Shadow Wood
Estero, FL · 1,033 single-family homes · Village of Estero
zone 3 Surge
zone AH Flood zone
80% of mapped
flood features
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Shadow Wood at a glance
About Shadow Wood
Shadow Wood is a gated community of 1,033 single-family homes in Estero, built around 54 holes of championship golf, including the North and South courses designed by Robert Cupp. Day to day, the nearest golf course, Shadow Wood Country Club, is about 0.2 miles straight-line from the community's center; the nearest library, South County Regional Library, is about 1.6 miles away; the nearest hospital, Lee Health Coconut Point, about 1.4 miles.
Amenities — amenities center on the private, member-owned Shadow Wood Country Club — club membership is separate from home ownership (compiled from the club's own materials and market descriptions, so confirm current amenities and membership with the club) — include 54 holes of championship golf, including the North and South courses designed by Robert Cupp, a country-club clubhouse with dining, a fitness center with massage-therapy suites, 9 Har-Tru tennis courts, a heated outdoor lap pool, the private Shadow Wood Beach Club on Bonita Beach (snack bar, grills, showers, private parking), reciprocity with The Commons Club at The Brooks (private beach club and wellness spa), a gated entry.
On paper, the community sits in evacuation zone C. The average assessed just value across its 1,305 residential parcels was $1,034,773 in the county's 2026 roll.
The single decision that shapes life at Shadow Wood more than any feature on the amenity list is whether to join the club. Amenities here center on the private, member-owned Shadow Wood Country Club, and membership is separate from owning a home — you buy the house first and decide about the club second. That structure is the inverse of the bundled-golf communities elsewhere in Estero and Bonita Springs: it suits buyers who want a country-club address without being obligated to fund a membership they may never use, while those who intend to play, use the nine Har-Tru tennis courts, or spend summers at the private Shadow Wood Beach Club on Bonita Beach opt in on their own terms. Confirm current amenities and membership directly with the club before you count on any of it.
The second thing to understand is how the community is put together, because the tax bill can be confusing. Shadow Wood at The Brooks is one of the neighborhoods in the roughly 2,492-acre Brooks master community that the Bonita Bay Group developed in Estero, and it does carry a community development district — recorded not as a Shadow Wood district but as the Brooks of Bonita Springs CDD, the district for the wider Brooks community. On one sampled 2025 bill, the recurring non-ad-valorem charges came to $1,383.64: the CDD assessment of $1,017.25 plus a $366.39 Lee County solid waste line. Amounts vary by lot and home.
A few practical notes for anyone getting serious. This is a gated community of single-family homes built roughly between 1999 and 2006, governed by Shadow Wood Community Association, Inc., inside the Village of Estero. Internet options include Hotwire fiber and Xfinity cable, and the community sits in evacuation Zone C — worth checking before hurricane season. Confirm current dues, membership terms, and rules with the association and the club. This page is an independent, records-based starting point, not affiliated with the HOA, club, or developer.
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Live status from the National Weather Service and NOAA, each item stamped with the time it was checked; anything past its freshness window is removed rather than shown as current. In an approaching storm, rely on official channels first: Lee County Emergency Management ↗.
This is county map data with a retrieval date — not a flood determination for insurance or lending purposes. Confirm your parcel with the official county lookup or your insurer.
Home & property numbers
46 sales · FL DOR codes 01–02 · retrieved Aug 21 2026
Recorded prices, not an appraisal — and not a valuation of any one home.
Typical build years (5th–95th pct) · Property Appraiser · Aug 21 2026
A typical build-era band — the 5th–95th percentile of parcel build years, so a stray older or newer parcel doesn't widen it. It says nothing about how many homes went up when.
2020–2024 ACS 5-year · B19013 · retrieved Aug 4 2026 · 3 tracts
Census tracts cover an area wider than the community’s own boundary.
What it costs to live here
A worked annual example — the shape of a bill here, not a quote for any home.
Worked example — 13.0214 mills (the district most parcels are in) on a $1,025,000 rounded assessed value before exemptions (from the community’s average just value). Your own bill moves with exemptions and assessment caps.
Brooks of Bonita Springs CDD $1,017.25 plus $366.39 in other non-ad-valorem items, read off one sampled 2025 bill. Varies by lot and home.
Shadow Wood does not publish a fee schedule. Confirm the current amount with the HOA office before you close.
Millage Book 2025 · sampled 2025 bill
Association fees are not published here, so they are absent from this bar rather than estimated into it. Varies by lot and home; never a quote.
County roll math, one sampled tax bill and each association’s own published figures — we publish fee amounts only from official documents; amounts change annually and vary by home and exemptions. Never a quote, never tax advice.
Golf & recreation
Golf is next door — Shadow Wood Country Club sits 0.2 miles from the community's center, and two more clubs sit within 1.1 miles.
Straight-line distances from the community center · checked Aug 2026.
Dining nearby
Nearest 8 licensed establishments · within 5 miDinner without the drive — the closest kitchens to the gate, nearest first.
From Florida food-service license records · straight-line distances · checked Aug 2026.
Local essentials
Nearest schools by distance — never an attendance-zone assignment. Official school finder ↗
Public, open ramps only.
Straight-line distances on a six-mile scale — › means a bit further out.
What's on nearby
Utilities & providers
Territory read at the community centroid — not a per-parcel guarantee.
Reported at a sampled in-community address — availability varies parcel to parcel.
Service-territory map data (checked Aug 2026) — the provider serving the area, not a guarantee of connection for any individual parcel. Confirm service and rates with the provider before relying on them.
Dates that matter in Lee County
You must own and occupy the home as your permanent residence as of January 1 to claim it for that tax year; buy after January 1 and you file for the following year.
Property Appraiser ↗The proposed-tax notice from the Property Appraiser; not a bill. You then have 25 days from its mailing date to petition the Value Adjustment Board.
FL Dept. of Revenue ↗Early-payment discounts: 4% in November, 3% December, 2% January, 1% February; a deadline landing on a weekend or holiday extends to the next business day.
Tax Collector ↗The Atlantic season per the National Hurricane Center; storms can occur outside these dates.
National Hurricane Center ↗County and state dates — the same for every Lee County community, each linked to its official source (checked Aug 2026).
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