Bay Hill Estates - Phase 1

There are two communities in Bay Hill Estates, each having their own homeowners association.  This website is for Phase 1, Bay Hill Estates, the original community. Bay Hill Estates is a still growing gated community of approximately 250 beautiful single-family homes  on 1 acre lots.  Palm Beach County’s most popular shopping/dining areas and beaches are less than 30 minutes away. Bay Hill Estates provides a quiet and pleasant environment with walking paths along flowing canals and lakes. Bay Hill Estates has low POA fees which provide cable TV and internet, a 24 hour staffed security entrance and maintenance of the common grounds.

A resident of Bay Hill Estates may register and log in to access all pages in the Residents information area.  Preserve residents may register and access the pages that are important to both communities.

Our property address (gatehouse) is: 9100 Bay Hill Drive, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33412. You may need to use Stonewal Drive, the previous name, if you do a web search for the location. Bay Hill Estates was once named Stonewal Estates.

The Preserve

The Preserve at Bay Hill Estates is an independent community having 194 home sites on 1/2 acre lots.  The Preserve at Bay Hill Estates, has its own property manager and its own separate website, http://www.thepreservebhe.com/

The Preserve at Bay Hill Estates was developed and built on land that is a part of the community.  The relationship of these communities confuses many people in the Preserve, known as phase 2  and Bay Hill Estates, which is phase 1.  Our Declaration considers the Preserve a sub-association and a full member of the Bay Hill Estates master association.  This arrangement is a little strange since the master association is also the governing body of Phase 1; normally, each community would be governed by a sub-association and be accountable to the master association.  In 2014 GL Homes, the builder of all the homes in the Preserve, worked out an agreement with Bay Hill Estates that strictly defines how the two associations would operate. The major requirements of the agreement are:

  • The two associations independently operate to manage the limited common property in each community.  The communities will not operate as a master and sub-association.
  • Bay Hill Estates, phase 1, is responsible for managing the general common property;  this is essentially, but not limited to, Bay Hill Drive, security facilities and community access control.
  • Bay Hill Estates independently sets the budget for the general common property with no required participation of the Preserve association.  The Preserve has the right to question items in the budget but the only requirement of Bay Hill Estates is to provide an explanation of any significant changes.
  • The Preserve pays 39.5 % of the cost for the general common property expenses as defined by the budget approved by the Bay Hill Estates Board of Directors.  This portion is determined by the relative number of lots in each community.