Port Royal isn’t a community — it’s America’s highest-end waterfront address. Developer John Glen Sample began acquiring mangrove marshland at Naples’ southern tip in 1938, eventually assembling roughly 2 square miles and funding the dredging that shaped the finger-like peninsulas and deep-water waterways that define the neighborhood. His ambition, in his own words: “to make Port Royal the finest place in the world to live.”

Today roughly 500 estate-sized residences fill those lots, bounded by the Gulf of Mexico to the west and Naples Bay to the east — one of the few true deep-water yachting communities on the Florida coast. The original architectural language, set by Palm Beach architects Howard Major and Henry Harding, was Bermuda and British Colonial. The Port Royal Club, Sample’s 1959 beachfront centerpiece, remains the social anchor — initiation $250K, annual dues $13K — and its 2025 renovation reopening is expected to add 5–10% appreciation to Port Royal values.

For bathroom remodels, Port Royal homes fall into three clear vintages. 1950s–1970s Bermuda originals are restoration candidates — we preserve Howard Major and Henry Harding details while rebuilding compartmented baths into modern wet rooms. 1980s–2000s rebuilds, where most current inventory was created, take full primary suite reconfiguration with commissioned millwork and single-source stone. 2010s–2025 new construction from Stofft Cooney, Kukk Architecture, London Bay, and Waterside Builders has near-perfect baths that still benefit from stone and fixture refreshes at 5–7 years. Every Port Royal bathroom remodel we complete is scaled to the estate’s value and the owner’s target resale window.