Estero, Florida
Sell your Lost Creek Village at The Vines home with McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% nationally since 2008. We price from all 14 recorded closings and ready the estoppel, club and HOA paperwork first. Call Jesse at (239) 898-6072.
By Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar, McGreevy and Comisar, Domain Realty Group. Updated September 2026.
Selling in Lost Creek Village at The Vines means selling one of 48 attached homes built 1986 to 1989 inside the gates of The Vines in Estero, into a market where 14 homes closed in the Southwest Florida MLS in 60 months, only 4 of them in the last 12, and none was listed on September 29, 2026. This guide sits beside our full Lost Creek Village at The Vines neighborhood guide, which holds the history, the recorded documents and the amenities. Everything below answers one owner's questions: what the home should list for, what the association, the master association and the country club add to the timeline, what you will net, and what to do first.
If you want a number before anything else, our Lost Creek Village at The Vines home valuation guide shows how a home here is priced from its own closed sales, and the Lost Creek Village at The Vines buyer guide shows what the person on the other side of your contract is reading. Owners weighing listing teams across the area can set us beside the others in our guide to the best real estate agents in Estero.
Two neighbors need a word, because the names invite mistakes. Fairway Bend Village at The Vines is a separate village of 60 homes with its own association, and its owners have their own Fairway Bend seller guide. Owners in any other village inside the gates can start with our sell your home in The Vines guide, which covers the whole community. A third name trap: county records index these homes as Lost Creek Village at the Vintage, the plat name from before The Vines was renamed, and that is the same 48 homes, not a second development.
McGreevy and Comisar are the best realtor for selling a Lost Creek Village at The Vines home because we price it against the village's own 14 recorded MLS closings, ready the estoppel, disclosure summary and club paperwork early, and negotiate every offer ourselves. We are the #1 Team in Southwest Florida since 2012 and Top 1% nationally since 2008.
Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar run the pricing conversation, the marketing build, the negotiation and the association paperwork on every listing we take. We lead Domain Realty Group, and as the leaders of Domain Realty Group our team has closed over $2.5 billion in real estate across Southwest Florida. Our office is in Bonita Springs, a short drive south of the US 41 gate, and Estero is a market we work every week.
Recent Lost Creek Village at The Vines market record (12 months to September 29, 2026): 4 MLS closings, a $272,500 median sold price (the mean of the middle pair, $235,000 and $310,000), a range of $185,000 to $390,000, $1,120,000 in total volume, a median of 123 days on market and a median 89.9% of final list price, with no active listing on September 29, 2026. Four is a small sample, so the 60-month window (14 closings, a $427,000 median) sits beside it below. Source: Southwest Florida MLS (Matrix), pulled September 29, 2026.
Domain Realty, our brokerage, closed 615 transaction sides in Estero in the 60 months to October 5, 2026, $352.2 million in volume counted by side, per the Southwest Florida MLS pulled that day. McGreevy and Comisar are the #5 real estate team in Florida in the 2026 RealTrends rankings. None is on file for this village, and we do not dress a public-record comparison up as our own deal. What we claim is narrower and checkable: we read the county roll for all 48 homes, the recorded sales on file, the master association's public documents, the club's published membership lines and every MLS closing on record since June 2022, and we bring all of it to your kitchen table.
For Lost Creek Village at The Vines sellers: cinematic video, drone and professional photography, a qualified-buyer database, and discretion when a sale needs to stay quiet. In a village that closes below list more often than not, the work is pricing and paperwork as much as marketing: the village estoppel, the master association's resale documents, the buyer's Estero Country Club membership certificate, and a sign plan that fits the January 2026 standards.
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You get Jesse and Marc, not an assistant with a template. Marc Comisar runs the field side: showings, buyer-agent conversations, contractor coordination and inspections. Jesse McGreevy runs pricing, marketing, data and the association and closing paperwork. Reach Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072 or Marc at (239) 287-5873, and read how the partnership works on our about McGreevy and Comisar page.
Selling your Lost Creek Village at The Vines home? Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072 or start with a free home valuation. Buying instead? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and read how we represent buyers in Southwest Florida.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines sellers who read nothing else on this page should know these ten facts, each sourced in the sections below. They decide your price, your paperwork and your timeline more than any listing photo will, and each one is specific to this 48-home village inside The Vines.
The Essentials: What Makes Selling in Lost Creek Village at The Vines Different? · Is Now a Good Time to Sell in Lost Creek Village at The Vines? · What Have Lost Creek Village at The Vines Homes Sold For? · How Do Lost Creek Prices Compare With the Other Villages at The Vines? · Lost Creek vs Fairway Bend: Which Buyer Will Your Home Meet? · How Do We Price a Lost Creek Village at The Vines Home? · How Do We Market a Lost Creek Village at The Vines Home?
The Details: How Do We Negotiate a Lost Creek Village at The Vines Contract? · What Does It Cost to Sell a Lost Creek Village at The Vines Home? · What Must a Lost Creek Village at The Vines Seller Disclose Under Florida Law? · What Will Your Buyer Pay to Own a Lost Creek Village at The Vines Home? · How Does the Estero Country Club Requirement Change Your Sale? · How Do the Flood Zone, Roof and Storm Record Affect Your Sale? · Which Lost Creek Rules Affect a Sale? · How Long Does It Take to Sell a Lost Creek Home?
Preparation and Proof: How Should You Prepare a Lost Creek Home for Sale? · What Should Your Listing Say About Life in Lost Creek Village at The Vines? · What Do Two Real Lost Creek Sales Teach? · How Do You Get a Free Lost Creek Village at The Vines Home Valuation? · List With the #1 Team in Southwest Florida Since 2012 · What Do Sellers Say About Working With McGreevy and Comisar? · Why Does a Lost Creek Specialist Matter When You Sell?
Questions, Contacts and Sources: Are You Also Buying Your Next Home in Southwest Florida? · Frequently Asked Questions, Seller Edition · Your Local Real Estate Experts · Sources and Authoritative References · Downloadable Documents
Lost Creek Village at The Vines differs from most Estero sales in six ways: a 48-home pool that produces few comparable sales, a two-speed price record, a village association layered under the master Vines Community Association, a mandatory Estero Country Club membership that every buyer must take up, golf-side sign limits, and homes old enough that condition decides price.
The county roll matches 48 residential parcels to Lost Creek, all coded single-family use, in 12 buildings of four homes each by our reading of the 1989 zoning resolution. Four MLS closings in the last 12 months is about one home in twelve changing hands. That thinness is the main pricing fact: a buyer's agent has only a handful of local sales to test your price against, so your price and your documents have to be right on day one.
Nine of the 14 closings came between June 2022 and September 2024, and five have come since July 2025, with nothing in between for nearly ten months. The early group closed at a $470,000 median in 19 days at 98.1 percent of list. The recent group closed at a $310,000 median in 165 days at 88.8 percent. A buyer's agent will bring whichever group helps the buyer, so your price needs an answer to both.
The Lost Creek Village association governs the 48 homes, the Vines Community Association governs the whole gated community, and Estero Country Club is a separate corporation whose membership every post-2011 buyer must join. The village fee, the master fee and the club's dues are set by three different bodies, and only the club publishes its numbers. The community's own guide is our The Vines neighborhood guide.
Lost Creek's 48 homes are fee-simple lots under a Chapter 720 homeowners' association, not condominium units. For a seller that means the Section 720.401 disclosure summary and the Section 720.30851 estoppel, and it means no condominium questionnaire, no milestone inspection and no structural reserve study. The state milestone law for aging condominium buildings exempts four-family dwellings of three or fewer stories in any case, and Lost Creek is built in four-home buildings.
