Hardens is a neighborhood in north Tavares, in the 32778 zip code, built mostly in the 1940s. Homes are block and stucco, predominantly single story. Most homes fall between about 1,100 and 3,400 square feet under air, the median lot is roughly half an acre, and a two car garage is standard.
Most of Hardens carries no mandatory HOA.
What the homes are
Built Mostly built in the 1940s, with homes from 1945 to 2025.
Construction Block and stucco. Shingle roofs are near universal.
Size Most homes fall between about 1,100 and 3,400 square feet under air.
Bedrooms Three bedrooms is the most common plan, then four.
Garage A two car garage is standard.
Lot The median lot is roughly half an acre.
HOA Most of the neighborhood carries no mandatory HOA. Confirm on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Where Hardens is
Hardens, centered at 28.826134, -81.719151. Drag to explore.Street level, inside the neighborhood. Drag to look around.
Drive times below are measured on the road network from the center of Hardens, not straight-line distance, in free-flowing traffic. Treat them as the floor rather than the school-run average.
Driving to
Time
Miles
Downtown Orlando
50 min
39.1
Walt Disney World
56 min
49.5
AdventHealth Waterman
4 min
0.8
Downtown Mount Dora
12 min
6.0
Public schools nearby
Tavares Elementary School 6 min, 1.6 mi
Tavares High School 5 min, 1.6 mi
Eustis Heights Elementary School 6 min, 2.4 mi
Triangle Elementary School 8 min, 4.0 mi
Private schools nearby
Pinecrest Academy Tavares 3 min, 1.0 mi
Liberty Christian Preparatory School 6 min, 2.3 mi
Life Changing Christian Academy 8 min, 3.2 mi
Parks and recreation
Aesops Park 6 min, 1.9 mi
Wooton Park 6 min, 1.9 mi
Tavares Recreational Park 5 min, 2.3 mi
Tavares Ecological Park 6 min, 2.0 mi
Groceries and errands
Village Market Place of Tavares Shopping Center 2 min, 0.8 mi
Publix Super Market at Eustis Village 4 min, 1.5 mi
Nearest is not the same as zoned. The schools above are the closest ones to Hardens by distance. School attendance zones are set by the district, change from year to year, and can differ street to street inside one neighborhood. Confirm the assignment for a specific address with Lake County Public Schools before it matters to a decision.
Places and drive times from Google, checked 12 September 2026. Businesses open and close; if something here has changed, tell me and I will correct it.
This page tracks what homes in Hardens actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 4 verified closed sales in the Stellar MLS feed, not from public estimates. Every figure is a net-of-concessions number, which is explained at the bottom. Updated October 2026.
Read this one loosely. Fewer than eight homes closed here in the last year, so every median on this page rests on a small sample and can swing on a single sale.
What homes sold for in Hardens
$677,000Median sale price
$387Median per square foot
89 daysMedian days to contract
4Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $460,000 to $721,825, which is a wide spread and the reason a single neighborhood median is a starting point rather than an answer.
By size
Home size
Sales
Median price
Median $/sq ft
Median days
Under 2,000 sq ft
3
$655,000
$438
117 days
A price per foot taken from the whole neighborhood should never be applied straight to one house.
Price cuts and time to contract
Median days to go under contract. Shorter is better.
Never reduced 2 sales, closed at 93.8% of asking209 days
Reduced at least once 2 sales, closed at 95.6% of the reduced price48 days
Sellers who held their number went under contract in a median 209 days. Sellers who had to reduce took 48 days and still closed at 95.6% of their already reduced price, after a typical cut of $60,000.
How buyers paid
Cash 2 sales50%
Conventional 2 sales50%
Cash was 50% of purchases. A high cash share means a seller has buyers who do not depend on an appraisal, and a buyer using a loan is competing against offers that can close faster.
Questions about a specific home in Hardens, or want to know what yours would sell for? Call or text Brenden Rendo at 407-616-9019 or send a message.
About this data. Source is the Stellar MLS feed for Hardens in Tavares, Lake County, covering closed sales from 31 October 2025 through 26 October 2026, refreshed monthly and current as of October 2026. Prices are net of seller concessions, so they reflect what the seller actually received rather than the headline number. Data believed accurate but not guaranteed; listings and closings change daily.
