Burnt Store Isles (BSI) is the smaller of the two leading waterfront and golf course communities in Punta Gorda, Florida. The community is deed-restricted and offers city water and sewer throughout with a few streets offering underground utilities. Single family homes represent the majority of residences although there are several waterfront and golf course condos or villas available as well. All home sites are located on either a saltwater canal or offer picturesque views of Twin Isles Golf Course. Homes range in size from quaint, 1,000 sq ft bungalows to 4,000 sq ft custom dream homes.

Vacant lots are still available so you can choose to build your Florida dream home as well. The standard, single-family lot is 80 ft x 120 ft however with lots of cul-de-sacs throughout the neighborhood, you can find oversized tip, key and cul-de-sac lots for sale as well.

All waterfront properties have concrete seawalls and offer sailboat access (no bridges) to Charlotte Harbor via Alligator Creek, a natural river. Burnt Store Isles, like Punta Gorda Isles, lies within the City of Punta Gorda’s canal maintenance district therefore the city maintains all seawalls throughout the community. All waterfront property owners in PGI and BSI pay an annual fee with their property taxes for this service. The City of Punta Gorda does a wonderful job ensuring that the canals and seawalls are in top form.

Boating time to open water from Burnt Store Isles is a minimum of 15-20 minutes via Alligator Creek. The access point out of Burnt Store Isles used to house a lock but in early 2003 the lock was removed. Boat owners should consider the width of their boat as well as the width of the former lock (17 ft wide) when looking at homes in Burnt Store Isles. In exchange for the lock being removed, residents in Burnt Store Isles agreed that all new docks in the community must have a boat lift. Existing homes or vacant lots with existing docks at the time of the lock removal have been grandfathered and are not required to have boat lifts. The grandfathering remains with the property and is transferred should ownership of the property changes.

You don’t want to be caught “playing the tides” or “cruising the canals” so it is important that you work with a realtor who can answer all your questions not just about the property and the community but about the boating and water access as well.

Interested in buying or selling Punta Gorda Real Estate? Contact The Andreae Group today at (941)833-4217 or (866)761-8138.

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