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What's Your Vanderbilt Country Club Estate Home Worth?

What's Your Vanderbilt Country Club Estate Home Worth?

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

Why Sell Your Estate Home at Vanderbilt Country Club With McGreevy and Comisar?

The Estate Homes at Vanderbilt Country Club are 102 single-family pool homes on the front nine of a North Naples golf club, and the county recorded only 13 qualified resales of them in 36 months. McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, price an Estate Home from Estate sales alone.

This page is written for the owner. The full record of the neighborhood, from the six Worthington floor plans to the flood test at every address, lives in our Estate Homes at Vanderbilt Country Club neighborhood guide, and this seller page sits beside it. Everything below answers one question: how to sell a house on Allendale Court, Northhampton Court or the inner rows of Gleneagle Way for the most money, with the fewest surprises, on a date you choose. Call Jesse McGreevy direct at (239) 898-6072 whenever you want to talk it through.

Sell Your Estate Home With the #1 Team in Southwest Florida Since 2012

Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar have been Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008 and the #1 Team in Southwest Florida since 2012, and they personally run every listing they take: the price, the marketing build, the negotiation and the association paperwork. If you are interviewing listing agents across the city before you choose one, our guide to the best real estate agents in Naples compares the teams on the public record, from reviews to licence history to published production.

The Credentials, Stated Plainly

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

These are career figures across Lee and Collier County. Jesse and Marc alone have over $900 million in sales, and the wider team they lead is Domain Realty Group, which has closed over $2.5 billion in real estate.

Our Record Behind This Page

Domain Realty, our brokerage, closed 658 transaction sides in Naples in the 60 months to October 5, 2026, $521.5 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. We also show you the whole Estate market: every qualified sale the county recorded, every Estate closing on the Southwest Florida MLS in the last year, and each figure’s source, window and count. Where this page walks through a sale in detail, it is a public record sale, labelled as one.

Who Does the Work on Your Listing

You get Jesse and Marc, not a coordinator. Jesse McGreevy runs pricing, data, marketing and the association paperwork; Marc Comisar runs the field, from showings through the Main Gatehouse to inspections and walkthroughs for owners who are out of state. Reach Jesse at (239) 898-6072 or Marc at (239) 287-5873, and read how the partnership works on our about McGreevy and Comisar page.

What Makes Selling an Estate Home at Vanderbilt Country Club Different?

Selling an Estate Home at Vanderbilt Country Club differs from a typical Naples sale in five ways: the county does not label the 102 homes, so every public price tool blends them with the smaller Villa Homes; sales are rare; the buyer pays the club $15,000; two assessments follow the house; and the owner carries the roof.

The County Record Hides Your Comparables

Collier County files all 222 single-family homes at Vanderbilt Country Club on two plats, Plat Book 30 with 105 homes and Plat Book 32 with 117, and neither plat is a product line. The first holds 28 Estate Homes, all of Allendale Court, beside 77 Villa Homes; the second holds 74 Estate Homes, Northhampton Court and the inner Gleneagle Way rows, beside 43 Villa Homes. We separated them parcel by parcel from the county’s own building records, and the method is set out in full in the Estate Homes guide. An automated estimate that starts from the plat name prices a 2,900 square foot Estate Home on a 0.26 acre golf lot against a 1,900 square foot Villa Home, and a seller who accepts that blend gives money away.

Few Estate Homes Come Up for Sale

The county recorded 13 qualified Estate Home resales in the 36 months to August 29, 2026, about 4.2 percent of the neighborhood a year by our arithmetic, and two in the last twelve months. For 29 of the 102 homes, the last qualified sale on the county record is still the builder’s, from 1999 to 2002. That scarcity is the seller’s advantage and the seller’s risk: the buyer who wants an Estate Home has little to choose from, and your sale will very likely become the comparable the next appraiser uses for a year.

Your Buyer Writes a $15,000 Check to the Club

The Resale Capital Contribution is $15,000 on the 2026 fee sheet, or $3,500 for a buyer who already owns inside the gates, and the Master Declaration makes it “the legal and personal obligation of the transferee” (section 5.2.5). Add the $500 New Home Buyer Processing Fee and the $299 estoppel fee. It is your buyer’s money, not yours, but it sits inside every offer your buyer can afford to write, so your list price has to leave room for it.

Two Assessments Follow the House

The $678 Pickleball Project assessment and the Golf Course Replacement Project assessment, $7,895 as a lump sum by July 1, 2027 or $437.50 a quarter from July 2027 to April 2032, both “remain the obligation of any successor owner,” per the fee sheet dated August 20, 2026. Your unpaid balance appears on the estoppel certificate, and whether you pay it at closing or credit it is a negotiation we plan before the first offer arrives.

The Owner Carries the Roof, the Shell and the Insurance

The Estate Home Neighborhood Fee pays for property management and residential landscaping and nothing else. The roof, walls, paint, screen cage, windows and doors are the owner’s under Master Declaration section 6.1.1, and the association “shall not obtain any insurance on behalf of an Owner” (section 13.5). Every Estate Home was built from 1998 to 2002, so the roof permit and the wind mitigation report decide your buyer’s insurance quote, and the insurance quote decides your buyer’s offer.

Is Now a Good Time to Sell an Estate Home at Vanderbilt Country Club?

For a prepared Estate Home priced inside its own recorded band, yes. No Estate Home was listed on the Southwest Florida MLS on September 26, 2026, the county’s 13 Estate resales over 36 months held between $915,000 and $1,250,000, and the two MLS closings of the last year both sold below asking, which tells you where buyers draw the line.

Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, retrieved 26 Sep 2026; Collier County Property Appraiser sales file, 29 Aug 2026)

We tracked every Vanderbilt Country Club closing the Southwest Florida MLS recorded in the twelve months to September 26, 2026, 31 in all, and placed each one in its village by address against the county’s building record before we wrote a figure on this page. Two of the 31 were Estate Homes. We tracked all 13 qualified Estate Home resales the county recorded in the 36 months to August 29, 2026 as well, sale by sale. The MLS files all four home types under one development name, and its community-wide medians describe mostly Wedgewood and Waterford condominiums, so we never quote them as an Estate price.

Every Estate Home MLS Closing in the Last Twelve Months

Two closings cannot carry a market rate, so here they are one by one. Street and month only; we publish no house numbers.

Street

Closed

Final list price

Sold price

Days on market

Sold against final list

MLS living area

Northhampton Court

December 2025

$990,000

$915,000

148

92.4%

2,223 sq ft

Gleneagle Way

May 2026

$1,250,000

$1,100,000

10

88.0%

2,806 sq ft

Window: Southwest Florida MLS, closed September 26, 2025 to September 26, 2026, Estate Homes only, split by address. Two closings, an even count: the median sold price is $1,007,500, the mean of the two and not an observed price; the median days on market is 79 and the median sale-to-list ratio 90.2%, each the mean of the pair. Both are the same two homes as the county’s two qualified Estate deeds of the year.

