Hojin's SW Orlando Real Estate Scoop

Thanks to my favorite writer at the Orlando Business Journal, Anjali Fluker, who has graciously gathered some names of businesses that will be open at the Lakeside Village in Windermere. Along with Publix, 7-Eleven will occupy a corner and provide a much needed gas station for the area. I hate to admit it, but I [...]

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I’ve been looking at a lot of new construction lately here in Windermere and today I visited the townhomes by Mattamy Homes in Lake Burden at the Lakes of Windermere featuring tile roofs and base prices ranging from $168,900 to $189,900. I was pleasantly surprised with the level of finish and practical layout of the [...]

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It appears Meritage Homes has started another community in Windermere and this time next time to Keene’s Pointe off Chase Road. The new community is called Windermere Landing and prices range from $200,000 to $450,000. I looked through the Whitaker model which is one of their smaller plans which prices out with options in the [...]

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It appears K Hovanian Homes has begun site preparation on a tract of land on Winter Garden-Vineland Road along the shores of Lake Sheen of the Butler Chain of Lakes called Provence. So far no pricing is available and there will only be 36 homesites with lot sizes ranging from 70′ and 90′. This community [...]

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I’ve been looking at some new construction lately around Winter Garden and Windermere and it seems like a new builder in town called Meritage Homes is building everywhere around here. Prices start in the low $200′s for the communities of Independence, Johns Lake Pointe, and Preston Square. One of things that sets this builder apart [...]

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It appears Toll Brothers is making their way into the semi custom home market in SW Orlando through their 2 new communities in Windermere. They’ve started construction of model homes at Bellaria and Waterstone and the pictures of the facade looks quite nice with tile roof and lots of architectural detail. I can’t wait to [...]

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Silliman Homes, formerly Reiche Silliman, is now building in the community of Waterstone, the last gated community on the Butler Chain of Lakes. They’re not offering any of the lakefront lots with this builder, but prices range from $500,000 to $700,000. I hear they’ve sold two homes already. I love the homes they’ve built at [...]

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Local timeshare mogul, David Siegel, has put his unfinished mansion on 10 acres along Lake Butler named “Versailles” in the guard gated community of Reserve at Lake Butler Sound in the Town of Windermere for sale at $75 million “As Is”. It’s actually listed at $100 million in the MLS which is the price if [...]

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There was a post on this blog back in 2008, Disney Planning New Luxury Home Community, and now it’s finally coming to reality. I had my doubts as well, but it looks like Disney is finally getting this community underway. According to this article in the Wall Street Journal, Disney unveiled it’s plans for it’s [...]

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I was out showing some properties to Joshua & Danielle Rouse this week and they told me they were off to SeaWorld to check out some new roller coaster called Manta. Apparently, you ride this sucker horizontally and not in a seat like traditional coasters so you really feel like you’re flying like Superman or [...]

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