Palms at Windermere is a 2020s neighborhood in southwest Windermere, in the 34786 zip code. Homes are block and cement siding. Most homes fall between about 3,100 and 4,400 square feet under air, the median lot is roughly a fifth of an acre, and a two car garage is standard.
Homes here carry an HOA, billed monthly, typically around $275. Confirm the figure on a specific parcel before relying on it.
What Palms at Windermere is, and who it suits
Palms at Windermere is a small Dream Finders Homes community in Lakeside, the Horizon West village closest to Walt Disney World, and it is near the end of its sales: in October 2026 Dream Finders said limited opportunities remained and listed three homes. Every sale in the last year was a new two-story house, and most went under contract the day they were listed, as builder sales usually do, so the days-to-contract figure below says little about demand.
Dream Finders calls it a boutique, low-maintenance community and builds its homes with natural gas appliances and tankless water heaters. The amenities are modest: pickleball courts and a playground, with no community pool listed.
Buyers pay a location premium here. Per square foot these homes sold higher than the new single-family homes in Lake Star at Ovation, Harvest at Ovation and Northlake at Ovation to the south, even though they are larger, and larger homes usually sell for less per foot. The premium buys the Lakeside location near Disney and Hamlin Town Center.
Once the last homes sell, owners will be reselling against each other in a small community of similar new houses, and against Dream Finders' larger communities nearby such as Avalon Woods. Buyers now should compare the remaining builder homes, one of which carried a $50,000 markdown in October 2026, with the first resales.
A strong fit for buyers who want a brand-new large two-story home in Lakeside near Disney and Hamlin; buyers who want a small, low-maintenance community; and buyers who want natural gas and a tankless water heater.
A weaker fit for buyers who need a single-story home; buyers who want a community pool, who can compare Lakes of Windermere in the same village or Lake Star at Ovation; and buyers who want a large yard.
What the homes are
Built Essentially all built in the 2020s.
Construction Block and cement siding. Tile roofs are near universal.
Style Florida. Predominantly two story.
Size Most homes fall between about 3,100 and 4,400 square feet under air.
Bedrooms Four and six bedrooms are the most common plans.
Garage A two car garage is standard.
Lot The median lot is roughly a fifth of an acre.
HOA Billed monthly, typically around $275. Confirm on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Where Palms at Windermere is
Palms at Windermere, centered at 28.448418, -81.592781. Drag to explore.
Drive times below are measured on the road network from the center of Palms at Windermere, 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
33 min
21.3
Walt Disney World
13 min
6.6
Orlando International Airport
38 min
29.7
Universal Orlando
32 min
14.1
Public schools nearby
Independence Elementary School 8 min, 2.6 mi
Summerlake Elementary School 7 min, 2.1 mi
Bay Lake Elementary School 10 min, 4.4 mi
Sunset Park Elementary School 12 min, 4.3 mi
Private schools nearby
Continuum, a College and Life Montessori Prep School 8 min, 2.3 mi
Windermere Preparatory School 8 min, 3.5 mi
Parks and recreation
Deputy Scott Pine Community Park 4 min, 1.5 mi
Falcon Square Dog Park 5 min, 1.6 mi
Independence Community Dog Park 7 min, 2.4 mi
Kenzie Park 7 min, 2.3 mi
Groceries and errands
Rokka's Market, Windermere 11 min, 4.8 mi
Publix Super Market at Lakeside Village Center 10 min, 4.4 mi
Publix Super Market at Cornerstone at Summerport 8 min, 2.7 mi
Nearest is not the same as zoned. The schools above are the closest ones to Palms at Windermere 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 2 September 2026. Businesses open and close; if something here has changed, tell me and I will correct it.
This page tracks what homes in Palms at Windermere actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 25 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 Palms at Windermere
$1,055,021Median sale price
$291Median per square foot
0 daysMedian days to contract
25Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $960,000 to $1,279,494.
By size
Home size
Sales
Median price
Median $/sq ft
Median days
3,000 sq ft and up
25
$1,055,021
$291
0 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 19 sales, closed at 100% of asking0 days
Reduced at least once 6 sales, closed at 96.9% of the reduced price110 days
Sellers who held their number went under contract in a median 0 days. Sellers who had to reduce took 110 days and still closed at 96.9% of their already reduced price, after a typical cut of $11,173.
Seller concessions
72%Of sales included a seller credit
$30,000Typical credit when there was one
18 of 25Sales 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 19 sales76%
Cash 6 sales24%
Cash was 24% 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 Palms at Windermere, 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 Palms at Windermere 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. 3 records were excluded as off-market transfers rather than open market sales. Data believed accurate but not guaranteed; listings and closings change daily.
