Walkways, Landings & Garage Aprons
The Pointe at Pelican Landing

Walkways and landings collect drip marks from planters, rust from sprinkler heads and dark film where rain blows in. Visitors notice them before anything else.

Each unit has a one-car garage, and the concrete or pavers in front of it pick up tire marks and drip stains. Owners usually book their own garage door and apron.

Where walks and entries are pavered, joints lose sand to storms and cleaning. Polymeric re-sanding and a seal restore them.

Owners here can carry more than one layer of association fees, so the board wants clear, per-building numbers. We quote each surface on its own line.

The Pointe’s lake with lighted fountains means the lake side of many walkways also catches fountain mist and dew. Those stretches grow algae fastest and turn slick after rain, so they get extra dwell time and, where pavered, a slip-resistant seal.

Built in 2001, three stories with elevators. The Pointe at Pelican Landing was built in 2001 as low-rise, three-story buildings with elevators and tile roofs, along Pointe Creek Court in Bonita Springs. Hardscape laid at construction has now been through more than two decades of summer storms. Paver joints along walks and entries have usually lost a good part of their original sand, and any earlier sealer has likely worn thin where foot traffic is heaviest.

160 units, one shared footprint. With 160 condo units, The Pointe is one of the larger Phase I neighborhoods in Pelican Landing, second only to Southbridge’s 166. Units are three-bedroom, two-bath homes, with sizes in listings around 1,361 to about 1,673 square feet, each with a screened lanai and a garage space. That many residents walking the same routes means the paths between parking, stairwells and elevators wear faster than private walks, and they are where re-sanding and sealing make the most visible difference.

What fees already cover. Listing details for a unit at 3471 Pointe Creek Court show recurring fees covering irrigation water, grounds, pest control, insurance and reserves. Hardscape cleaning and sealing may fall under grounds or reserves depending on the budget. We give the board a written scope that separates landings, walks, pavered entries and sealing, so each can be approved and funded on its own.

Planters, sprinklers and rust. Planters along the walks drain onto the hardscape every time they are watered, leaving dark rings and fertilizer marks, and sprinkler heads near the buildings can add orange spots where the water carries minerals. Each type of stain gets its own paver-safe treatment before sanding, and we note any heads that spray the walk on every cycle so the landscape crew can adjust them.

Screened lanais stay with the owner. Lanais at The Pointe are screened, and their floors are usually tile or coated concrete rather than pavers. We can clean them for owners on request, but they are not re-sanded or sealed like the association’s pavered walks.

Detached garages and aprons. Garage spaces here are detached from the residential buildings, so the aprons and approaches see residents, guests and delivery vans throughout the day. Tire scuffs and drips are degreased before any sealer goes on, since oil prevents bonding. Owners who want their own apron cleaned or sealed can add it to the association’s service day and be billed separately.

Leasing and move days. Units can be leased up to three times a year, and commercial use and RVs are not allowed. Move-ins and move-outs bring furniture dollies and box trucks across walks and landings. We schedule around known move days when the manager shares them, and we cone off each section so residents always have a dry path to their stairwell or elevator.

Golf next door. Owners may join Pelican’s Nest Golf Club, with two 18-hole courses, under an optional non-equity membership. Many residents spend mornings on the course, which makes early starts on the walks easier and quieter for everyone.

How the joint sand is installed. We wait until walks are completely dry before sanding. Polymeric sand is swept to about an eighth of an inch below the paver top, compacted, swept and compacted a second time, then wet in short sections with a gentle shower so no area dries out halfway. Where old sand has failed, it is cleared at least an inch and a half deep, in line with Alliance Gator’s repair guidance, rather than topped with a thin new layer.

Rain, cure and reopening. Polymeric sands differ in how quickly they can take rain, from around 15 minutes for some newer formulas to a full day for others. Sealers set their own wait after sanding, which can be as short as a day or as long as a month. Sand cure before sealing follows the product label, and residents can go back to using each sealed section after about 24 hours, per the product label.

Sealer near the fountain lake. On lake-side walks that stay damp, a breathable penetrating sealer lets moisture escape and does not leave a film that can cloud. Where pavers are walked on wet, we use a slip-resistant product and apply it in one even coat.