiles or some other roofing material, the DRC shall not approve re-roofing with shingles at a later date."
Under Article 10, repair "shall be undertaken within three (3) months after the damage occurs and shall be completed within six (6) months," unless prevented by causes beyond the owner's control, and "financial inability shall not constitute a cause beyond the control of an Owner." If the owner does not act, the association may do the work and lien the lot.
Quiet ones. Section 6.24 bars trade or business that brings customers or clients into the community, signage or stored equipment, and treats use of a home as a public lodging establishment as a business. Personal offices, records, calls and correspondence are allowed.
Section 14.1 runs the covenants to December 31, 2031, "after which they will be automatically extended for successive periods of ten (10) years each unless an instrument terminating them is executed by not less than two-thirds (2/3rds) of the Voting Interests." Amendments also need two thirds of the voting interests, either at a meeting with a quorum or in writing.
The club posts the full Declaration, a Welcome Realtors sheet and its sign rules for agents and buyers. The links are in the Downloadable Documents table at the end of this page.
Yes to leases of three months or more with approval, yes to pets in reasonable numbers, and no to boats on the lakes or boats and trucks in the driveway. The recorded 2015 Declaration and the club's October 2025 rental guidelines set the details, and both apply to every neighborhood inside the gate.
Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
Minimum term | three continuous calendar months (the club's guidelines say 90 days) | Declaration 6.3; Rental Guidelines 10.15.25 |
Maximum term | one year | club lease application |
Approval | every lease, renewal and occupant; 30 days to decide, or deemed approved | Declaration 6.3.1 and 6.3.2 |
Tenant age | tenants and residents at least 25, except children or other dependants in the tenant's family | Declaration 6.3 |
Not allowed | room rentals, rent sharing, subleasing, transient tenants | Declaration 6.3 |
Fees | $100 processing; $40 background check per adult ($45 international) | Rental Guidelines 10.15.25 |
Club use by a tenant | golf membership transfer $3,500 or social $2,500 for a 90-day to 1-year lease | Rental Guidelines 10.15.25 |
Owner's common-area use | the owner may not use the common areas while the home is leased | Declaration 6.3.7 |
Gate | no gate transponders for leases under 12 months | Rental Guidelines 10.15.25 |
Deposit | up to one month's rent for common-area damage | Declaration 6.3.4 |
A condominium lease is approved first by the condominium association and then by the master. The Board may treat an unapproved lease as void and remove the occupants on seven days' notice.
No. Nothing shorter than three calendar months is allowed, transient tenants are barred and use of a home as a public lodging establishment is treated as a prohibited business.
Owners may keep pets "only in reasonable numbers," and the club's Welcome Realtors sheet and lease application set two pets as the limit for tenants, with approval and no aggressive breeds. Pets are never allowed on the golf course.
Not outside. Section 6.12 bars parking on the streets and says no trucks, commercial vehicles, open-bed vehicles, campers, motor homes, motorcycles, golf carts, boats or trailers may be parked on a lot or driveway "unless parked unobtrusively within or behind a visual barrier ... approved by the DRC, or within a garage." Vendor trucks may stay up to 12 hours.
Yes, if it is registered with the association, insured, equipped with working brakes, headlights, taillights, a mirror and reflectors, kept off sidewalks and lawns, and driven so that it yields to pedestrians, cyclists and cars (Declaration 6.13).
No. The Declaration bars motor boats and docks on the community's lakes.
FEMA's live National Flood Hazard Layer returned Zone X, "area of minimal flood hazard," at all seven Wildcat Run points we tested on October 17, 2026, including the clubhouse, Wildcat Cove and estate streets in the north, west, south and southeast of the community. FEMA does map a few small AE and AH areas in the southwest of the course and along the south edge, so the zone is checked lot by lot before an offer.
Point | Zone | Special flood hazard area? |
|---|---|---|
Clubhouse, Country Club Drive | X, minimal | No |
Puma Trail (west) | X, minimal | No |
Wildcat Cove Circle (northeast) | X, minimal | No |
Golden Panther Drive (north) | X, minimal | No |
Water Oak Drive (southeast) | X, minimal | No |
Southeast interior | X, minimal | No |
South interior | X, minimal | No |
Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, flood hazard zones, queried point by point on October 17, 2026; the Wildcat Cove point was read from Esri's hosted copy of the same FEMA layer, which found no mapped flood hazard area within 500 meters, because FEMA's own server refused that query. No base flood elevation applies at any tested point.
A wider query over the community returns 21 mapped polygons: 13 in Zone X and 8 in the special flood hazard zones AE and AH. The small AE and AH shapes sit south and southwest of the clubhouse, around lakes and low ground on the course, and a large AH area lies on the land south and southwest of the community. Lots on the southwest and south edges deserve the closest look.
