Emerald Coast Condo Map
Gulf Front

The Villas at Santa Rosa Beach

4451 W Co Hwy 30A, Gulf Place, FL 32459

Walton County · Gulf Place

By Josh Parish, Founding Editor · Updated 08/28/2026

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The Villas at Santa Rosa Beach is a Gulf-Front village in Gulf Place, FL, built in 1998, standing 4 stories with 24 condos. Short-term rentals are allowed, recent sale prices fall in the $2.3M–$2.9M band, and on-site amenities include a pool and gated entry.

1998
Built
24
Units
4
Stories
Gulf Front
Frontage
Allowed
Rentals
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Amenities
  • —Pool
  • —Elevator
  • —Gated
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Closest by car: private Gulf-front beach; grocery — Publix - South Walton (2.2 mi); town center — Gulf Place (< 0.1 mi); hospital — Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast (5.0 mi); airport — Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) (22 mi).

Customary Use
Customary Use

The Villas at Santa Rosa Beach sits right on the Gulf. Along this coast, the wet sand below the mean high-water line is always open to the public. Where a beach has been rebuilt with public money, that open stretch can reach farther up, to a marked Erosion Control Line. The dry sand in front of it is private, with no public-use ruling on record. Reflects the public record as of June 2026.

How customary use works on the Emerald Coast →

County and court records. Editorial assessments are the author's own. Not legal advice.

Geographic Overlays
Geographic Overlays
FEMA flood zone (parcel): VE, X
FIRM panel: 12131C0676H, effective 12/30/2020
Base flood elevation: 15 ft
Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS): Outside all three
Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL): Landward
Evacuation zone: A
Critically eroded shoreline: Critical. Florida DEP designates the Dune Allen and Blue Mountain Beach shoreline (R41 to R64) as critically eroded — the state's term for a beach where erosion now threatens buildings, roads, parks or habitat. A restored beach keeps that designation so it stays eligible for state money to maintain it. Part of this stretch carries the designation to protect the design of the county's proposed beach restoration. The nearest point of that stretch sits about 1,050 feet from this building.
Structural Integrity Reserve Study (SIRS): Not in the DBPR dataset (as of 07/31/2026).
A structural integrity reserve study is a state-required engineering study of a building's big-ticket parts and the money set aside to replace them.
Florida law requires a structural integrity reserve study at least every 10 years for each residential condominium building three habitable stories or higher. Section 718.112(2)(g)1., Florida Statutes (2025).
Source: Florida DBPR SIRS Reporting Database (D7) — pre-July-2025 + July-2025-and-after lists, searched 2026-07-31 · as of 07/31/2026
Source: FEMA NFHL (https://hazards.fema.gov/arcgis/rest/services/public/NFHL/MapServer) layer 28 Flood Hazard Zones — flood zone, SFHA and base flood elevation; layer 3 FIRM Panels — FIRM panel and effective date. USFWS/USGS CBRS Mapper (https://gis1.wim.usgs.gov/server/rest/services/CBRSMapper/CoastalBarrierResourcesSystem/MapServer) layer 3 CBRS Units — CBRS status. Florida DEP (https://ca.dep.state.fl.us/arcgis/rest/services/OpenData/COASTAL_ENV_PERM/MapServer) layer 2 Coastal Construction Control Lines — CCCL position; layer 3 Coastal Critical Erosion Areas — critically eroded shoreline, read against FDEP's Critically Eroded Beaches in Florida, August 2025, in which Okaloosa and Walton were last revised June 2014. Florida DEM (https://services.arcgis.com/3wFbqsFPLeKqOlIK/ArcGIS/rest/services/Evacuation_Zones_20230608/FeatureServer) layer 12 Evacuation_Zones_20240226, last edited 2024-02-26 — evacuation zone. · as of 2026-07-27
Milestone inspection: Milestone Inspection (Phase I) completed 08/2024; Phase II inspection required.
Source: Walton County Building Department (public records) · as of 08/20/2024
County parcel record
The Villas at Santa Rosa Beach — Parcel parcel record
Parcel08/20/2026Walton County · FDOR 2025 · Esri/Maxar
The Villas at Santa Rosa Beach — Block parcel record
Block08/20/2026Walton County · FDOR 2025 · Esri/Maxar
The Villas at Santa Rosa Beach — Area parcel record
Area08/20/2026Walton County · FDOR 2025 · Esri/Maxar
Association & Recorded Documents
Association: The Villas at Santa Rosa Beach Owners Association, Inc.
Declaration: Declaration of Condominium recorded 05/20/1998, OR Book 1824 Page 201 (instrument #577177)
Use Rules
Minimum rental term: No minimum lease term; each unit is restricted to residential or rental use with no duration floor and the Declaration contains no leasing minimum (Decl. §10.1).
Common Questions

What is the minimum rental term at The Villas at Santa Rosa Beach?

No minimum lease term; each unit is restricted to residential or rental use with no duration floor and the Declaration contains no leasing minimum (Decl. §10.1). The declaration is the property's recorded rulebook, filed in the county records. Source: Walton County official records, instrument #577177.

What is the owners association at The Villas at Santa Rosa Beach, and when was its declaration recorded?

The association of record is The Villas at Santa Rosa Beach Owners Association, Inc. Recorded declaration: Declaration of Condominium recorded 05/20/1998, OR Book 1824 Page 201 (instrument #577177). Source: Walton County official records.

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