Cypress Dunes beach access

[Smiling JOe]

Not of which I am aware, other than several which operate only for their own community like Seacrest Beach.

Cypress Dunes pushed the limit with that project. There website even states that their pool is adjacent to the state park "and the Gulf." Cypress Dunes is difficult to sell as a beach rental. You may get someone once, but I bet they don't repeat.

 

[Minnie]

Not of which I am aware, other than several which operate only for their own community like Seacrest Beach.

Cypress Dunes pushed the limit with that project. There website even states that their pool is adjacent to the state park "and the Gulf." Cypress Dunes is difficult to sell as a beach rental. You may get someone once, but I bet they don't repeat.

I have looked at a couple of rentals online for Cypress Dunes and they show photos of the pool with the Gluf in the background, so are these photos taken with a high power zoom, or they totally photoshopped.

Can you see the Gulf from the pool.

 

[Miss Critter]

I have looked at a couple of rentals online for Cypress Dunes and they show photos of the pool with the Gluf in the background, so are these photos taken with a high power zoom, or they totally photoshopped.

Can you see the Gulf from the pool.

Yep, Minnie, you can see it. You just can't access it. There's preserve land between the development and the beach. If memory serves, this was supposed to be addressed with a community walkover, but money and/or permitting prevented it from happening.

 

[Minnie]

Yep, Minnie, you can see it. You just can't access it. There's preserve land between the development and the beach. If memory serves, this was supposed to be addressed with a community walkover, but money and/or permitting prevented it from happening.

Thanks, it looks like a beautiful development in the photos.

 

[Miss Critter]

It's nicely done, with really great amenities. It's a shame that the economy sidelined it, as it did so many projects here. There's an REO lot listed in there for under 40K - 20 under $100k between short sales and foreclosures. Times have certainly changed.

 

[gmarc]

the big builder willis or something owned all the lots in there. did he go under?i like the developement but i just like the other side of 30-a much better from grayton to rosemary

 

[NotDeadYet]

Yep, Minnie, you can see it. You just can't access it. There's preserve land between the development and the beach. If memory serves, this was supposed to be addressed with a community walkover, but money and/or permitting prevented it from happening.

The walkover was wishful thinking. The state never gives easements through their preserved land, unless it is the only possible access to private property. When the state refused, they sued, trying to prove a prescriptive easement. They lost.

 

[Smiling JOe]

John Willis Homes is still in business as I understand it. I think like most developers at the time, he ran into financial troubles, but I am pretty certain he is still building homes.

 

[GoodWitch58]

Too bad that he cut through so much of the cypress swamp for this development...

 

[Kurt]

Some photos from the property - Photos - Beaches of South Walton - 05/15/06