The panel covering the center of Wildcat Run, 12071C0625F, effective August 28, 2008, is one FEMA did not print on paper because it had "no special flood hazard areas" when issued. The digital layer, which includes the adjacent panels, is the authoritative map.
Federally backed lenders do not require flood insurance in Zone X, and Zone X policies usually cost less under FEMA's Risk Rating 2.0 pricing. Coverage is still available and worth pricing, because heavy rain and blocked drainage can reach any home. The Village of Estero keeps a Community Rating System Class 6 rating, worth a 20 percent discount on National Flood Insurance Program premiums, which FEMA confirmed in November 2024.
Lee County places Wildcat Run in evacuation Zone D, storm surge zone 4. Zone D is ordered out only in the larger storm-surge scenarios; communities nearer US 41, such as Oaks of Estero, are in Zone C. Owners should still know the county's shelter list; the Estero Recreation Center served as a public shelter in Tropical Storm Fay, Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Ian.
We found no public record naming Wildcat Run as a damage area in Hurricane Ian (September 2022), Helene or Milton. The Village Manager told the Council in October 2022 that West Broadway, near Estero Bay, "is where 90 percent of the damage occurred in Estero." Sellers must still disclose any known flood damage or claims under Florida law, so a buyer should read the seller's disclosure for the specific home.
Most Wildcat Run estate homes were first built from 1987 to 1992 or from 2000 to 2007, so roof age, window and door protection and wind-mitigation features drive insurance more than flood does. The recorded Declaration requires tile or other approved roofs and bars shingle re-roofs, and Florida's homeowners market eased in 2026.
Homes permitted before March 1, 2002 were built before the statewide Florida Building Code took effect; homes from the 2000 to 2007 wave were built to its early editions. A current wind mitigation inspection on Florida's form OIR-B1-1802, valid for up to five years, documents the roof shape, roof-to-wall connections and opening protection that earn premium credits under section 627.0629, Florida Statutes.
Almost certainly. Citizens Property Insurance requires a 4-point inspection for homes more than 20 years old, and nearly every Wildcat Run home is past that age. Plan for a 4-point, a roof certification and a wind mitigation report as standard inspection items.
The Declaration's roof rule keeps Wildcat Run homes on tile or other approved materials, and concrete and clay tile roofs often earn longer roof-life assumptions from insurers than shingles. Florida law also bars an insurer from refusing or non-renewing a policy solely because a roof is less than 15 years old. Underwriting varies by company, so we get quotes before the inspection period ends.
There is no published Wildcat Run average. Countywide, Citizens' average Lee County HO-3 premium falls 8.5 percent, from $3,322 to $3,039, at renewals from July 1, 2026, and Citizens' statewide policy count fell to 278,662 in June 2026 as private insurers took policies back. The state insurance regulator reports 20 new property insurers entering Florida since the 2022 and 2023 reforms.
Owners in The Village, Lakeside Villas, Cypress Bend and Cypress Cove rely on the association's master policy for the buildings and carry their own walls-in coverage. Ask each association for its master policy, reserve plan and any special assessment history before writing an offer.
The state's My Safe Florida Home program offers free wind mitigation inspections and matching grants for approved openings and roof work when the Legislature funds it, subject to insured-value limits. Many Wildcat Run estate homes exceed those limits, so check eligibility before planning on a grant.
The School District of Lee County's 2026 to 2027 zone service places all of Wildcat Run in Elementary Zone Q, Middle Zone GG and High School Zone South 3. Zone Q includes A-rated Three Oaks, Pinewoods and San Carlos Park elementary schools, Three Oaks Middle is A-rated, and South 3 includes Estero High, rated B in 2024, 2025 and 2026.
Level | Zone | School | 2025 to 2026 state grade |
|---|---|---|---|
Elementary | Q | Three Oaks Elementary | A |
Elementary | Q | Pinewoods Elementary | A |
Elementary | Q | San Carlos Park Elementary | A |
Elementary | Q | Spring Creek Elementary | B |
Elementary | Q | Bonita Springs Elementary | C |
Middle | GG | Three Oaks Middle | A |
Middle | GG | Bonita Springs Middle Center for the Arts | B |
High | South 3 | Estero High | B |
High | South 3 | Bonita Springs High | B |
High | South 3 | South Fort Myers High | C |
Sources: School District of Lee County enrollment zones, 2026 to 2027; Florida Department of Education school grades released July 1, 2026. The district says the locator is general information and not a guarantee of placement.
Lee County elementary and middle families rank schools inside their proximity zone and a lottery applies preferences such as siblings and distance; high school uses residential choice zones. Read the district's 2026 to 2027 Student Enrollment Plan before you rely on a particular school.
