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Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes

Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes is a sold-out, 443-home, 55-plus gated Taylor Morrison community in southeast Naples, anchored by a 6,500-square-foot clubhouse and a genuinely extensive outdoor amenity package.

Located in Naples, part of the Southwest Florida region.

  • 55+ Age-Restricted
  • Gated

Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes is an age-restricted, 55-plus, gated community built by Taylor Morrison at the intersection of Collier Boulevard and Rattlesnake Hammock Road in southeast Naples, Collier County, confirmed sold out via Taylor Morrison’s own community page. It is a genuinely distinct community from Esplanade Golf & Country Club of Naples, an older and considerably larger Taylor Morrison Esplanade community located in North Naples, as well as from Taylor Morrison’s several other Florida Esplanade developments already covered on this site; buyers should take particular care not to conflate the two Naples-area Esplanade communities given their shared branding and city. Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes consists of 443 residences spread across 152 acres, including 30 acres of lakes, and is fully built out and sold out from the builder, meaning current transactions occur exclusively as resales. Homes are single-family, built in a California Tuscan-inspired architectural style, with 2 to 4 bedrooms spanning 1,856 to 3,006 square feet; a separate "Twin Villas" product line also exists within or immediately adjacent to the community, offering an attached alternative to the single-family product. Specific original or current resale pricing was not precisely confirmed in this research and should be verified directly with a local agent familiar with the community. The community’s amenities are genuinely extensive for a moderately sized, roughly 440-home development: a 6,500-square-foot clubhouse anchors daily life, featuring a grand lobby and reception area, a gathering center, concierge service, a fitness center, spa services, an indoor pool, a movement room, a multipurpose activities room, a billiards room, and a catering kitchen. Outdoor amenities include a resistance pool and a separate resort-style pool with lap lanes, a spa, a covered lanai, a fire pit and cabanas, tennis courts and additional sports courts, lighted pickleball courts, an event lawn, and both a dog park and a tot lot. HOA fee figures conflict meaningfully across the sources reviewed for this research: one cites approximately $390 per month, while another cites a lower range of $200 to $300 per month. This discrepancy should be resolved through direct verification with the HOA before being cited as a settled figure in any published content. A Community Development District fee is confirmed present at Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes, estimated at roughly $1,500 to $3,500 per year and paid via the property tax bill, a genuine cost component buyers should factor in alongside the HOA assessment when calculating total carrying costs. For healthcare access, Physicians Regional Medical Group is reported a few minutes away from the community, a genuinely convenient distance. For air travel, Southwest Florida International Airport is reported at roughly 40 minutes away. Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes’ genuinely comprehensive clubhouse and outdoor amenity package, combined with its sold-out, fully mature status, positions it as a strong option for buyers seeking an established, amenity-rich 55-plus community in the Naples market, distinct from the larger, older Esplanade Golf & Country Club of Naples community elsewhere in the city. The community’s southeast Naples location, along Collier Boulevard near Rattlesnake Hammock Road, places it within a genuinely convenient position relative to both downtown Naples and the broader eastern Collier County growth corridor, giving residents reasonable access to Naples’ renowned shopping, dining, and cultural amenities without paying the premium typically associated with the city’s most central, coastal-adjacent neighborhoods. This positioning has made southeast Naples an increasingly popular destination for active-adult buyers seeking Naples-area amenities and healthcare access at a somewhat more moderate price point than communities closer to the Gulf. The presence of a genuine 30-acre lake system within the community’s 152-acre footprint gives Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes a meaningfully more water-oriented character than many comparably sized active-adult communities, with lake views factoring into the pricing premium for specific homesites within the development. Buyers evaluating the community against Esplanade Golf & Country Club of Naples or other Naples-area 55-plus options should weigh this smaller, more intimate 443-home scale and its genuine lake-district character against the larger community’s bundled golf course and more extensive overall footprint, confirming current CDD and HOA figures directly given the discrepancies identified in this research. Both communities draw on Taylor Morrison’s consistent Esplanade quality standards and California Tuscan-inspired architectural style, giving buyers a recognizable, established brand experience regardless of which specific Naples-area Esplanade community they ultimately choose. Overall, Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes offers a genuinely well-rounded, amenity-rich active-adult option within one of Naples’ fastest-growing eastern corridors, appealing to buyers who want genuine lake views alongside comprehensive clubhouse amenities and a strong, active social calendar within a fully established, sold-out community. Prospective buyers should work directly with a local Naples agent to confirm current resale inventory, exact HOA and CDD figures, and precise distances to Physicians Regional Medical Group before finalizing a purchase decision, given the specific gaps identified in the sources consulted for this research, particularly around exact fee figures and precise healthcare-facility distances, both of which are best confirmed directly through the HOA office or a current listing agent familiar with the community’s active resale market, current inventory, and typical closing timelines for a home in this specific price range and the specific neighborhood section of the broader community actively and genuinely under consideration.

