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A single-street plat in Destin's Crystal Beach district, addressed entirely on Ocean View Drive, sitting within about 400 feet of the Gulf yet mapped Zone X and left just landward of the state's coastal construction control line.

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1993

Year Built

69

Total Homes

No

Gulf Front

Year built and home figures are as published by the sources cited at the foot of this page. Confirm them against the association's own documents during diligence.

About Crystal Shores

Crystal Shores is one street. All 69 of the county's address points for this plat read Ocean View Drive, Destin 32541, which is a rarer arrangement than the district's grid suggests and it shapes everything from parking to how a buyer reads a comparable sale.

The plat's real distinction is a line it does not cross. Florida's Department of Environmental Protection sets a coastal construction control line, and adopting one establishes an area of jurisdiction where special siting and design criteria apply to construction, standards the department describes as potentially more stringent than those used elsewhere in the coastal building zone. That line runs within 50 feet of this plat without entering it, and the Gulf shoreline lies within about 400 feet. FEMA's effective mapping puts every parcel here in Zone X with no published base flood elevation. So this is beach-adjacent ground that carries neither the state's coastal permitting jurisdiction nor a special flood hazard designation, while properties a short distance seaward carry both.

Buildout took a quarter century and is still not finished. The county records year built dates from 1993 through 2018 across the 70 parcels, most of them clustered in the middle nineteen nineties, with later houses recorded in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2018 and three lots still standing vacant. Lot size is not the constant it looks like from the street. The parcel roll gives every lot its own acreage rather than repeating one figure, and the spread between the smallest and the largest is wide enough that two houses of similar age do not necessarily stand on comparable ground. One 0.12 acre parcel is titled to Crystal Shores Owners Association, and a second phase recorded as Crystal Shores 2 carries two of the parcels.

HOA & Fees

What is the HOA fee at Crystal Shores?

As of November 11, 2026, Crystal Shores homes for sale that report a fee on the MLS list these HOA fees:

  • Single-family homes: $140 to $150 a month, median $150 (3 listings)

Fees vary by home type and section. Some homes also belong to a sub-association for their section, and a listing's fee may cover only one association, so confirm every association a home belongs to and what each one charges.

Based on 3 active MLS listings that report an HOA fee. Fees billed quarterly, twice a year or yearly are shown as a monthly equivalent. See the listings

The county roll shows the Crystal Shores Owners Association holding one parcel of about 0.12 acre, which is a small common footprint for a plat of this size and means most of what an assessment funds is not visible in the parcel record. Ask what the assessment actually covers and how it is reserved. Two record details are worth raising in the same conversation: a second phase is recorded as Crystal Shores 2 and carries its own parcels, so confirm which recorded documents govern the address in question, and three lots remain vacant, so ask what approvals new construction on them requires.

Rental Policy

Short-term rentals: allowed. Confirm the current minimum stay and registration with the association.

Crystal Shores has a second phase, recorded on its own as Crystal Shores 2 with separate papers. An answer for one house may not hold for the house across the street. Neither phase's restrictions have been checked. Every Crystal Shores address is inside Destin. Short stays there fall under the city's registration, decided by each parcel's zoning district rather than by the subdivision. Pull the restrictions recorded against your address. Then confirm its standing with the city.

  • Every address on a single street, Ocean View Drive
  • Landward of the state's coastal construction control line
  • FEMA Zone X across all parcels, no published base flood elevation
  • Common parcel titled to the Crystal Shores Owners Association

Live Inventory

Active Listings at Crystal Shores

Short-Term Rental Eligible

$1,149,000

4491 Ocean View Drive

Destin, FL 32541

4 bd 3 ba 1,788 sqft
Price ReducedShort-Term Rental Eligible

$1,350,000

4430 Ocean View Drive

Destin, FL 32541

4 bd 4 ba 2,202 sqft
Price ReducedLuxuryShort-Term Rental Eligible

$1,694,000

4455 Ocean View Drive

Destin, FL 32541

6 bd 5 ba 2,888 sqft
Price ReducedLuxuryShort-Term Rental Eligible

$3,795,000

4478 Ocean View Drive

Destin, FL 32541

6 bd 7.5 ba 4,874 sqft

The short-term rental badge above is not a permission of record. It reflects the MLS short-term-rental field where a listing discloses one, and otherwise where the home sits. Confirm the association's current rules and the local registration requirement before relying on it.

Community Answers

Crystal Shores FAQ

How much is the HOA fee at Crystal Shores?

As of November 11, 2026, Crystal Shores homes for sale that report a fee on the MLS list these HOA fees: single-family homes, $140 to $150 a month, median $150 (3 listings). Fees vary by home type and section. Some homes also belong to a sub-association for their section, and a listing's fee may cover only one association, so confirm every association a home belongs to and what each one charges.

How many streets does Crystal Shores have?

One. All 69 county address points for the plat read Ocean View Drive, which is unusual for a subdivision of 70 parcels in this district and means every house shares a single approach.

How close to the Gulf is Crystal Shores, and what does that mean for permitting?

The Gulf polygon lies within about 400 feet of the plat, but the state's coastal construction control line runs within 50 feet without entering it. Ground seaward of that line falls under the Department of Environmental Protection's siting and design jurisdiction; this plat does not.

When were the houses on Crystal Shores built?

Across a span of about 25 years. The county records year built dates from 1993 through 2018, concentrated in the middle nineteen nineties, with later houses recorded in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2018. Three lots on the street are still recorded as vacant.

Sources

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