How much are condo fees in Cape Canaveral, FL?
Cape Canaveral condominium fees run from $695 a month at Solana Lake to $1,252 at Royal Mansion. Most communities land between $750 and $1,035, and across thirteen condominium addresses the fee moves your monthly more than the price does.
Here is the comparison that gets missed. Solana Lake and Royal Mansion carry almost the same median sale price, $436,250 and $435,000. Solana Lake units are 1,698 to 1,956 square feet with a fee of $695 to $750. Royal Mansion units are 1,058 square feet with a fee of $960 to $1,252. Same money, roughly half the space, and up to $557 more leaving your account every month.
That gap is $6,684 a year. Over a ten year hold it is more than sixty six thousand dollars, which is larger than any price difference you will negotiate on a $435,000 purchase in Cape Canaveral.
So this page puts all thirteen fees in one place, then does two things a fee list normally does not: divides each fee by the square footage it maintains, and adds the property tax bill on top. Both of those reorder the list.
Every Cape Canaveral condominium fee, lowest to highest
| Community | Monthly fee | Year built | Unit size | Median price | Median annual tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solana Lake | $695 to $750 | 2001 to 2003 | 1,698 to 1,956 sq ft | $436,250 | $5,320 |
| Bayport | $700 to $775 | 2005 to 2006 | 1,507 to 2,615 sq ft | $458,000 | $4,042 |
| Canaveral Sands | $730 flat | 1981 | 1,222 sq ft | $560,000 | $5,720 |
| Sand Dunes Oceanfront | $750 to $850 | 1997 to 1998 | 1,612 to 2,268 sq ft | $600,000 | $4,184 |
| Bayside | $753 to $815 | 2002 to 2005 | 1,507 to 2,092 sq ft | $446,250 | $3,120 |
| The Villages of Seaport | $784 to $1,111 | 1985 to 2006 | 1,354 to 2,059 sq ft | $505,000 | $4,979 |
| Shorewood | $825 to $865 | 1996 to 1998 | 1,663 to 2,104 sq ft | $445,000 | $4,696 |
| Solana on the River | $845 to $875 | 2004 to 2005 | 1,918 to 2,206 sq ft | $462,500 | $5,238 |
| Puerto Del Rio | $860 to $945 | 2003 to 2007 | 1,840 to 2,436 sq ft | $450,000 | $5,287 |
| Royal Mansion | $960 to $1,252 | 1988 | 1,058 sq ft | $435,000 | $2,773 |
| Ocean Oaks | $991 flat | 1994 to 1995 | 1,590 to 2,114 sq ft | $600,000 | $5,814 |
| Solana Shores | $1,025 to $1,035 | 2000 | 1,921 to 2,562 sq ft | $850,000 | $4,476 |
| Canaveral Towers | $1,085 flat | 1975 | 1,145 sq ft | $463,000 | $6,342 |
Now divide the fee by the square footage
A fee maintains a building, and a bigger unit is a bigger share of that building. Rank the same thirteen by monthly cost per square foot and the order changes considerably.
| Community | Fee midpoint | Typical unit | Fee per sq ft per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayport | About $738 | About 2,060 sq ft | About $0.36 |
| Solana Lake | About $722 | About 1,830 sq ft | About $0.40 |
| Sand Dunes Oceanfront | About $800 | About 1,940 sq ft | About $0.41 |
| Solana on the River | About $860 | About 2,060 sq ft | About $0.42 |
| Puerto Del Rio | About $902 | About 2,140 sq ft | About $0.42 |
| Bayside | About $784 | About 1,800 sq ft | About $0.44 |
| Shorewood | About $845 | About 1,880 sq ft | About $0.45 |
| Solana Shores | About $1,030 | About 2,240 sq ft | About $0.46 |
| Ocean Oaks | About $991 | About 1,850 sq ft | About $0.54 |
| The Villages of Seaport | About $948 | About 1,710 sq ft | About $0.56 |
| Canaveral Sands | $730 | 1,222 sq ft | About $0.60 |
| Canaveral Towers | $1,085 | 1,145 sq ft | About $0.95 |
| Royal Mansion | About $1,106 | 1,058 sq ft | About $1.05 |
Solana Shores has the second highest fee in the city and one of the better figures per square foot, because you are paying $1,030 to maintain a 2,241 square foot three bedroom. Canaveral Sands has the fourth lowest fee on the list and one of the worst per foot, because $730 maintains 1,222 square feet. Neither number is right or wrong. They just answer different questions.
