Highlands at Summerlake Groves is a 2010s neighborhood in south Winter Garden, in the 34787 zip code. Homes are block and stucco. Most homes fall between about 1,900 and 3,600 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 $77. Confirm the figure on a specific parcel before relying on it.
What Highlands at Summerlake Groves is, and who it suits
Highlands at Summerlake Groves is a finished neighborhood of K. Hovnanian houses plus a section of townhomes in Seidel, the Horizon West village Orange County still files under its planning letter. Every sale in the last year was a resale. It sits just south of the Summerlake Groves homes, which are on their own plat with their own homeowners association, and it is a different community from Summerlake in Bridgewater.
It sells as two markets. More than a quarter of last year's sales were townhomes from the first phase, and they sold for about half the price of the houses. The houses typically went under contract in about a week, while four of the six townhomes sat for more than three months and closed $20,000 to $80,000 under their first asking price. Listings also put townhome dues at several times the house dues, so compare a townhome's monthly cost, not just its price.
When K. Hovnanian was selling here, it advertised a pool and cabana, tennis courts, a playground and a dog park, with the neighborhood set beside a wetland conservation area. Listings name both a Highlands homeowners association and the Summerlake Groves Community Association, so ask which dues pay for which amenities before you count on them.
The lake sets the top of the market. The two highest sales last year were lake-view homes from the last phase on lots of more than a third of an acre, and each sold for roughly twice the per-foot price of a typical house here, so value a lake home against other lake sales. K. Hovnanian is building again nearby in Osprey Ranch in Ovation, and in October 2026 it was marking down finished homes there, so a Highlands resale is competing with brand-new K. Hovnanian houses.
A strong fit for buyers who want a large house in a finished neighborhood with a pool, tennis courts and a dog park; buyers who want a lake-view lot; and townhome buyers ready to negotiate, since most townhomes here sold well under their first asking price.
A weaker fit for buyers who need a single-story home, which were only about one in seven of the houses sold here; buyers who want new construction, who can compare Osprey Ranch; and townhome buyers who want low monthly dues.
What the homes are
Built Mostly built in the 2010s, with homes from 2015 to 2021.
Construction Block and stucco. Shingle roofs are near universal.
Size Most homes fall between about 1,900 and 3,600 square feet under air.
Bedrooms Three bedrooms is the most common plan, then five, 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 $77. Confirm on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Where Highlands at Summerlake Groves is
Highlands at Summerlake Groves, centered at 28.438953, -81.620643. 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 Highlands at Summerlake Groves, 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
31 min
24.0
Walt Disney World
17 min
9.0
Orlando International Airport
36 min
32.4
Universal Orlando
30 min
23.0
Public schools nearby
Summerlake Elementary School 5 min, 1.6 mi
Panther Lake Elementary School 6 min, 2.0 mi
Horizon High School 8 min, 2.6 mi
Horizon High School Performing Arts Center 7 min, 2.2 mi
Private schools nearby
Continuum, a College and Life Montessori Prep School 12 min, 4.7 mi
Parks and recreation
Summerlake Park 4 min, 1.4 mi
Lakeshore Private Park 8 min, 2.6 mi
Watermark Park 5 min, 1.8 mi
Bass Park 5 min, 1.8 mi
Groceries and errands
Publix Super Market at Waterleigh Village 9 min, 3.5 mi
Nearest is not the same as zoned. The schools above are the closest ones to Highlands at Summerlake Groves 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 Highlands at Summerlake Groves actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 20 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 Highlands at Summerlake Groves
$726,000Median sale price
$244Median per square foot
15 daysMedian days to contract
20Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $368,500 to $1,900,000, 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
3
$382,150
$205
130 days
2,000 to 3,000 sq ft
9
$590,000
$246
8 days
3,000 sq ft and up
8
$880,000
$256
15 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 12 sales, closed at 99.8% of asking6 days
Reduced at least once 8 sales, closed at 97.4% of the reduced price102 days
Sellers who held their number went under contract in a median 6 days. Sellers who had to reduce took 102 days and still closed at 97.4% of their already reduced price, after a typical cut of $52,500.
Seller concessions
35%Of sales included a seller credit
$12,000Typical credit when there was one
7 of 20Sales 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 15 sales75%
Cash 4 sales20%
VA 1 sale5%
Cash was 20% 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 Highlands at Summerlake Groves, 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 Highlands at Summerlake Groves in Horizon West, Orange County, covering closed sales from 15 October 2025 through 10 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.
