A private gated golf community in Fort Myers with approximately 400 condos and villas — bundled golf membership, active social calendar, and a compact community footprint suited to buyers who want club life without the Gulf Harbour price tag.
The Hideaway Country Club is a gated 55+ golf community in Fort Myers offering condominiums and villas with bundled golf membership — meaning golf access is included in your monthly fee, not billed as an optional add-on. This is a meaningfully different structure from Pelican Preserve (optional golf at extra cost) or Gulf Harbour (mandatory separate club membership). At The Hideaway, you pay one HOA fee and golf is simply included.
The community is more compact and more affordable than Gulf Harbour. For active golfers who want to be in a golf community but find Gulf Harbour's mandatory club fees too high and its home prices too steep, The Hideaway occupies a different price tier. The tradeoff is scale and amenity depth — this is a smaller community with a more focused club-and-golf social structure.
The Hideaway draws buyers who actively golf and want daily access to a course as part of their monthly housing cost. Non-golfers should look elsewhere — the entire community identity is built around golf, and the social calendar reflects that.
| Cost Item | Condo $220K | Villa $330K |
|---|---|---|
| HOA + bundled golf (monthly) | ~$420/mo | ~$460/mo |
| Property tax (homestead, annual) | ~$2,280/yr · $190/mo | ~$3,750/yr · $313/mo |
| CDD (verify) | TBD | TBD |
| Insurance (annual) | ~$3,000–$5,000/yr · $250–$417/mo | ~$4,000–$7,000/yr · $333–$583/mo |
| Monthly Total (ex-CDD) | ~$860–$1,027 | ~$1,106–$1,356 |
The three structures in Lee County: (1) Pelican Preserve — golf optional, priced separately at $3,000–$6,000/year for membership; (2) Gulf Harbour — mandatory separate club membership at $600–$900/month regardless of golf participation; (3) The Hideaway — golf bundled into HOA, included in one monthly fee. For active golfers who will play regularly, The Hideaway's bundled model is often the most cost-effective of the three.
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