Sea Ranch Club C is one of three sister towers making up the Sea Ranch Club oceanfront resort community, built in 1981 on 14 landscaped acres at the Fort Lauderdale/Lauderdale-by-the-Sea border - the state registry lists the address in Fort Lauderdale, but the buildings and management address sit just north in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. Residents across the three towers share eight tennis courts, three heated pools, a fitness center, sauna, and billiards room, giving the complex a full resort feel uncommon among Broward's oceanfront condos. The setting is a short stroll to Lauderdale-by-the-Sea's low-key restaurant strip and fishing pier, a quieter alternative to Fort Lauderdale's busier beachfront a few miles south.
As of our last file update (2026-07-11), our research identified findings a buyer will want to investigate before making an offer. Your report is built from a fresh scan — flag counts and details are re-verified at order time.
Publicly reported association fees at Sea Ranch Club Condo C are approximately $0.72-$0.84/sqft/mo. Buyers should verify the current fee schedule for the specific unit with the association.
Recent listings at Sea Ranch Club Condo C range around $450,000-$1,099,000, with about 15 units actively for sale as of the last research date.
Publicly reported pet policy: Pet-friendly with size restrictions (~20 lbs); dedicated pet parks on site. Confirm current rules with the association before purchasing.
Sea Ranch Club Condo C was built in approximately 1981 and rises 17 floors with 269 units.
Florida condominiums of this age are subject to milestone inspection and structural reserve requirements. Our Intelligence Report covers what official city and county records show for this building, and what remains for a buyer to verify with the association.
When you buy into a condo building that's 15 or more years old — anywhere in the US — you should expect by default that an assessment, or several, is in effect or on the way: roof repairs, elevator replacement, repaving, facade work. Buildings age on a schedule, and the bill lands on the owners: often hundreds of dollars a month on top of your mortgage, HOA fee, taxes, and insurance. The unit listing rarely mentions any of it.
In Florida, the stakes for older buildings are higher still. Since the 2021 Surfside tragedy, state law requires milestone structural inspections at 30 years (25 in some coastal areas), Structural Integrity Reserve Studies, and — critically — bars associations from waiving reserve funding for structural components, ending decades of artificially low fees. Add the state's insurance surge, and many older buildings carry obligations that never appear in a listing. None of this makes an older building a bad purchase — but the difference between a well-run 1970s tower and a struggling one can be tens of thousands of dollars per unit. That's the question our building intelligence answers.
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