Lake Star at Ovation is a 2020s neighborhood in south Winter Garden, in the 34787 zip code. Homes are block and stucco. Most homes fall between about 2,000 and 4,700 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 $190. Confirm the figure on a specific parcel before relying on it.
What Lake Star at Ovation is, and who it suits
Lake Star at Ovation is M/I Homes' community around Lake Star, a lake of nearly 37 acres, in Ovation, the youngest Horizon West village. M/I describes about 190 acres and 437 homesites, more than 60 of them lakefront, and it was still building and selling in October 2026. It is a different community from Northlake at Ovation, the Ashton Woods and RockWell neighborhood beside it on Lake Star Road.
M/I sells it in several series, and the series sets the price: the Avenue Collection with rear-entry garages and front porches, homes with traditional backyards on two lot sizes, and a Lakefront Series. The two lakefront sales in the last year closed far above a typical home here, so compare a home with others in its own series. M/I also lists townhome plans, but every sale in the last year was a single-family house, and only about one in fifteen was single-story.
M/I lists a pool, a clubhouse with a fitness center and banquet space, a tot lot, dog parks and a viewing pier on Lake Star, and the homes are built with natural gas.
Two comparisons help with price. Lake Star's houses sold for about $125,000 less than Northlake at Ovation's last year at nearly the same size. And in October 2026 M/I was marking finished quick move-in homes down by roughly $60,000 to $70,000, so price any home here, new or resale, against the builder's current marked-down inventory.
A strong fit for buyers who want a new home with a full amenity center around a lake; buyers who want a lakefront new build; and buyers ready to negotiate with a builder that is marking down finished homes.
A weaker fit for buyers who need a single-story home; buyers who want an established neighborhood, who can compare Summerport or Independence in Bridgewater; and townhome buyers, who will find far more townhome sales in Serenade at Ovation in the same village.
What the homes are
Built Essentially all built in the 2020s.
Construction Block and stucco. Shingle roofs are near universal.
Size Most homes fall between about 2,000 and 4,700 square feet under air.
Bedrooms Four bedrooms is the most common plan, then five, then three.
Garage A two car garage is standard.
Lot The median lot is about an eighth of an acre.
HOA Billed monthly, typically around $190. Confirm on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Where Lake Star at Ovation is
Lake Star at Ovation, centered at 28.380818, -81.647591. Drag to explore.
Drive times below are measured on the road network from the center of Lake Star at Ovation, 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
38 min
27.9
Walt Disney World
16 min
7.8
Orlando International Airport
40 min
26.8
Universal Orlando
37 min
19.5
Public schools nearby
Water Spring Elementary School 10 min, 3.4 mi
Atwater Bay Elementary 11 min, 4.2 mi
Horizon High School 11 min, 4.5 mi
Horizon High School Performing Arts Center 11 min, 4.6 mi
Private schools nearby
Lake Pointe Academy K-8 14 min, 5.5 mi
Pinecrest Academy Four Corners 13 min, 5.6 mi
Parks and recreation
Winding Bay Preserve 6 min, 2.4 mi
Groceries and errands
Alfresco Market 8 min, 3.0 mi
Target Grocery 8 min, 2.6 mi
Publix Super Market at Waterleigh Village 8 min, 3.1 mi
Nearest is not the same as zoned. The schools above are the closest ones to Lake Star at Ovation 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 Lake Star at Ovation actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 23 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 Lake Star at Ovation
$570,797Median sale price
$239Median per square foot
101 daysMedian days to contract
23Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $446,716 to $1,324,990, 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
6
$480,854
$275
97 days
2,000 to 3,000 sq ft
14
$578,756
$237
152 days
3,000 sq ft and up
3
$1,061,726
$232
34 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.
Homes priced right sold far faster
Median days to go under contract. Shorter is better.
Never reduced 11 sales, closed at 100% of asking28 days
Reduced at least once 12 sales, closed at 100% of the reduced price152 days
Sellers who priced correctly and held their number went under contract in a median 28 days. Sellers who had to reduce took 152 days and closed at 100% of their already reduced price, after a typical cut of $30,000. Opening high costs time and money, in that order.
Seller concessions
91%Of sales included a seller credit
$27,339Typical credit when there was one
21 of 23Sales 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 16 sales70%
FHA 4 sales17%
VA 2 sales9%
Cash 1 sale4%
Cash was 4% 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 Lake Star at Ovation, 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 Lake Star at Ovation 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. 8 records were excluded as off-market transfers rather than open market sales. Data believed accurate but not guaranteed; listings and closings change daily.
