Estates of Lake Florence is a single-family home community by Centex on the southeast side of Winter Haven in Polk County, near Lake Florence and the Highway 17 corridor (Centex community pages and multiple Winter Haven real estate listing guides, 2026). It is a boutique community rather than a sprawling master plan, with the builder describing oversized homesites and no CDD.
The community was developed by Centex, the value-oriented brand of national builder Pulte, with homes delivered in the early to mid 2020s (Centex and new-home listing guides, 2026). Listing and builder guides describe single-family floor plans generally in the range of roughly 1,600 to 2,900 square feet with three to five bedrooms; confirm the exact size, bedroom count, and lot for any specific address.
Because this is a small newer-construction community, the money is made or lost on the home and the lot, not just the address. The drivers are the floor plan and homesite, the remaining builder or systems warranty on recent builds, the HOA dues and reserves, and the southeast Winter Haven location, all of which have to be read from the current documents and a walk of the specific home.
The pitch is recent construction at a Winter Haven price point with quick reach to the chain-of-lakes city core, Cypress Gardens Boulevard, State Road 60, and the Interstate 4 connection toward Lakeland and the Greater Orlando area. The work is the diligence: read the HOA budget, confirm the warranty and no-CDD status, and verify the flood and drainage picture for the exact lot before you buy.
