You know........it is HARD to find good lakefront homes for sale in Orlando Florida. I've been searching for several days now for relatively new homes with lakefront and a pool. It also must have a dock for a boat and be a good lake for skiing.
My search encompassed Orange, Osceola and Polk counties for lakefront houses with at least 3,000 sq ft, 4 bedrooms up to $750,000. I figured there would be more than 2 that were suitable to my Buyer!!
Here are some interesting facts on lakes in Florida.
- There are an estimated 7,800 lakes in Florida that are greater than 1 acre in surface area. Of these, 35 percent are located in just four counties: Lake, Orange, Osceola, and Polk.
- Larger retention ponds sometimes are used by residents for boating and fishing and are considered by some to be lakes. (Not by me!)
- The classification of some water bodies as lakes is highly subjective. What one individual considers a “lake” another might consider a “pond.” Generally, any water-filled depression or group of depressions in the land surface could be considered a lake.
- Many lakes in Florida were formed by sinkhole activity and thus are called sinkhole lakes.
- Most Florida lakes are seepage lakes—nearly 70 percent of the lakes in Florida have no surface water streams flowing into or out of them.
So....if you are looking to purchase or sell a Lakefront Home in Central Florida you best give me a call. If not you could end up with one of these.
Golf Course Pond Retention Pond
Instead of this......................
Fishing and skiing lake
Bryant Tutas
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Bryant - What interesting facts. When I moved to FL from Connecticut I was shocked at what is called a lake down here! More like ponds to me... or puddles!
Yep there is a big difference between some of those things people call lakes and a true "ski lake". A lot of them just look like holes in the ground until we get a good rain.
I have been searching for a lakefront property as well but in slightly lower price range- I have a few suggestions.
Allison
LOL Hun...
I told you it was a post waiting to happen :)
Did you forget about the cement pool pond lake? :)
TLW...ROAR!
Funny. There's a community in Bowie that was built on swamp land. Most of the basements that are dry have 2 or 3 sump pumps. It took 2 years for the country to approve the first building permits. Eventually, because of continuing wet basements, the county installed a sediment control retention pond on the edge of the property. The drainage was so intense, the "pond" eventually took over about 4 acres.
Some agents who list properties in that community will occassionally advertise that the community has a "lake".
Sometimes you just have to laugh.
Hmmm, would I venture to summize a shift in niches beginning to form? Or am I reading too much into your post:) Need to talk too.
BB - Kat here thinks that anything big enough to hold one of your gators is big enough! (she hates 'em, if you couldn't tell). I like the ones at least big enough to make Mr. Bass get nice and big. Thanks! John
BB,
Found this one interesting and amusing. Btw, all of those would probably be consider lakes in my neck-of-the-woods. Developers create small "ponds" and build around them, and yes what call lakes, I'm sure others would laugh at.
Bryant, as the inventory continues to decline, some buyers with specific criteria need to be prepared to either wait, compromise or build, as it's not quite the Wal-Mart of homes that some perceive.
Amazing how "desirable" those pond/drainage ditch homes were a few years ago. Yep, definitely worth the "water front premium!"