La Mer Estates South is a 21-story oceanfront condominium built in 1971 at 1904 S Ocean Drive in Hallandale, one of three connected towers (1880, 1890, 1904 S Ocean Dr) forming the broader La Mer Estates complex on deeded beachfront. The building offers ocean-access amenities including a heated pool, sauna, tennis, and an exercise room. Recent list prices in the complex start around $420,000 with an average list price near $612,667, and average sale price over the past six months has been about $650,875, with units typically on market roughly 26 days. Pets are not permitted, and rentals are limited to one long-term lease per year.
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Get the full Intelligence Report — $9.99Recent listings at La Mer Estates South range around $420,000+ (avg list $612,667), with about 3 units actively for sale as of the last research date.
Publicly reported pet policy: no pets allowed. Confirm current rules with the association before purchasing.
La Mer Estates South was built in approximately 1971 and rises 21 floors with 165 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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