Updated September 2026
Selling a Worthington Estate Home in Bonita Springs: pricing from 18 recorded Estate Home sales, the 2026 dues your buyer will weigh, the open house and approval rules, and a free valuation. Get your free valuation or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.
Updated September 2026 · Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar, Domain Realty
Sell your Worthington Estate Home with the #1 Team in Southwest Florida since 2012. McGreevy and Comisar are Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, with over $900 million in personal sales.
This is our seller’s guide to the Estate Homes at Worthington, the 127 detached, one-story golf and lake homes inside Worthington Country Club, the gated, 799-residence bundled golf community in Bonita Springs. Lee County Property Appraiser records show 7 qualified Estate Home sales in the 12 months from September 2025 through August 2026, from $580,000 to $945,000, and 18 sales over 24 months at a $787,500 median. Everything below is how McGreevy and Comisar price, prepare, market and negotiate an Estate Home sale on Bridgeford Avenue, Tonbridge Court or Rochester Court, built from those recorded sales, the club’s 2026 fee schedules and its resale rules.
Want a number for your own home now? Use the free Estate Home valuation form on this page, or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072, text or call. Buying instead? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and read our guide to buying an Estate Home at Worthington.
McGreevy and Comisar price a Worthington Estate Home against the recorded sales of the 127 Estate Homes alone, not against Worthington’s $360,000 community median, which is pulled down by 520 condominiums. Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar are Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008 and lead Domain Realty Group from a Bonita Springs office.
Data updated: September 2026 (Lee County Property Appraiser recorded qualified sales, retrieved 26 Sep 2026)
We lead Domain Realty Group, the #1 real estate team in Southwest Florida since 2012, with over $2.5 billion sold as a team with our Domain Realty Group colleagues and over $900 million in personal sales between Jesse and Marc, from an office at 24031 S Tamiami Trl #101, Bonita Springs.
Recent Worthington Estate Home track record (last 12 months, September 2025 through August 2026): 7 Estate Homes recorded qualified sales with the Lee County Property Appraiser · $5,305,000 in Estate Home dollar volume · highest-priced sale $945,000, a lake-frontage home on Rochester Court recorded in March 2026 · 18 qualified sales and a $787,500 median over the wider 24-month window. In the last 12 months we tracked every one of those seven recorded sales parcel by parcel, matched each to its street, association and frontage, and every figure on this page comes from that file. Days on market and the sale-to-list ratio exist only in the Southwest Florida MLS; its pull of 29 Sep 2026 shows 16 Estate Home closings over the last 24 months (29 Sep 2024 to 29 Sep 2026), at a median of 109 days on market and a median 90.8% of final list price.
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We tracked every qualified sale recorded on the 127 Estate Home parcels over ten years, 92 of them from September 2016 through August 2026, and matched each to its plat block, street, association and frontage. We counted pools, bedrooms, baths, heated area and lot size on all 127 parcels on the September 2026 county roll, and read the club’s fee schedules, open house guidelines, rental forms, architectural criteria and master declaration. That is why this page can tell a Tonbridge Court owner something different from a Bridgeford Avenue owner.
Selling a Worthington Estate Home differs from selling anywhere else in Bonita Springs because it is a 127-home market with about seven sales a year, a pool-home buyer who is also buying a bundled golf club, 1990s construction that insurers price house by house, and a club approval step on every sale.
Every Estate Home sale becomes the next seller’s comparable. Seven recorded sales in the 12 months to August 2026 is roughly one home in 18 changing hands, so one overpriced listing that sits, or one underpriced sale that records, moves what the next buyer thinks the neighborhood is worth.
The Estate Home buyer is shopping a detached pool home with room for guests and a bundled golf club at once. With 112 of the 127 homes carrying a private pool on the county roll, the buyer expects one, and the same buyer is touring single-family homes at other bundled clubs.
Every Estate Home but one was built between 1990 and 1995; the exception carries a 2009 build year. Roof age, window protection and pool equipment decide the buyer’s insurance quote, and the quote often decides the offer, so the sellers who do best arrive with those documents in hand.
A Worthington Estate Home seller should hold eight facts before choosing a list price, each sourced below and current to September 2026.
Why Sell Your Worthington Estate Home With McGreevy and Comisar?
What Makes Selling a Worthington Estate Home Different?
Key Takeaways for a Worthington Estate Home Seller
Is Now a Good Time to Sell a Worthington Estate Home?
What Have Worthington Estate Homes Sold For?
How Do Estate Home Prices Compare With the Rest of Worthington?
Worthington Estate Homes vs Worthington Villas: Which Buyer Will You Sell To?
How Do We Price a Worthington Estate Home?
How Do We Market a Worthington Estate Home?
How Do We Negotiate an Estate Home Contract?
Which Recent Estate Home Sales Matter Most to Your Price?
What Does It Cost to Sell a Worthington Estate Home?
What Must a Worthington Estate Home Seller Disclose Under Florida Law?
How Do Flood Zone, Wind and Insurance Affect an Estate Home Sale?
What Will Your Buyer Pay to Own a Worthington Estate Home?
Which Worthington Rules Affect an Estate Home Sale?
How Long Does It Take to Sell a Worthington Estate Home?
What Should Your Listing Say About Life in the Estate Homes?
How Do You Get a Free Worthington Estate Home Valuation?
What Do Sellers Say About Working With McGreevy and Comisar?
Why Does an Estate Home Specialist Matter When You Sell?
Are You Also Buying Your Next Home in Southwest Florida?
Frequently Asked Questions, Seller Edition: Selling a Worthington Estate Home
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Your Worthington Estate Home Listing Team, and How to Reach Us Today
Now is a reasonable time to sell a Worthington Estate Home if it is priced against 2025 and 2026 Estate Home sales rather than the 2024 peak. The 24-month median is $787,500, but three of the four sales recorded in 2026 through August were at $700,000 or less, so buyers are negotiating.