The Leading Window: 36 Months, 13 Recorded Sales

Our rule is to lead with the first window that holds ten or more sales. For the Estate Homes that is the county’s 36-month recorded record, which holds 13.

Measure

County recorded, qualified, August 30, 2023 to August 29, 2026

Qualified resales

13, on 12 different homes, none from the builder

Median price

$1,100,000 (n = 13, odd: an actual sale)

Range

$915,000 to $1,250,000

Median price per square foot of county house base area

$411.61 (n = 13, odd)

Recorded dollar volume

$14,220,000

Newest qualified Estate sale in the file

May 2026

Source: Collier County Property Appraiser recorded qualified improved sales, 2026 preliminary roll files dated August 29, 2026, with the Estate Homes identified by the county’s building class. The county file carries no days on market and no list price, so the sale-to-list and time-on-market figures on this page come from the MLS alone.

The Wider MLS Windows

A 24, 36 or 60-month Estate-only MLS median, days on market or sale-to-list ratio: 24 months, 6 closings, a $1,077,750 median, a median 43 days on market, 92.05 percent of final list price; 36 months, 9 closings, a $1,100,000 median, a median 32.5 days on market, 92.42 percent of final list price; 60 months, 13 closings, a $1,100,000 median, a median 32.5 days on market, 91.67 percent of final list price (Southwest Florida MLS, Matrix, Development Vanderbilt Country Club, closed September 26, 2021 to September 26, 2026, pulled September 29, 2026, Estate and Villa homes separated by address against the county roll). The county’s recorded sales are the independent multi-year layer, and they are the record an appraiser reads first. The 24-month county window holds 9 Estate sales at a $1,075,000 median (odd, the fifth of nine), and the 60-month window holds 17 at $1,100,000 (odd).

Supply: Zero Estate Listings

On September 26, 2026 the MLS showed eight active listings at Vanderbilt Country Club, about 3.1 months of supply across all four home types, and none was an Estate Home. The one single-family listing, on Preswick Lane at $709,000 with 147 days on market, is a Villa Home of 1,746 MLS square feet on a street that is entirely Villa Homes. An Estate owner who lists this season has no direct competitor on the market the day the listing goes live.

Thinking of Selling Your Estate Home? Start With an Estate-Only Valuation

The Estate Homes at Vanderbilt Country Club had no listing on the Southwest Florida MLS on September 26, 2026, against 13 recorded Estate resales in 36 months at a $1,100,000 median, so the first price you publish is the most important decision of the sale. Request a written opinion of value through our free Estate Home valuation at Vanderbilt Country Club, or call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072. Few Estate Homes come up for sale in any year, so the owner who sells next should call us first. Buying an Estate Home instead? Read our Estate Home buyer guide or how we represent buyers in Southwest Florida, and call Marc at (239) 287-5873.

What Have Estate Homes at Vanderbilt Country Club Sold For Since 2016?

Estate Homes at Vanderbilt Country Club nearly doubled in price between 2020 and 2023 and have held a band of about $915,000 to $1,250,000 since. The county’s 2020 median was $580,000 across six sales; every one of the 17 qualified Estate sales since November 2021 recorded $915,000 or more.

Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, retrieved 26 Sep 2026; Collier County Property Appraiser sales file, 29 Aug 2026)

The Recorded Price Series, Year by Year

Year

Qualified Estate sales

Median

Reading

2016

4

$569,000

even, thin

2017

6

$608,750

even

2018

3

$575,000

thin

2019

1

$523,000

one sale

2020

6

$580,000

even

2021

1

$1,075,000

one sale

2022

1

$1,150,000

one sale

2023

4

$1,200,000

even; middle pair $1,200,000 and $1,200,000

2024

5

$1,075,000

odd

2025

5

$1,100,000

odd

2026, to August 29

1

$1,100,000

one sale

Source: Collier County Property Appraiser recorded qualified improved sales, 2026 preliminary roll files dated August 29, 2026, Estate Homes only. Years with fewer than five sales are a handful of houses, not a market rate.

What the Builder Charged

The first qualified sale of each Estate Home, recorded from 1998 to 2002, gives the builder’s price range: a median of $383,450 across 96 homes, from $295,800 to $532,700, by our reading of the county’s sale file. In calendar 1999 the Estate median was $346,950; in 2001 it was $396,150. The same homes now trade near $1,100,000, and 29 of them have never recorded a resale.

One Deed the County Did Not Count

A deed for $1,450,000 recorded on Northhampton Court in January 2026, the highest price ever recorded on an Estate Home parcel. The Property Appraiser did not flag it as a qualified sale, so the county did not accept it as an arm’s-length market price, and the reason is not published. It is not among the MLS closings of the year. It is excluded from every median on this page, a buyer’s appraiser will exclude it too, and a seller who prices from it is pricing from a number the market never set.

What the County Says an Estate Home Is Worth

The median 2026 preliminary just value of the 102 Estate Homes is $765,750.50 (n = 102, even, the mean of $761,250 and $770,251), from $648,854 to $977,188. That is about 30 percent below the $1,100,000 recorded median, by our arithmetic. A just value is a mass-appraisal figure for taxes, set on a lag. Its use to a seller is ranking homes against each other, never setting a price.

Which Recent Estate Home Sales Matter Most to Your Price?

The Estate Home sales that matter most are the 13 qualified resales Collier County recorded from September 2023 to May 2026, read for street, county house base area, pool and condition. Your buyer’s appraiser will use the same sales, so each one is set out here without house numbers or owner names.

Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, retrieved 26 Sep 2026; Collier County Property Appraiser sales file, 29 Aug 2026)

The 13 Sales of the Leading Window, Line by Line

Recorded

Price

Street

County house base area

Price per base sq ft

Pool on the roll

September 2023

$1,250,000

Northhampton Court

2,978

$419.74

yes

December 2023

$1,200,000

Gleneagle Way

2,574

$466.20

yes

June 2024

$1,150,000

Gleneagle Way

2,806

$409.84

yes

July 2024

$1,250,000

Gleneagle Way

2,456

$508.96

yes

October 2024

$925,000

Gleneagle Way

2,803

$330.00

yes

November 2024

$1,055,000

Northhampton Court

2,485

$424.55

yes

December 2024

$1,075,000

Gleneagle Way

2,960

$363.18

yes

February 2025

$1,100,000

Northhampton Court

2,981

$369.00

yes

May 2025

$950,000

Allendale Court

2,506

$379.09

no

June 2025

$1,100,000

Gleneagle Way

2,527

$435.30

yes

June 2025

$1,150,000

Gleneagle Way (resale of the December 2023 home)

2,574

$446.78

yes

December 2025

$915,000

Northhampton Court

2,223

$411.61

yes

May 2026

$1,100,000

Gleneagle Way

2,806

$392.02

yes

Source: Collier County Property Appraiser recorded qualified improved sales, files dated August 29, 2026. Price per square foot is our division of the recorded price by the county’s base area for the house alone, excluding pool, cage and decks; it is never compared with MLS living area.

