Golf Communities
For those women golfers who enjoy the active pastime of golfing, a secure, gated golf community may well rate the label of ‘paradise’. Golf real estate offers desirable advantages for the golf lifestyle:
- Convenience – the golf course is virtually in walking distance
- Quality social contacts – your neighbors share the same interests
- Protection – your valuable assets are secured by gated access
- Professional Property Management – your home keeps its value by adhering to superior standards
- Prestige and Class – you are surrounded by other affluent members within the golf community
Women golfers do not need to negotiate traffic through variable neighborhoods on their way to the golf course as friends and players are within easy distance inside a golf community.
How to Find Golf Communities
There are several options for sharing the advantages of the golf lifestyle within a golf community:
- House/Condo Rentals
- Vacation Rentals
- Ownership
- Time Shares
Whether you are looking to rent or buy a home or condo on a year-round basis or only during vacation, there are options for every budget, taste, and individual choice. From renting a room within a golf resort to putting down roots in a permanent property, the links in this article will get you started on the road to designing your dream lifestyle.
From Alabama to Wyoming, a convenient index of listings at Golf Course Realty will help you compare features and prices for homes within golf communities. Florida and the Carolinas are well represented in the US, but Alabama, New Mexico, and several other States offer at least one prestigious listing as well. Moreover, these communities are centered around hubs of cultural and business interest.
Private Community Ownership
Grey Oaks in Naples, Florida is without a doubt one of the most beautiful planned golf communities we've seen. From Villas to Grand Estates, all are centered around magnificent golf courses and lakes. Each community is driven by its social networking environment through their fabulous country clubs. Talk about a dream lifestyle!
Then there's Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia. Living in a beautiful lakeside retreat alongside 99 holes of the world's best golf is becoming the lifestyle of choice for many. There are many homes available or you can choose to purchase land and build your own. Prices range from the mid $200's for a cottage all the way up to over $5 million for a superb estate.
This is just a small (sorry - VERY small) sampling of what's out there by way of private golf communities. For a more detailed listing, go to PrivateCommunities.com or GolfCourseRealty.com. Good luck - the choices are many and one spot is nicer than the next!
Golf Real Estate Rentals
The Dominican Republic, with its famous Casa de Campo area, offers room rentals in vacation resorts from $2,025 per week with a knowledgeable Golf Real Estate professional such as John (781-820-5684), who provided valuable information for this article, to $10,000 per week when arrangements are made via a travel agency. You can look at a Condo within a medium to luxury gated location at ca. $400,000, or a house for ca. $600,000. A Golf Real Estate professional like John can help you find your ideal property or situation and advise you as well on other local contacts.
For an extensive list of golf-home rental listings, try VacationHomes.com, PrivateCommunities.com, and GolfCourseHome.net.