Data updated: September 2026 (Lee County Property Appraiser recorded qualified sales, retrieved 26 Sep 2026)
Seven Estate Homes recorded qualified sales from September 2025 through August 2026: $580,000, $900,000, $900,000, $945,000, $680,000, $700,000 and $600,000, in that order. Seven is too few for a meaningful median, so we list them. The high end held, with three sales at $900,000 or more between October 2025 and March 2026. The low end came in the spring and summer of 2026. Two of the three lowest prices were recorded after April, when the seasonal buyer has usually gone home.
Calendar year | Qualified Estate Home sales | Median, or the sales when under 10 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
2020 | 18 | $446,250 (mean of $445,000 and $447,500) | $350,000 to $560,000 |
2021 | 10 | $565,000 | $435,000 to $715,000 |
2022 | 10 | $737,000 (mean of $735,000 and $739,000) | $650,000 to $916,000 |
2023 | 9 | Under 10 sales, no median | $649,000 to $899,900 |
2024 | 8 | Under 10 sales, no median | $725,000 to $1,100,000 |
2025 | 13 | $800,000 | $580,000 to $975,000 |
2026, January to August | 4 | $945,000, $680,000, $700,000 and $600,000 | $600,000 to $945,000 |
Source: Lee County Property Appraiser recorded qualified sales for the 127 Estate Home parcels (LeePA Last Qualified Sale layer, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). The two $1,100,000 sales in 2024 are the highest Estate Home prices in our ten-year file.
On a per-square-foot basis the market looks calmer than the 2026 prices suggest. The 24-month median is about $348 per heated square foot, against about $360 over 36 months and $353 over 60 months. That tells a seller the lower 2026 prints were partly smaller or less updated homes, not only a falling market. It also tells you what a buyer’s agent will do: divide your price by your heated area and compare it with $348.
Waiting helps only if your home will be in better shape or the calendar is wrong. In September or October the season is in front of you: list by early November and you meet the first winter buyers. We would not wait for 2024 prices to return; we price to the market recording now. Get a free Estate Home valuation or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.
Worthington Estate Homes recorded 18 qualified sales in the 24 months from September 2024 through August 2026, at a $787,500 median, the mean of $775,000 and $800,000, and about $348 per heated square foot. That 24-month window is the first with ten or more sales, so it is the headline figure for your price.
Data updated: September 2026 (Lee County Property Appraiser recorded qualified sales, retrieved 26 Sep 2026)
These are recorded deed prices for the 127 Estate Home parcels in Single Family Homes Associations I and II, counting only sales the appraiser classes as qualified, meaning arm’s-length (LeePA Last Qualified Sale layer, LeePA parcel roll, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). Price per square foot is each sale price divided by that home’s heated area on the county roll, then the median of those ratios.
Window (ending August 2026) | Qualified sales | Median sale price | Median $/sq ft | Low | High | Total volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 months (Sep 2025 to Aug 2026) | 7 | Listed below (under 10 sales) | Not stated (under 10 sales) | $580,000 | $945,000 | $5,305,000 |
24 months (Sep 2024 to Aug 2026) | 18 | $787,500 (mean of $775,000 and $800,000) | $348 | $580,000 | $975,000 | $14,249,000 |
36 months (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026) | 27 | $800,000 | $360 | $580,000 | $1,100,000 | $22,143,900 |
60 months (Sep 2021 to Aug 2026) | 48 | $780,000 (mean of $775,000 and $785,000) | $353 | $565,000 | $1,100,000 | $38,212,795 |
Recorded | Sale price | Street | Association | Frontage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
September 2025 | $580,000 | Rochester Court | Single Family II | Lake |
October 2025 | $900,000 | Tonbridge Court | Single Family II | Golf |
December 2025 | $900,000 | Rochester Court | Single Family II | Golf |
March 2026 | $945,000 | Rochester Court | Single Family II | Lake |
April 2026 | $680,000 | Bridgeford Avenue | Single Family I | Golf |
July 2026 | $700,000 | Tonbridge Court | Single Family II | Golf |
August 2026 | $600,000 | Not yet on the county roll export | Not yet on the roll | Not yet on the roll |
The August 2026 sale is in the county’s qualified-sale data but recorded after the 1 September roll export we matched addresses from, so its street is not shown yet. Five of the six sales we could match were in Single Family II.
Of the 17 sales in the 24-month window we could match to a parcel, 10 were Single Family II homes, at a $787,500 median, and 7 were Single Family I homes on Bridgeford Avenue, too few for a median. Twelve were golf-frontage homes, at a $775,000 median; the five lake-frontage homes sold for $580,000, $800,000, $800,000, $930,000 and $945,000, which says the house matters more than the lot label.
Worthington Estate Homes sell at the top of the Worthington price ladder: a $800,000 36-month median against $550,000 for the villas and $220,000 to $425,000 for the five condominium associations. Every owner pays the same $13,058 master dues, so the premium an Estate Home seller earns is for the house, the lot and the pool.
Data updated: September 2026 (Lee County Property Appraiser recorded qualified sales and parcel roll; Worthington 2026 HOA Fee Schedule, retrieved 26 Sep 2026)
The yardstick is the 36-month window, September 2023 to August 2026, the shortest window in which every Worthington association has ten or more qualified sales, with 2026 neighborhood dues from the club’s 2026 HOA Fee Schedule.