By Street: Gleneagle Way, Northhampton Court, Allendale Court

Gleneagle Way carried 8 of the 13 sales, at a median of $1,125,000 (n = 8, even, the mean of $1,100,000 and $1,150,000, by our arithmetic). Northhampton Court carried 4, at a median of $1,077,500 (n = 4, even, the mean of $1,055,000 and $1,100,000). Allendale Court, the oldest Estate street and 28 homes, recorded one sale in five years, $950,000, on the only Estate home in the window without a pool on the roll. Northhampton Court, only 16 homes, is the most frequently traded street: one of its homes recorded three qualified sales from November 2021 to September 2023, at $1,075,000, $1,150,000 and $1,250,000.

The Most Recent Sale, Worked Through

The May 2026 closing on Gleneagle Way is the one every buyer will quote, and it is a public record sale. The home is 2,806 square feet on both the county’s base area and the MLS living area, it went under contract after 10 days on the market, and it closed at $1,100,000 against a final asking price of $1,250,000, 88.0 percent of list. That is $392.02 per base square foot, below the 36-month median of $411.61. The turn in this sale is plain from the record: a buyer moved within days, which says the house was wanted, and still paid $150,000 under the asking price, which says the asking price sat at the very top of the band, the $1,250,000 the county has recorded only twice. The sale landed exactly on the 36-month median. A home of the same 2,806 base square feet on Gleneagle Way had recorded $1,150,000 in June 2024.

The Other Sale of the Year, Worked Through

The December 2025 closing on Northhampton Court ran the other way. It is the smallest Estate plan size, 2,223 square feet, the Carlisle figure, and it sat 148 days before closing at $915,000 against a final asking price of $990,000, 92.4 percent of list. At $411.61 per base square foot it is the 36-month median almost to the cent, so the price per foot was right for the plan; what the long market time most likely reflects is that the smallest Estate house competes with larger Estate homes that recently sold only $100,000 to $200,000 higher. The public record does not say why a sale takes the time it takes, and we do not guess beyond that reading.

What a Buyer’s Appraiser Will Use

An appraiser will use the closest Estate sales first, by street, plan size and pool, and will reach to Villa Home sales only when forced, adjusting heavily for about 650 square feet of house and 3,400 square feet of lot. With two Estate sales in twelve months, the appraiser will use sales that are two or three years old and adjust for time. A list price that sits inside the recorded band, supported by your roof, pool and update documentation, is the price most likely to appraise.

Estate Homes vs Villa Homes at Vanderbilt Country Club: Which Will Your Buyer Choose?

Estate Homes vs Villa Homes is the decision nearly every single-family buyer at Vanderbilt Country Club weighs: the same builder, the same years, the same club and the same master dues. The Estate Homes offer more house, a larger lot and a near-certain pool; the Villa Homes offer a detached home about $345,000 less at the 36-month county medians.

Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, retrieved 26 Sep 2026; Collier County Property Appraiser sales file, 29 Aug 2026)

The Estate vs Villa Decision Table

Question

Estate Homes

Villa Homes

Homes

102

120

Streets

Allendale Court, Northhampton Court, inner Gleneagle Way

outer Gleneagle Way, Preswick Lane, Danbury Boulevard

Floor plans

six, 2,223 to 2,931 sq ft

five, 1,746 to 1,974 sq ft

County house base area, median

2,593 sq ft

1,944 sq ft

Median lot

11,480 sq ft, about 82 by 140 ft

8,123 sq ft, about 58 by 140 ft

Private pool on the county roll

97 of 102 (95.1%)

77 of 120 (64.2%)

Built (county roll)

1998 to 2002

1998 to 2001

2026 neighborhood fee

$2,871.36

$2,320.96

County qualified sales, 36 months

13, median $1,100,000 (odd)

15, median $755,000 (odd)

Median price per county base sq ft, 36 months

$411.61

$382.64

MLS closings, 12 months to September 26, 2026

2, median $1,007,500 (even)

6, median $757,500 (even)

Median sale-to-list, same MLS window

90.2% (n = 2)

96.3% (n = 6)

Median days on market, same MLS window

79 (n = 2)

10 (n = 5)

For sale on the MLS, September 26, 2026

none

one, Preswick Lane, $709,000

Homestead share, 2026 roll

72.5%

56.7%

Median 2026 just value

$765,750.50

$589,114

FEMA zone, all address points

X

X

Sources: Collier County Property Appraiser 2026 preliminary roll, files dated August 29, 2026, classified by building class; the club’s floor plan files; the 2026 fee sheet; Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, retrieved September 26, 2026, split by address.

Who Should Choose an Estate Home, and Who a Villa Home

A buyer should choose an Estate Home for the most house and lot inside the gates, a private pool without adding one, a cul-de-sac on Allendale Court or Northhampton Court or an inner golf row on Gleneagle Way, and neighbors who mostly live here year round. A buyer should choose a Villa Home for the lowest single-family entry into the club, a $550.40 lower neighborhood fee and a slightly deeper resale market. Our Villa Homes guide covers them in the same depth.

What the Comparison Means for Your List Price

Your buyer has almost certainly toured a Villa Home, and the Villa Homes sold faster and closer to asking this year: a 10-day median and 96.3 percent, against the Estate pair’s 79 days and 90.2 percent. Your listing has to show that buyer what the extra $345,000 buys: about 650 square feet more house, a lot about 3,400 square feet larger, a pool on almost every lot and the front-nine setting. Villa owners weighing their own sale have a page of their own, selling a Villa Home at Vanderbilt Country Club; an Estate owner should price against the Villa market, never from it.

How Do We Price an Estate Home at Vanderbilt Country Club?

We price an Estate Home at Vanderbilt Country Club from the 13 qualified Estate resales of the last 36 months, adjusted for street, plan and county base area, pool and spa, roof age and permit, impact protection, kitchen and bath updates and view, then cross-checked against the Villa market and the live competition. Those 13 sales ran $330.00 to $508.96 per base square foot.

Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, retrieved 26 Sep 2026; Collier County Property Appraiser sales file, 29 Aug 2026)

We Start With Estate Sales, Never the Community Median

The community-wide MLS median of $528,000 is pulled down by 23 condominium closings and is the wrong starting point for an Estate Home by more than half a million dollars. A price starts from the Estate record, read on the county’s base area, and never mixes county base area with the MLS living-area field or the builder’s plan figures.

Plan and House Size

The six plans run from the 2,223 square foot Carlisle to the 2,931 square foot Monaco. The county does not record plan names, but its base areas cluster around them: two Estate houses carry exactly 2,223 square feet, 13 are under 2,300, 32 fall between 2,700 and 2,899 and 12 are 2,900 or more. A remodel, an enclosed lanai or an addition changes the base area, and your permit history is the record of what was done.

