French Village in the Grove

Building type: Low-rise condominium community of detached houses, duplex-style homes, row townhomes and small apartments

Style: French provincial: iron gates, ivy on the facades, paver-set courtyards

Unit mix: About four detached homes, four duplex-style homes, six row townhomes and four smaller apartments.

Unit sizes: About 840 to 1,540 square feet in recent sales, one- to four-bedroom.

Amenities: Shared courtyards and gates

Source: The Roebling Research Desk.

This is a small, low-rise community of 18 homes on a residential street in northeast Coconut Grove, with no lobby or amenity floor.

With few homes and a wide range of home types, expect few comparable sales; building averages tell you little.

Ownership structure is the first diligence item. The homes are in a condominium, and the unit types range from detached houses to apartments. What each owner owns, and what the association insures and maintains, varies across a condominium that includes houses and townhomes; check both against the recorded condominium documents.

Coconut Grove is a bayfront neighborhood south of Brickell and Downtown, with a dense tree canopy, a village center, marinas and parks along Biscayne Bay. Its anchors are the village core around Grand Avenue and Main Highway, with CocoWalk and Mayfair-area retail and restaurants; Peacock Park; the Dinner Key marina and the Miami City Hall at Dinner Key; and the Kampong and Vizcaya gardens nearby.

French Village is in the northeast part of the Grove, on Virginia Street. Distance to the village core, the bay and the Metrorail station should be checked for each home. The village core has walkable streets, and Brickell, Downtown and Coral Gables are a short drive.

The community is built in a French provincial idiom. Details include iron gates, ivy-covered facades, paver courtyards and tile.

Unit mix. A mix of about four detached houses, four duplex-style homes, six row townhomes and four apartments, 18 in total. Bedroom counts run from one to four. Sizes in recent sales run from about 840 to 1,540 square feet. The homes are not interchangeable: a detached house with a yard and a one-bedroom apartment sit in the same association.

Condition. Ask for the renovation history by home. Exteriors, roofs, drainage and the shared courtyards are the items to price.

There is no lobby, concierge or amenity package. Ask about security, the management model and what the monthly assessment covers.

Ask for the current budget and financial statements, the reserve schedule, any pending or recent assessments, and the insurance summary (who insures the house exteriors). Ask whether the building falls under Florida's milestone inspection and structural integrity reserve study rules.

Pet, rental and minimum-lease rules are set by the association; confirm at offer stage.

One recorded sale, February 2026, closed at $725,000. It is one sale, not a building price. With 18 homes of different types, the sale price depends mainly on the home type, size and condition, and building-wide price-per-square-foot figures mislead.

Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.

Know what you own. Get the recorded condominium documents and a survey, and check lot, yard and exterior responsibilities for your home type.

Compare within type. Match a townhome to townhome sales and an apartment to apartment sales.

Ask about capital work. Roofs, exteriors and drainage are the items to price.

Show the home type clearly. State whether the home is detached, duplex-style, a townhome or an apartment, with lot, yard and exterior responsibilities.

Have the documents ready. Budget, financials and rules shorten diligence in a small association.

• Provence Village in the Grove — a two-story townhouse-style condominium of about 21 homes, built in 1998.
• Parisian Village in the Grove — a gated condominium of 13 townhouses and villas, built in 1997.
• Chateau Grove — a two-story, 25-residence garden-style condominium at 3265 Virginia Street, built in 1963.