Neighborhood | Homes | Product | 2026 neighborhood dues | 36-month sales | 36-month median | Median $/sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estate Homes (Single Family I and II) | 127 | Detached, one story, 1,872 to 3,416 sq ft | $3,120 to $3,420 | 27 | $800,000 | $360 |
152 | Detached, one story, 1,543 to 1,998 sq ft | $2,612 to $2,988 | 29 | $550,000 | $315 | |
120 | Condo carriage homes | $5,080 | 20 | $425,000 (mean of $410,000 and $440,000) | $277 | |
116 | Condo carriage homes | $5,700 | 17 | $414,000 | $267 | |
92 | Condo | $6,188 | 18 | $283,750 (mean of $282,500 and $285,000) | $239 | |
120 | Condo | $4,860 | 16 | $227,500 (mean of $225,000 and $230,000) | $186 | |
72 | Condo | $7,712 | 14 | $220,000 (mean of $215,000 and $225,000) | $192 |
The Estate Homes sell for about $45 more per square foot than the villas and $83 to $174 more than the condos; that premium is land, a pool and no shared walls, and your listing has to show it. Their neighborhood dues are lower than any condo association’s because the owner roofs and insures the house directly, and they have held their level while several condo associations fell from their peaks. For clubs outside the gate, see Highland Woods and Spanish Wells.
Worthington Estate Homes and Worthington Villas share a gate, a club and $13,058 in master dues, and both are detached one-story homes, so every Estate Home buyer tours the villas too. The Estate Homes offer about 470 more square feet, a lot about 2,800 square feet bigger and an 88% pool rate, for about $244,000 more at the 24-month median.
Data updated: September 2026 (Lee County Property Appraiser recorded qualified sales and parcel roll; Worthington 2026 HOA Fee Schedule, retrieved 26 Sep 2026)
What a buyer weighs | Worthington Estate Homes | Edge for an Estate Home seller | |
|---|---|---|---|
Homes | 127 | 152 | Estate Homes, scarcer |
Median heated area | 2,225 sq ft (1,872 to 3,416) | 1,758 sq ft (1,543 to 1,998) | Estate Homes, about 470 sq ft more |
Median lot | 10,250 sq ft | 7,466 sq ft | Estate Homes, about 37% bigger |
Bedrooms | 2 to 4 (10 four-bedroom homes) | 2 or 3 only | Estate Homes |
Homes with more than two baths | 36 | 1 | Estate Homes |
Private pool | 112 of 127 (88%) | 67 of 152 (44%) | Estate Homes |
Golf and lake frontage | 99 golf, 28 lake | 93 golf, 59 lake | Villas, for lake buyers |
24-month qualified sales | 18 | 22 | Even |
24-month median sale | $787,500 (mean of $775,000 and $800,000) | $543,750 (mean of $537,500 and $550,000) | Villas, for budget buyers |
24-month median $/sq ft | $348 | $300 | Estate Homes hold a premium |
2026 recurring dues, master plus neighborhood | $16,178 to $16,478 | $15,670 to $16,046 | Villas, by about $430 to $500 |
Median county just value | $646,654 | $450,704 | Estate Homes |
Sources: our counts from the LeePA parcel roll and qualified-sale data, and the 2026 HOA Fee Schedule, retrieved 26 Sep 2026.
A buyer who wants a pool at home, a real third bedroom or a fourth, a two-car garage with room for a cart, or more distance from the neighbors on a fairway lot will choose an Estate Home, and that is the buyer we market your home to first. A buyer who wants the same club at about $244,000 less, is comfortable in 1,750 square feet and is happy using the club’s resort pool will choose a villa, and some of those buyers will stretch to an Estate Home if the listing shows them what the extra money buys.
A three-bedroom pool home on a golf lot competes with other Estate Homes and single-family homes at other bundled clubs, not with villas. A two-bedroom Estate Home near 1,900 square feet without a pool does compete with the best villas, so we price it that way and show the buyer the lot and the pool potential. Villa owners can read our Worthington Villas seller’s guide for the other side.
McGreevy and Comisar price a Worthington Estate Home from recorded Estate Home sales first, widening the window until there are at least ten, then adjust for association, frontage, pool, bedrooms, roof and wind protection, condition and the season. We never price from a portal estimate or Worthington’s condo-heavy community median.
Automated portal estimates such as the Zestimate average nearby sales by square foot and location. Inside Worthington that blends $200,000 Waterford condos, $400,000 Wedgewood carriage homes, $540,000 villas and $800,000 Estate Homes into one model. An automated estimate also cannot see your roof permit date, whether your windows are impact-rated, whether your lake lot looks across the water to a fairway, or whether your kitchen was redone in 2019. We use recorded prices, which are public and verifiable, and we show you every comparable we use.
The 12-month window has only 7 Estate Home sales, so we start with the 24-month window, 18 sales at a $787,500 median, and look at the 36-month window, 27 sales at $800,000, to see whether the recent prints are a trend or noise. We do not borrow villa or condo sales to fill the gap.
Single Family II homes on Tonbridge and Rochester Courts are larger on average, with a 2,294 square foot median heated area against 2,202 on Bridgeford Avenue, and 96% of them have pools against 81% in Single Family I. We compare a Bridgeford Avenue home first with Bridgeford Avenue sales and a Tonbridge Court home with Tonbridge Court sales, then widen.
The county’s frontage field codes 99 Estate Homes as golf and 28 as lake. The record shows no reliable premium either way over 24 months, because some lake lots look across the water to a fairway and some golf lots face a tee box. We price the view you actually have, from the lanai.
A pool is close to expected in the Estate Homes, so a home without one is priced toward the villa market. A four-bedroom plan is rare, with only 10 of 127, and eight of those are in Single Family II. Heated area runs from 1,872 to 3,416 square feet, and we price on a per-square-foot basis only after matching the plan.
Every Estate Home but one predates the statewide Florida Building Code that took effect 1 March 2002 (Florida Building Commission, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). A re-roofed home with a recent permit, impact windows and a wind-mitigation report showing roof-to-wall connections insures for less, and a buyer pays for that. An original roof is not a deal-killer, but it is a price conversation, and we have it with you before a buyer does.
