Star Lakes Estates is a 55+ condominium community of 386 units from the mid-1960s at 19100 NE 3rd Avenue in northeast Miami-Dade, near the Ives Estates area on the Miami Gardens/Aventura border. Low-rise buildings with studio to two-bedroom units of roughly 407 to 1,360 square feet surround namesake lakes, a clubhouse with an auditorium, a pool and shuffleboard courts. The location splits the distance between downtown Miami and Fort Lauderdale, with Aventura Mall and the Ojus/US-1 corridor a short drive east. Units here are among the most affordable condo stock in the county, with recent listings under $120,000. Note: the registry legal name STAR LAKE ASSN differs slightly from the marketed names Star Lakes / Star Lakes Estates.
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Get the full Intelligence Report — $9.99Recent listings at Star Lakes Estates range around ~$84,900-$119,999 (studios ~$100K, 1BR ~$85K-$110K, 2BR ~$120K).
Star Lakes Estates was built in approximately mid-1960s (publicly reported; association's first board meeting held Feb 1967) with 386 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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