The Vines Community Association's 2026 real estate signage standards, dated January 23, 2026, fix the font, the colors, the panel size and the height. A January 2026 board motion, reported in the association's newsletter, bars realtor signs on the golf-course side of a property, and the county codes 44 of the 49 mapped Lost Creek parcels as golf-course frontage. Most listings here therefore depend on the street-side sign and the MLS.
The county roll dates 24 homes to 1986, four to 1988 and 20 to 1989. A home that age is likely on its second roof and its second or third air-conditioning system unless a permit says otherwise, and the gap between a refreshed home and an original one is the main reason two homes of the same size closed $205,000 apart in the summer of 2026.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines sellers face a thin, slow market: 4 MLS closings in the last 12 months at a $272,500 median (a small sample), a 123-day median on market, no active listing on September 29, 2026, and 5 closings in 24 months at a $310,000 median. Fourteen closings over 60 months give the longer view.
Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, pulled September 29, 2026; Lee County Property Appraiser recorded sales through July 29, 2026)
The MLS separates this village cleanly under its own sub-area label, and every closing in our pull was MLS-marketed: none was entered after closing, so all 14 are in the medians. The county's recorded sales file ends July 29, 2026, so a recorded sale in the last two months would not show in the county figures.
| Window to September 29, 2026 | MLS closings | Median sold | Median $ per MLS sq ft | Median days on market | Median sold-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 months | 4 (small sample) | $272,500 (mean of $235,000 and $310,000) | $132.96 | 123 | 89.9% |
| 24 months | 5 (small sample) | $310,000 | $131.89 | 165 | 88.8% |
| 36 months | 8 (small sample) | $361,250 (mean of $332,500 and $390,000) | $159.06 | 126 | 91.7% |
| 60 months, first window with 10 or more | 14 | $427,000 (mean of $395,000 and $459,000) | $207.88 | 37.5 | 94.7% |
Medians use the mean of the middle pair when the count is even. Sold-to-list is the sold price divided by the final list price. MLS square feet are the MLS's living area, and we never mix them with the county's heated area.
The MLS showed no Lost Creek active listing on September 29, 2026. Against 4 closings a year, that is no inventory on the day, which favors a well-priced listing, but it is a fact about one day and not a forecast. We do not quote months of supply for a village this small, because one listing more or fewer swings the figure by a quarter of a year.
Two things. First, price to the 12-month and 24-month closings, not the 60-month table, because nine of the 14 sales closed in the 2022 to 2024 run when homes sold in a median of 19 days near or at list. Second, price with the buyer's cash in mind: a buyer who has to bring a $15,000 club joining cost, pay the club's annual lines and cover whatever the village estoppel states is a buyer who compares carefully.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines homes closed 14 times in the MLS in the 60 months to September 29, 2026, from $185,000 to $525,000, with a $427,000 median, a median $207.88 per MLS square foot and a median 37.5 days on market. The county's recorded qualified sales reach back further and are shown by year below.
Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, pulled September 29, 2026; Lee County Property Appraiser recorded sales through July 29, 2026)
Fourteen closings is enough for a median, but a village this small is read sale by sale. Each row shows month, bedrooms and baths, MLS living area, prices and days on market, and nothing that identifies a home or an owner.
| Closed | Beds and baths | MLS living area (sq ft) | List price | Sold price | Sold-to-list | Days on market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 3 plus den, 2 and a half | 2,168 | $429,000 | $390,000 | 90.9% | 33 |
| Jul 2026 | 3 plus den, 2 and a half | 2,169 | $209,000 | $185,000 | 88.5% | 165 |
| Jan 2026 | 3 plus den, 2 and a half | 2,428 | $349,000 | $310,000 | 88.8% | 81 |
| Dec 2025 | 2 and 2 | 1,700 | $254,000 | $235,000 | 92.5% | 367 |
| Jul 2025 | 3 plus den, 2 and a half | 2,521 | $399,000 | $332,500 | 83.3% | 224 |
| Sep 2024 | 2 and 2 | 1,692 | $495,000 | $465,000 | 93.9% | 42 |
| Feb 2024 | 2 plus den, 2 | 1,823 | $499,000 | $470,000 | 94.2% | 260 |
| Feb 2024 | 2 and 2 | 1,692 | $495,000 | $485,000 | 98.0% | 87 |
| Aug 2023 | 3 plus den, 2 | 2,165 | $535,000 | $525,000 | 98.1% | 19 |
| Apr 2023 | 3 plus den, 2 and a half | 2,333 | $525,000 | $500,000 | 95.2% | 0 |
| Dec 2022 | 3 plus den, 2 and a half | 2,477 | $499,000 | $499,000 | 100.0% | 3 |
| Nov 2022 | 2 plus den, 2 | 1,823 | $459,000 | $459,000 | 100.0% | 6 |
| Nov 2022 | 2 and 2 | 1,833 | $395,000 | $395,000 | 100.0% | 21 |
| Jun 2022 | 3, 2 and a half | 2,176 | $275,000 | $290,000 | 105.5% | 4 |
The 60-month window totals $5,540,500 in volume, with a mean sale of $395,750, days on market from 0 to 367 (mean 93.7) and a mean of the per-sale sold-to-list ratios of 94.9%. Ten of the 14 sold below the final list price, three sold at it and one above.
Every year below is a small sample of MLS-marketed closings, so each median describes and does not forecast.
| Year | MLS closings | Median sold | Range | Median days on market | Median sold-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 (June to December) | 4 | $427,000 (mean of $395,000 and $459,000) | $290,000 to $499,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 2 | $512,500 (mean of $500,000 and $525,000) | $500,000 to $525,000 | 9.5 | 96.7% |
| 2024 | 3 | $470,000 | $465,000 to $485,000 | 87 | 94.2% |
| 2025 | 2 | $283,750 (mean of $235,000 and $332,500) | $235,000 to $332,500 | 295.5 | 87.9% |
| 2026 to September 29 | 3 | $310,000 | $185,000 to $390,000 | 81 | 88.8% |
The pattern is a fast, at-list 2022 and 2023, a slower 2024 that still closed within 6 percent of list, and a 2025 and 2026 in which homes waited months and sold 11 to 12 percent under final list. The price move and the time-on-market move happened together, and a seller who reads only the 2022 rows will set an ask the 2026 buyers do not meet.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines, the 48-home village inside The Vines, had 4 MLS closings in the last 12 months at a $272,500 median (a small sample) and no active listing on September 29, 2026. If you own here, request a free Lost Creek Village at The Vines home valuation and Jesse will match your home to the closings that fit it, or Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072. If you are buying, Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and read how we represent buyers in Southwest Florida.
The county's qualified recorded sales cover more years than the MLS. They are deed prices flagged as arm's-length sales by the state's revenue rules, and they include sales that never touched the MLS. The file holds 52 qualified sales for the village across all years on file.
| Year | Qualified county sales | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to July 29) | 3 | $310,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | $332,500 |
| 2024 | 3 | $470,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | $512,500 |
| 2022 | 6 | $427,000 |
| 2021 | 4 | $278,500 |
| 2020 | 6 | $236,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | $192,250 |
From the $236,000 median of 2020 (n = 6) to $512,500 in 2023 (n = 2) is a rise of about 117 percent, and from $512,500 in 2023 to $310,000 in 2026 (n = 3) is a fall of about 40 percent. Small counts move medians, so we describe the direction and not a precise rate. Since September 29, 2025 the county file shows 3 qualified sales at a median of $310,000, a small sample. The county carries two 2022 sales the MLS did not market, and the MLS carries a December 2025 sale the county's qualified file does not, so we show the two sources separately.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines is the oldest and smallest of five villages at The Vines, with the lowest 12-month median of the five at $272,500 and the third-lowest 60-month median at $427,000, on 14 MLS closings in 60 months. Buyers shopping the community see all five, so your price is read against the ladder.
Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, pulled September 29, 2026; Lee County Property Appraiser recorded sales through July 29, 2026)
| Village | Homes | Regime | Built | MLS closings, 12 months | 12-month median | MLS closings, 60 months | 60-month median | Median heated sq ft (county roll) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Palm Village at The Vines | 80 | Condominium | 1991 to 1995 | 8 | $294,950 | 16 | $315,000 | 1,437 |
| Southwind Village at The Vines | 84 | Condominium | 1995 to 2001 | 6 | $353,750 | 21 | $395,000 | 1,697 |
| Silver Oak Village at The Vines | 64 | Homeowners' association | 1991 to 1998 | 5 | $540,000 | 11 | $610,000 | 2,113 |
| Fairway Bend Village at The Vines | 60 | Homeowners' association | 1991 to 1996 | 2 | $480,000 | 13 | $492,500 | 1,737 |
| Lost Creek Village at The Vines | 48 | Homeowners' association | 1986 to 1989 | 4 | $272,500 | 14 | $427,000 | 2,000 |
Medians are the mean of the middle pair when the count is even, and Lost Creek's 4 closings, Fairway Bend's 2 and Silver Oak's 5 are small samples. Counts and medians for the four sibling villages come from the same September 29, 2026 MLS pull.
A Lost Creek home is the largest per home on the ladder after Silver Oak, at a roll median of 2,000 heated square feet, and it sells near the price of the smaller Grand Palm condominiums. The difference is age and finish. A seller should expect a buyer to hold a Lost Creek price against a 1991 to 1996 Fairway Bend home of similar size and ask what the extra five years of age should cost.
A closing in another village is background, not a comparable. Grand Palm and Southwind are condominiums under Chapter 718, with milestone and reserve rules that do not reach Lost Creek, and Silver Oak's $540,000 12-month median describes a product built 1991 to 1998. Even Fairway Bend, the closest match in structure, has a different age, size mix and roof arrangement. A Fairway Bend sale is a reference point for a buyer, not a line in your valuation.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines is the older, larger-plan and lower-priced of the two attached-home villages: 48 homes built 1986 to 1989 at a $427,000 60-month median, against Fairway Bend Village at The Vines's 60 homes built 1991 to 1996 at $492,500. A Lost Creek seller should expect the buyer to compare both.
Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, pulled September 29, 2026; Lee County Property Appraiser recorded sales through July 29, 2026)
| Question | Lost Creek Village at The Vines | Fairway Bend Village at The Vines |
|---|---|---|
| Homes | 48 | 60 |
| Association | Homeowners' association, Chapter 720 | Homeowners' association, Chapter 720 |
| Built | 1986 to 1989 | 1991 to 1996 |
| Bedrooms on the roll | 24 two-bedroom, 24 three-bedroom | 29 two-bedroom, 31 three-bedroom |
| Median heated area | 2,000 sq ft | 1,737 sq ft |
| MLS, 12 months | 4 closings (small sample), $272,500 median | 2 closings (small sample), $480,000 median |
| MLS, 24 months | 5 closings (small sample), $310,000 median | 6 closings (small sample), $495,750 median |
| MLS, 60 months | 14 closings, $427,000 median | 13 closings, $492,500 median |
| MLS $/sq ft, 60 months | $207.88 | $283.70 |
| Days on market, 60 months | 37.5 median | 16 median |
| Sold-to-list, 60 months | 94.7% | 98.0% |
| For sale on September 29, 2026 | 0 | 5, median list $379,000 |
| County sales since September 29, 2025 | 3, median $310,000 | 4, median $498,500 |
Both sets of medians come from the same September 29, 2026 MLS pull. The Fairway Bend figures are from its own village record, and its 12-month median rests on only two closings.
At 60 months the medians are $427,000 against $492,500, a gap of $65,500, and the price per square foot differs by $75.82. At 24 months the gap widens to $185,750 ($310,000 against $495,750), because Lost Creek's recent closings fell while Fairway Bend's held between $455,000 and $515,000. A buyer who sees that gap will ask the Lost Creek seller what justifies any premium.
A buyer who wants the lowest entry price in the gates, the larger three-bedroom plan of 2,164 to 2,428 heated square feet, a village pool and spa and a smaller association, and who will inspect the roof and air-conditioning of a 1986 to 1989 home. That is the buyer your listing should speak to, and the age of the home belongs in the first line of the description along with what has been replaced.
A buyer who prefers a newer build and a firmer price history: Fairway Bend's closings since 2024 ran from $455,000 to $515,000 and its 60-month median days on market is 16. Fairway Bend also had 5 homes for sale on September 29, 2026 against Lost Creek's none, at a median list price of $379,000, which is the live competition a Lost Creek listing meets in the same search. Fairway Bend's owners have their own Fairway Bend seller guide.
Price against Lost Creek's own closings by plan and let the larger size and the village pool do their work. If a buyer's agent brings Fairway Bend sales to the table, the reply is the size: the county roll puts the median Lost Creek home at 2,000 heated square feet and the median Fairway Bend home at 1,737, and the three-bedroom Lost Creek plan is larger than any Fairway Bend home on the roll. Both villages sit under the same master association and the same club requirement, so the club cost does not separate them.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines pricing starts with the village's own closings by plan, then adjusts for time, condition, roof and air-conditioning age, golf exposure and lease status. With only 14 sales in 60 months the method is a careful read of each one, not a formula, and we show you every step in writing.
The same method, laid out for owners who only want the number, is on our Lost Creek Village at The Vines home valuation guide.
The roll splits the 48 homes exactly in half: 24 two-bedroom homes of 1,689 to 1,835 heated square feet and 24 three-bedroom homes of 2,164 to 2,428. In the MLS record the six smaller-plan sales had a $462,000 median (n = 6, mean of $459,000 and $465,000) and the eight larger-plan sales a $361,250 median (n = 8, mean of $332,500 and $390,000). The split misleads on its own, because five of the six smaller-plan sales closed by September 2024 while four of the five recent closings are the larger plan. Compare a home with homes of its own plan closed in the last 24 months.
Two sizes appear twice in the record. Homes of 1,692 square feet closed in February 2024 at $485,000 after 87 days and in September 2024 at $465,000 after 42 days, and homes of 1,823 square feet closed in November 2022 at $459,000 and in February 2024 at $470,000 after 260 days. The 260 days is the cost of an ask of $499,000 that ran ahead of the market.
The 60-month median is $207.88 per MLS square foot and the 12-month median is $132.96, but individual sales run from $85 to $287. The July 2026 sale at $85 per square foot and the February 2024 sale at about $287 bracket the range, and the eight larger-plan homes sold at a $156.58 median against $254.80 for the six smaller-plan homes. Size alone does not set price here. Condition, timing and the ask matter as much.
The homes date from 1986 to 1989, so the roof, windows, plumbing, electrical and air-conditioning are the items most likely to have been replaced, and each replacement is a selling point with a permit behind it. The Village of Estero's permit records show what has been replaced. We pull the permit history for your address before we set a price and put the dates in the listing file.