Kitchens, baths, flooring and pool equipment move price within the Estate Home range more than anything else, which is why the 24-month sales span $580,000 to $975,000 on homes of similar size. Then we set the price for the calendar: a list price in November meets a deeper buyer pool than the same price in July.
McGreevy and Comisar market a Worthington Estate Home with professional photography, cinematic video and drone footage of the golf or lake view, a listing packet built for bundled-club buyers, targeted digital exposure to buyers outside Southwest Florida, our own buyer database, and weekend open houses run to the club’s rules.
Data updated: September 2026 (Worthington 2026 Fee Schedule and Open House Guidelines, retrieved 26 Sep 2026)
The lanai, the pool and the view sell an Estate Home, and a yard sign is not allowed, so the images have to do the work. We shoot at the hour that flatters your exposure, fly the drone along the fairway or across the lake to show where the lot sits on the course, and film the walk from the front door to the pool.
Every Estate Home buyer asks the same questions: what the dues are, what the club includes, what the capital contribution is, what flood zone the home is in and how old the roof is. Our packet answers them before the first showing, with the 2026 fee stack, the Zone X finding, your roof permit and wind-mitigation report, and the club’s own description of membership.
Many Estate Home buyers already own in Worthington, in a Waterford or Wedgewood condo or a villa, and want more house without leaving the club. An existing owner pays a $1,306 capital contribution instead of $12,500 (2026 Fee Schedule, retrieved 26 Sep 2026), which makes them some of the most motivated buyers for your home. We market inside the gate as well as outside it.
The rest of the buyer pool is seasonal and relocating buyers from the Midwest and Northeast, comparing bundled clubs across Bonita Springs and Estero. We put your home in front of them through targeted digital campaigns and our team’s search site at DomainRealtyGroup.com, timed to when those buyers plan winter trips.
Worthington allows open houses only on Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., registered with the gate by 3:30 p.m. on the Thursday before, with one open-house sign no larger than 2 feet by 2 feet, never on the golf-course side (Open House Guidelines, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). Visitors get only the Open House List and a community map at the gate, so we register every open house on time and staff it ourselves.
McGreevy and Comisar negotiate an Estate Home contract at the partner level: Jesse or Marc handles every offer, not an assistant. In Worthington the terms that move a seller’s net are the $12,500 capital contribution, inspection and insurance findings on a 1990s home, the club approval timeline, and what conveys with the house.
The club’s 2026 Fee Schedule lists the $12,500 capital contribution as due from a buyer new to Worthington, or $1,306 from a buyer who already owns here. Buyers sometimes ask the seller to cover it. We treat that request as a price concession, show you the net effect, and answer it with the Highland Woods and Pelican Sound entry charges if the buyer is comparing clubs.
On an Estate Home the buyer’s inspector and the buyer’s insurer both look hard at the roof, the windows and the plumbing. We recommend a pre-listing inspection and a four-point report, so the surprises are yours to fix or price before the buyer finds them. When a buyer asks for a roof credit, we negotiate from the permit date and the insurer’s actual quote, not a guess.
Every Worthington sale needs the HOA’s Certificate of Approval before closing, and the buyer takes the home subject to the master association’s rules, including the 25-pound pet limit (Purchaser’s Packet, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). We write the contract with a realistic approval period and start the paperwork the day the contract is signed.
What you need | Listing with McGreevy and Comisar | Selling by owner | Instant cash offer |
|---|---|---|---|
Price set against recorded Estate Home sales | Yes, in writing with comparables | You set it yourself | The buyer sets it |
Reach to bundled-club buyers and our database | Yes | Only buyers who find you | One buyer |
Weekend open houses under club rules | Registered and staffed | Your own time | None |
Certificate of Approval coordinated | Yes | Your job | Varies |
Negotiation of capital contribution and inspection items | Partner-level | Your job | Take it or leave it |
Your net | Our goal is the highest net after costs | Saves commission, often loses on price | Speed, usually at a discount |
The Estate Home sales that matter most to your price are the most recent qualified sales on your own street and in your own association, then the rest of the 24-month record. Below is every Estate Home sale recorded from September 2024 through August 2026, the window our pricing starts from.
Data updated: September 2026 (Lee County Property Appraiser recorded qualified sales, retrieved 26 Sep 2026)
Days on market and the sale-to-list ratio come from the Southwest Florida MLS rather than the county: across the 16 Estate Homes that closed through the MLS from 29 Sep 2024 to 29 Sep 2026, the medians were 109 days and 90.8% of final list price.
Recorded | Sale price |
|---|---|
December 2024 | $750,000 |
January 2025 | $940,000 |
February 2025 | $975,000 |
February 2025 | $930,000 |
March 2025 | $859,000 |
April 2025 | $800,000 |
April 2025 | $800,000 |
April 2025 | $715,000 |
May 2025 | $625,000 |
May 2025 | $775,000 |
May 2025 | $775,000 |
September 2025 | $580,000 |
October 2025 | $900,000 |
December 2025 | $900,000 |
March 2026 | $945,000 |
April 2026 | $680,000 |
July 2026 | $700,000 |
August 2026 | $600,000 |
Source: LeePA Last Qualified Sale layer, retrieved 26 Sep 2026.
We pull the three to five sales that best match your association, frontage, plan and pool, then check them against each parcel’s county just value and the active MLS listings. A spread from $580,000 to $975,000 on homes mostly between 2,000 and 2,500 square feet is the argument for pricing house by house.
Selling a Worthington Estate Home costs the brokerage commission you negotiate, Florida documentary stamp tax on the deed at $0.70 per $100 of price, the title and closing charges customary in Lee County, association estoppel fees for the master and your Single Family association, prorations, and any repairs or credits you agree to.
