An all-ages garden-style condo community of 256 units on West Laurel Drive in Margate, in central-west Broward County; the association maintains its own website. Fees are notably inclusive for the price point, covering insurance, cable, water and roof reserves. Entry prices among the lowest in the county ($120K-$195K range) make it a common first-buyer and investor target. State registration dates to 1973; a specific construction year is not published on major listing sites (likely early-1970s consistent with registration).
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Get the full Intelligence Report — $9.99Publicly reported association fees at The Laurels at Margate are approximately ~$427-$677/mo (publicly reported), covering building/grounds/roof maintenance, pool, security, property insurance, water, trash, sewer, pest control, cable TV, laundry, parking. Buyers should verify the current fee schedule for the specific unit with the association.
Recent listings at The Laurels at Margate range around $119.9K-$195K (publicly reported), with about 9 units actively for sale as of the last research date.
The Laurels at Margate was built in approximately 1973 and rises 2 floors with 256 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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