Estero High School, at 21900 River Ranch Road, is 4.6 road miles and about 11 minutes from the Wildcat Run clubhouse. That is beyond the two-mile courtesy-busing line in Florida law, so high school students are eligible for district transportation.
Yes. Estero options include 3 Oaks Academy and Acton Academy Estero, and Florida's state scholarship programs can apply to private tuition. Florida Gulf Coast University is 5.2 road miles from the clubhouse.
The closest full emergency department is Lee Health Coconut Point, 7.8 road miles and about 16 minutes from the clubhouse, a 31-acre campus that opened on December 3, 2018. Lee Health's Gulf Coast Medical Center, a full hospital, is about 15 miles and 24 minutes away.
Lee Health Coconut Point runs a 24-hour emergency department with 25 exam, observation and recovery rooms, plus imaging, primary care, specialty clinics and outpatient services on the same campus at 23450 Via Coconut Point.
Yes. Lee Health says that "Beginning January 1, 2027, Lee Health hospitals and physicians will be out of network with UnitedHealthcare," including employer, individual and Medicare Advantage plans. Buyers choosing a health plan for 2027 should check it against the hospitals they expect to use.
Wildcat Run is about 7 minutes from Miromar Outlets, 15 minutes from Coconut Point, 24 minutes from Southwest Florida International Airport and about 28 minutes from the Gulf beaches near Bonita Beach, all measured from the clubhouse with the public OSRM router as free-flow times.
Destination | Road miles | Free-flow minutes |
|---|---|---|
Miromar Outlets | 2.8 | 7 |
Hertz Arena | 3.2 | 10 |
I-75 at Corkscrew Road | 3.3 | 8 |
Estero High School | 4.6 | 11 |
Estero Park and Recreation Center | 4.7 | 12 |
Happehatchee Center and Estero RiverPark | 4.9 | 11 |
Florida Gulf Coast University | 5.2 | 14 |
Koreshan State Park entrance area | 5.6 | 14 |
US 41 at Corkscrew Road | 6.0 | 13 |
Coconut Point | 6.9 | 15 |
Lee Health Coconut Point | 7.8 | 16 |
Gulf Coast Town Center (approximate) | 8.3 | 16 |
Southwest Florida International Airport (approximate terminal point) | 14.2 | 24 |
Gulf Coast Medical Center | 15.0 | 24 |
Bonita Beach area, Hickory Boulevard | 17.3 | 28 |
Times are free-flow from 20300 Country Club Drive; winter traffic on Corkscrew Road adds time.
The club describes Wildcat Run as about two miles east of I-75 in a straight line; by road the interchange area at Corkscrew Road is about 3.3 miles, past Miromar Outlets and the Everblades Parkway. Corkscrew Road east of I-75 carries construction traffic from the new communities farther east, and Lee County's widening project on that stretch is expected to finish at the end of 2026.
The Publix-anchored Shoppes at Verdana Village, which opened in 2024, are east on Corkscrew Road, and the Miromar and Coconut Point corridors to the west have full grocery and big-box shopping. An Aldi of about 20,600 square feet is in the approval process on Newbridge Drive, east of Stoneybrook Golf Drive.
Daily life at Wildcat Run runs through the club: an early tee time, lunch in the Grill Room, tennis or pickleball in the afternoon and bocce or cards in the evening. Outside the club, the neighborhood pools belong to the associations, and most estate and Wildcat Cove homes have their own pools.
A staffed gatehouse controls entry. Guests and service providers are registered, agents must follow the club's showing and open-house rules, and tenants on leases shorter than 12 months do not receive gate transponders.
At home, mostly. On the county roll, 274 of 277 estate parcels with a building record show a private pool, and every Wildcat Cove home has one. The Villages Master Association pool serves The Village, Lakeside Villas and Cypress Bend, and the Cypress Cove Commons pool serves Cypress Cove and Wildcat Cove.
Lee County Utilities supplies water and sewer, Waste Pro collects trash, recycling and yard waste on Mondays, Estero Fire Rescue covers fire and medical calls, and the Lee County Sheriff's Office patrols. Cable television and internet come through the master association's bulk Comcast agreement, which was $1,253 per home in 2025.
Estero's river parks are about 11 to 14 minutes west: Koreshan State Park, with a canoe and kayak launch on the Estero River, and the Village's Estero RiverPark at the Happehatchee Center. Hockey nights at Hertz Arena are about 10 minutes away, and the Gulf beaches about 28.
Inside the gate, yes. Street parking is banned, trucks and boats must be garaged, golf carts follow registered rules, and the course is protected as open space. The main source of noise is outside: construction and traffic on Corkscrew Road.