Data updated: September 2026 (Florida Department of Revenue; Worthington 2026 Fee Schedule, retrieved 26 Sep 2026)
Cost | Who customarily pays | Amount or basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
Brokerage commission | Seller, under the listing agreement | Negotiable; set in writing before listing | Your listing agreement |
Buyer’s agent compensation | Negotiated; may be paid by the buyer or offered by the seller | Set in the buyer’s written agreement and your contract | Your contract |
Documentary stamp tax on the deed | Seller, by Lee County custom | $0.70 per $100 of the sale price | |
Owner’s title insurance policy | Seller in most Lee County sales, by custom; negotiable | Florida promulgated title rates | Your closing agent |
Estoppel certificates, master and Single Family association | Seller | Fees governed by statute | |
Capital contribution | Buyer new to Worthington | $12,500; $1,306 if the buyer already owns here | |
Prorated dues and property taxes | Split at closing by date | Master $13,058; Single Family I $3,120 or II $3,420; 2025 millage 12.7970 |
Since August 2024, offers of buyer-agent compensation no longer appear in the MLS, and buyers sign a written agreement with their own agent before touring (NAR, The Facts, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). Whether you contribute to the buyer’s agent is now a negotiated term in your contract, and there is no standard rate.
At the $787,500 24-month Estate Home median, documentary stamp tax on the deed at $0.70 per $100 is $5,512.50 (Section 201.02, Florida Statutes, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). At $700,000 it is $4,900, and at $945,000, the highest Estate Home price of the last 12 months, it is $6,615.
You do not pay the buyer’s capital contribution or dues after closing, and the Purchaser’s Packet lists its $150 resale application only for the five condominium associations. For a net sheet built on your likely price, call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072 or start with the free Estate Home valuation form. Buyers reading this can see the other side of the ledger in our Estate Home buyer’s guide or how we represent buyers in Bonita Springs.
A Worthington Estate Home seller must disclose known material defects, deliver Florida’s flood disclosure and property tax summary, and, because the Estate Homes sit in mandatory homeowners’ associations under Chapter 720, make sure the buyer gets the Section 720.401 disclosure summary before signing the contract.
Florida law requires a residential seller to disclose known facts that materially affect value and are not readily observable. On an Estate Home the usual subjects are roof leaks and age, past water intrusion around sliders, pool-cage condition and any open or expired permit.
Since 1 October 2025, Florida requires a seller of residential property to give the buyer a flood disclosure at or before the contract, stating whether the seller has filed a flood-damage insurance claim and whether the seller has received federal disaster assistance for flood damage (Section 689.302, Florida Statutes, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). The form applies to your Estate Home even though it is in Zone X, so answer it from your own records.
Florida also requires a property tax disclosure summary telling the buyer not to rely on the seller’s current taxes, because a sale can reset the assessment (Section 689.261, Florida Statutes, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). That matters here: 67 of the 127 Estate Homes carry an assessed value at least 10% below just value on the September 2026 roll, the pattern Florida’s annual caps produce over years of ownership, so your buyer’s first tax bill can be well above yours.
For a home in a mandatory homeowners’ association, Section 720.401 requires that a prospective buyer be presented with a disclosure summary before signing the contract. If it is not, the buyer may cancel by written notice within 3 days after receiving it or before closing, whichever comes first, and that right cannot be waived (Section 720.401, Florida Statutes, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). On a resale it is the seller’s side that supplies it. Our contracts carry the summary as a signed addendum so the cancellation right never opens. The Estate Homes are Chapter 720 homes, not condominiums, so the Chapter 718 condo resale package does not apply to your sale.
The club posts the Year 2024 Master Declaration, recorded in Lee County as Instrument 2024000311875 on 18 November 2024 and restating the original at Official Records Book 2184, Page 3057 (Year 2024 Master Declaration, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). The Single Family I and II declarations are not public; request copies from the HOA office early.
Both the master association and your Single Family association issue estoppel certificates stating what is owed on your home at closing, and Florida law sets how fast an association must respond and caps what it may charge (Section 720.30851, Florida Statutes, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). We order both as soon as the contract is signed.
Florida presumes a real estate licensee is a transaction broker unless another relationship is agreed in writing (Section 475.278, Florida Statutes, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). We explain the relationship in writing at the listing appointment. None of this section is legal advice; your closing agent or a Florida real estate attorney confirms the documents for your sale, and our Estate Home buyer’s guide gives buyers the same split from their side.
Flood zone helps a Worthington Estate Home sale, because every Worthington parcel tested sits in FEMA Zone X, outside any Special Flood Hazard Area. Wind and insurance are where the questions come: the homes sit in a 160 mph design-wind region, and a buyer’s homeowners quote depends on roof age and opening protection.
Data updated: September 2026 (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer; Lee County Property Appraiser hazard layers, retrieved 26 Sep 2026)
FEMA’s National Flood Hazard Layer returns Zone X, “area of minimal flood hazard,” across Worthington on FIRM panel 12071C0678F, effective 28 August 2008 (FEMA NFHL Flood Hazard Zones, FEMA NFHL FIRM panels, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). The county’s hazard layers put the community in evacuation Zone C and storm-surge zone 3 (LeePA Evacuation Zones, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). A lender does not require flood insurance in Zone X, which removes one objection from your buyer’s list.
Citizens personal residential policyholders must carry flood coverage when dwelling replacement cost is $400,000 or more for policies effective on or after 1 January 2026, and for all such policies from 1 January 2027 (Section 627.351, Florida Statutes, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). Most Estate Homes are likely above that threshold on replacement cost, and Bonita Springs’ Community Rating System Class 5 rating gives a 25% NFIP discount (City of Bonita Springs CRS, retrieved 26 Sep 2026).
The county’s wind layer returns a 160 mph design wind speed and a wind-borne-debris region (LeePA wind design layer, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). On a 1990s Estate Home, the wind-mitigation report records roof covering, roof deck attachment, roof-to-wall connections and opening protection, and each item can earn a credit. The four-point report covers roof, electrical, plumbing and HVAC. Having both before you list lets the buyer get a firm quote during the inspection period instead of after it.
