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Grand Caribbean West Condos for Sale

A 41 unit condominium at 3191 Scenic Highway 98 in Crystal Beach, recorded at 1994 construction on about 1.4 acres, its unit numbers running across three levels beside a separately recorded sister condominium.

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1994

Year Built

3

Floors

41

Total Units

No

Gulf Front

Year built, floor and unit 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 Grand Caribbean West

Grand Caribbean West is one building at 3191 Scenic Highway 98, and the county roll describes it precisely: 41 condominium parcels on about 1.4 acres, every one carrying an actual year built of 1994. The unit designators map the building's shape. They run 101 through 111, 201 through 215, and 301 through 315, which evidences three levels and a lowest floor holding four fewer residences than each of the two above it. Grand Caribbean East is a different condominium rather than a phase of this one: the county records it under its own name with 38 units and an actual year built of 1995, so its documents, its budget and its reserve position stand apart throughout. The building's relationship to the water is the claim most worth correcting. About 386 feet of ground separates the nearest corner of this parcel from the Gulf, and none of that ground is open beach: the roll fills the gap with Crystal Sands condominium units in individual private ownership. Reaching the sand therefore turns on what a deed or an association arrangement grants, not on any public parcel across the road. FEMA maps this parcel as Zone X rather than a special flood hazard area, which is worth noting this close to the shore.

HOA & Fees

Everything here sits on one parcel with one construction year, which keeps the association's ledger simple while concentrating its risk: 41 residences share a single 1994 envelope and its roofing and exterior cycles. Florida Statutes 553.899, in the 2026 compilation, requires a milestone structural inspection for a building of three habitable stories or more that is under the condominium form of ownership, by December 31 of the year the building reaches thirty years of age, counted from its certificate of occupancy, and every ten years after. Thirty years is not fixed. Subsection (3)(b) allows a city or county building department to bring the requirement forward by five years for buildings whose surroundings justify it, and the statute lists nearness to salt water among those surroundings. Ask the City of Destin which deadline it applies here before assuming the longer one. The county's recorded 1994 construction date puts this building past either mark, so ask for the milestone inspection report and the structural integrity reserve study as existing documents rather than as future obligations, bearing in mind that the statute runs from the occupancy certificate while the county publishes an appraised year built. Confirm too that the documents you receive belong to this condominium and not to the separately recorded East building.

Rental Policy

This building sits exactly on the line that decides a lodging obligation, which makes it a question to ask rather than one to assume. Its designators run 101 through 315, evidencing three levels and no fourth, and Florida Statutes 509.2112 attaches its recurring exterior safety filing at three stories rather than above them. A recorded designator is not a code height determination, so an owner planning guest use should ask the association whether this envelope has ever been treated as reaching that threshold, and if so when the last filing went in. The Census Bureau returns Destin city at this parcel, and the city requires registration for short stays while limiting eligibility to named zoning districts shown on its zoning map. No reachable record establishes what this condominium's recorded declaration permits, so read the declaration and confirm the parcel's zoning district before relying on any stay length. Note separately that beach access is not settled by the parcel record, since the land between the building and the water is privately owned.

  • 41 units at 3191 Scenic Highway 98
  • Unit designators spanning three levels
  • 1994 construction on about 1.4 acres
  • Mapped Zone X rather than a flood hazard area

Live Inventory

Active Listings at Grand Caribbean West

Price ReducedShort-term rental potential

$359,000

3191 Scenic Highway 98 Unit 207

Destin, FL 32541

1 bd 1 ba 612 sqft
Short-term rental potential

$375,000

3191 Scenic Highway 98 Unit 308

Destin, FL 32541

1 bd 1 ba 655 sqft
Price ReducedShort-term rental potential

$405,000

3191 Scenic Highway 98 Unit 202

Destin, FL 32541

1 bd 1 ba 655 sqft
Price ReducedShort-term rental potential

$420,000

3191 Scenic Highway 98 Unit 310

Destin, FL 32541

1 bd 1 ba 655 sqft
Price ReducedShort-term rental potential

$418,000

3191 Scenic Hwy 98 Unit 208

Destin, FL 32541

1 bd 1 ba 655 sqft
Price ReducedShort-term rental potential

$360,000

3191 Scenic Highway 98 Unit 206

Destin, FL 32541

1 bd 1 ba 612 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.

Building Answers

Grand Caribbean West FAQ

Is there a public beach access directly across from Grand Caribbean West?

The parcel record does not show one. About 386 feet of privately titled ground lies between this parcel's nearest corner and the Gulf, and the county's roll fills it with Crystal Sands condominium units in individual ownership. Whether a particular residence carries any right to cross that ground is a question for its deed and for the association's documents rather than for the map.

How do Grand Caribbean West and Grand Caribbean East differ on the county record?

They are two separate condominiums, not phases of one. The county records this building with 41 units and an actual year built of 1994; the East building is recorded under its own legal name with 38 units and an actual year built of 1995. Documents, budgets and reserves are separate, so check which building a listing names.

How many units and levels does Grand Caribbean West have?

Forty one units on about 1.4 acres. The county's unit designators run 101 through 111, 201 through 215 and 301 through 315, and the county's address layer carries a level value for every one of those units that agrees with its designator, so the three levels are recorded by the agency rather than inferred from door numbers. A recorded level is still not a code height determination, so confirm height at appraisal if it matters to you.

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