The Plantation is a gated, all-ages community off Treeline Avenue in Fort Myers, built by Centex and Pulte. Its homes sit in two neighborhoods: Somerset, beside the golf course, and Bridgetown, built around its own amenity center.
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Each neighborhood has its own amenity center and its own mix of homes, so the first choice here is which side fits how you want to live.
The Plantation at a glance
Homes
1,939
Somerset
954
Bridgetown
985
Both sit behind the same gates, on the same roads off Treeline Avenue. Each one has its own homes, its own amenity center and its own association, so start with the side that fits how you want to live.
Beside the golf course
Single-family homes and coach-home condominiums looking out on fairways, lakes and preserve.
Somerset wraps around the golf course. Its single-family homes and low-rise coach-home condominiums look out on fairways, lakes and preserve. Somerset Hall is the neighborhood’s own amenity center, with a pool, a second pool on Lonsdale Terrace, a hot tub, a fitness center, an aerobics studio and a library.
The course is next door, and playing it is a separate choice. The club sells membership on its own, so a Somerset home comes with Somerset Hall and not with the course.
Built around its amenity center
Single-family homes and attached villas around pools, courts, a tiki bar, a fire pit and a tot lot.
Bridgetown is built around its amenity center, which has a main pool and a lap pool, a spa, a fitness center open 4am to 11pm, five tennis courts, four pickleball courts, three bocce courts, a tiki bar, a fire pit and a tot lot. Its homes are single-family houses and attached villas.
Bridgetown has no golf course of its own. Owners who want to play can apply to the club for membership, the same as owners in Somerset.
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Start with price, inventory, contracts, and recent closing activity. Each figure identifies whether it uses the September 1, 2026 snapshot or the trailing 120-day window.
Median Sold Price
$545,000
▼ 7.6% MoMSellers Received
96.4%
▲ 0.2 pts MoMHomes for Sale
24
▼ 7.7% MoMUnder Contract
5
▼ 58.3% MoMClosings (120 days)
38
▼ 9.5% MoMPending-to-Active
20.8%
▼ 25.4 pts MoMRe-list Rate
20.8%
▼ 10.0 pts MoMMonths of Inventory
2.5
Flat MoMTwo neighborhoods carry this community and they closed at different levels: Bridgetown at a $575,000 median across 21 sales, Somerset at $540,000 across 17. Months of inventory held at 2.5, with 24 active listings, five pending contracts and 38 closings across the trailing 120 days. The nine August closings finished at a median 91.1% of their opening price, $39,900 below it, against 97.8% from the final ask. One of the nine was a relist. Pricing here works from sales inside a single neighborhood, since the two have exchanged positions on median price twice this year.
Community figures use a trailing 120-day window and reflect MLS records as of September 1, 2026. Read the full Fort Myers market report →
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The club sits inside The Plantation and belongs to neither neighborhood. It is owned and run by Heritage Golf Group, and membership is optional and by application for owners in Somerset and Bridgetown alike. The figures below are the club’s current rates for 2026. Golf membership has had a waiting list, so ask early.
Open to
Both neighborhoods
Buying a home does not include membership on either side. You join the club separately.
What the club charges to join and play
The club’s 2026 membership schedule, dated January 2026
Full Golf, to join
$50,000
Non-refundable. Then $12,300 a year for a family or $8,600 for an individual.
Social, to join
$3,000
Non-refundable. Then $900 a year. Dining and social events, no golf.
Neither Somerset nor Bridgetown includes membership, so this is a separate purchase from the home. Budget it as more than the dues: a Full Golf family taking the unlimited cart plan runs $12,300 in dues plus $3,845 for carts plus the $650 food and beverage minimum, so about $16,795 a year before tax, on top of the $50,000 to join. An individual on the private trail plan runs about $11,600. The minimum is money you spend at the club rather than a fee, and the card says taxes are additional and every figure can change without notice. Full Golf plays on a cart fee rather than a green fee, and books tee times up to ten days out.
Membership
One-time initiation, then annual dues
Full Golf
Social
Both categories
Carts and course extras
Annual plans, or pay as you play
Annual cart plans
Charged as used
Guests and extended family
Per round, by season
Guest fees
Extended family rates
The Plantation Golf & Country Club 2026 Membership Categories and Fees, dated January 2026. The club is owned and operated by Heritage Golf Group and is not part of either homeowners association, so these rates are set by the club and not by Somerset or Bridgetown. The schedule states that all fees, dues and charges can change without notice, that taxes apply, and that annual dues and fees are non-refundable. Confirm membership availability and current pricing with the club before you rely on any figure here.