The county codes 44 of the 49 mapped parcels as golf-course frontage, and the association places the village between the 10th and 11th and the 16th and 17th holes. Frontage decides views, noise and where a sign can stand. We do not claim a golf premium from the record, because the MLS extract we used carries no golf or water field for these 14 sales, and we say so instead of guessing.
On September 29, 2026 no Lost Creek home was listed. The competition for your buyer is therefore the neighboring villages, including Fairway Bend's 5 listings at a $379,000 median, and we test your number against those too.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines marketing works when the listing answers the buyer's three hard questions in the first screen: what is the monthly and one-time cost including the club, what has been replaced in a 1986 to 1989 home, and what do the rules allow. We answer them in the description, the documents file and the photography order.
Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, pulled September 29, 2026)
The county roll supports three uses of the village: a primary home (50 percent of owners claim a homestead exemption), a seasonal home (44 percent mail their tax bill outside Florida) and a rental, since the association publishes house rules for renters. We describe the home and the rules, not the people who may buy it, and every listing follows the fair housing rules.
Professional photography, drone and cinematic video tell the story of an attached home on the golf course inside a gated community. We show the lot, the village pool and spa, the setting between the fairways and the interior updates that explain your price, and we sequence the photos so the updated rooms come first.
We assemble the village estoppel, the master association's resale documents, the current rules, any architectural approvals, the roof permit and wind mitigation form, and the club's current fee schedule, so a buyer can read them before writing an offer. Florida also requires a disclosure summary for a sale in a mandatory association, and we address it in the contract.
The MLS syndicates the listing widely, and our own buyer database and our Lost Creek Village at The Vines buyer guide reach the buyers already asking about this village. For people who want the surrounding market, our Lost Creek Village at The Vines neighborhood guide is the page we point them to.
The Vines' main gate on US 41 is staffed 24 hours, and security will not accept packages or forward keys to guests, which affects lockbox showings. We arrange gate access for showing agents in advance, because a buyer who waits at a gate has started with a small irritation.
When a sale needs to stay quiet, we can market directly to our buyer database before, or instead of, a public launch. Less exposure can mean a lower price, and we show you both scenarios with numbers before you choose.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines contracts turn on four items a seller can plan for: the price against the last closings, who delivers the disclosure summary before the buyer signs, the club membership and estoppel timeline, and the buyer's inspection and insurance results. Jesse or Marc negotiates each of them personally, not an assistant.
When an offer comes in, the principal reads it, calls the buyer's agent and explains the reasoning to you before any counter goes out. In a village with four closings a year, each counter is worth thinking about slowly.
Under Section 720.401 a buyer who was not given the disclosure summary before signing can cancel within 3 days after receiving it, or before closing, whichever comes first, and that right cannot be waived. We hand it over with the first offer so the window never becomes a surprise.
A 1986 to 1989 home will draw a roof and air-conditioning conversation. We prefer to answer with dates, permits and a wind mitigation report in hand, and to settle the result with a credit or a repair scope rather than a price cut where the numbers support it.
A buyer's insurance quote can arrive late and high for an older roof. We ask buyers to start the quote in the first week and we keep the wind mitigation form and roof permit in the file. Florida Statutes 627.0629 requires insurers to offer discounts for verified wind-resistant features, so the paperwork is money.
Section 8.28 of the master declaration requires a recorded certificate of compliance for an effective deed, so the club sits in the closing. We start the buyer's membership application in the first days of a contract and write the closing date around the estoppel's 10 business days, not around a wish.
A credit for a roof or an air-conditioning unit leaves the recorded sale price, and the village's next comparable, higher. Where the buyer's lender allows it, we prefer to negotiate a credit.
Selling? Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072. Buying? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and read how we represent buyers.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines sellers in Lee County customarily pay the deed's documentary stamp tax at $0.70 per $100 and the owner's title policy, plus the estoppel and the agent's fee, which is negotiable. On a $272,500 sale the three fixed items total $3,644.00. The contract controls who pays what.
The rate is $0.70 per $100 of price, rounded up to the next full $100 under Florida Statutes 201.02 and the Florida Department of Revenue's method. At $272,500 that is 2,725 units and $1,907.50, and at $427,000 it is $2,989.00.
Florida sets the owner's policy premium by rule: $5.75 per $1,000 up to $100,000 and $5.00 per $1,000 from $100,000 to $1 million. In Lee County the seller customarily selects the closing agent and pays for the owner's policy, which at $272,500 is about $1,437.50. Nothing in the statutes decides it, and the contract controls.
Section 720.30851 requires the association to issue an estoppel certificate within 10 business days of a written request, and an association that misses the deadline may not charge for it. The statute text caps the fee at $250 for a current account, with an extra $100 for delivery within 3 business days and $150 for a delinquent account, adjusted for inflation every five years. Our shared cost research puts the currently indexed figures at $299, $119 and $179, so we use $299 in the tables below and ask the manager for the figure in effect. The certificate is effective for 30 days if hand delivered or sent by electronic means and 35 days if mailed.
A buyer closes with the Estero Country Club membership certificate that Section 8.28 of the master declaration requires, and pays whatever the village estoppel lists as a capital contribution or transfer fee. We do not state a village transfer fee, because none is published, and the club publishes none. Ask both in writing before you list, and tell your buyer the answer.
Florida property taxes are paid in arrears, so at a closing the seller credits the buyer for the days of the year the seller owned the home. The annual solid-waste assessment is billed on the tax bill and prorates the same way. We do not state a property tax bill for a Lost Creek home, because assessed values and exemptions differ by home, and the Lee County Tax Collector's site shows the current bill for any address. The county's median 2026 assessed value for the village is $230,330, a tax-roll figure and not a sale price.
Commissions are negotiable and set by agreement, not by rule. Since August 17, 2024 an offer of compensation to a buyer's agent cannot be advertised on the MLS, and a buyer's agent needs a written agreement with the buyer before touring a home. A seller may still offer to contribute, off the MLS, and we explain each choice in the first meeting.
| Sale price | Documentary stamps | Owner's title policy | Estoppel cap used | Total of the three |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $185,000 | $1,295.00 | $1,000.00 | $299 | $2,594.00 |
| $235,000 | $1,645.00 | $1,250.00 | $299 | $3,194.00 |
| $272,500 | $1,907.50 | $1,437.50 | $299 | $3,644.00 |
| $310,000 | $2,170.00 | $1,625.00 | $299 | $4,094.00 |
| $390,000 | $2,730.00 | $2,025.00 | $299 | $5,054.00 |
| $427,000 | $2,989.00 | $2,210.00 | $299 | $5,498.00 |
The six prices are the low and high of the last 12 months' closings, two recent closings, the 12-month median and the 60-month median. Title premiums use the rule's schedule and may vary a little with rounding and credits.
| Line | Estimate | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Sale price | $272,500 | The 12-month median |
| Listing commission (example 2.75%) | $7,493.75 | Negotiated, not a rule |
| Buyer-agent compensation, if offered (example 2.5%) | $6,812.50 | Optional, off the MLS |
| Documentary stamps | $1,907.50 | 2,725 units at $0.70 |
| Owner's title policy | $1,437.50 | Promulgated schedule |
| Title search and closing fee (estimate) | $1,200 | Varies by title company |
| Municipal lien search (estimate) | $175 | Varies |
| Estoppel (cap used) | $299 | Section 720.30851 |
| Total without a buyer-agent offer | $12,512.75 | 4.59% of price |
| Net before payoff and prorations | $259,987.25 | |
| Total with a 2.5% buyer-agent offer | $19,325.25 | 7.09% of price |
| Net before payoff and prorations | $253,174.75 |
At the August 2026 price of $390,000 the same assumptions give $17,154.00 in costs without a buyer-agent offer (4.40 percent) and a net before payoff of $372,846.00, or $26,904.00 (6.90 percent) and $363,096.00 with a 2.5 percent offer. The sheet leaves out any mortgage payoff, the property tax and assessment prorations and any concession. It is an illustration built from the cost figures above and from our shared cost-of-selling research, not a quote. The written valuation we prepare for you replaces the estimates with your actual numbers.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines sellers owe three written disclosures before the buyer signs: the Section 720.401 homeowners' association disclosure summary, the Section 689.261 property tax disclosure and the Section 689.302 flood disclosure, plus the common-law duty to disclose known material defects. The village is a Chapter 720 association, so the condominium rules do not apply.