The biggest recent change is RiverCreek, a GL Homes community of 554 single-family homes on about 395 acres that wraps Wildcat Run's south and east boundary lines, where GL Homes recorded its last first sale on June 9, 2026, with about 200 acres set aside as preserve. Farther east on Corkscrew Road, Verdana Village and the 6,000-acre Kingston project are adding thousands of homes, and The Pandion Club is rebuilding a nearby golf course.
RiverCreek began as the Monte Cristo planned development and was renamed Corkscrew Crossing before GL Homes built it as RiverCreek. Its 2015 rezoning application to the Village of Estero describes a 395.6-acre site whose boundary runs "to a point on the south line of Wildcat Run" and then along "the east line of Wildcat Run," and it proposed cutting the maximum from 724 to 625 homes. The Village of Estero's 2023 staff report records a 590-unit cap, and GL Homes built 554 single-family homes, with no villas, townhomes or condominiums; the county deed record shows its last first sale on June 9, 2026.
It competes for the same buyers. In the 12 months to October 21, 2026, RiverCreek recorded 40 MLS closings at a median of $759,900, a mix of GL Homes' final close-out sales and resales. A Wildcat Run estate seller in the $700,000 to $1 million range is competing with nearly new homes next door, which is why the estate pitch rests on lot size, the protected Palmer course and the club.
Project | What it is | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
Verdana Village | Cameratta community, about 2,400 homes planned | about 80 percent sold; Publix center open since 2024 | Engage Estero |
Kingston | Cameratta project of about 6,000 acres, up to 10,000 homes | groundbreaking November 13, 2025; first closings expected fall 2026 | Engage Estero |
The Pandion Club | former Old Corkscrew Golf Club, rebuilt by the Hoffmann Group, 280-member cap | groundbreaking expected summer 2026; opening planned fall 2027 | Engage Estero |
Corkscrew Road widening, phase 2 | Lee County project, about $27 million | completion expected end of 2026 | Village of Estero |
Corkscrew Road shared-use path | 10-foot path along both sides of the corridor | nearly complete | Engage Estero |
Bella Terra cell tower | 178-foot unlit monopole | service expected end of 2026 | Engage Estero |
Very little. The estate plat has one vacant lot, the golf course is limited to golf by the recorded Declaration, and the attached neighborhoods are fully built. Inside the gate, supply comes only from resales and rebuilds.
Wildcat Run and Pelican Sound are both member-owned Estero golf clubs, but they are built for different buyers. Wildcat Run is about 450 homes with large estate lots, an 18-hole Palmer course and optional golf; Pelican Sound is 1,299 homes with 27 bundled holes and boat access to Estero Bay.
Factor | Wildcat Run | Pelican Sound |
|---|---|---|
Homes | about 450 | 1,299 |
Golf | 18 holes, par 72, Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay, opened 1985 | 27 holes in three nines, opened 1998 |
Membership model | social membership required for one owner; golf optional | bundled: every home is a full member |
Published entry cost | none; set on the club's Schedule of Fees | one-time initiation fee or resale capital fee on the club's fact sheet |
Member-owned since | 2002 | 2003 |
Water | lakes only; no motor boats or docks | boat ramp and dry storage with river access to Estero Bay |
12-month MLS closings | 33 | 50 |
12-month median sold | $575,000 | $550,000 |
Median $/sq ft | $258 | $343 |
Median days on market | 90 | 25 |
Sold-to-list | 95.0% | 96.9% |
Active listings, Oct 21, 2026 | 12 | 16 |
60-month median | $870,000 | $590,500 |
Sources: Southwest Florida MLS, 12 months to October 21, 2026; Wildcat Run Declaration and club pages; Pelican Sound Golf and River Club's published history and fact sheet.
Choose Wildcat Run if you want a large private lot on a golf course in a smaller club, would rather pay for golf only if you play, and value a single equal master fee. Wildcat Run's estate homes cost more per home than Pelican Sound's but less per square foot, because the lots and the homes are larger and older.
Choose Pelican Sound if you want golf included with the house, 27 holes to rotate, a boat at the community ramp and a faster resale market. Pelican Sound's 25-day median shows deeper buyer demand for its price band.
Both clubs are member-owned, both sit in the Village of Estero with the same 0.7300-mill Village tax rate, and both require buyers to deal with the club as well as the homeowners' association at closing.
Wildcat Run's 12-month median of $575,000 sits in the middle of Estero's gated communities, but its five-year median of $870,000 puts it among the village's upper tier, because the last year included more villa and carriage-home sales than usual. The table compares it with its nearest neighbors and clubs.