Both communities allow leasing and cap it at three leases a year. The minimum term differs, and a Somerset condominium association can be stricter than the Somerset master rule. Check the rule for the specific association, not for the development.
Shortest lease
28 days in Somerset, one month in Bridgetown
Three leases a year in both. No weekly or nightly rentals, and no renting part of a home.
The term
Somerset’s master declaration sets 28 consecutive days. Bridgetown sets one month. Two Somerset condominium associations, Glastonbury and Barbados I, require a full month.
How many
Three leases a year everywhere. Somerset’s master and Bridgetown count them across any rolling twelve months. Glastonbury and Barbados I count three per calendar year, which is a tighter test.
The paperwork
Whole homes only, in writing, with a copy to management. Somerset requires it within ten days of signing. The tenant is bound by the governing documents and the owner supplies them. Bridgetown counts a lease that ends early, including a tenant default, as one of the three.
What stays yours
The owner remains responsible for what a tenant does. Neither association transfers golf club privileges, because neither one holds them. The club’s 2026 schedule publishes a lessee-of-member rate of $80 a round, so a tenant of a member has a published way to play.
Glastonbury and Barbados I use the same leasing and occupancy language: one month minimum, three leases per calendar year, and occupancy capped at two people per bedroom, or two per bedroom plus two overnight. Antigua and Islands I may differ, so check the association that governs the specific home.
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The Plantation is a gated community developed by Centex Homes, off Treeline Avenue in Fort Myers, near Daniels Parkway and a short drive from Southwest Florida International Airport. It holds 1,939 homes in two separate residential associations, Somerset with 954 and Bridgetown with 985. A private golf club sits inside the development and is owned and operated by a third party, so it belongs to neither association.
Somerset has single-family homes and low-rise coach-home condominiums, built from about 2007 to 2018, with golf course, lake and preserve views. Its amenity building is Somerset Hall. Bridgetown has single-family homes and attached villas, built from about 2007 to 2021 and concentrated in the later years, with its own amenity center, pools, racquet courts, a tiki bar, a fire pit and a tot lot. Both communities sit inside the Arborwood Community Development District, which bills through the Lee County tax bill.
Which community a home sits in tells you what you are buying. Somerset has single-family homes and low-rise coach-home condominiums. Bridgetown has single-family homes and two groups of attached villas. The two communities have different fees, different rules and different amenities.
Compare within a community before you compare across them. A Somerset condominium and a Bridgetown house are different products with different fee structures, and their sold prices are not each other’s comparables.
Each community runs its own amenity center and they keep different hours. Somerset Hall is open 6am to 9pm with the fitness center from 5am to 9pm and the pools dawn to dusk. Children under 16 need an adult at the amenity center, and the fitness center is closed to children under 12. A private event needs a $400 cleaning and damage deposit.
Bridgetown’s amenity center keeps longer hours. The fitness center and motion room run 4am to 11pm, social rooms 8:30am to 11pm, the tiki bar, fire pit and barbecue 8:30am to 10pm, tennis and pickleball 7am to 10pm, and bocce 8am to 8pm. Pools and the spa are open sunrise to sunset. The association lists a lap pool and a main pool, a spa, five tennis courts, four pickleball courts, three bocce courts, a tot lot, a fire pit and a tiki bar. Residents create guest passes in the MyQ Community app, and a visitor without one enters an access code at the gate kiosk.
The golf club is owned and operated by Heritage Golf Group. Somerset’s declaration is explicit that the club is not common property, is not controlled by the association, and that owning a home creates no right to use it. Bridgetown’s association does not include or control the club either. Membership is optional, by application, and open to owners in both neighborhoods.
Every published membership, cart and guest rate is in the golf club section higher up this page. Two things that schedule does not say. The club has had a golf waiting list, so a membership may not be available the week you close. And the initiation fee is non-refundable, so it is money spent rather than equity you hold and later sell. Both categories include a spouse and dependents to age 26.
Homes along the course may be subject to recorded golf ball easements, and they reach condominiums as well as houses. Somerset’s master declaration and Glastonbury’s condominium declaration both carry one. The easement permits golf balls to come onto the property and permits golfers, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, to come onto the exterior of the property to retrieve them. Review the declaration and survey for the specific home.