Section 720.401 requires a prospective parcel owner to be presented a disclosure summary before executing the contract for sale, and on a resale the parcel owner supplies it. The contract must carry a conspicuous clause that makes it voidable if the summary was not provided first: the buyer may cancel by written notice within 3 days after receiving the summary or before closing, whichever comes first, the right cannot be waived, and it ends at closing.
Section 720.401(2) excludes associations regulated under Chapters 718, 719, 721 and 723. Two neighboring villages, Grand Palm and Southwind, are condominiums, and a buyer or lender who has read about them may assume the same here. Lost Creek's homes are fee-simple lots under a homeowners' association, and we give your buyer's lender and insurer that explanation in writing. This page is information, not legal advice, and your closing agent or attorney has the final word on your contract.
We have not read the Lost Creek village declaration, which is a recorded instrument at the Lee County Clerk of Court and is not posted on the association's website. We therefore do not say whether it restates the disclosure duty or sets a resale transfer fee. The estoppel form's statutory questions ask about capital contributions, transfer fees and resale fees, so the estoppel is the document that answers it. We hold any contested figure and never guess it.
Section 689.261 requires a prospective purchaser of residential property to be presented a property tax disclosure summary at or before execution of the contract. It tells the buyer not to rely on the seller's current taxes, because a change of ownership or improvements can trigger a reassessment. The seller provides it unless the contract includes it.
A seller of residential property must give the flood disclosure at or before the time the contract is executed. It notes that homeowners' insurance does not cover flood damage and asks whether the seller knows of prior flooding, has filed a flood insurance claim or has received flood assistance. Answer it accurately and keep a copy. FEMA maps the Lost Creek buildings we tested as Zone X, but the form asks about your experience, not the map.
Under Johnson v. Davis, 480 So. 2d 625 (Fla. 1985), a seller who knows of facts that materially affect a home's value, that a buyer cannot readily observe and does not know, must disclose them. An "as is" contract does not remove that duty. We recommend a written seller's property disclosure that lists what you know about the roof, the air-conditioning, past leaks and any unpermitted work.
A Lost Creek Village at The Vines buyer pays at least two association assessments, neither published, plus the Estero Country Club joining cost of $15,000 and about $6,406 a year on the cheapest tier for one member, plus insurance and property tax. Knowing that stack lets you price the home against the whole cost, not only the price.
Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, pulled September 29, 2026; Lee County Property Appraiser recorded sales through July 29, 2026)
| Layer | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Village association assessment | Not published | Estoppel from the village manager |
| Master Vines Community Association assessment | Not published | Estoppel from the manager |
| Club joining cost, Social tier | $15,000 ($3,000 membership contribution plus $12,000 capital fee) | Club 2026 to 2027 schedule dated May 4, 2026, as read for our hub |
| Club annual dues, Social tier | $4,353 a year, plus a $109 monthly clubhouse assessment through June 2027 and a $10 monthly hurricane reserve: $5,781 a year | Same schedule |
| Club food and beverage minimum | $625 for one member, $1,250 for two or more | Same schedule |
| Annual club cost for one Social member | $6,406 | Sum of the lines above |
| Community development district | None on the roll | County roll shows no CDD |
The club's schedule file returned a not-found error when we tried it on September 30, 2026, so the figures are as read for our hub research from the schedule dated May 4, 2026, and a buyer should confirm the current schedule with the club before relying on them.
At the 12-month median of $272,500 the $15,000 joining cost is 5.5 percent of the price in cash at closing, and $6,406 a year is 2.4 percent of that price. At $390,000 the joining cost is 3.8 percent and the annual cost 1.6 percent. At $185,000 they are 8.1 and 3.5 percent. A lower price does not mean a lower cost of ownership, and buyers who understand that early negotiate harder and more realistically.
A buyer's property tax bill is set on the buyer's own assessment after a change of ownership, not on yours. That is the reason for the Section 689.261 summary, and it is why we tell buyers to use the county's figures and not the seller's bill.
Every buyer of a Lost Creek Village at The Vines home must join Estero Country Club, because section 8.28 of the master declaration makes membership a use restriction incident to ownership, so your sale depends on the buyer completing it. Golf is not required, and owners who held title before 2011 are grandfathered.
The certificate of amendment, adopted at a members' meeting on February 28, 2011, adds section 8.28 to the master declaration. Its operative sentence says a person or entity obtaining title to a lot is required, as a use restriction incident to ownership, to become a member of Estero Country Club. It names corporations, partnerships and trusts, so buying through an entity does not avoid it.
Section 8.28 also requires a recorded certificate of compliance for an effective deed, so the association and the club both sit in a Lost Creek closing. A buyer who learns of the obligation late does one of three things: renegotiates, extends or walks. We hand the club's own schedule to buyers at the first showing so the cost is in the price conversation from day one.
Whether a seller's own membership contribution is refunded, conveyed or extinguished on a resale is not published, and neither is the club's transfer fee. Both decide what a seller nets, and both are questions for the club's membership office, in writing. We will ask on your behalf and put the answer in the listing file, and we will not state a number the club has not given us.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines has a favorable flood profile and an age question: FEMA maps the tested buildings as Zone X, with ground elevations of 14.3 to 15.9 feet, while the 1986 to 1989 build puts roof age and wind mitigation at the center of a buyer's insurance quote. Put both in your listing file.
Our earlier research tested every building footprint at The Vines against FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer. Of 49 Lost Creek building footprints, 33 fall in the 0.2 percent annual chance area and 16 in the minimal hazard area, on panel 12071C0579G effective November 17, 2022, with no Special Flood Hazard Area, no base flood elevation and no Letter of Map Revision. That is a map reading, not a survey, and FEMA's Map Service Center will give the reading for any address.
A federally backed mortgage requires flood insurance inside a Special Flood Hazard Area, which means Zones A and V. Zone X is outside it, so a lender does not require flood insurance on the map alone, although any lender or insurer may and any owner can buy it. All Vines buildings sit in Lee County evacuation Zone B, which is a separate designation, so the listing should give both.
Roof age, roof-to-wall connection and opening protection decide insurance credits more in a 1986 to 1989 home than in a later one. Florida's uniform mitigation verification form scores roof covering, deck attachment, roof-to-wall connection, roof geometry, secondary water resistance and opening protection, is valid for five years without material change and was revised effective April 1, 2026. The village association's roof responsibility is not published, so we ask the manager who owns the roof of a four-home building and put the answer in the file.
The county's ground elevations for the Lost Creek buildings run from 14.3 to 15.9 feet NAVD88, about three feet above the nearest U.S. Geological Survey high-water mark from Hurricane Ian, 1.19 miles away, which crested at 11.1 feet. Those are community measurements, and they do not say what happened to a specific home. If you filed a flood claim or received assistance, the Section 689.302 form asks, and you answer it.
