FOR SALE IN AND AROUND NAPLES
Where: Naples Price: $225,000 (£136K)
This three bedroom, two bathroom home with a pool and double garage is on Pelican Bay at Sterling Oaks.
Amerivest Realty, 001 239 594-2602,
eosbond@amerivestrealty.com
Where: Fort Myers Price: $528,500 (£320K)
On Crown Colony golf community, this lakeside four-bedroom home has its own pool.
VIP Realty, 001 239 826 5647
picks out the “well-planned upscale” golf community of Crown Colony ($450,000 for a new single home) and The Landings (with a free boat slip but also golf), where two-bedroom condos with a river view cost from $129,000 (£78K). “Another must- mention is Gulf Harbour, an upscale gated marina with three-bedroom condos from $575,000 although you can get little cottages for $200,000.” This area is close to Sanibel, the 12-mile-long wildlife sanctuary connected to the mainland by a scenic causeway, with quaint boutiques, restaurants and bike paths. It’s big on beachcombing and great for holiday rentals for 20 to 35 weeks a year, says Karen Bell of VIP Realty (
www.thebellteam.com). “When you cross that causeway and pass through palm trees and hibiscus it’s like entering a tropical island, but with all the amenities of the US close by,” she says. “Entry level is a one-bedroom condo for $174,000 (£105K); or a ‘near beach’ resale home for $323,000 (£196K). A brand-new single family home will cost $700,000 (£424K), or $2million (£1.21m) for beachfront. Captiva [a resort at the far tip of Sanibel] is little more pricy with the cheapest property I’ve got being $699,000 (£424K) for a cute two- bedroom, two-bathroom house in a complex with deeded beach access.” Finally, there’s Cape Coral, a vast urban area that is one of the US’s
largest masterplanned communities, built in the 1970s with 400 miles of canals and lakes and 140,000 residents. It attracts mixed reviews, with
the high density of its grid-system development (and lack of greenery), its current economic slump, and crime levels being the negatives. However, you can get more bang for your buck there, according to Belisle, because of the over-supply of properties built during its exponential boom days (mostly single family homes, not communities). “You can get something on a
canal for $392,000 (£238K) – a fi ve-bedroom, four-bathroom home with a pool and boat dock on a triple plot,” she says.
Where: Sanibel Price $699,000 (£423K)
This four-bedroom, three-bathroom custom canal-front home has its own pool and boat dock.
VIP Realty, 001 866 472 7800,
www.thebellteam.com
When you cross that causeway and pass through palm trees and hibiscus, it’s like entering a tropical island, but with all the amenities of the US close by
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