Both communities sit in the Arborwood Community Development District, which was established in 2004 and also covers other communities beyond The Plantation. The district assessment has two parts, operations and maintenance plus bond debt service, and it is collected in the non-ad valorem section of the Lee County tax bill rather than by an association. Because it is already on the tax bill, do not add it on top of a property’s tax figure.
The amount is set per parcel and varies by community, home type, lot width and bond status, so there is no single Plantation figure. On individual homes it runs from about $583 to about $1,527 a year. The applicable bonds are scheduled to mature in May 2036. The operations and maintenance portion continues after that, so the assessment does not end with the bonds. Check the current tax bill for the exact parcel.
Somerset’s architectural rules require approval for exterior changes. Pools need a $2,000 refundable owner deposit and a $10,000 refundable contractor deposit with the application. Fences are prohibited except an approved 48 inch bronze pool safety fence, screen enclosures must be bronze, and Bermuda, Bahama and bubble cover shutters are not allowed. Exterior paint follows the approved palette. Somerset’s guidelines reach its condominiums too: Glastonbury’s declaration requires compliance with the Somerset architectural guidelines for any exterior work.
Bridgetown runs its own architectural review and Somerset’s rules do not apply there. Its board meets the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, exterior changes need an application, and it publishes a Sherwin-Williams paint palette. Approved hurricane protection is galvanized steel panels, clear or Lexan panels, accordion shutters, and roll-down shutters or shades. Bridgetown also follows the City of Fort Myers rule against street parking at any time, and enforces it itself between midnight and 6am. Trash and recycling are collected Tuesday and yard waste Friday, with containers out no earlier than 5pm the day before.
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Open the flood zone lookup →No. Buying a home in Somerset or Bridgetown does not include golf club membership.
The golf club is owned and operated by Heritage Golf Group and is not part of either homeowners association. Somerset’s declaration states that the club is not common property, is not controlled by the association, and that ownership creates no right to use it. Membership is bought separately from the club: the 2026 schedule sets Full Golf at $50,000 to join plus $12,300 a year for a family or $8,600 for an individual, and Social at $3,000 to join plus $900 a year. Carts and a $325 twice-yearly food and beverage minimum are on top. Membership is subject to the club’s current availability, fees and rules.
Yes. Membership is by application and open to owners in both Somerset and Bridgetown.
The club belongs to neither neighborhood, so buying a home on either side does not include membership. Owners apply to the club and pay its initiation fee and dues. Golf membership has had a waiting list, so ask early.
They are two separate neighborhoods with their own associations, fees, rules and amenities.
Somerset has 954 homes, single-family and coach-home condominiums, and is built around the golf course. Bridgetown has 985 homes, single-family and attached villas, around its own amenity center. Each has its own declaration, board and manager, so compare a home with sales on its own side first.
No. The Plantation is open to all ages.
Some third-party sites describe it as age targeted, which describes who tends to buy there rather than a rule. Neither neighborhood carries an age restriction.
A Bridgetown house runs $5,504 to $6,392 a year on the 2026 proposed schedule, and its attached villas $5,456 to $7,752. A Somerset house runs $6,492 to $6,852.
Somerset condominium owners pay two associations, the community assessment plus their own condominium association, which brings the total to between $11,820 and $14,044 a year. Bridgetown fees follow one of seven assessment categories. Confirm the figure for a specific home on its estoppel.
Yes. Both communities are in the Arborwood Community Development District.
The assessment covers operations and maintenance plus bond debt service, and it appears in the non-ad valorem section of the Lee County tax bill rather than on an association statement. The amount is set per parcel and varies, so check the tax bill for the exact address rather than using a community figure.
Yes, with limits. Somerset requires at least 28 days and Bridgetown at least one month, three leases a year in both.
Whole homes only, in writing, with a copy to management. A Somerset condominium association can be stricter than the Somerset master rule. Barbados I requires a full month and counts three leases per calendar year. Check the rule for the specific association.
Generally yes, subject to registration and restrictions.
Bridgetown requires pets to be registered and prohibits certain animals and dog breeds. Pets may not be left outside or on a lanai when nobody is home. Rules differ by association and change over time, so review the current rules for the specific community before you buy.
Flood zones change from one block to the next, so the only answer that counts is the one for that exact address.
The zone affects both insurance cost and lender requirements, and two homes on the same street can sit in different ones. Check the FEMA flood zone for the address first, then get a current insurance quote before you make an offer.
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