Pool, Spa and Cage

A pool is expected, not a premium: 97 of 102 Estate Homes have one. The only Estate sale of the leading window without a pool on the roll, on Allendale Court in May 2025, recorded $950,000, near the bottom of the band. For a pool home, the age of the pool equipment, the heater and the screen cage matter more than the pool itself, and a 25-year-old cage is the storm item insurers and inspectors ask about first.

Roof, Windows and Wind Mitigation

An original roof on a 1998 to 2002 Estate Home is now 24 to 28 years old. A closed re-roof permit, impact windows or shutters and a current wind mitigation report on form OIR-B1-1802 lower your buyer’s insurance quote, and a lower quote is money in your buyer’s offer. An undocumented roof invites a credit request after inspection, usually larger than the documentation would have cost.

How Do We Market an Estate Home at Vanderbilt Country Club?

We market an Estate Home at Vanderbilt Country Club to the buyer who wants a large, detached pool home on a private golf course with the lawn kept for them: professional photography, aerial and lanai-view capture, full MLS exposure, our qualified-buyer database and scheduled showings through the Main Gatehouse, with an accurate account of what the neighborhood fee covers.

Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, retrieved 26 Sep 2026; Collier County Property Appraiser sales file, 29 Aug 2026)

Who Actually Buys an Estate Home

The 2026 county roll describes the owners: 74 of 102 homesteaded and 82 with a Florida tax-bill mailing address, the most year-round neighborhood inside the gates. The out-of-state owners are few and scattered, New Jersey first with four, then New York, Illinois, Ontario, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan with two each. Your likeliest buyer is a household moving to Naples to live, often from the Northeast, the Midwest or Ontario, and we market to relocating buyers as well as seasonal ones.

Photography, Aerial and the Front Nine

In a neighborhood of six plans, the setting sells the house. We capture the lanai, the pool and the view across the fairway, green or lake, the kitchen and baths that separate your home from the last sale, and aerial work that shows the lot, the pool and the course together. For a Monaco or a Riviera we show the volume the plans promise, with 10-foot ceilings in the bedrooms and 12-foot ceilings in the main living areas.

Signs, Showings and the Gate

The Master Declaration allows one professional for-sale sign (section 7.6), and the club’s Realtors page sets it at 24 by 24 inches, tan with blue lettering, street side only, with no riders. Every showing passes the Main Gatehouse on Vanderbilt Beach Road at Danbury Boulevard, where agents show a licence and business card and are pre-registered. An Estate listing is sold through photography, video, the MLS, our buyer database and scheduled showings, not drive-by traffic, and we register every visit in advance.

How Do We Negotiate an Estate Home Contract at Vanderbilt Country Club?

We negotiate an Estate Home contract ourselves, partner to partner, against the 13 recorded Estate sales, with the roof documentation, the estoppel, both assessment balances and the buyer’s capital contribution built into the contract dates. The Estate pair’s 90.2 percent median sale-to-list tells us buyers here negotiate, so the file has to be ready before the first offer.

Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, retrieved 26 Sep 2026; Collier County Property Appraiser sales file, 29 Aug 2026)

Partner-Level Negotiation, Never an Assistant

Every offer on a McGreevy and Comisar listing is read and answered by Jesse or Marc. On an Estate Home the offer usually arrives with questions about the roof, the insurance quote, the $15,000 contribution and the assessments, and the answers move the price. A seller who has those answers on paper negotiates from strength.

Inspection, Roof and Insurance

Your buyer’s inspector and insurer will look at the roof, the air conditioning, the water heater, the electrical panel, the pool equipment, the screen cage and the window and door protection. We recommend a pre-listing wind mitigation inspection and a four-point report, so the buyer’s insurance quote arrives in the first days of the contract and does not become a late renegotiation.

The Citizens Line Your Buyer May Meet

Under Florida Statutes 627.351(6), a home with a dwelling replacement cost of $700,000 or more is generally not eligible for Citizens Property Insurance, with a limited exception up to $1 million. Replacement cost is not the just value or the sale price, and many Estate Homes will sit near that line, so your buyer may be shopping the private market. From January 1, 2027, every Citizens personal residential policy with wind must also carry flood insurance “regardless of value,” per Citizens, which reaches a Zone X Estate Home too. We tell your buyer’s agent both facts on day one.

No Purchase Approval, But a Calendar

“The Vanderbilt Community Association, Inc. does not have an application process for purchases,” per the club’s Prospective Owners page. The buyer returns the Owner Information Form and a headshot of each Owner’s Designee at least a week before closing, and membership attaches when the deed records. We order the estoppel the week the contract is signed and keep the closing date realistic around the buyer’s insurance, appraisal and designee paperwork.

What Does It Cost to Sell an Estate Home at Vanderbilt Country Club?

Selling an Estate Home at Vanderbilt Country Club costs the negotiated brokerage commission, Florida documentary stamp tax on the deed at $0.70 per $100, one estoppel certificate, a municipal lien search, prorated property taxes and any assessment balance you choose to pay off. In Collier County the buyer customarily pays the owner’s title policy, and the buyer pays the club’s $15,000 capital contribution.

Data updated: September 2026 (Florida Statutes 201.02 and 720.30851, Florida Department of Revenue, and the VCA 2026 fee sheet dated August 20, 2026)

Documentary Stamp Tax on the Deed

Florida charges $0.70 per $100 of consideration, or portion thereof, under Florida Statutes 201.02, and a Florida seller customarily pays it on a residential resale. At the Estate 36-month median of $1,100,000 that is 11,000 taxable units, or $7,700. At $1,250,000, the top of the recorded band, it is $8,750; at $915,000 it is $6,405. It is the largest fixed cost of selling after commission.

One Estoppel Certificate, Not Two

An Estate Home has no neighborhood association of its own, so a sale needs one estoppel certificate, from Vanderbilt Community Association through its Director of Member Services. The club’s Prospective Owners page sets the fee at $299, which is the 2024 statutory cap for a current account under Florida Statutes 720.30851; the statute allows $119 more for delivery within three business days. That is simpler than a condominium sale inside the same gates, which also needs the condominium association’s certificate.

The Fees Your Buyer Pays, Not You

The $15,000 Resale Capital Contribution is “the legal and personal obligation of the transferee” under Master Declaration section 5.2.5, and the $500 New Home Buyer Processing Fee comes with the estoppel request, both per the 2026 fee sheet. A buyer who already owns inside pays $3,500 instead of $15,000. Put both on the estoppel so they land on the buyer’s side of the closing statement.

Commission After the NAR Settlement

Since August 17, 2024, offers of buyer broker compensation cannot be advertised in the MLS, buyers sign written agreements with their own agents before touring, and every commission is fully negotiable and not set by law. What you negotiate with us is the listing side, and whether to offer anything toward the buyer’s agent is a separate decision we make together, based on the buyers your Estate Home is likely to meet.

