Preserve at Lake Monroe is a 2000s neighborhood in west Sanford, in the 32771 zip code. Homes are block and stucco. Most homes fall between about 1,700 and 3,500 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 quarterly, typically around $121. Confirm the figure on a specific parcel before relying on it.
St. Thomas More Academy sits inside the subdivision.
What the homes are
Built Essentially all built in the 2000s.
Construction Block and stucco. Shingle roofs are near universal.
Size Most homes fall between about 1,700 and 3,500 square feet under air.
Bedrooms Four bedrooms is the most common plan, then three, then six.
Garage A two car garage is standard.
Lot The median lot is roughly a fifth of an acre.
HOA Billed quarterly, typically around $121. Confirm on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Where Preserve at Lake Monroe is
Preserve at Lake Monroe, centered at 28.817887, -81.303814. 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 Preserve at Lake Monroe, 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
29 min
24.4
Orlando International Airport
43 min
37.3
Winter Park
29 min
21.5
Heathrow and Lake Mary offices
18 min
9.7
Public schools nearby
Idyllwilde Elementary School 14 min, 5.4 mi
Goldsboro Elementary School 12 min, 4.8 mi
Bentley Elementary School 14 min, 5.5 mi
Wicklow Elementary School 13 min, 5.3 mi
Private schools nearby
St. Thomas More Academy 4 min, 1.8 mi
Holy Cross Lutheran Academy 9 min, 3.6 mi
Crooms Academy Of Information Technology 9 min, 3.5 mi
Top Kids Christian Academy Private School 8 min, 3.8 mi
Nearest is not the same as zoned. The schools above are the closest ones to Preserve at Lake Monroe 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 Seminole County Public Schools before it matters to a decision.
Places and drive times from Google, checked 6 September 2026. Businesses open and close; if something here has changed, tell me and I will correct it.
This page tracks what homes in Preserve at Lake Monroe actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 6 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 September 2026.
Read this one loosely. Fewer than eight homes closed here in the last year, so every median on this page rests on a small sample and can swing on a single sale.
What homes sold for in Preserve at Lake Monroe
$425,000Median sale price
$172Median per square foot
48 daysMedian days to contract
6Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $359,000 to $560,000, 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
2,000 to 3,000 sq ft
4
$425,000
$172
48 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 3 sales, closed at 100.9% of asking43 days
Reduced at least once 3 sales, closed at 94.8% of the reduced price70 days
Sellers who priced correctly and held their number went under contract in a median 43 days. Sellers who had to reduce took 70 days and still closed at 94.8% of their already reduced price, after a typical cut of $5,000. Opening high costs time and money, in that order.
Seller concessions
83%Of sales included a seller credit
$7,500Typical credit when there was one
5 of 6Sales 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 6 sales100%
Cash was 0% 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 Preserve at Lake Monroe, 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 Preserve at Lake Monroe in Sanford, Seminole County, covering closed sales from 11 September 2025 through 6 September 2026, refreshed monthly and current as of September 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.