What drives the spread
Unit size is the first driver, and the table above shows exactly how much of the spread it explains. The three communities at the bottom are the three smallest floor plans in the city.
The second is what the structure has to stand up to. Buildings directly on the Atlantic take salt air and wind on every exterior surface, and the buildings sitting west of A1A do not, at least not to the same degree. Canaveral Towers from 1975 and Royal Mansion from 1988 are both ocean side, both older, and both at the top of this list.
The third is age, which does not work the way people assume. Puerto Del Rio, finished between 2003 and 2007, charges $860 to $945, more than 1981 Canaveral Sands at $730. A newer community is often funding a schedule from the start. An older one may be catching up, or it may have been funding properly all along. The fee alone will not tell you which.
The fourth is what the money actually pays for, and that is the only one you cannot infer from outside. It is written into each association's budget and declaration, it differs from one community to the next, and no comparison table can substitute for reading it.
When one community quotes two different numbers
Four communities here carry ranges wide enough to change what you can afford to offer. Royal Mansion runs $960 to $1,252 on a single 1,058 square foot floor plan, a $292 monthly swing on identical units. The Villages of Seaport runs $784 to $1,111, the widest range in the city. Puerto Del Rio runs $860 to $945, and Bayport runs $700 to $775.
Two units listed at the same price in any of those four are not the same purchase. Get the exact figure for the exact unit in writing, and get it before you make an offer rather than during the inspection period.
Add the tax bill and the order changes again
Property tax lands in the same account the fee comes out of, and in Cape Canaveral it swings from $2,773 a year at Royal Mansion to $6,342 at Canaveral Towers. Add the two together and you get the number that actually leaves your bank each month.
| Community | Fee midpoint | Tax per month | True monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayside | About $784 | About $260 | About $1,044 |
| Bayport | About $738 | About $337 | About $1,075 |
| Sand Dunes Oceanfront | About $800 | About $349 | About $1,149 |
| Solana Lake | About $722 | About $443 | About $1,165 |
| Canaveral Sands | $730 | About $477 | About $1,207 |
| Shorewood | About $845 | About $391 | About $1,236 |
| Solana on the River | About $860 | About $437 | About $1,297 |
| Royal Mansion | About $1,106 | About $231 | About $1,337 |
| Puerto Del Rio | About $902 | About $441 | About $1,343 |
| The Villages of Seaport | About $948 | About $415 | About $1,363 |
| Solana Shores | About $1,030 | About $373 | About $1,403 |
| Ocean Oaks | About $991 | About $485 | About $1,476 |
| Canaveral Towers | $1,085 | About $528 | About $1,613 |
Watch Solana Lake and Royal Mansion again. The fee gap between them is roughly $384 a month. The tax gap runs the other way by about $212. The true monthly gap is therefore about $172, not $384, which is a very different conversation than the one the fee column started.
Bayside ends up cheapest to hold in the entire city on a $3,120 tax bill, despite a fee that sits in the middle of the pack. Canaveral Towers ends up most expensive on both lines at once.
One caution about those tax figures. They reflect assessments as they currently stand, and a long held unit often sits well below what a sale resets it to. Pull the parcel history yourself at the Brevard County Property Appraiser rather than reading the current bill, and if this will be your primary residence, read the homestead exemption page next.
The paperwork to ask for
Whatever the number is, the same five documents answer the questions a fee cannot: the reserve study, the most recent milestone inspection report, the last twelve months of board minutes, the current annual budget and the declaration governing your unit. Request them early enough that you can actually read them.
The Florida Division of Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes is the state agency that oversees condominium and cooperative housing, and it is a reasonable place to start if you want to understand the structure before you shop.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the lowest condo fee in Cape Canaveral?
Solana Lake at $695 to $750 a month, followed by Bayport at $700 to $775 and Canaveral Sands at a flat $730. Solana Lake is also the lowest waterfront figure in the city, which is unusual, since water exposure normally pushes the number up.
Which Cape Canaveral condo has the highest fee?
Royal Mansion tops out at $1,252 a month, with Canaveral Towers at a flat $1,085 and Solana Shores at $1,025 to $1,035. Royal Mansion also has the lowest tax bill in the city at about $2,773, so its true monthly is not the highest.
Do Cape Canaveral condo fees include property taxes?
No. Your tax bill is separate and paid to Brevard County, which is exactly why the true monthly table above exists. Budget both. Compare communities side by side on the condos page or the waterfront page.
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