A Seller Net Sheet at the Estate Median

Line, illustrative sale at $1,100,000

Who pays

Amount

Documentary stamp tax on the deed

Seller, by custom

$7,700

Vanderbilt Community Association estoppel certificate

Seller, by custom

$299, plus up to $119 if rushed

Municipal lien search

Seller, by custom

Set by the title company

Property tax proration, closing June 30, on a $5,787.76 bill

Seller credits buyer

About $2,870

Unpaid pickleball or golf assessment balance

Seller or buyer, as negotiated

Up to $678 and $7,895

Owner’s title insurance policy

Buyer, by Collier custom

About $5,325, the buyer’s cost

Resale Capital Contribution and processing fee

Buyer, under the Master Declaration

$15,000 and $500

Brokerage commission

Seller

As negotiated in your listing agreement

The proration line is 181 days of $5,787.76, the median 2026 preliminary Estate tax, before any early-payment discount convention; our arithmetic. Your own net sheet uses your contract price, your bill, your assessment balances and your closing date, and we build it with you before you sign a listing agreement.

What Must an Estate Home Seller Disclose Under Florida Law?

An Estate Home seller must give the buyer the Florida Statutes 720.401 homeowners association disclosure summary before the contract is signed, not at closing, because Vanderbilt Community Association is a Chapter 720 association and an Estate Home is a platted lot, not a condominium. Every Florida seller must also disclose known material facts that are not readily observable.

Data updated: September 2026 (Florida Statutes 720.401 and 689.261, current text; VCA 2026 fee sheet dated August 20, 2026)

The HOA Disclosure Summary Is Owed Before Contract

Florida Statutes 720.401 says a prospective parcel owner must be presented a disclosure summary “before executing the contract for sale,” and on a resale the parcel owner, not the developer, supplies it. The contract must carry the statutory voidability language in conspicuous type. If the summary is missing, the buyer may cancel within three days after receiving it or before closing, whichever comes first, and that right cannot be waived. Because the Estate Homes sit under the Chapter 720 master association only, the condominium fork that applies to Wedgewood and Waterford sellers does not arise here. This is information, not legal advice; confirm the form with your closing agent or attorney.

What the Recorded Documents Assign to Each Side

This page cites the disclosure duty from the statute, not from the Declaration. The recorded documents then split the rest of the transfer cleanly. The buyer owes the Resale Capital Contribution as transferee under section 5.2.5, with the exemptions the 2024 amendment lists. Both special assessments bind any successor owner, per the fee sheet. The association runs no purchase application. The estoppel states what is owed at closing. Who owes what is fixed by the documents even where the amount changes each year.

The Property Tax Disclosure Summary

Florida Statutes 689.261 requires that a buyer of residential property receive a property tax disclosure summary at or before contract, warning that the buyer should not rely on the seller’s current taxes. With 74 of 102 Estate Homes homesteaded, many under a Save Our Homes cap, and non-homestead Estate Homes paying a median of $7,772.49 against $5,519.41 for homesteaded ones, that warning describes a real change in your buyer’s carrying cost.

Roof, Water and Known Defects

Under Johnson v. Davis, a Florida seller who knows of facts materially affecting value that are not readily observable must disclose them. For an Estate Home that means roof history, prior water intrusion, insurance claims, pool and plumbing leaks, open permits and any exterior change made without Architectural Review approval. If you hold an elevation certificate or a wind mitigation report, put it in the disclosure package, because it usually helps the buyer’s insurance quote.

How Do Flood Zone and Storm History Affect Selling an Estate Home?

Flood zone helps an Estate Home sale. We tested the county address point for all 102 Estate Homes against FEMA’s effective map on September 26, 2026, and every one returned Zone X, outside the high-risk flood area, so no federally backed mortgage requires flood insurance on the zone alone. The storm story is wind, roofs and screen cages.

Data updated: September 2026 (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, effective panels 12021C0218H and 12021C0410H, queried 26 Sep 2026; Collier County floodplain releases, August 2026)

All 102 in Zone X, and Why

On FEMA’s effective panels, both effective May 16, 2012, the course, lakes and yards are shaded Zone AH, shallow ponding of one to three feet, while the building pads are cut out as Zone X. Base flood elevations inside the community are 13.5 to 14.5 feet, and ground at the building points measures about 15.4 to 16.5 feet NAVD 88, per the measurements in our Vanderbilt Country Club community guide. FEMA’s preliminary map, in its appeal period since August 19, 2026, changes no Vanderbilt Country Club address point’s zone, but it is not in force. A point test is not a lender’s determination, and the determination for your address governs.

Elevation Certificates and Credits

Collier County’s elevation certificate layer holds certificates for two Estate Homes, one on Allendale Court and one on Gleneagle Way. If you hold one, it belongs in your listing file, because it can help a flood quote even in Zone X. Unincorporated Collier County holds Community Rating System Class 5, a 25 percent discount on National Flood Insurance Program premiums, per FEMA’s April 2026 list.

How Do Roof Age and Wind Mitigation Affect an Estate Home Sale?

Roof age and wind mitigation decide an Estate Home buyer’s insurance bill, and the insurance bill decides the offer. Every Estate Home was built from 1998 to 2002, so an original roof is 24 to 28 years old, and 100 of the 102 were permitted before the Florida Building Code took effect on March 1, 2002.

Data updated: September 2026 (Florida Office of Insurance Regulation form OIR-B1-1802; Florida Statutes 627.7011, 627.351 and 215.5586, current text)

Built Before the Florida Building Code

The statewide code took effect on March 1, 2002, and only two Gleneagle Way Estate Homes carry a 2002 build year. For the other 100, the wind mitigation form’s building-code question is answered “does not meet,” and credits come from what an inspector finds: roof covering, deck attachment, roof-to-wall connections, hip roof shape, secondary water resistance and opening protection. A re-roof permitted after March 1, 2002 earns the top roof-covering answer.

What Florida Law Says About Old Roofs

Florida Statutes 627.7011 bars an insurer from refusing coverage solely because a roof is under 15 years old, and for an older roof it requires allowing an inspection; if the roof has five or more years of useful life, age alone cannot be the reason to refuse. For an Estate seller with an original roof, a roof inspection before listing tells you which side of that line you are on, before your buyer’s insurer does.

What Will Your Buyer Pay to Own an Estate Home at Vanderbilt Country Club?

An Estate Home buyer at Vanderbilt Country Club pays $16,030.36 a year in 2026 master dues and neighborhood fee, a $1,200 food and beverage minimum, two special assessments that bind the next owner, a one-time $15,000 Resale Capital Contribution and property tax at 10.5058 mills. Your listing should present all of it honestly.