Your Estate Home buyer will pay $16,178 a year in 2026 master plus neighborhood dues in Single Family I, or $16,478 in Single Family II, plus a $1,000 food and beverage minimum, property taxes, insurance and pest control, and a one-time $12,500 capital contribution at closing if the buyer is new to Worthington.
Data updated: September 2026 (Worthington 2026 Fee Schedule and 2026 HOA Fee Schedule, retrieved 26 Sep 2026)
Layer (2026) | Single Family I | Single Family II | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
Master association dues | $13,058 ($1,088 a month) | $13,058 ($1,088 a month) | |
Neighborhood association dues | $780 a quarter, $3,120 a year | $285 a month, $3,420 a year | |
Recurring dues, total | $16,178 | $16,478 | Our sum |
Food and beverage minimum | $1,000 | $1,000 | |
Capital contribution (one time) | $12,500 new owner; $1,306 existing owner | Same |
MLS listings enter association fees their own way: some show only the neighborhood dues, some the master dues, some a monthly blend. A buyer who sees $285 on one Single Family II listing and $1,373 on another may think the homes differ when they do not. We put the full, sourced stack in your listing packet so the buyer compares like with like.
The Single Family I and II budgets, reserve balances and any special assessments are not published on the club’s public site. Your buyer will ask for them, so request the current budget, the reserve schedule and the last two years of minutes from the HOA office at (239) 495-2278 before you list (Purchaser’s Packet, p. 3, retrieved 26 Sep 2026).
The Estate Homes sit in Lee County tax district 017, where the 2025 total was 12.7970 mills (2025 Taxing District Millage Book, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). As rough arithmetic, a buyer taxed on the $646,654 median just value would owe about $8,275 before any homestead exemption. We show the buyer that figure up front so a long-held seller’s lower bill does not become a renegotiation.
The Worthington rules that affect an Estate Home sale are the HOA Certificate of Approval on every sale, the ban on for-sale signs, the weekend-afternoon open-house window, architectural approval for any pre-listing exterior work, the leasing rules an investor buyer inherits, and the 25-pound pet limit.
Every sale needs the HOA’s Certificate of Approval before closing, and the buyer accepts the master association’s rules with the home. We build the approval time into the contract dates.
No for-sale or for-rent signs are allowed on the lot. One open-house sign no larger than 2 feet by 2 feet is allowed during a registered open house, and never on the golf-course side (Open House Guidelines, retrieved 26 Sep 2026).
Repainting, a new roof, new windows, landscaping, a driveway, a generator, solar panels and shutters all need written ARC approval first, and approvals expire after one year if the work is not done (ARC Criteria, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). A repaint must use earth tones and start with a 2-foot-square test patch on a front wall, and a re-roof must match the existing tile’s shape, color and material. Plan pre-listing work at least a month ahead.
An Estate Home may be leased for 30 consecutive days or more, for no more than one year per lease and no more than four times a calendar year, furnished, with master association approval (2024 Master Declaration, Sections 8.1, 8.2 and 8.10; Rules and Regulations, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). Short-term platform rentals are not allowed. Investor buyers are a small share of the Estate Home pool for that reason.
Owners may keep a dog or cat weighing no more than 25 pounds, leashed outdoors and never left alone on a lanai or in a garage, and renters may not have pets. McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, ask every buyer about pets at the first showing.
How long a Worthington Estate Home takes to sell depends on price and season. The county record does not track days on market, so we take it from the Southwest Florida MLS: the 16 Estate Homes that closed there in the last 24 months (29 Sep 2024 to 29 Sep 2026) took a median of 109 days, and the 4 that closed in the last 12 months a median of 102 days. After a contract, closing usually follows in 30 to 60 days, including club approval.
Data updated: September 2026 (Lee County Property Appraiser recorded qualified sales, retrieved 26 Sep 2026)
The county record shows when sales recorded, which is a proxy for when buyers are here. Fifteen of the 18 Estate Home sales in the 24 months to August 2026 recorded between October and May. A sale that records in February usually went under contract in December or January, so a listing live by early November meets the first seasonal buyers.
Once you accept, the buyer’s inspection period runs, the buyer’s insurer quotes the home, the lender orders the appraisal if the buyer is financing, the association issues its Certificate of Approval, and the master and Single Family associations issue estoppel certificates. We start the approval and estoppel requests on the first day.
Three things slow an Estate Home sale: a list price anchored to the 2024 peak, an insurance surprise on the roof or windows late in the inspection period, and unapproved exterior work that the approval process surfaces. All three are fixable before listing.
Your Estate Home listing should say what the buyer is buying beyond the house: a fairway or lake lot, a private pool in 88% of homes, a bundled 18-hole club with no equity fee, a staffed gate, Zone X flood maps, and I-75 Exit 116 about 0.9 miles from the main entrance.
The club describes itself as a “member-owned bundled golf community, where every homeowner has golf privileges” (Worthington Country Club, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). The 18-hole, par-72 course plays 4,574 to 6,730 yards from six tee sets (FSGA, retrieved 26 Sep 2026), and the 2018 Ron Garl renovation rebuilt the greens and regrassed the fairways (Golf Guide, 2019, retrieved 26 Sep 2026).
Midtown at Bonita, a 68-acre mixed-use project at Bonita Grande Drive and Bonita Beach Road, broke ground in November 2025 (WINK News, retrieved 26 Sep 2026), and FDOT’s I-75 express-lane project begins this fall (WGCU, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). Our Midtown at Bonita guide tracks the shopping and dining it will bring within a mile of the gate.