Community | 12-mo closings | Median sold | Median $/sq ft | Median DOM | 60-mo median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wildcat Run | 33 | $575,000 | $258 | 90 | $870,000 |
50 | $550,000 | $343 | 25 | $590,500 | |
40 | $759,900 | $260 | 82.5 | $764,950 | |
51 | $907,000 | $419 | 85 | $977,500 | |
48 | $855,000 | $339 | 110 | $900,000 | |
15 | $627,800 | $297 | 84 | $670,000 | |
115 | $449,000 | $224 | 53 | $495,000 | |
2 | $795,000 | $318 | 84 | $867,500 |
Source: Southwest Florida MLS, residential closings, 12 months and 60 months to October 21, 2026. One West Bay Club sale appears twice in that pull, under two MLS numbers, and is counted once.
Three things. Wildcat Run's price per square foot is lower than most clubs its size because its homes are older and larger; its days on market are longer than Pelican Sound's and close to West Bay Club's; and about 33 sales a year from about 450 homes is roughly 7 percent turnover, enough to price from fresh comparable sales in each neighborhood.
The Preserve at Corkscrew and Bella Terra are newer gated communities to the east without a private golf club, and RiverCreek next door finished its GL Homes sales in June 2026. Wildcat Run is the only one of the four with an owned 18-hole course inside the gate.
Wildcat Run's strengths are land, golf and governance: big lots on a course the owners control, a member-owned club and one equal master fee. Its weaknesses are age, cost layering and a slower 2026 market, with most homes more than 20 years old and estate prices off their 2023 and 2024 highs.
Pick the neighborhood first, get the club's fee schedule second, and price from that neighborhood's own sales third. A Wildcat Run buyer is approved by the club and, for a leased or condominium home, by more than one association, so the timeline and the document list matter as much as the price.
Use that neighborhood's own record. Estate homes sold at a median of $346.69 per square foot in the last 12 months, Cypress Cove at $239.37, Wildcat Cove at $203.54 and The Village at $140.12. Thirty of 33 sales closed below list, at a median discount of 5.0 percent, so the final list price is a starting point, not the market.
The club does not publish a timeline. Its application requires a background check and approval "in its sole discretion," and condominium purchases also involve the neighborhood association. We build that time into the contract.
Yes, within the rules: leases of three calendar months to one year, approval of every tenant, the age-25 tenant minimum except dependants, a $3,500 golf or $2,500 social membership transfer when the tenant uses the club, and no owner use of the common areas during a lease. Short-term rental income is not possible.
There is one vacant estate lot. A new home needs at least 2,700 square feet of living area, a tile or approved roof and Design Review Committee approval.
If you are ready, read our guide to buying a home in Wildcat Run, see how we represent buyers in Southwest Florida, and call Marc at (239) 287-5873. McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, will pull the fee schedule and the neighborhood's sales for you before the first showing.
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Data updated: October 2026. In the 12 months to October 21, 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS), 33 Wildcat Run homes closed at a median of $575,000 and $258 per square foot, at a median of 95.0 percent of the final list price after a median of 90 days on market. The 16 estate homes closed at a median of $947,500 and $346.69 per square foot. These sales were handled by other brokerages. On the pull date 12 homes were for sale and 1 was pending, about 4.4 months of supply.
Your home's value turns on its neighborhood, its golf or lake position, its lot size, its roof and its updates, not on a Wildcat Run average. Get a free Wildcat Run home valuation, or use our Estero home valuation for a village-wide estimate. For the address-specific version, call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.
Sixteen of the last 33 sales took more than 90 days, and 30 closed below their final list price. Buyers in 2026 compare an estate home to the last few estate sales and to nearly new homes at RiverCreek, so a price set from 2023 and 2024 results tends to sit. We set the price from the last 12 months of the home's own neighborhood and show you the comparison before you sign a listing agreement.
Spring. In five years, 52 of 114 closings came in March, April and May. A home photographed and listed by January is in front of the winter golf-season buyers who tour Wildcat Run in person.
Club fees, the roof and the lease rules. We answer all three in the listing package: the current Schedule of Fees requested from the club, the roof age and wind mitigation report, and the recorded three-month lease minimum. Buyers who get those answers on day one write cleaner offers.
Your roof permit and age, a current wind mitigation report, a 4-point inspection if the home is over 20 years old, pool and HVAC service records, any Design Review Committee approvals for past work, and your gate transponders. For a condominium, add the association's budget, insurance and reserve information.
The arithmetic below uses the 12-month estate median of $947,500 and the statutory rates that apply in Lee County, where the seller customarily pays the owner's title policy and the deed documentary stamps; the contract controls who pays what. Run your own numbers on our seller net sheet before you list.