Data updated: September 2026 (VCA 2026 Master Association Fees for All Neighborhoods, dated August 20, 2026; Collier County Property Appraiser 2026 preliminary roll, 29 Aug 2026)

The Fee Stack Your Buyer Will Underwrite

Layer

2026 amount

Who bills it

Master dues (Operating $10,894, Asset Replacement Reserves $2,240, New Capital $25)

$13,159.00 a year

Vanderbilt Community Association

Estate Home Neighborhood Fee

$2,871.36 a year ($717.84 a quarter)

Vanderbilt Community Association

Food and beverage minimum

$1,200 a calendar year

the club

Pickleball Project assessment

$678, or $56.50 a month June 2026 to May 2027

Vanderbilt Community Association

Golf Course Replacement Project assessment

$7,895 by July 1, 2027, or $437.50 a quarter July 2027 to April 2032

Vanderbilt Community Association

Private cart trail fee, if the buyer keeps a cart

$2,200 a year

the club

Resale Capital Contribution, one time

$15,000 ($3,500 for an existing owner)

at closing

Property tax

10.5058 mills (2025 final)

Collier County Tax Collector

Source: the 2026 fee sheet, dated August 20, 2026; the Florida Department of Revenue’s 2025 Collier millage table. The totals are our addition of the published lines.

A Worked First Year for Your Buyer

Take a buyer closing in late 2026 who pays the golf assessment as a lump sum: $15,000 contribution, $500 processing fee, $16,030.36 dues and fee, $1,200 minimum and $7,895 golf assessment come to $40,625.36 in the first twelve months, before property tax, insurance, pool and exterior upkeep and utilities, by our arithmetic. In later years the same home carries $17,230.36 a year in dues, fee and minimum at 2026 rates. Your buyer’s agent will do this arithmetic, so your listing should do it first.

The Tax Reset Your Buyer Inherits

The 2026 preliminary roll computes a median Estate Home tax of $5,787.76 (n = 102, even, the mean of $5,784.30 and $5,791.21), with homesteaded Estate Homes at $5,519.41 and the 28 non-homestead Estate Homes at $7,772.49. A buyer’s bill resets toward the purchase price, because the Save Our Homes cap does not transfer; at 10.5058 mills each $100,000 of taxable value is about $1,051 a year, by our arithmetic. No community development district applies.

Which Master Declaration Rules Affect an Estate Home Sale?

The Master Declaration rules that most affect an Estate Home sale are Architectural Review for almost every exterior change, with approval before the permit; the one-sign rule; leasing only for 30 days to a year, four times a year, with approval; two pets; carts and vehicles kept in the garage; and the two Owner’s Designees a trust or company must name.

Data updated: September 2026 (Amended and Restated Master Declaration, club-hosted copy read September 2026; recorded 2024 amendment)

Architectural Approvals on Work You Did

Article IX requires written Architectural Review Committee approval before any improvement or change “of any nature,” and section 9.3 puts that approval before the building permit. Section 9.2’s list reaches nearly everything outside an Estate Home: fences, hedges, driveways, pools, pool decks, screen enclosures, exterior paint, roof materials, shutters, hurricane protection, lighting, antennas and landscaping. A new cage, shutters, a generator or a new roof color made while you owned the home needs approval on file, and buyers ask for it. Gather the approvals before you list; unapproved work can be corrected by the association and billed as an Individual Assessment (section 6.5).

Selling With a Tenant in Place

Master Declaration section 10.2 allows leasing of the whole home for at least 30 days, February excepted, and no more than a year, no more than four times a year, with the association’s prior written approval, and the owner’s club privileges pass to the tenant. Nothing stops a sale while a lease is running; the buyer takes the home subject to it. Give the buyer the lease and the tenant’s end date early, and show a leased home by appointment.

How Long Does It Take to Sell an Estate Home at Vanderbilt Country Club?

The two Estate Homes that closed on the Southwest Florida MLS in the twelve months to September 26, 2026 took 10 days and 148 days to contract, a 79-day median (n = 2, even). A correctly priced Estate Home in season can move in days, because buyers wait for one, and the closing adds the buyer’s insurance, appraisal and designee paperwork.

Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, retrieved 26 Sep 2026; Collier County Property Appraiser sales file, 29 Aug 2026)

Season and the Estate Buyer

With 72.5 percent of Estate Homes homesteaded, relocating buyers shop year round, and the recorded Estate sales of the last three years closed in every season, from February to December. Listing before the winter arrivals, live from November, still puts an Estate Home in front of the largest buyer pool. We set the launch date around your plans and the live competition, which in September 2026 was none.

A Realistic Sequence

A typical sequence runs two to three weeks of preparation, photography and paperwork; the marketing period; an inspection period after contract; and a closing that allows for the buyer’s insurance and appraisal, the estoppel and the Owner Information Form a week before closing. There is no association purchase approval to wait for. We write every one of those clocks into the contract.

How Do You Get a Free Estate Home Valuation at Vanderbilt Country Club?

You get a free Estate Home valuation at Vanderbilt Country Club from McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, by requesting one online or calling Jesse McGreevy direct at (239) 898-6072. It is a written opinion of value built from the recorded Estate sales that fit your home, adjusted for street, plan, pool, roof and updates, with your buyer’s fee stack beside it, at no cost and with no obligation to list.

What a McGreevy and Comisar Valuation Includes

You receive the county and MLS Estate sales with their dates, windows and sources; a price per square foot analysis that never mixes county base area with MLS living area; the Villa market and any live competition with price histories; the fee stack, assessment balances and tax reset your buyer will underwrite; your address’s flood determination and any certificate on file; and a recommended list price with a defensible range. Request it through our Estate Home valuation request.

How to Reach Us Today

Call Jesse McGreevy direct at (239) 898-6072 or email . Call Marc Comisar at (239) 287-5873. The office of McGreevy and Comisar 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.

What Do Sellers Say About Working With McGreevy and Comisar?

McGreevy and Comisar are a top-reviewed listing team on Google, and the quotes below are genuine five-star client reviews reproduced in each reviewer’s own words. Jesse McGreevy is a top-reviewed Estate Home listing agent in Naples, and we publish no aggregate score and no star-rating widget. Read the full set on the McGreevy and Comisar Google reviews profile.

A Seller With 13 Transactions Behind Her

★★★★★ “I have had 13 real estate transactions and this is the most professional and helpful agency that I have ever worked with. Marc actually called me with a response to my questions and concerns on a Sunday evening. The resources that this agency has access to goes above and beyond any other I have ever worked with. The professional process that they use to present your home for sale goes beyond anything I have ever experienced.” Candy Gody, verified Google review

An Estate listing is judged by buyers who have owned several homes, and the presentation has to meet them there.

Clients Who Have Both Sold and Bought With Us

★★★★★ “Very professional, knowledgeable and responsive. We have had experience with them in both selling and buying a home. We recommend them highly.” Michael and Debbie Kaprove, verified Google review

Many Estate sellers are also buying their next home, and running both sides together is routine for us.

A Client on Florida Market Knowledge

★★★★★ “No one knows real estate, especially Florida real estate like Marc and Jesse. Smart and savvy. They also have a great team that is knowledgeable and professional.” Christian Schnabel, verified Google review

A Client on Expertise From Start to Finish

★★★★★ “So knowledgeable! You can tell they truly have a high level of expertise and were incredibly professional from start to finish.” Evie Darnell, verified Google review

Why Does an Estate Home Specialist Matter When You Sell?

