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Tivoli by the Sea Condos for Sale

Eighty-four condominium residences on Tivoli Way and Tivoli Drive on Sandestin's Gulf side, recorded in three parcel-number series answering to three separately chartered associations filed in 1986, 1991 and 1992, with resort company golf ground reaching them on two sides.

Updated

1986

Year Built

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.

Guest rating

4.6 out of 5

From 1,188 guest reviews on Airbnb and Vrbo

Across 30 rental listings with guest reviews in Tivoli by the Sea

  • Airbnb 4.7
  • Vrbo 4.6
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About Tivoli by the Sea

Three condominiums wear this one name, and the corporate register dates them further apart than the matching stucco suggests. Florida's division of corporations carries Tivoli by the Sea Condominium Association, filed April 15, 1986, then a second association filed April 4, 1991, and a third on November 30, 1992, all still active. A community usually described as a single mid-1980s buildout is really seven years of separate filings, which means separate declarations, separate budgets and separate reserve clocks behind facades that read as one project. The assessment roll draws the same three lines, and drawing them is what makes this community countable at all. It records eighty-four residences here, numbered 5220 through 5303 on Tivoli Way and Tivoli Drive, sorted into three parcel-number series of twenty-eight, thirty-two and twenty-four, and the third series also carries a common area parcel recorded to the third association. The names on those parcels do not agree with one another: some read Tivoli by the Sea, some read only Condo Unit and a phase number, and several run past the length the roll prints, so a search by name reaches barely three fifths of the community and the series are what hold it together. Golf ground reaches the community on two sides, and the roll places those fairways inside the Baytowne Golf Course parcel owned by the resort's corporate owner, so the outlook crosses the company's land rather than the community's. Water is close on one side only: Horseshoe Lake, about fourteen acres, is mapped roughly six hundred feet west, while the Gulf is far enough off that other owners' parcels fill the ground between. The federal flood map places every one of these residences in Zone X, outside the special flood hazard area.

HOA & Fees

What is the HOA fee at Tivoli by the Sea?

As of November 11, 2026, the 2 Tivoli by the Sea condos for sale that report a fee on the MLS list HOA fees from $801 to $945 a month, with a median of $873 a month. Fees vary with unit size and type, so the fee for a specific residence is the one its listing and the association state.

Based on 2 active MLS listings that report an HOA fee. See the listings

Match a residence to its own association before reading anything else, because three of them share this name, the first and the last chartered more than six years apart, and the declarations, budgets and reserve schedules follow the charter rather than the name. Each falls under Florida's condominium chapter, where budgets adopted from the last day of 2024 onward can no longer skip the reserve lines a structural integrity study identifies, so ask all three how their studies landed and expect three different answers on stucco, roofs and paving. Sandestin's master assessment arrives on top and separately, paying for resort security, sanitation, roadway and drainage upkeep, landscape, lakes and the two pools it runs elsewhere on the property. What the resort company owns, beach service and the beach club among it, is sold as membership and funded by neither of those.

Rental Policy

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

Three sets of recorded restrictions carry the Tivoli by the Sea name. No single rule covers them all. A home's parcel number shows which association governs it. Then read its declaration and rules. Add Walton County's registration rules. Hosting paying guests brings state lodging paperwork as well. For a lodging building three stories or taller, state law requires a certificate that balconies, stairways and railings passed inspection with no defects. It is filed at first licensing and every three years after. Copies go to the state hotel division and the local building office. Which Tivoli association files it depends on the home. Confirm which association covers yours.

What guests say about staying here

Combined Airbnb and Vrbo ratings for the vacation rentals in Tivoli by the Sea.

4.6 out of 5

1,188 reviews across 30 reviewed listings

  • Airbnb 4.7 from 103 reviews on 6 reviewed listings
  • Vrbo 4.6 from 1,085 reviews on 24 reviewed listings

What Airbnb guests rate

  • Cleanliness4.8
  • Accuracy4.8
  • Check-in4.9
  • Communication4.8
  • Location4.9
  • Value4.7

Guests rate check-in highest.

These ratings describe the vacation rentals in Tivoli by the Sea, not any one unit for sale.

Market data by Key Data · 28 units tracked in Tivoli by the Sea · Nov 2025 to Nov 2026

  • Eighty-four recorded condominium residences
  • Three separately chartered condominium associations
  • Resort company golf parcel on two sides
  • Every residence mapped outside the special flood hazard area

Live Inventory

Active Listings at Tivoli by the Sea

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

Tivoli by the Sea FAQ

How much is the HOA fee at Tivoli by the Sea?

As of November 11, 2026, the 2 Tivoli by the Sea condos for sale that report a fee on the MLS list HOA fees from $801 to $945 a month, with a median of $873 a month. Fees vary with unit size and type, so the fee for a specific residence is the one its listing and the association state.

Why do residences here answer to different associations?

Because three separate condominiums were created under one name. State records carry associations filed in April 1986, April 1991 and November 1992, all still active, and the third holds its own recorded common area parcel. The county roll files the residences the same way, in three parcel-number series of twenty-eight, thirty-two and twenty-four, so a buyer can tell from the parcel number which set of documents governs. A budget, a reserve schedule or a rule from one says nothing reliable about the other two.

Is the golf ground beside Tivoli by the Sea part of the community?

No. The county roll places the fairways reaching the community on two sides inside the Baytowne Golf Course parcel, owned by the resort's corporate owner. The residences hold an outlook across it, and access to play is a matter of the resort company's own arrangements rather than anything the community owns.

Does owning here come with beach access?

Not as a property right. The master association states in its published beach notice that it owns none of the beach area and none of the parking parcels, and that access reaches owners and guests through easements from the resort company and the upland property owners, with some stretches reserved to particular communities. The resort company sells beach service and beach club admission as memberships of its own. Confirm current terms with the master association and the resort directly.

Sources

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