Summerlake is a 2010s neighborhood in south Winter Garden, in the 34787 zip code. Homes are block and stucco. Most homes fall between about 1,800 and 3,700 square feet under air, the median lot is about an eighth of an acre, and a two car garage is standard.
Homes here carry an HOA, billed monthly, typically around $182. Confirm the figure on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Summerlake Park and Summerlake Elementary School sit inside the subdivision.
What Summerlake is, and who it suits
Summerlake is one of the two busiest neighborhoods in Bridgewater, the largest Horizon West village by plan, alongside Independence. It is finished: every sale here in the last year was a resale. Several national builders put it up, and listings name Lennar, M/I Homes, KB Home and D.R. Horton plans, so compare floor plans, not just square footage. It is a different community from Highlands at Summerlake Groves and Summerlake Reserve, which share part of the name but sit in Horizon West's Seidel village.
Listings describe a lakefront clubhouse with a fitness center, a resort-style pool with a splash pad, tennis and basketball courts, playgrounds, a dog park, a zip line, a fishing dock and walking trails, and many say the HOA covers lawn care. Some listings place homes along the Orange County National golf course.
Lake Hancock sets the top of the market. The two most expensive sales in the last year were lakefront homes with private docks and boat lifts, and each sold for more than twice the next-highest sale. Value a lake home against other lakefront sales, not against the neighborhood numbers below.
The earliest phases are now reaching 15 years old, and that matters for insurance. Under Florida Statute 627.7011, an insurer cannot refuse a homeowner's policy solely because of roof age while the roof is under 15 years old; after that, the owner may need an inspection showing at least five years of useful life left. A few recent listings advertise roofs replaced between 2024 and 2026. On a home with its original roof, ask the roof's age and get an insurance quote before the inspection period ends.
A strong fit for buyers who want an established neighborhood with a full amenity package and no builder competing on price; families who want an elementary school and a park inside the neighborhood; buyers who want a lake or golf course setting; and buyers who want the HOA to handle the lawn.
A weaker fit for buyers who want new construction, since every recent sale here was a resale; and buyers who need a single-story home, which were only about a quarter of last year's sales here and a larger share in Summerport, Bridgewater's older landmark neighborhood.
What the homes are
Built Essentially all built in the 2010s.
Construction Block and stucco. Shingle roofs are near universal.
Size Most homes fall between about 1,800 and 3,700 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 about an eighth of an acre.
HOA Billed monthly, typically around $182. Confirm on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Where Summerlake is
Summerlake, centered at 28.449652, -81.615226. 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 Summerlake, 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
30 min
22.8
Walt Disney World
14 min
7.7
Orlando International Airport
35 min
31.2
Universal Orlando
29 min
21.7
Public schools nearby
Summerlake Elementary School 3 min, 0.6 mi
Independence Elementary School 10 min, 3.7 mi
Panther Lake Elementary School 7 min, 3.7 mi
Hamlin Elementary School 8 min, 3.1 mi
Parks and recreation
Summerlake Park 3 min, 0.7 mi
Bass Park 3 min, 1.5 mi
Kenzie Park 8 min, 3.4 mi
Falcon Square Dog Park 6 min, 2.7 mi
Groceries and errands
Publix Super Market at Hamlin Cove 6 min, 2.4 mi
Publix Super Market at Cornerstone at Summerport 9 min, 3.8 mi
Publix Super Market at Waterleigh Village 10 min, 4.2 mi
Nearest is not the same as zoned. The schools above are the closest ones to Summerlake 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 Orange County Public Schools before it matters to a decision.
Places and drive times from Google, checked 1 September 2026. Businesses open and close; if something here has changed, tell me and I will correct it.
This page tracks what homes in Summerlake actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 69 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.
What homes sold for in Summerlake
$575,000Median sale price
$237Median per square foot
42 daysMedian days to contract
69Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $395,000 to $2,461,000, 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
19
$465,000
$250
63 days
2,000 to 3,000 sq ft
35
$580,000
$235
34 days
3,000 sq ft and up
15
$801,761
$226
50 days
Larger homes usually show a lower price per square foot. That is normal and it is why a price per foot taken from the whole neighborhood should never be applied straight to one house.
What a pool is worth here
Homes with a private pool sold at a median $261 per square foot against $235 without one, a difference of $26 per square foot. That comes from 10 sales with a pool and 59 without.
Homes priced right sold far faster
Median days to go under contract. Shorter is better.
Never reduced 34 sales, closed at 99% of asking10 days
Reduced at least once 35 sales, closed at 98.1% of the reduced price70 days
Sellers who priced correctly and held their number went under contract in a median 10 days. Sellers who had to reduce took 70 days and still closed at 98.1% of their already reduced price, after a typical cut of $24,100. Opening high costs time and money, in that order.
Seller concessions
39%Of sales included a seller credit
$5,000Typical credit when there was one
27 of 69Sales carrying a credit
A seller credit covers part of the buyer's closing costs and comes off the seller's proceeds, so the headline sale price overstates what the seller kept. Budget for it if you are selling, and ask for it if you are buying.
How buyers paid
Conventional 47 sales68%
Cash 15 sales22%
FHA 4 sales6%
VA 3 sales4%
Cash was 22% 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 Summerlake, 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 Summerlake in Horizon West, Orange County, covering closed sales from 8 October 2025 through 3 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.