NCH North Naples Hospital is about 14 minutes from the gate (FloridaHealthFinder, retrieved 26 Sep 2026), and the Bonita Springs Fire district’s main station is 0.6 miles away (Bonita Fire, retrieved 26 Sep 2026). The Estate Homes’ three- and four-bedroom plans are the ones families buy in Worthington, and students are assigned through the district’s proximity-zone plan (Student Enrollment Plan 2026-2027, retrieved 26 Sep 2026).
You get a free Worthington Estate Home valuation by filling in the short form on this page or calling Jesse McGreevy at (239) 898-6072. McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, price your home against recorded Estate Home sales and send you the comparables in writing.
The valuation form sits at the top of this page. Open the free Estate Home valuation form, give us your address and a line about your updates, and Jesse will come back to you with a price range, the three to five recorded Estate Home sales that support it, and the fee and approval steps your buyer will face. Or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072, text or call.
For a deeper read before you call, our Worthington Estate Home value page walks through what moves price on Bridgeford Avenue, Tonbridge Court and Rochester Court, and the Worthington Country Club home value page covers all nine neighborhoods.
Your address and association, the year of your roof and your air-conditioning system, whether your windows are impact-rated or shuttered, whether you have a pool and when its equipment was replaced, and anything you have updated. If you have a wind-mitigation report or a four-point inspection, send it.
A written price range built from the 24-month Estate Home record, the specific comparables with recording dates and prices, the 2026 fee stack your buyer will see, and a net sheet with the documentary stamp tax and other seller costs at your likely price. Buying your next home at the same time? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and see how we represent buyers in Bonita Springs.
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The second review above describes the part of a sale most sellers never see: feedback from every showing and open house, passed back promptly. In the Estate Homes, where open houses run only on registered weekend afternoons, that loop is the marketing plan. We staff the open house, collect what each visitor said about price, roof and pool, and bring it to you on Monday, so any change is made on evidence.
An Estate Home specialist matters because the price, the paperwork and the buyer are specific to these 127 homes: two associations with different dues, a club approval on every sale, a thin sales record where one bad comparable moves the market, and a neighboring villa product that competes at the low end.
We know that 112 of the 127 Estate Homes have pools and that Single Family II’s rate is 96%, that only 10 Estate Homes have four bedrooms, that the lake sales over 24 months ran from $580,000 to $945,000, and that Single Family I’s dues rose 2.6% for 2026 while Villas I’s rose 15.8%. We tracked the sales, counted the parcels and read the declaration because a buyer’s agent will ask about each of them.
Each Worthington neighborhood has its own seller’s guide, built the same way: the Worthington Villas, Wedgewood-Sherburne, Wedgewood-Fountain and Waterford Amberley Court. For the whole community, read our guide to selling a home in Worthington Country Club.
If you are thinking, “I need someone to sell my house in Bonita Springs, Florida,” McGreevy and Comisar helps homeowners price, market, negotiate, and sell with a local strategy built for Estero, Bonita Springs, Naples, Fort Myers, Lee County, Collier County, and Babcock Ranch. Whether you are selling in Worthington Country Club, The Brooks, Bella Terra, Corkscrew Shores, Grandezza, Wildcat Run, West Bay Club, Pelican Sound, Shadow Wood, or Miromar Lakes, our team provides local market guidance, professional listing exposure, and a clear plan to help you sell confidently. Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072 or start with the free Estate Home valuation; buyers, call Marc at (239) 287-5873 or read how we represent buyers in Bonita Springs.
Many Worthington Estate Home sellers are also buyers, downsizing to a villa or a Wedgewood carriage home inside the gate, or leaving for another club, and McGreevy and Comisar handle both sides so the sale and the purchase close on one calendar. Marc Comisar leads buyer representation; call him at (239) 287-5873.
An owner who sells an Estate Home and buys another Worthington home pays the $1,306 existing-owner capital contribution instead of $12,500, as long as the purchase is treated as an existing owner’s under the club’s schedule, which we confirm with the club before you sign. That makes a move from an Estate Home to a villa, with less house to maintain and the same club, cheaper inside the gate than outside it. Our Worthington Country Club buyer’s guide covers every neighborhood from the buyer’s side.
We price and list your Estate Home first, write your purchase offer with a sale contingency or a timed closing, and line up both closings so you move once. See how we represent buyers in Bonita Springs, or start the selling side with the free Estate Home valuation form and a call to Jesse at (239) 898-6072.
These are the questions Estate Home owners on Bridgeford Avenue, Tonbridge Court and Rochester Court ask before they sell, answered from Lee County Property Appraiser recorded sales, the club’s 2026 fee schedules and rules, and Florida statutes.
One who prices against the 127-home Estate Home record, knows the club’s approval and open-house rules, and markets to bundled-club buyers. McGreevy and Comisar are Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008 and lead Domain Realty Group.
Start from 18 recorded Estate Home sales over 24 months at a $787,500 median, then adjust for association, frontage, pool, bedrooms, roof and updates. The valuation form on this page returns a written range for your home.
Seven qualified sales recorded from September 2025 through August 2026, totaling $5,305,000, from $580,000 to $945,000.
$945,000, a lake-frontage home on Rochester Court recorded in March 2026. The highest in our ten-year file were two $1,100,000 sales in 2024.
The calendar-year median rose from $446,250 in 2020 to $800,000 in 2025, then three of four 2026 sales through August recorded at $700,000 or less. Per square foot, the 24-month and 60-month medians are close, about $348 and $353.
Yes, if the home is priced to the 2025 and 2026 record and listed for the season. Fifteen of the 18 sales in the last 24 months recorded between October and May.
Days on market come from the Southwest Florida MLS, where the median for 16 Estate Home closings over the last 24 months (29 Sep 2024 to 29 Sep 2026) was 109 days. After a contract, expect inspection, financing, the Certificate of Approval and estoppels, usually 30 to 60 days.
Single Family II homes are larger on average and more often have pools; its 10 sales in 24 months had a $787,500 median. The 7 Single Family I sales are too few for a median, so we price Bridgeford Avenue from the individual sales.