Age Restriction

Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes is an age-restricted, 55-plus, gated community built by Taylor Morrison at Collier Boulevard and Rattlesnake Hammock Road in southeast Naples, Collier County, confirmed sold out via Taylor Morrison’s own site. It is a genuinely distinct community from Esplanade Golf & Country Club of Naples, an older, larger Taylor Morrison Esplanade community in North Naples, as well as from Taylor Morrison’s other Florida Esplanade developments already covered on this site.

Housing Types

  • Single-family homes (California Tuscan-inspired)
  • Twin Villas

Pricing

Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes consists of 443 residences on 152 acres, including 30 acres of lakes, and is fully built out and sold out from the builder. Homes are single-family, California Tuscan-inspired in architecture, with 2 to 4 bedrooms spanning 1,856 to 3,006 square feet; a separate "Twin Villas" product line also exists within or adjacent to the community. Specific original or current resale pricing was not precisely confirmed in this research and should be verified directly with a local agent.

Fees & Assessments

HOA Dues: HOA fee figures conflict across sources: one cites approximately $390 per month, another cites $200 to $300 per month. This discrepancy should be resolved through direct verification with the HOA before being cited as a settled figure.

CDD Assessment: A Community Development District fee is confirmed present, estimated at roughly $1,500 to $3,500 per year, paid via the property tax bill.

Amenities

  • A 6,500-square-foot clubhouse with a grand lobby and reception area, a gathering center, concierge service, a fitness center, spa services, an indoor pool, a movement room, a multipurpose activities room, a billiards room, and a catering kitchen
  • A resistance pool and a separate resort-style pool with lap lanes
  • Spa
  • Covered lanai
  • Fire pit and cabanas
  • Tennis courts and additional sports courts
  • Lighted pickleball courts
  • Event lawn
  • Dog park and tot lot

Getting Around

Healthcare: Physicians Regional Medical Group is reported a few minutes away from Esplanade at Hacienda Lakes.

Airport: Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) is reported at roughly 40 minutes away.

Similar Communities to Consider

  • Esplanade Golf & Country Club of Naples

    Esplanade Golf & Country Club of Naples is a sold-out, 1,100-plus-home, bundled-golf Taylor Morrison community in North Naples, one of the company’s most amenity-dense Esplanade developments with six tennis courts, a Culinary Center, and a Bahama Bar.

  • Esplanade by the Islands

    Esplanade by the Islands is a gated, Taylor Morrison-built resort-lifestyle community in East Naples off US-41 East, offering single-family homes, twin villas, and coach homes around a resort pool, wellness center, and Bahama Bar — marketed to, but not confirmed as legally restricted to, active adults and retirees.

  • Valencia Sky

    Valencia Sky is a new, gated, age-restricted 55-plus single-family community developed by GL Homes in East/South Naples, currently under active construction and sales as of 2026 as GL Homes' successor project to the now sold-out Valencia Trails.

  • Riviera Golf Estates

    A mixed-housing 55-plus community in East Naples developed from 1967 to 2003, whose named Arnold Palmer-designed golf course has been closed since April 2022 and is the subject of a multi-year lawsuit that a Florida appellate court decided against the homeowners association in April 2026.