An Estate Home specialist matters because the facts that decide a sale here live in county building records and club documents, not in a listing feed: a product the county does not label, a $15,000 buyer contribution, two assessments that follow the house, an owner-carried roof and insurance file, and a price band that a community median distorts by half a million dollars.

Data updated: September 2026 (Collier County Property Appraiser 2026 preliminary roll, 29 Aug 2026; VCA 2026 fee sheet)

Jesse McGreevy

Jesse McGreevy is a licensed Florida REALTOR and Sales Associate with Domain Realty and one half of McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008. He started in Southwest Florida real estate in October 2004 and launched the team in October 2008. He runs pricing, marketing, data and the association paperwork. Reach him at (239) 898-6072, and read his profile on the Jesse McGreevy agent page.

Marc Comisar

Marc Comisar is a licensed Florida REALTOR and Broker Associate with Domain Realty and the other half of McGreevy and Comisar. He runs the field side: showings, buyer agent conversations, inspections and the on-site management that lets an out-of-state Estate owner sell without flying down. Reach him at (239) 287-5873, and read his profile on the Marc Comisar agent page.

What a General Naples Agent Tends to Miss Here

A general agent may price an Estate Home off the community median of $528,000 or a blended single-family figure, put the Resale Capital Contribution on the seller’s side of the statement, miss the assessment balances until the estoppel arrives, describe the roof as the association’s, or promise a buyer Citizens coverage the replacement cost may rule out. None of those errors is exotic, and each one costs a seller time or money.

How the Estate Homes Fit the Vanderbilt Country Club Picture

The Estate Homes are the top of an 800-home club whose other villages are the Villa Homes, Wedgewood carriage homes and Waterford condominiums. The full community picture is in our Vanderbilt Country Club community guide, and the plan-by-plan, street-by-street detail for your neighborhood is in the Estate Homes guide.

Are You Also Buying Your Next Home in Southwest Florida?

Many Estate Home sellers are homesteaded Floridians moving within Collier or Lee County, so the sale and the next purchase are one financial plan. We run both sides together, including the timing of two closings and the Save Our Homes portability claim that can carry accumulated tax savings to your next Florida homestead.

Data updated: September 2026 (Florida Department of Revenue property tax guidance, retrieved 26 Sep 2026)

Buying and Selling in the Same Season

A Florida homesteader who sells and establishes a new Florida homestead may transfer accumulated Save Our Homes benefit, within statutory limits, by filing with the new homestead application. Homestead status is fixed on January 1 each year, so we sequence both closings around that date. If your next home is another Estate Home, read our Estate Home buyer guide; an owner already inside the gates pays a $3,500 capital contribution instead of $15,000. For anywhere else, start with how we represent buyers in Southwest Florida, and call Marc at (239) 287-5873.

Frequently Asked Questions, Seller Edition: Selling an Estate Home at Vanderbilt Country Club

These are the questions Estate Home owners ask before they sell, answered for a Collier County seller in a single paragraph each. They cover price, timing, the club and association steps, costs, disclosure, flood, roofs and taxes. Nothing here is tax or legal advice; confirm anything that affects your sale with your closing agent, attorney or CPA.

Data updated: September 2026 (Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, retrieved 26 Sep 2026; Collier County Property Appraiser sales file, 29 Aug 2026)

How do I sell my Estate Home at Vanderbilt Country Club?

Start with a written valuation built from recorded Estate sales, not a portal estimate, then prepare the file before you list: the estoppel request, your assessment balances, the roof permit and a wind mitigation report, your pool and cage history and your Architectural Review approvals. Price inside the recorded band. Call Jesse McGreevy direct at (239) 898-6072 to begin.

What is my Estate Home worth?

Most likely somewhere inside the band the 13 recorded Estate resales of the last 36 months set, $915,000 to $1,250,000, median $1,100,000, with your street, plan, pool, roof and updates deciding where. Request a written valuation for your address.

Who is the best listing agent for an Estate Home at Vanderbilt Country Club?

Look for an agent who prices from Estate sales only, knows the club’s transfer costs and assessments, and personally negotiates the offer. McGreevy and Comisar are Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008 and the #1 Team in Southwest Florida since 2012, and Jesse and Marc handle every listing themselves.

How many Estate Homes sold in the last year?

Two. The county recorded two qualified Estate resales from August 30, 2025 to August 29, 2026, $915,000 on Northhampton Court and $1,100,000 on Gleneagle Way, and the MLS shows the same two closings in the twelve months to September 26, 2026.

Why do so few Estate Homes come up for sale?

Owners stay. 74 of the 102 are homesteaded, and for 29 homes the last qualified sale on the county record is still the builder’s, from 1999 to 2002.

How long will my Estate Home take to sell?

The two Estate MLS closings of the last year took 10 and 148 days, a 79-day median on two sales. Price and condition decide the rest; there is no association purchase approval to wait for.

What sale-to-list ratio should I expect?

The two Estate closings sold at 88.0 and 92.4 percent of final asking price, a 90.2 percent median on two sales, against 95.6 percent across all 31 community closings. Price inside the recorded band and expect to negotiate on condition.

Is now a good time to sell an Estate Home?

For a prepared, well-priced home, yes. No Estate Home was for sale on the MLS on September 26, 2026, and every one of the 17 qualified Estate sales since November 2021 recorded $915,000 or more.

Why is the online estimate for my Estate Home wrong?

Because the county files Estate and Villa Homes under the same two plats, a model starting from the subdivision name blends in smaller houses, and it cannot see your plan, pool equipment, roof permit or view. It often leans on the just value, which sits about 30 percent below the recorded median.

Should I price off the Villa Home sales on my street?

No. On Gleneagle Way the two products sit side by side, and the 36-month Villa median of $755,000 is about $345,000 below the Estate median. Use Villa sales only as the buyer’s alternative, never as your comparable.

Which Estate street sells highest?

Northhampton Court and Gleneagle Way have both recorded $1,250,000 in the last three years. Allendale Court recorded one sale in five years, $950,000, on a home without a pool on the roll.

Does a pool add value to an Estate Home?

It is expected rather than a premium: 97 of 102 Estate Homes have one. A home without one competes at the bottom of the band, and on a pool home the age of the equipment and cage matters more.

What was the $1,450,000 sale on Northhampton Court?

A deed recorded in January 2026 that the county did not flag as a qualified sale, so it is not accepted as a market price and an appraiser will not use it as a comparable.

Who pays the $15,000 Resale Capital Contribution?

The buyer, as “the legal and personal obligation of the transferee” under Master Declaration section 5.2.5. A buyer already owning inside the gates pays $3,500, and some transfers, such as into your own trust, are exempt.

Do I have to pay off the golf course replacement assessment before closing?

