Sandcastle Villas Condos for Sale

Six Bayfront Residences With Weekly Rentals Allowed

Sandcastle Villas is a three-story building of only six residences at 9524 Gulf Shore Drive, sitting on the Vanderbilt Lagoon side of the street with deeded beach access across from it. Its leasing rules are the outlier: a seven-day minimum with up to fifty-two leases a year, one of the most permissive policies on Vanderbilt Beach and the reason the building trades as much on income as on lifestyle.

Sandcastle Villas at a Glance

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Six residences means listings here are rare and often quiet. Tell us whether you are buying for use, for income or for both, and we will watch the building for you and tell you honestly what a given residence is likely to produce. Call (239) 438-1102.

The Rental Policy and What It Means

Most of Vanderbilt Beach runs on 30-day minimums with a handful of leases permitted each year. Sandcastle Villas allows seven-day stays and as many as fifty-two leases annually, which changes the math on ownership entirely. A residence here can work a full season of weekly bookings rather than a few monthly ones, and that flexibility is priced into the building. It also means buyers should look closely at the rental history of the specific residence, its furnishings and whether existing bookings transfer at closing.

If you plan to rent, our team manages seasonal properties across Vanderbilt Beach and can tell you what comparable residences are actually earning before you write an offer. You can see the current seasonal inventory on our Vanderbilt Beach vacation rentals page.

Residences, Water and Location

The two floor plans run approximately 1,475 square feet with two bedrooms and approximately 1,828 square feet with two or three, both looking east over Vanderbilt Lagoon toward the mangroves and morning light. A pool sits on the water, along with a fishing pier and a picnic area with grills, and each residence has a one-car garage. Community boat docks on the lagoon put a vessel behind the building, with the run north to Wiggins Pass for Gulf access. Floor plans are available on request.

Deeded beach access sits directly across Gulf Shore Drive, so the sand is a crossing rather than a drive. The Ritz-Carlton Naples and the Turtle Club are a short distance south, Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park and LaPlaya a few minutes north, and Mercato’s dining and shopping sit inland at Vanderbilt Beach Road and U.S. 41. For a six-unit building, that combination of bay frontage, docks, beach access and weekly rental rights is genuinely hard to replicate anywhere else on this street.

Building details, association rules, rental policies and dock availability are believed accurate but are not guaranteed and are subject to change. Verify all information with the association and through your own due diligence.

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