Woods of Windermere Homes for Sale

About Woods of Windermere Neighborhood

Woods of Windermere is one of the smallest residential communities in Windermere — just 12 home sites on a single Maravilloso Loop street pattern, accessed off Park Ridge Gotha Road in the northeast quadrant of the 34786 ZIP code. The neighborhood was developed by Emerald Homes, a luxury division of national builder D.R. Horton, with construction running from 2012 through 2014. Four floor plans were offered (Florence, Siena, Tillman, and Verona), all in a Mediterranean architectural language with clay tile roofs, stucco exteriors, and arched entry features.

Homes range from approximately 3,730 to 5,229 square feet, with most plans configured as 5-bedroom, 5.5-to-6.5-bathroom residences with three-car garages. Lots are unusually generous for the area — roughly half an acre to eight-tenths of an acre — and the development was specifically sited to preserve a heavy live-oak canopy. The result is a community that reads more like a private wooded estate compound than a production subdivision, with a single internal pond and a private conservation buffer providing the rear boundary for several homesites.

Practically, the location is the selling proposition. Woods of Windermere sits roughly one mile from downtown Windermere's Main Street, has direct sidewalk access to Thornebrooke Elementary School, and feeds onto Hempel Avenue — a corridor that connects northward to Gotha and southward toward the Butler Chain neighborhoods. The 12-home count means listings here are rare, and resale velocity tends to be slow in the way exclusive small enclaves typically are.

Woods of Windermere Location & Connections

Woods of Windermere sits in the northeast section of Windermere, accessed via Maravilloso Loop off Park Ridge Gotha Road, with Hempel Avenue forming the eastern frame of the immediate area. The location is a transitional one: north into the historic Gotha district, south through the Westover Roberts Road corridor toward the Butler Chain communities, and west into downtown Windermere proper. Regional connections are short — both Florida's Turnpike and the SR-429 (Western Beltway) are within a few miles, putting Orlando International Airport, downtown Orlando, and the theme park corridor in standard suburban commuting range.

Woods of Windermere Amenities & Lifestyle

Lifestyle here is shaped by the small footprint and the trees. With only 12 homes and no clubhouse, pool, or fitness amenity, the community functions as a quiet residential cul-de-sac more than a managed lifestyle development — privacy and the natural setting are the amenities. Residents reach the broader Windermere amenity base in a short drive: downtown Main Street is roughly a mile away, the Butler Chain corridor is south, and Gotha's small-town shopping is north up Hempel Avenue, with SR-429 providing fast access west and north.

How Woods of Windermere Compares

The relevant peer set for Woods of Windermere is other small-to-mid-sized Mediterranean estate communities in the 34786 ZIP code built within roughly the same window — places where the value proposition is large lots, tree canopy, and proximity to downtown Windermere or the Butler Chain. Below is a side-by-side against two reasonable comparison points.

Woods of Windermere HOA & CDD Information

Woods of Windermere operates under a single homeowners association covering the 12-home community. Because the development is small and amenity-light, the HOA structure is correspondingly simple — primarily handling common area landscaping, the community pond, and architectural standards. There is no Community Development District (CDD) layered on top of the HOA assessment.

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