No rule forces it: the fee sheet says the assessment remains the obligation of any successor owner, so an unpaid balance can transfer. Whether you pay it or credit it is negotiated in the contract, and the estoppel shows the balance.

How many estoppel certificates does an Estate Home sale need?

One, from Vanderbilt Community Association, because the Estate Homes have no separate neighborhood association. The fee is $299, the current statutory cap, with $119 more if it is rushed.

Does my buyer need association approval?

No. The association has no purchase application. Your buyer returns the Owner Information Form and designee headshots at least a week before closing.

What do I owe the buyer under Florida’s HOA disclosure law?

The Florida Statutes 720.401 disclosure summary, before the contract is signed. If it is missing, the buyer can cancel within three days of receiving it or before closing, and cannot waive that right.

Can I put a For Sale sign in the yard?

One 24 by 24 inch tan sign with blue lettering, street side only, with no riders, per the club’s Realtors page and Master Declaration section 7.6.

Should I replace my roof before listing?

Get a roof inspection and a wind mitigation report first. A closed re-roof permit helps a buyer insure; whether a new roof pays back is a pricing decision we make with you by address, and any change of material or color needs Architectural Review first.

What is a wind mitigation report and do I need one?

It is the state’s OIR-B1-1802 form, which credits roof shape, attachment and opening protection. Your buyer’s insurer uses it, and a current one shortens the quote and the negotiation.

Is my Estate Home in a flood zone?

No high-risk zone: all 102 Estate address points tested FEMA Zone X on the effective map on September 26, 2026, and the preliminary map changes none of them. Your lender’s determination for the address governs.

Will my buyer’s property taxes be higher than mine?

Usually, if you are homesteaded. Your Save Our Homes cap does not transfer, and your buyer’s bill resets toward the purchase price at 10.5058 mills, about $1,051 per $100,000 of taxable value.

Which schools are zoned to the Estate Homes?

Bear Creek Elementary, Oakridge Middle and Barron Collier High for 2026-27, per Collier County Public Schools’ address lookup on September 26, 2026. Bear Creek opened in August 2025, replacing Big Cypress Elementary, so an older listing may name the wrong school.

Can I sell my Estate Home while it is rented?

Yes, subject to the lease. The tenant holds the club privileges until the lease ends, and showings follow the lease terms.

Do unapproved exterior changes affect my sale?

They can. The association may require correction and bill it as an Individual Assessment, so we check your Architectural Review approvals before listing.

What happens to my club membership when I sell?

It ends at closing. Membership belongs to the owner of record, and your buyer’s designees take the privileges when the deed records.

Can I sell off-market?

Yes, with a private sale to qualified buyers in our database when privacy matters most. With no Estate Home on the MLS in September 2026, full exposure usually sets the stronger price, and we show you both paths.

I inherited an Estate Home. What changes?

The personal representative or trustee signs the deed with the letters of administration or the trust, and the homestead and Save Our Homes benefit end with the owner. A transfer on death to an heir is exempt from the $15,000 contribution under the 2024 amendment.

Will I owe capital gains tax when I sell?

It depends on your basis, use and exemption; IRS Publication 523 explains the primary-residence exclusion, and a foreign seller may face FIRPTA withholding. Confirm with your CPA before you list.

What should I do first if I am thinking about selling?

Request a written valuation, find your roof permit and any wind mitigation report, ask the association for your assessment balances and gather your Architectural Review approvals. Then call Jesse McGreevy direct at (239) 898-6072 and decide on timing with the live competition in view.

Sources and Authoritative References

Every figure on this page traces to a primary source below, listed as of September 26, 2026: the Southwest Florida MLS, Collier County’s own records, the club and its master association, Florida Statutes and state agencies, FEMA and federal agencies, and the school district. No listing portal or competing brokerage is cited.

The club and Vanderbilt Community Association

Market data and Collier County records

Florida statutes and state agencies on selling

Flood, storm and insurance

Schools, roads and area

Our own assets

Downloadable Documents

Every row below links the authority that publishes the document, so an Estate Home seller or buyer always sees the official, current version rather than a copy. We host nothing ourselves, and the documents that are not public are named at the end with the office that holds each.

Document

What it proves for an Estate Home seller

Official authority

Amended and Restated Master Declaration, Official Records Book 5862, Page 3140

Owner maintenance, Architectural Review, signs, leasing, pets, insurance and the transferee’s capital contribution

Vanderbilt Community Association, club-hosted PDF

Certificate of Amendment, recorded March 7, 2024

Owner’s Designees and the transfers exempt from the $15,000 contribution

Vanderbilt Community Association, club-hosted PDF

2026 Master Association Fees for All Neighborhoods, August 20, 2026

The Estate Home Neighborhood Fee, dues, contribution and both special assessments

Vanderbilt Community Association fee sheet

Estate Homes floor plans

The six plans and their living areas, for your listing and your valuation

Vanderbilt Country Club, PDF

Membership Transfer Application, August 2025

Lease terms and fees if you sell with a tenant in place

Vanderbilt Country Club, PDF

Florida Statutes 720.401

The pre-contract disclosure duty and the buyer’s cancellation right

Florida Legislature

Florida Statutes 720.30851

The estoppel delivery rule and the statutory fee cap

Florida Legislature

Florida Statutes 201.02

The $0.70 per $100 deed stamp a Florida seller customarily pays

Florida Legislature

Florida Statutes 689.261

The property tax warning your buyer must receive

Florida Legislature

Uniform Mitigation Verification Inspection Form OIR-B1-1802

The wind mitigation form that documents your roof for the buyer’s insurer

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, PDF

FEMA Map Service Center

The flood zone for your own Estate address

FEMA

Documents that matter to an Estate Home seller but are not public: your estoppel certificate and assessment balances, from the association’s Director of Member Services; the association’s Rules and Regulations and any adopted hurricane protection specifications, behind the member login; and your own roof, pool and Architectural Review permits, from Collier County’s permit search by address and the association office.

Your Estate Home Listing Team, and How to Reach Us Today

McGreevy and Comisar list and sell homes across Southwest Florida from an office in Bonita Springs, and the Estate Homes at Vanderbilt Country Club sit inside the North Naples golf-community market we work every week. Few Estate Homes come up for sale in any year, so the owner who sells next should call us first.

The Accolades, Verbatim

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

Contact McGreevy and Comisar

Jesse McGreevy: (239) 898-6072, . Marc Comisar: (239) 287-5873. Office: 24031 S Tamiami Trl #101, Bonita Springs, FL 34134.

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

McGreevy and Comisar lead Domain Realty Group, a full-service Southwest Florida real estate team; learn more at DomainRealtyGroup.com, and read about the partnership on our about McGreevy and Comisar page. Nothing on this page is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Market data from Southwest Florida MLS, pulled September 26, 2026, and from Collier County’s 2026 preliminary tax roll and sales file, dated August 29, 2026. Brokered by Domain Realty.