Chautauqua Lake Estates market snapshot (as of June 25, 2026): the median sale price is about $850K ($224 per sq ft), with homes averaging 10 days on market and 4.0 months of supply, a buyer-leaning market (limited data). Based on 3 recent closings in live Stellar MLS data.
Chautauqua Lake Estates is a gated single-residential community in the Countryside area of Clearwater, set off US Highway 19 just north of Sunset Point Road in Pinellas County (Clearwater real estate community guides, 2026). It is a small enclave of larger executive homes rather than a sprawling subdivision, marketed as a gated community of single-family residences.
The community was developed largely in the mid-2000s, with sources citing a start around 2005 and build-out around 2008, by the homebuilder Rottlund Homes (community guides, 2026). Listing guides describe sizable floor plans, commonly in the range of roughly 3,000 to 4,000 plus square feet across three to five bedroom layouts; confirm the exact size, bedroom count, and year built for any specific home.
Because this is a smaller gated community of larger homes, the money is made or lost on the specific lot and house, not a townwide average. The drivers are the home size and condition, the lot and its setting against the preserve, the gated access, and a modest HOA, all of which have to be read from the listing and the current HOA documents for the exact address.
The pitch is a quiet, gated setting next to nature with everyday convenience: the Lake Chautauqua Park and nature preserve sit alongside the community, while the US 19 corridor, Countryside, and Westfield Countryside Mall are close, and the Gulf beaches and Tampa via the bridges are a reasonable drive. The work is the diligence: read the HOA, walk the lot, check the flood zone, and price the home condition before you buy the size.