Line | Amount | How it is figured |
|---|---|---|
Sale price | $947,500 | 12-month estate-section MLS median, Southwest Florida MLS, 12 months to October 21, 2026 |
Deed documentary stamps | $6,632.50 | $947,500 divided by $100 is 9,475 units, times $0.70 |
Owner's title policy, estimate | $4,812.50 | Florida promulgated rate (Rule 69O-186.003): $5.75 per $1,000 on the first $100,000 is $575, plus 847.5 units of $1,000 at $5.00 is $4,237.50 |
Estoppel certificate | Up to $299 | Statutory cap; the master association quotes $280, and the club issues its own |
Settlement fee | Varies, ask your title company | Set by the title company |
Brokerage commission | Negotiable; enter your own | Not assumed on this page |
Club membership transfer | Per the club's rules | Set by the Country Club Association |
Subtotal of the three statutory lines | $11,744.00 | $6,632.50 plus $4,812.50 plus $299 |
Estimated proceeds before mortgage payoff and commission | $935,756.00 | $947,500 less $11,744.00 |
Property taxes are prorated between seller and buyer to the closing date: the seller owes the days of the tax year already elapsed and the buyer the days that remain, and the title company computes the split from the current bill. Because the amount depends on the closing date and the home's taxable value, it is explained here and not computed. The title premium is an estimate; the title company sets the final figure.
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These answers cover what buyers ask most about Wildcat Run, from homes and fees to the club, the recorded rules, flood, insurance and schools. Each answer comes from the recorded documents, the club's own published pages, county, state and federal records or the saved Southwest Florida MLS pull, and anything the club does not publish is marked as unpublished.
About 450. The club counts 292 estate homes (one lot still vacant), 20 at The Pines, 40 at Wildcat Cove, 44 at Cypress Cove, 36 at The Village, 10 Lakeside Villas and 8 at Cypress Bend; the Lee County roll counts 448 dwellings.
On the south side of Corkscrew Road, about two miles east of I-75, in the Village of Estero, Lee County, ZIP 33928. The clubhouse is at 20300 Country Club Drive.
The covenants were recorded and the associations formed in March 1985, and the course opened that year. Most estate homes were first built from 1987 to 1992 or from 2000 to 2007.
Arnold Palmer, in partnership with Ed Seay. It is an 18-hole, par-72 course that plays from 4,342 to 6,912 yards.
Yes. The members funded an $8 million renovation overseen by architect Kris Spence and completed in summer 2023, after a new short-game area and range in summer 2022.
Yes. The club calls itself "a 100% private country club," member-owned since 2002, and it does not host outside events.
One owner of every home must be a social member of the Country Club Association under Article 4 of the recorded Declaration. Golf membership is optional.
No. Wildcat Run is not bundled. Golf membership is a separate category with its own initiation and dues.
The club sets initiation fees, dues and capital contributions each year on a Schedule of Fees it gives applicants, and it does not publish them. We obtain the current schedule for every buyer before an offer.
Non-resident golf memberships are on a waitlist, according to the club. Resident memberships are being accepted.
The 2025 master association bill was $3,710 a year: $2,457 in dues plus $1,253 for bulk Comcast service. Attached and cluster homes also pay their own neighborhood association.
No. The 2026 tax notice we read shows only countywide, school, Village, water management, fire and special-district levies.
The 2026 total on the tax roll is 12.9712 mills. At the estate median of $947,500 with a reset assessed value, that is about $12,290 a year before exemptions and the solid waste charge.
Roads, storm sewers, lakes, the gatehouse and security, under the club's master HOA page. Its manager is Alliant Property Management.
Zone X, minimal flood hazard, at all seven points we tested in October 2026, including Wildcat Cove. FEMA maps small AE and AH areas in the southwest and along the south edge, so each lot is checked.
Lenders do not require it in Zone X. Coverage is available and usually cheaper there, and Estero's Class 6 rating takes 20 percent off flood program premiums.
Zone D, storm surge zone 4, under Lee County's evacuation map.
Almost certainly. Citizens requires one for homes more than 20 years old, and nearly every Wildcat Run home is past that age.
Yes, for at least three calendar months and up to one year, with Board approval of every tenant. Tenants must be at least 25 except for children or other dependants in the tenant's family, and the owner may not use the common areas during the lease.
No. Nothing shorter than three calendar months, no room rentals and no transient tenants.
Owners may keep pets in reasonable numbers; tenants are limited to two with approval. Pets are never allowed on the golf course.
No. Trucks, open-bed vehicles, campers, boats, trailers and golf carts must be kept in a garage or behind an approved screen, and street parking is banned.
No. Motor boats and docks are not allowed on Wildcat Run's lakes.
Yes, when golf is not being played, under the walking easement in Section 11.3 of the Declaration. No pets.
Elementary Zone Q, Middle Zone GG and High School Zone South 3, which include A-rated Three Oaks, Pinewoods and San Carlos Park elementary schools, A-rated Three Oaks Middle and B-rated Estero High.