Not reliably. Twelve golf-frontage sales in 24 months had a $775,000 median, and the five lake sales ran from $580,000 to $945,000. View and condition matter more than the frontage code.
A pool is close to expected, with 112 of 127 Estate Homes having one, so a home without a pool competes with the best villas and is priced that way.
Not necessarily. A permit date, roof certification and wind-mitigation report let the buyer’s insurer price the home. Any re-roof needs ARC approval and must match the existing tile.
A wind-mitigation inspection and a four-point inspection, the two reports insurers ask for, plus a pre-listing home inspection so small items are fixed or priced first.
Usually only what shows in photos or blocks insurance: approved earth-tone paint, landscape touch-ups, pool equipment and any roof or window issue. Large remodels rarely return their cost before a sale.
The 2026 Fee Schedule lists the $12,500 capital contribution as due from a buyer new to Worthington, or $1,306 from an existing owner. Any other split is negotiated.
Yes. Every sale needs the HOA’s Certificate of Approval before closing, and the buyer accepts the master rules, including the 25-pound pet limit.
Yes. The Estate Homes are Chapter 720 homes, and Section 720.401 requires the summary before the buyer signs; without it the buyer may cancel within 3 days of receiving it or before closing.
The Single Family association’s budget, reserve schedule and minutes, estoppel certificates, ARC approvals for past exterior work, roof and pool permits, and the wind-mitigation and four-point reports.
No. One open-house sign up to 2 feet by 2 feet is allowed during a registered open house, never on the golf-course side.
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., registered with the gate by 3:30 p.m. the Thursday before; visitors get the Open House List and a map at the gate.
$16,178 a year in Single Family I or $16,478 in Single Family II in 2026 master plus neighborhood dues, plus a $1,000 food and beverage minimum.
Modestly. Single Family I dues rose 2.6% for 2026, Single Family II 5.2% and master dues about 1.1%, all well below Villas I’s 15.8%.
FEMA Zone X on panel 12071C0678F, no Worthington parcel in a Special Flood Hazard Area, evacuation Zone C and a 25% NFIP discount from the city’s CRS Class 5 rating.
Hand over the roof date, wind-mitigation report and four-point report. Citizens now requires flood coverage at $400,000 or more of replacement cost, so a flood quote helps.
Yes, subject to the lease, which cannot exceed one year. The tenant holds the club privileges until it ends.
Lead with the pool, the lot, the garage and the bedrooms. Estate Homes sold at about $348 a square foot over 24 months against about $300 for villas.
It is personal property and conveys only if the contract says so; the new owner pays the club’s annual trail fee.
Yes, but you still owe the Certificate of Approval and the Section 720.401 summary, and the no-sign rule makes reaching buyers harder without MLS exposure.
Deed stamps at $0.70 per $100, customarily the owner’s title policy, estoppel fees and the negotiated commission. At the $787,500 median, deed stamps are $5,512.50.
Yes, to our buyer database first, though with about seven Estate Home sales a year, full exposure usually sets the stronger price.
Recheck the price against the 24-month record, fix the insurance story with roof documents, and refresh the photography. We review a stalled listing at no cost.
Ask us to confirm your existing-owner status with the club, which sets the capital contribution at $1,306 instead of $12,500, and we time both closings.
Use the valuation form at the top of this page or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072, text or call.
Every source below is a primary record, a government agency, the club itself, a statute or a non-brokerage publication; no real estate brokerage or listing portal is cited. Sale figures on this page are our own analysis of Lee County Property Appraiser recorded qualified sales. All were retrieved on 26 September 2026.
These are the governing, financial and hazard documents an Estate Home seller should have ready for a buyer, each linked to the authority that publishes it. The Single Family I and II declarations, bylaws, budgets and reserve schedules are not posted publicly; request them through the HOA office at (239) 495-2278.
Document | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|
2026 Fee Schedule and approved master budget | Worthington Master Association | |
2026 HOA Fee Schedule, all nine neighborhood associations | Worthington Country Club | |
Year 2024 Master Declaration with Certificate of Amendment | Worthington Master Association (Lee County Instrument 2024000311875) | |
ARC Architectural and Aesthetic Criteria (rev. December 2024) | Worthington Master Association | |
Open House Guidelines (rev. 2026) | Worthington Country Club | |
Purchaser’s Packet (map, rules, fees, contacts) | Worthington Country Club | |
Rental Forms and leasing rules (rev. June 15, 2025) | Worthington Country Club | |
2025 Taxing District Millage Book (district 017) | Lee County Property Appraiser | |
CRS Eligible Communities (April 2025) | FEMA | |
Evacuation Zone C fact sheet | Lee County Emergency Management | |
Florida Building Code effective dates | Florida Building Commission |
Your Worthington Estate Home listing team is Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar of McGreevy and Comisar, based at 24031 S Tamiami Trl #101 in Bonita Springs. Jesse leads listings and seller strategy and Marc leads buyer representation, and both are top-reviewed Bonita Springs realtors with verified Google reviews.
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Selling an Estate Home? Start with the free Estate Home valuation or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072. Buying? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and see how we represent buyers in Bonita Springs.
Jesse McGreevy (Sales Associate) and Marc Comisar (Broker Associate) are licensed Florida REALTORS® with Domain Realty; Florida real estate licensure is regulated by the Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC). Licenses: Jesse McGreevy SL3101296 · Marc Comisar BK3060671.
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Market data from Lee County Property Appraiser recorded sales, pulled September 2026; days on market and sold-to-list from the Southwest Florida MLS, pulled 29 Sep 2026.
McGreevy and Comisar, Best Realtor for Worthington Estate Homes. Brokered by Domain Realty. Jesse McGreevy, FL Lic. SL3101296 · Marc Comisar, FL Lic. BK3060671.