Highlands Grace is a gated single-residential community built by Highland Homes in the south Lakeland Highlands area of Polk County, off County Road 540A between US 98 South and Lakeland Highlands Road (Highland Homes community page, 2026). Resale guides describe construction running roughly 2017 to 2021, after which the builder phase sold out, so today this is an established neighborhood rather than an active new-home community.
Homes here are single-family on home sites the builder describes as roughly 70 by 120 feet, marketed for privacy between homes, with floor plans that resale listings cite from about 1,300 to nearly 3,000 square feet across three to five bedroom designs (Highland Homes and resale guides, 2026). Plans included one-story and two-story layouts with options such as in-law or secondary suites on select homes, so the exact size, bedroom count, and lot should be confirmed per listing.
Because the builder phase is finished, the money is made or lost on the resale, not on a builder price sheet. The drivers are the specific lot and exposure, the floor plan, the condition of a roughly five to ten year old home, the HOA dues and rules, and the school assignment, all of which have to be read from the current listing and association documents for the exact address.
The pitch is a newer, gated home in an established south Lakeland location: the builder cites about 4.5 miles to the Polk Parkway and roughly 9 miles to downtown Lakeland, with US 98 South and the Lakeland Highlands corridor close by. The work is the diligence: read the HOA documents, confirm there is no CDD, verify the school assignment by address, and inspect the home before you buy.