About 17 road miles and 28 minutes, free-flow, to the Bonita Beach area on Hickory Boulevard.
About 14 road miles and 24 minutes to Southwest Florida International Airport.
A Village villa. The Village's 12-month median was $241,000, and Village homes carry the same club tie as every other home.
The estate section's 12-month median was $947,500 on 16 closings, from $797,000 to $2.8 million, at $346.69 per square foot.
The 12-month median was 90 days for the whole community and about 100 days for estate homes.
There is one vacant estate lot. A new home needs at least 2,700 square feet of living area, a tile or approved roof and Design Review Committee approval.
No. It is a separate community farther east on Corkscrew Road with its own association.
GL Homes built RiverCreek, 554 single-family homes on about 395 acres along Wildcat Run's south and east lines; its last GL Homes first sale recorded on June 9, 2026.
The recorded Declaration limits the course tract to golf use, and changing the Declaration takes a two-thirds vote of the owners' voting interests.
The club's application requires a background check and approval at the club's discretion, and the club issues its own estoppel at closing.
These answers cover what Wildcat Run sellers ask most, from pricing and timing to costs, documents and the club. Figures come from the saved Southwest Florida MLS pull of October 21, 2026, Lee County records and the recorded Declaration.
It depends on the neighborhood first. In the last 12 months estate homes closed at a median of $947,500, Wildcat Cove at $499,000, The Pines at $525,000, Cypress Cove at $390,000 and The Village at $241,000. Start with the free Wildcat Run home valuation.
For estate homes, yes over the last year: the 12-month median was $947,500 against $1,075,000 in the 12 months before. Calendar-year estate medians peaked at $1,324,000 in 2023.
The 12-month median was 90 days for the community and 101.5 days for estate homes, compared with a five-year median of 30 days.
Most sellers did not. Thirty of the last 33 sales closed below the final list price, at a median of 95.0 percent of it.
Spring. Over five years, 52 of 114 closings came in March, April and May.
Twelve Wildcat Run homes were for sale on October 21, 2026, four of them estate homes, and one more estate home was pending. Nearly new RiverCreek homes next door also compete in the $700,000 to $1 million range.
In Lee County the seller customarily pays the deed stamps and the owner's title policy. At the $947,500 estate median that is about $6,632.50 in stamps and $4,812.50 in title premium, plus an estoppel of up to $299, before commission and payoff.
$0.70 per $100 of the price, under section 201.02, Florida Statutes.
The title company orders the master estoppel from Alliant through HomeWiseDocs, the club estoppel from the club, and, for an attached home, the neighborhood association's estoppel.
Yes. The buyer applies for membership, passes a background check and is approved at the club's discretion.
They are prorated to the closing date: the seller pays the elapsed days of the year and the buyer the rest.
Yes. Florida law requires sellers to disclose known flood damage, flood insurance claims and federal flood assistance.
Not automatically. Get a roof inspection and a wind mitigation report first; if the roof is near the end of its life, pricing for it or replacing it with tile are both options, and a shingle roof can only be replaced with tile or another approved material.
Roof permit and age, wind mitigation report, 4-point inspection if the home is over 20 years old, pool and HVAC records, Design Review Committee approvals for past work, and gate transponders.
Often, but the saved MLS data does not separate golf-view and lake-view sales, so we price those from matched comparable homes rather than a published premium.
Yes. The buyer can lease within the three-month minimum and one-year maximum, with approval of every tenant.
Yes. We can market a Wildcat Run home privately to qualified buyers when a seller wants discretion.
It adds competition in the $700,000 to $1 million range. Lot size, the Palmer course and a member-owned club are what a resale here offers that a newer RiverCreek home does not.
The same way, with one more association. Gather the condominium association's budget, insurance and reserve information, and plan for three estoppels.
We do not predict prices. We show you the last 12 months of your neighborhood's sales and the current competition, and you decide.
The 2025 master bill was $3,710 a year. Any transfer or capital charges at the club are set on the club's Schedule of Fees.
Yes, under the lease rules, but a lease of three months or more, with tenant approval, limits showings and possession dates.
In the last 12 months, Cypress Cove's median was 30 days, compared with about 100 days for estate homes and 123 for Wildcat Cove.
The highest closing in the five-year MLS record is $2.8 million, an estate home that sold in April 2026.
On the one estate notice we read, the appraiser's market value fell about 13 percent from 2025 to 2026. Check your own 2026 notice on the Lee County Property Appraiser's site.
A survey is usually ordered by the buyer's title company. An elevation certificate is not required in Zone X, but having one can help a buyer price flood insurance.