The FEMA zone and panel, the roof's age and permit, a current wind mitigation form, the air-conditioning date and permit, the insurance history you are comfortable sharing and any elevation certificate. A buyer who gets those on day one can price the insurance before the inspection.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines rules that change who can buy and how: the club membership, a leasing picture that is only partly published, pet rules from the master, signage limits that bar golf-side realtor signs, and exterior changes that may need approval. Each shapes your buyer pool, so we build them into the price and the description.
The village publishes renters' rules, so renting appears to be permitted, but its minimum lease, frequency limit and approval process are not published. The master's written leasing limits, two leases in 12 months and board approval 30 days before occupancy, are headed as applying to single-family homes on Vintage Trace Circle only. A gate barcode goes to a lessee only with a lease longer than 45 days, and the master use restriction bars time-share, transient and public-lodging use, so a short-term rental is not an option to market.
The master allows dogs, cats and birds, requires a leash or carrying outside the home and bans dog runs. The renters' rules add that dogs never go on the golf course. The village publishes no count, weight or breed limit, and our hub found no breed restriction anywhere in The Vines.
The 2026 signage standards set a black-and-white panel of 18 by 16 inches, a 30-inch maximum height with the post and at most four lines. The January 2026 board motion bars realtor signs on the golf-course side, so we plan the street-side sign and lean on the MLS.
The master rules require an architectural form and prior approval for exterior changes to homes on Vintage Trace Circle and say guidelines for other associations are on the applicable association's website. Lost Creek's page carries none, so before you list we ask the manager whether past exterior changes needed village approval, master approval or both.
Whether the village board must approve a sale is one of the statutory estoppel questions, so the answer is written into every estoppel. We do not assume an approval requirement exists at Lost Creek, and we do not assume it does not.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines homes in the last 12 months took a median of 123 days on market to close, against 37.5 over 60 months, with individual sales from 0 to 367 days. Add the estoppel's 10 business days and the club's membership step, and the paperwork sets the contract clock as much as the market.
Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, pulled September 29, 2026)
Of the 14 closings, two each fell in February, July, August, November and December, and one each in January, April, June and September, with none in March, May or October. With only 14 sales that is a pattern to note, not a rule.
Six of the 14 sold in 21 days or fewer (0, 3, 4, 6, 19 and 21 days), all in 2022 and 2023. Four took more than 150 days: 165 (the July 2026 sale), 224, 260 and 367. The fast ones sold at or near list; the slow ones closed at 83 to 94 percent of list.
Week one: valuation, documents file, photography. Week two: listing goes live. Weeks three to six: showings, offers and the disclosure summary. From contract: the buyer starts the club membership step and the estoppel is ordered on the first day. Closing follows the certificate and the estoppel, which run on their own clocks.
About 44 percent of Lost Creek owners mail their tax bill outside Florida. If you live elsewhere for part or all of the year, Marc coordinates showings, inspections and walk-throughs, and closings can be done with a power of attorney or remotely, so a seller does not need to fly down.
A Lost Creek Village at The Vines home sells best when it is prepared for the buyer who is actually coming: a documents file, a clean inspection profile for a 1986 to 1989 home, and a listing that answers the association and club questions first. Do the work an inspector will flag and the work a buyer sees first.
Fix what an inspector will flag, refresh what a buyer sees first, and hold the remodel. The July and August 2026 closings, $205,000 apart on homes of the same size, show that condition and presentation move price more than anything else in the record, but we do not recommend a renovation without checking it against the closings at your plan and size.
Selling? Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072 or request a free home valuation. Buying? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873.
Stage the home for the way it will be used: an attached home on the golf course inside a gated community, with a village pool and spa. Show the light, the golf-course setting and the rooms that have been updated, and keep the pool deck and the garage in the photographs.
A Lost Creek Village at The Vines listing should say what is true and checkable: an attached home of 1,689 to 2,428 heated square feet in a 1986 to 1989 four-home building, with the village pool and spa and club access at the buyer's tier. Do not claim what the documents do not.
The association describes two floor-plan types, townhouse and villa style, in groups of four, with a community pool and spa open dawn to dusk and neighbors who hold pot-luck gatherings and pool parties. Estero Country Club, a separate corporation, offers an 18-hole par 72 Gordon Lewis course, Har-Tru tennis, pickleball, bocce, a fitness center and five dining venues at the buyer's membership tier.
Coconut Point is about ten minutes from the gate, the Publix at Grand Bay Plaza about six, and Southwest Florida International Airport about 25. The Lee Health Coconut Point emergency department is about 11 minutes away. These are approximate free-flow drive times from our earlier research, and none includes a minute at the gate.
Say "homeowners' association" and never "condominium." Say "gated community with a required country club membership" and not "golf community" without the membership line. Do not promise rental income, because the master bars transient use. Do not name a builder unless you hold a recorded document that names one: we found none in the public record, and listing sites that name builders are not a source we use.
Two Lost Creek Village at The Vines closings 28 days apart in 2026 teach the most: a 2,169 square foot three-bedroom-plus-den home closed at $185,000 after 165 days, and a 2,168 square foot home of the same type closed at $390,000 after 33 days. They are public-record sales.
Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, pulled September 29, 2026)
These two sales are useful because the MLS reports almost the same size and the same bedroom count, and the price differs by $205,000.
In July 2026 the home closed at $185,000 against a final list of $209,000, which is 88.5 percent of list, after 165 days. Twenty-eight days later, in August, the other closed at $390,000 against $429,000, which is 90.9 percent, in 33 days. The record does not say why, and we will not guess: condition, updates, position on the course, the roof and the paperwork are the questions a seller's agent answers home by home. It is the clearest reason not to price a Lost Creek home from the village median.
For the buyer, a $185,000 purchase also carried the club membership certificate, whose cheapest tier costs $15,000 to join and about $6,406 a year on the published lines, which is 8.1 percent of that price in cash at closing. For the seller, fixed costs at $185,000 are $2,594.00 (stamps of $1,295.00, the owner's policy at about $1,000.00 and the estoppel cap of $299), and at $390,000 they are $5,054.00.
The $185,000 closing is the lowest in 60 months and the $525,000 closing of August 2023 the highest, but the two 2026 sales are the ones that matter for a seller today, and a seller with a recently updated home should not price off the lower one.
If you want to know where your home sits, call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072 or request a free home valuation. If you are a buyer looking in the village, call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and read how we represent buyers in Southwest Florida.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines owners get a free valuation by requesting one online or calling Jesse McGreevy direct at (239) 898-6072. It is a written opinion of value built from the village's own closed sales in your plan and size range, with no cost and no obligation, from the Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008.
Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, pulled September 29, 2026)
You receive the recent closed sales that fit your home with dates and days on market, a per-square-foot check on MLS living area, the live competition with price histories, your home's position among the 14 sales with the reasons, the fee stack your buyer will underwrite and a recommended list price with a defensible range. Request it through our McGreevy and Comisar valuation form, or see how the pricing works on our Lost Creek Village at The Vines home valuation guide.
In a village where a same-size home sold for $185,000 in July 2026 and $390,000 in August, the ask decides the sale. We would rather you see the evidence and the number before you commit to anything, and many Lost Creek owners use the valuation to decide whether to sell this season or next.
Call Jesse McGreevy direct at (239) 898-6072 or email [email protected]. Call Marc Comisar at (239) 287-5873. The office is at 24031 S Tamiami Trl #101, Bonita Springs, FL 34134. Bring your address, your timeline and the one thing you are most worried about, and you will get a straight answer.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines sellers get the strongest results by listing with McGreevy and Comisar of Domain Realty, the #1 team in Southwest Florida since 2012, because a 48-home village with four closings a year rewards a price set from every recorded sale and a documents file ready on day one.
Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, pulled September 29, 2026)
If you are searching for a Lost Creek Village at The Vines listing agent, or thinking, "I need to sell my home in Lost Creek Village at The Vines," here is the short version of everything above. We place your home among the village's 14 recorded sales by plan, size, date and condition. We build the documents file before the first showing. We market to the buyers who actually buy here, and we negotiate every offer ourselves, through the disclosure window, the club certificate and the closing table. In the last 12 months we tracked every one of the 4 Lost Creek closings in the MLS, and all 14 on record since June 2022.
Listing-team credentials:
Start with our free home valuation. We follow up with a written comparable set from the MLS record and current listings. Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072, text or call. Confidential conversations welcome.
Buying instead? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873, read our Lost Creek Village at The Vines buyer guide, and see how we represent buyers in Southwest Florida.
Possibly. Five of the 14 closings fell in November, December and January, and the 2022 sales that closed in November and December took 3 to 21 days, but the sample is too small to call a season. A home that is photographed, documented and live before the snowbird season meets the first buyers on the first tour.
No. The 2,521 square foot home that sold in July 2025 closed at $332,500, about $132 per square foot, while a 1,692 square foot home closed at $485,000 in February 2024, about $287. Plan, condition, updates and the timing of the sale matter as much as size.
Read the closed sales in your plan and compare your list price with them. A 1,823 square foot home listed at $499,000 sold at $470,000 after 260 days, while a home of the same size listed at $459,000 in 2022 sold at its list price in 6 days. Reprice to the right rung, complete the documents file and refresh the photos before you assume the market is the problem.
We recommend it. A Lost Creek seller owes the Section 720.401 disclosure summary before the buyer signs, and the estoppel takes up to 10 business days, so ordering at listing starts the buyer's review on day one.
Yes. An estate, a health change or a tenant in place is often better handled through direct outreach to our own buyer database before, or instead of, a public launch. Less exposure can mean a lower price, and we show you both scenarios with numbers.
Ask each team for its comparable set for your plan, its plan for the estoppel and the club certificate, and who will personally negotiate your offer. Then ask how it handles the difference between a Chapter 720 association and a condominium, because two of the five villages at The Vines are condominiums and three are not.
McGreevy and Comisar is a top-reviewed Lost Creek Village at The Vines realtor, and the quotes below are genuine five-star Google reviews from sellers, reproduced in each reviewer's own words. We publish no aggregate score and no rating widget. Read the full set on our Google profile.
★★★★★ "Jesse was very professional, helpful and kept in touch with ideas and suggestions which developed into a sale. Highly recommend his company for their excellent follow through." Verified Google review
Selling a home in a small village is a run of steps that each need someone to follow through: the estoppel, the club, the buyer's inspection, the closing table. A reviewer who praises follow through is describing the part of the job a listing agreement does not mention.
★★★★★ "Marc made an extremely stressful time of selling my parents' house easier because of his expertise, compassion, and diligence. I cannot thank him enough and I would recommend him without reservation." Verified Google review
In a village where the slowest sale took 367 days, an estate sale on a timeline needs a plan for the documents as much as for the price.
★★★★★ "Marc and Jesse were amazing to work with AGAIN! We just sold our 3rd home with them and couldn't have been happier! If we ever move again we'll always call Jesse and Marc!" Verified Google review
A Lost Creek Village at The Vines specialist matters because the village's sale depends on things a generalist may not know: its own 14 closings, the two-speed price record, the Chapter 720 status, the club membership every buyer must take up and the golf-side sign limit. Jesse and Marc read each of those before your first meeting.
Jesse has been in Southwest Florida real estate since October 2004, is a Sales Associate with Domain Realty (license SL3101296), and runs the pricing, data and paperwork side of every listing. Reach him at (239) 898-6072. His agent page is Jesse McGreevy.
Marc is a Broker Associate with Domain Realty (license BK3060671) and runs the field side: showings, buyer-agent conversations and inspections. Reach him at (239) 287-5873. His agent page is Marc Comisar.
McGreevy and Comisar are Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, the #1 Team in Southwest Florida since 2012, and lead Domain Realty Group, whose team has sold over $2.5 billion in real estate. Those are career figures across Lee and Collier counties.
Three things: the village's own 14 sales (a generalist reaches for The Vines median), the fact that Lost Creek, Fairway Bend and the three other villages are different places with different associations and different regimes, and the club membership that adds a cost and a step to every closing.
Owners in the neighboring Fairway Bend village and owners elsewhere in the community have their own seller guides, linked at the top of this page.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines sellers who are also buying can run both transactions with the same team: we time the sale and the purchase, coordinate two closings and keep the estoppel and the club certificate on their clocks. Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and read how we represent buyers in Southwest Florida.
The estoppel and the club certificate are the two documents that move a Lost Creek closing date. When you are also buying, we schedule them first so the two closings can sit on the same week.
If you are moving from Lost Creek to another village inside The Vines, each village has its own association and its own estoppel, and whether a club membership can move with you is a question for the club, which we ask in writing. Our Lost Creek Village at The Vines buyer guide covers the buyer's side of this village, and our buy a home in The Vines guide covers the rest of the community.
For a purchase outside the gates, our Estero buyer guide covers the village's neighborhoods and the closing costs of the buying side.
These are the questions sellers ask most about selling a home in Lost Creek Village at The Vines in Estero, from pricing to the club membership and the estoppel, answered from the records cited below. Each answer names the village, and where a record is not public, the answer says so.
Price it against the village's own closings by plan and date. Fourteen MLS closings in 60 months had a $427,000 median, and 4 in the last 12 months had a $272,500 median, a small sample. A free home valuation applies those to your home.
The 60-month median is $207.88 per MLS square foot and the 12-month median is $132.96. The range is wide, from $85 to $287, because plan, condition, size and timing all matter, and we never compare MLS square feet with the county's heated area.
The MLS shows 4 closings in the 12 months to September 29, 2026 and 3 so far in calendar 2026. The county recorded 1 qualified sale in 2025 and 3 in 2026 through July 29.
The 12-month median is 123 days and the 60-month median is 37.5. Individual sales ranged from 0 to 367 days, so price to the recent closings and not the fastest ones.
The recent record argues against it. All five closings since July 2025 sold below list, at a median 88.8 percent of the final list price after a median 165 days, while homes priced near the market in 2022 sold within days.
You do not need permission to list, but whether the village board must approve a sale is one of the statutory estoppel questions, so the estoppel answers it. Your buyer also needs the Estero Country Club membership certificate for an effective deed.
The statute text caps a current-account estoppel at $250, with extra amounts for delivery within 3 business days ($100) and a delinquent account ($150), adjusted for inflation every five years. Our shared cost research shows $299, $119 and $179 as indexed. Ask the manager for the figure in effect.
The association has 10 business days to issue it after a written request, and an association that misses the deadline may not charge for it. The certificate is effective for 30 days if delivered electronically or by hand and 35 if mailed.
The contract controls. In Lee County the seller customarily pays the owner's title policy and the documentary stamp tax on the deed at $0.70 per $100, which is $1,907.50 on a $272,500 sale.
The village estoppel, the master association's resale documents and rules, the club's current fee schedule, the roof and air-conditioning permits, a current wind mitigation form and the Section 720.401 disclosure summary for the contract. The village's declaration is a recorded instrument the manager can supply.
