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Looking For A Lakefront Home In Central Florida?

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Tutas Towne Realty, Inc and Garden Views Realty, LLC BK607690

You know........it is HARD to find good lakefront homes for sale in Orlando Florida. I've been searching for several days now for relatively new homes with lakefront and a pool. It also must have a dock for a boat and be a good lake for skiing.

My search encompassed Orange, Osceola and Polk counties for lakefront houses with at least 3,000 sq ft, 4 bedrooms up to $750,000. I figured there would be more than 2 that were suitable to my Buyer!!

Here are some interesting facts on lakes in Florida.

  • There are an estimated 7,800 lakes in Florida that are greater than 1 acre in surface area. Of these, 35 percent are located in just four counties: Lake, Orange, Osceola, and Polk.
  • Larger retention ponds sometimes are used by residents for boating and fishing and are considered by some to be lakes. (Not by me!)
  • The classification of some water bodies as lakes is highly subjective. What one individual considers a “lake” another might consider a “pond.” Generally, any water-filled depression or group of depressions in the land surface could be considered a lake.
  • Many lakes in Florida were formed by sinkhole activity and thus are called sinkhole lakes.
  • Most Florida lakes are seepage lakes—nearly 70 percent of the lakes in Florida have no surface water streams flowing into or out of them.

So....if you are looking to purchase or sell a Lakefront Home in Central Florida you best give me a call. If not you could end up with one of these.

Golk course pond

  Retention pond

                    Golf Course Pond                                                       Retention Pond

Instead of this......................

Fishing and skiing lake

Fishing and skiing lake

Bryant Tutas
Broker/Owner
Tutas Towne Realty, Inc
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker
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Comments (11)

Bryant Tutas
Tutas Towne Realty, Inc and Garden Views Realty, LLC - Winter Garden, FL
Selling Florida one home at a time

Reserved parking for TLW

Aug 24, 2009 08:59 AM
Wendy Rulnick
Rulnick Realty, Inc. - Destin, FL
"It's Wendy... It's Sold!"

Bryant -  What interesting facts.  When I moved to FL from Connecticut I was shocked at what is called a lake down here!  More like ponds to me... or puddles!

Aug 24, 2009 09:35 AM
Rob Arnold
Sand Dollar Realty Group, Inc. - Altamonte Springs, FL
Metro Orlando Full Service - Investor Friendly & F

Yep there is a big difference between some of those things people call lakes and a true "ski lake".  A lot of them just look like holes in the ground until we get a good rain.

Aug 24, 2009 09:47 AM
Allison Stewart
St.Cloud Homes - Saint Cloud, FL
St. Cloud Fl Realtor, Osceola County Real Estate 407-616-9904

I have been searching for a lakefront property as well but in slightly lower price range- I have a few suggestions.

Allison

 

Aug 24, 2009 10:08 AM
"The Lovely Wife" The One And Only TLW.
President-Tutas Towne Realty, Inc. - Kissimmee, FL

LOL Hun...

I told you it was a post waiting to happen :)

Did you forget about the cement pool pond lake? :)

TLW...ROAR!

Aug 24, 2009 10:27 AM
Lenn Harley
Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA
Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland

Funny.  There's a community in Bowie that was built on swamp land.  Most of the basements that are dry have 2 or 3 sump pumps.  It took 2 years for the country to approve the first building permits.  Eventually, because of continuing wet basements, the county installed a sediment control retention pond on the edge of the property.  The drainage was so intense, the "pond" eventually took over about 4 acres. 

Some agents who list properties in that community will occassionally advertise that the community has a "lake". 

Sometimes you just have to laugh.

 

Aug 24, 2009 11:29 AM
Katerina Gasset
The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT
Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Hmmm, would I venture to summize a shift in niches beginning to form? Or am I reading too much into your post:) Need to talk too.

Aug 24, 2009 11:45 AM
John Slocum
Premiere Property Group, LLC - Vancouver Washington - Vancouver, WA
Broker, SFR - Vancouver WA Real Estate

BB - Kat here thinks that anything big enough to hold one of your gators is big enough!  (she hates 'em, if you couldn't tell).  I like the ones at least big enough to make Mr. Bass get nice and big.  Thanks!  John

Aug 24, 2009 02:59 PM
Lynda Eisenmann
Preferred Home Brokers - Brea, CA
Broker Associate ,CRS,GRI,SRES, Brea,CA, Orange Co

BB,

Found this one interesting and amusing. Btw, all of those would probably be consider lakes in my neck-of-the-woods. Developers create small "ponds" and build around them, and yes what call lakes, I'm sure others would laugh at.

Aug 24, 2009 03:12 PM
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

Bryant, as the inventory continues to decline, some buyers with specific criteria need to be prepared to either wait, compromise or build, as it's not quite the Wal-Mart of homes that some perceive.

Aug 24, 2009 11:34 PM
Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

Amazing how "desirable" those pond/drainage ditch homes were a few years ago. Yep, definitely worth the "water front premium!"

Aug 26, 2009 01:38 AM