Watermark 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 3,900 square feet under air, the median lot is about 0.09 acres, and a two car garage is standard.
Homes here carry an HOA, billed monthly, typically around $142. Confirm the figure on a specific parcel before relying on it.
What Watermark is, and who it suits
Watermark is a finished neighborhood in Seidel, the Horizon West village Orange County still files under its planning letter, and listings credit Meritage Homes as its builder. Every sale here is now a resale, so it competes with newer communities nearby where builders are still selling and offering incentives.
The amenity center is the main draw. Listings describe a resort-style pool with a splash pad, a clubhouse and fitness center, tennis and basketball courts, playgrounds, an outdoor amphitheater, and a rooftop deck for watching the Disney fireworks.
About a quarter of the homes sold in the last year advertised solar panels, and several listings stress that the panels are paid off. That is the right question to ask on any of them: a system that is still financed or leased has to be paid off or taken over at closing, which changes the real price of the house.
The top of the market is the larger lots. The three highest sales sat on lots at least twice the typical size here, one of them backing onto preserve, so value a large-lot home against other large-lot sales, not the neighborhood median. Townhomes were about one sale in nine, and single-story homes were rare.
A strong fit for buyers who want an established neighborhood with a full amenity center and a place to watch the fireworks; buyers who want lower power bills, where the solar panels are owned; and buyers who would rather move into a finished community than live beside ongoing construction.
A weaker fit for buyers who want new construction, who can compare Avalon Woods or Harvest at Ovation, where builders were still selling in October 2026; buyers who need a single-story home; and buyers who want a big yard outside the handful of oversized lots.
What the homes are
Built Mostly built in the 2010s, with homes from 2014 to 2021.
Construction Block and stucco. Shingle roofs on 73% of homes.
Size Most homes fall between about 1,800 and 3,900 square feet under air.
Bedrooms Three bedrooms is the most common plan, then four, then five.
Garage A two car garage is standard.
Lot The median lot is about 0.09 acres.
HOA Billed monthly, typically around $142. Confirm on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Where Watermark is
Watermark, centered at 28.427681, -81.621132. 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 Watermark, 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
24.7
Walt Disney World
15 min
9.9
Orlando International Airport
36 min
33.1
Universal Orlando
31 min
23.6
Public schools nearby
Panther Lake Elementary School 2 min, 0.8 mi
Horizon High School Performing Arts Center 3 min, 1.1 mi
Horizon High School 4 min, 1.5 mi
Summerlake Elementary School 6 min, 2.2 mi
Private schools nearby
Continuum, a College and Life Montessori Prep School 11 min, 4.7 mi
Parks and recreation
Watermark Park 1 min, 0.6 mi
Lakeshore Private Park 4 min, 1.5 mi
Summerlake Park 5 min, 2.1 mi
Winding Bay Preserve 7 min, 2.9 mi
Groceries and errands
Publix Super Market at Waterleigh Village 6 min, 2.2 mi
Nearest is not the same as zoned. The schools above are the closest ones to Watermark 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 Watermark actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 35 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 Watermark
$665,000Median sale price
$246Median per square foot
63 daysMedian days to contract
35Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $370,000 to $1,250,000, 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
12
$438,100
$244
60 days
2,000 to 3,000 sq ft
14
$681,250
$260
52 days
3,000 sq ft and up
9
$875,000
$245
91 days
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 $291 per square foot against $241 without one, a difference of $50 per square foot. That comes from 11 sales with a pool and 24 without.
Homes priced right sold far faster
Median days to go under contract. Shorter is better.
Never reduced 15 sales, closed at 97.9% of asking21 days
Reduced at least once 20 sales, closed at 97% of the reduced price93 days
Sellers who priced correctly and held their number went under contract in a median 21 days. Sellers who had to reduce took 93 days and still closed at 97% of their already reduced price, after a typical cut of $28,050. Opening high costs time and money, in that order.
Seller concessions
31%Of sales included a seller credit
$7,186Typical credit when there was one
11 of 35Sales 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 sales54%
Cash 10 sales29%
VA 5 sales14%
FHA 1 sale3%
Cash was 29% 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 Watermark, 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 Watermark 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.
