Palms at Windermere Homes for Sale

About Palms at Windermere Neighborhood

Palms at Windermere occupies a small, walkable footprint of 57 homesites on the east side of the Reams Road and Ficquette Road intersection in southern Windermere. The community is being delivered by Dream Finders Homes between 2023 and 2025, putting Palms at Windermere among the last new-construction opportunities in this part of the 34786 ZIP code before existing inventory fully absorbs the remaining buildable parcels.

Floor plans here include the Tidewater (single-story, 2,687 sq ft, 4 bed / 2.5 bath), the Arlington (single-story, 2,740 sq ft, 4 bed / 3 bath), the Baldwin (two-story, 3,724 sq ft, 4 bed / 3.5 bath), the Ellington II (two-story, 4–5 bed / 3 bath with loft), the Sweetwater (two-story, ~4,400 sq ft, 6 bed / 4.5 bath), and the Deerfield (two-story, 5 bed / 3.5 bath). Lots are described as oversized for the floorplan size, with several wooded homesites backing to conservation, and the largest layouts climb to roughly 4,585 square feet of living area with up to 7-bedroom configurations.

Inside the community, residents share pickleball courts and a tot lot — a small amenity package by master-planned standards, which is intentional. Palms at Windermere trades resort amenities for a tighter, lower-density site close to Windermere's established schools, the Hamlin retail corridor, and the Disney property line. Buyers interested in a larger amenity package typically compare Palms at Windermere against master-planned alternatives a few miles south in Horizon West.

Palms at Windermere Location & Connections

Palms at Windermere sits at the southern edge of Windermere, on the east side of the Reams Road and Ficquette Road intersection. This places the community at a useful seam between three different commute and lifestyle corridors: Windermere proper to the north, the Horizon West / Hamlin master-planned communities to the south, and the Disney property and SR 429 ramps to the west.

The Reams/Ficquette intersection itself is undergoing public-works upgrades alongside the broader Horizon West buildout, including a new fire station at this corner. Conservation parcels and Dream Finders' adjacent phases buffer the eastern side of the community.

Palms at Windermere Amenities & Lifestyle

Day-to-day life at Palms at Windermere is shaped by what's outside the community gate more than what's inside it. The 57-homesite footprint deliberately keeps internal amenities minimal — pickleball and a tot lot — and leans on the surrounding Windermere and Hamlin corridors for shopping, dining, parks, and recreation. Most of the heavy-amenity destinations sit within a 5–10 minute drive in either direction along Reams Road.

The trade-off matters when comparing against master-planned alternatives: buyers wanting a clubhouse, resort pool, and full fitness center will need to look further south into Horizon West subdivisions; buyers prioritizing oversized lots, a small community, and proximity to Windermere Town will find Palms at Windermere a tighter fit.

How Palms at Windermere Compares

The clearest way to evaluate Palms at Windermere is against the alternatives a buyer is realistically choosing between: a master-planned new-construction community in Horizon West, or an established Windermere subdivision with resale homes. Palms at Windermere sits in the middle — newer than the Windermere resale stock, smaller and more lot-oriented than a typical Horizon West master-plan.

Palms at Windermere HOA & CDD Information

Palms at Windermere is governed by a homeowners association established by Dream Finders Homes during community development. The HOA covers maintenance of the community's pickleball courts, tot lot, common-area landscaping, and any shared infrastructure. Like most Dream Finders communities at this scale, the HOA is expected to transition from declarant control to homeowner control once the community reaches the buildout threshold defined in the governing documents.

Public records and third-party sources currently describe Palms at Windermere as a non-CDD community, which means buyers are not facing the additional Community Development District annual assessment that's common in many Horizon West subdivisions to the south. Confirm CDD status directly during purchase, as district boundaries and assessments change over time. For background on how these structures work, see What's an HOA? and What's a CDD?.

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