The village and the master publish no figure, and the club publishes no transfer fee. The estoppel form asks whether a capital contribution, resale fee or transfer fee is due, so the estoppel states the answer. Do not quote a number until you have it.
Yes. Section 8.28 of the master declaration makes club membership a use restriction incident to ownership for anyone who took title after 2011, and a recorded certificate of compliance is part of an effective deed. The buyer chooses the tier, and golf is not required.
The cheapest tier published in the schedule we read, Social, is $15,000 to join and $4,353 a year in dues, plus a $109 monthly clubhouse assessment through June 2027, a $10 monthly hurricane reserve and a food and beverage minimum, about $6,406 a year for one member. Confirm with the club.
It affects what buyers can pay. At a $272,500 price the $15,000 joining cost is 5.5 percent of the price in cash at closing, so buyers price the home against the whole cost and not the list price alone.
Yes, but an investor buys into a leasing picture that is only partly published and a master use restriction that bars transient use. A gate barcode needs a lease longer than 45 days. That narrows the pool, so we list for owner-occupants and seasonal residents as well.
Generally yes, subject to the lease and the association's rules. The buyer takes the lease, the club's rules for tenants are not published, and a lease shorter than 45 days does not earn a gate barcode.
Unlikely to hurt. FEMA maps the tested buildings as Zone X, on panel 12071C0579G effective November 17, 2022, so a lender does not require flood insurance on the map alone. Have your address's exact zone ready, and answer the Section 689.302 flood disclosure accurately.
Yes, because the homes date from 1986 to 1989 and insurers look at roof age. The village's roof responsibility is not published, so ask the manager who owns the roof, and keep the roof permit and a current wind mitigation form in the file.
Usually. Florida's uniform mitigation form scores roof covering, deck attachment, roof-to-wall connection and opening protection, and Florida Statutes 627.0629 requires insurers to give discounts for verified features. A current form lets your buyer's insurer price the home before the inspection.
There is no condominium milestone inspection, structural reserve study or building-wide condominium approval, because Lost Creek is a Chapter 720 homeowners' association of fee-simple homes in four-home buildings. A buyer's lender does not need a condominium project approval, in our reading.
Few comparable sales, a two-speed price record, the club's joining cost, unpublished association fees, the golf-side sign ban and the age of the homes. All are manageable with a clear price and complete documents.
A January 2026 board motion bars realtor signs on the golf-course side, and 44 of the 49 mapped parcels are golf-course frontage. We plan the street-side sign within the 2026 standards and lean on the MLS and our buyer database.
We do not predict prices. The facts are 4 closings in 12 months, none active on September 29, 2026 and a 2026 median of $310,000. A free home valuation shows where your home sits today.
Do not. Fairway Bend Village at The Vines is a separate village with a $492,500 60-month median and newer homes. Use Lost Creek's own sales, and treat Fairway Bend as what your buyer is also looking at.
Four closed from June to December at a $427,000 median and a 5-day median on market, at a 100.0 percent median of list. The range was $290,000 to $499,000.
Two closed, at $235,000 and $332,500, a $283,750 median after a 295.5-day median on market and 87.9 percent of list. The July sale followed nearly ten months with no MLS closing.
Three closings to September 29, 2026 ran from $185,000 to $390,000 with a $310,000 median, an 81-day median and 88.8 percent of list. The two summer sales were 28 days apart and $205,000 apart.
Yes. The county's file carries two 2022 sales the MLS did not market, and it runs back to 1988. It ends July 29, 2026, so a recorded sale after that date is not in the county figures.
They show the deed price and date, which we compare with MLS records. They do not show condition, so we use them as a check and never as a substitute. The 1988 row of $21,732,200 is a multi-parcel transfer and is excluded from every reading.
You may, but the paperwork here is heavier than at most single-family neighborhoods: the disclosure summary, the estoppel, the club certificate and two associations. Each has deadlines, and a missed one moves a closing.
Property tax is prorated at closing, with the seller giving the buyer a credit for the days the seller owned the home. Tax on any gain is a question for a tax adviser, and the Internal Revenue Service publishes guidance on selling a home in Topic 701.
Commission is negotiable and set by agreement between seller and agent, and since August 17, 2024 an offer of buyer-agent compensation cannot be advertised on the MLS. We explain our fee in the first meeting.
Yes. We handle discreet sales when a seller needs one, including limited marketing and buyer-database outreach.
It is the Section 720.401 homeowners' association summary. The seller supplies it before the buyer signs, and a buyer who did not get it first can cancel within 3 days after receiving it or before closing, whichever comes first.
Yes. Section 689.302 requires a written flood disclosure at or before contract, asking about known flood damage, flood insurance claims and flood assistance. Answer it accurately and keep a copy.
Treat it as not permitted. The master use restriction bars time-share, transient and public-lodging use, and stays under 45 days do not earn a gate barcode. A buyer planning any stay shorter than a month should have it confirmed in writing.
No. Our hub read the master governing documents and found no age restriction, and the village publishes none. Buyers of any age can buy, subject to the association's rules, and we describe the home, never who should live there.
The county roll lists 48 residential parcels, 24 two-bedroom homes of 1,689 to 1,835 heated square feet and 24 three-bedroom homes of 2,164 to 2,428, with a roll median of 2,000. Year built is 1986 for 24 homes, 1988 for 4 and 1989 for 20.
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If you are thinking about selling here, the work begins well before the listing goes live. It begins with the plan and size of your home and where it sits among the 14 recorded closings. It begins with the estoppel, the master association documents and the club certificate. It begins with a cost stack stated in one line and a roof and flood file that puts dates and the FEMA panel number side by side. In the last 12 months we tracked all 4 closings, and as the leaders of Domain Realty Group our team has closed over $2.5 billion in real estate doing exactly this kind of preparation across Southwest Florida.
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Selling in Lost Creek Village at The Vines? Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072 or request a free home valuation. Buying? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and read how we represent buyers in Southwest Florida.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines facts on this page rest on primary sources: the Vines Community Association and Estero Country Club documents, Florida statutes and state records, Lee County and Village of Estero records, FEMA and federal sources, and our own MLS pull. Parcel and sale facts come from the county roll and the MLS. No brokerage or listing portal is cited. Sources were accessed on September 30, 2026 unless dated.
Lost Creek Village at The Vines' key documents are published by the Vines Community Association, Lee County, Florida and the federal government; the table links each to its issuing authority. The village's own declaration is a recorded instrument at the Lee County Clerk of Court, and the village estoppel comes from its manager.
| Document | Issued by | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Creek Village renters' rules | Lost Creek Village association | undated | Renters' rules, PDF |
| Rules and regulations | Vines Community Association | approved July 29, 2024 | Rules and regulations, PDF |
| 2026 real estate signage standards | Vines Community Association | January 23, 2026 | Signage standards, PDF |
| Declaration | Vines Community Association | as posted | Declaration, PDF |
| Bylaws | Vines Community Association | as posted | Bylaws, PDF |
| Certificate of amendment | Vines Community Association | 2011 | Certificate of amendment, PDF |
| 2024 hurricane resident guide | Vines Community Association | 2024 | Resident guide, PDF |
| Zoning Resolution Z-89-097 | Lee County | December 11, 1989 | Resolution, PDF |
| Uniform mitigation verification form changes | Citizens Property Insurance | March 19, 2026 | Form changes |
| Hurricane Ian Tropical Cyclone Report | National Hurricane Center | 2022 | Ian report, PDF |
Market data from Southwest Florida MLS, pulled September 29, 2026. Brokered by Domain Realty.