From the last 12 months of the home's own neighborhood, adjusted for its lot, view, size, roof and updates, and checked against the active listings and nearby new construction.
McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, bring every closed sale in your neighborhood, the club's rules and the recorded covenants to the first conversation. Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.
Our guides to selling a home in Estero and selling a home in Wildcat Run walk through the process step by step.
No. A valuation and a first conversation are free and confidential.
Every source below supports a fact on this page about Wildcat Run, from the recorded Declaration, the club's own pages and the state corporate filings to county records, federal flood data, school records and news of record. Each was accessed on October 17, 2026 unless noted. Club pages are cited for what the club says about itself.
Data lines. Market figures are from the Southwest Florida MLS (Matrix), residential, Estero, active plus closed 0 to 1,826 days, pulled October 21, 2026 by McGreevy and Comisar, and from Lee County Property Appraiser recorded sales through August 10, 2026, analyzed by McGreevy and Comisar. FEMA, school zone and evacuation queries were run on October 17, 2026.
Methods. Drive times were computed with the OSRM public router on OpenStreetMap roads from the clubhouse; all times are free-flow estimates. Flood zones were read from FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer at individual points inside the community.
These are the official public documents behind this Wildcat Run guide, each linked at the office or organization that issues it: the recorded Declaration posted by the club, the club's realtor and golf documents, the associations' state filings, the Village and county records and the state insurance and school files.
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Second Amended and Restated Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions for Wildcat Run (2015) | Wildcat Run Community Association (posted by the club) | |
Welcome Realtors information sheet | Wildcat Run Golf and Country Club | |
For Sale Signage Information | Wildcat Run Golf and Country Club | |
Golf scorecard 2024 to 2025 | Wildcat Run Golf and Country Club | |
2026 annual report, Wildcat Run Community Association, Inc. | Florida Division of Corporations | |
Amended and Restated Articles, Wildcat Run Country Club Association (2021) | Florida Division of Corporations | |
Corkscrew Crossing RPD application, Planning and Zoning Board packet (June 30, 2015) | Village of Estero | |
Adaptation Plan (2026) | Village of Estero | |
Comprehensive Vulnerability Assessment (2026) | Village of Estero | |
Student Enrollment Plan 2026 to 2027 | School District of Lee County | |
2025 to 2026 School Grades Results Packet | Florida Department of Education | |
Citizens 2026 Approved Rate Changes by County | Citizens Property Insurance Corporation | |
Florida Building Code effective dates | Florida Building Commission |
Community sales figures on this page are from Lee County Property Appraiser recorded sales through August 10, 2026. Market data from Southwest Florida MLS, pulled October 21, 2026. McGreevy and Comisar, Best Realtor for Wildcat Run. Brokered by Domain Realty. Jesse McGreevy, FL Lic. SL3101296 · Marc Comisar, FL Lic. BK3060671.
842 people live in Wildcat Run, where the median age is 80 and the average individual income is $138,602. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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There's plenty to do around Wildcat Run, including shopping, dining, nightlife, parks, and more. Data provided by Walk Score and Yelp.
Explore popular things to do in the area, including Aldi, Johnny Malloys, and Publix Super Markets.
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| Dining | 0.68 miles | 0 reviews | 0/5 stars | |
| Dining | 1.2 miles | 1 review | 1/5 stars | |
| Dining · $$ | 1.25 miles | 29 reviews | 2.8/5 stars | |
| Dining · $ | 1.33 miles | 1 review | 3/5 stars | |
| Dining · $$ | 1.44 miles | 29 reviews | 3.8/5 stars | |
| Dining | 1.47 miles | 29 reviews | 3.6/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 1.44 miles | 0 reviews | 0/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 1.47 miles | 0 reviews | 0/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 1.48 miles | 6 reviews | 2.7/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 1.48 miles | 8 reviews | 3.1/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 1.51 miles | 2 reviews | 4/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 1.57 miles | 8 reviews | 3.9/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 1.57 miles | 2 reviews | 2/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 1.59 miles | 3 reviews | 2/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 1.6 miles | 1 review | 1/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 1.61 miles | 2 reviews | 5/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 1.61 miles | 0 reviews | 0/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 1.61 miles | 0 reviews | 0/5 stars | |
| Active | 1.45 miles | 0 reviews | 0/5 stars | |
| Nightlife | 1.61 miles | 0 reviews | 0/5 stars | |
| Beauty | 1.28 miles | 16 reviews | 2.9/5 stars | |
| Beauty | 1.44 miles | 0 reviews | 0/5 stars | |
| Beauty | 1.59 miles | 1 review | 1/5 stars | |
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Wildcat Run has 477 households, with an average household size of 2. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Here’s what the people living in Wildcat Run do for work — and how long it takes them to get there. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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