Rotonda West (Long Meadow) market snapshot (as of June 30, 2026): the median sale price is about $169K ($168 per sq ft), with homes averaging 193 days on market and 6.0 months of supply, a buyer-leaning market (limited data). Based on 2 recent closings in live Stellar MLS data.
Long Meadow is one of the named sections of Rotonda West, a deed-restricted planned community in Charlotte County near Englewood and the Cape Haze peninsula. Rotonda West was developed by Cavanagh Communities Corporation, which bought the land in 1969 with construction beginning in 1970 (Wikipedia and Rotonda West Association community histories).
The community is laid out in a distinctive wagon-wheel pattern, with sections radiating from a central rotunda and threaded with roughly 26 miles of canals, ponds, and lakes plus public golf. Long Meadow is set apart by its newer, larger estate-style homes, the majority built from the mid 1990s onward, often sited on double or triple lots, where many other sections carry older or more standard stock (Rotonda West Association and section guides).
This is established single-family living rather than a brand-new master plan, so the money is made or lost on the specific lot, the home's roof and systems, and an honest read of elevation, flood zone, and insurance, not the headline price. All of Rotonda West is bound by the Rotonda West Association deed restrictions.
The pitch is a quiet, water-and-golf community minutes from the Gulf beaches at Englewood, Manasota Key, and Boca Grande, with newer homes than much of the surrounding stock. The work is the southwest Florida flood and insurance read: the 2024 storms brought storm surge across Charlotte County, so the FEMA flood zone, the elevation, and an insurance quote are essential diligence on any specific home here.