  • Valencia Trails

    A now sold-out, 55-plus GL Homes community of roughly 850 single-story homes on Immokalee Road in North Naples, notable for carrying no CDD and for a real, sourced 2025 land-use dispute residents engaged with on the community’s only access corridor.

  • Quail West

    Quail West is a roughly 660-home, guard-gated, all-ages golf community in North Naples with two Arthur Hills-designed courses, a 100,000-plus-square-foot Grand Clubhouse, and mandatory membership starting at $100,000.

How Naples Compares

  • Sarasota vs Naples for Retirement: Costs, Housing & Lifestyle Compared

    Sarasota and Naples are both established Gulf Coast retirement markets with nationally recognized beaches, strong arts scenes, and real hurricane exposure — but they differ sharply on cost, community structure, and daily lifestyle. Sarasota leans toward arts, culture, and a slightly more attainable price point, with a genuinely walkable downtown and beach-town core at Siesta Key Village. Naples leans toward golf-community density and some of the highest home prices in Florida, built around more than 150 gated communities and nearly 1,400 golf holes. Both cities carry a significant senior population and deep local healthcare systems, and both sit on Florida’s hurricane-exposed Gulf Coast, but the specifics of that exposure differ: Sarasota felt effects from 2024’s Hurricanes Helene and Milton, while Naples took a direct Category 4 hit from Hurricane Ian in 2022 with rebuilding still visible years later, including at the Naples Pier. Choosing between them typically comes down to budget, how central golf is to the retirement vision, and how much weight a buyer puts on arts and culture versus club-community life. Sarasota is also the larger of the two by a wide margin — its city population and metro area both dwarf Naples’ small incorporated core — which shows up in a broader range of housing stock, a bigger restaurant and retail base, and a healthcare system built to serve a substantially larger year-round population. Naples, by contrast, concentrates a huge share of its housing and lifestyle around private club membership, which is either exactly what a buyer wants or a real added cost and commitment they’d rather avoid.

  • Naples vs Marco Island for Retirement: Golf Capital vs Boating Barrier Island Compared

    Naples and Marco Island sit within about 18 miles of each other on Florida's Southwest Gulf Coast and are frequently marketed together as one luxury corridor, but they deliver that luxury through genuinely different physical layouts and lifestyles. Naples is a larger, more commercially developed small city branded the "Golf Capital of the World," with roughly 90-100 golf facilities spread across more than 150 gated communities, a walkable downtown along Fifth Avenue South, and a nationally ranked arts scene. Marco Island is smaller, almost entirely a planned 1960s Deltona Corporation development, engineered around roughly 90 miles of dredged canals that give about 80% of homes water access — a boating-first, quieter, more residential island rather than a commercial hub. Both carry real hurricane and flood exposure and rank among Florida's more expensive retirement markets, but Naples wins decisively on healthcare (two full hospital systems versus Marco Island's urgent-care-only presence), golf-community depth, and cultural programming, while Marco Island wins on private-dock boating access, a quieter beach, and a more compact, engineered small-city feel. The practical choice tends to come down to whether a buyer wants Naples' scale, golf density, and on-site hospital-level care, or Marco Island's canal-and-boating lifestyle and willingness to drive roughly 20-25 minutes for anything beyond urgent care.

Guides Worth Reading Before You Buy

  • Is 55+ Community Living Actually Right for You?

    A lifestyle-fit guide, not a fee guide — this covers whether age-restricted living actually matches how a specific retiree wants to spend their days, how to genuinely test that fit before buying, and the real tradeoffs of choosing age segregation over an age-mixed neighborhood.

  • HOA Fees and Governance in Florida

    A statewide explainer on how Florida homeowners associations and condominium associations are legally structured, funded, and regulated, and what buyers are entitled to review before closing.

  • Community Development District (CDD) Fees in Florida

    A Community Development District (CDD) is a Florida unit of local government, created under Chapter 190, financing a development’s roads, utilities, and amenities through bond and O&M assessments billed with property taxes.

Sources

Last reviewed 2026-09-29.

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