Fairway Oaks is a gated, deed-restricted single-residential community in Mulberry, Polk County, off Imperial Parkway near Shepherd Road, within the larger Imperial Lakes Golf area (multiple Polk County real estate listing guides, 2026). The established part of the neighborhood dates to the 1990s, and a newer phase marketed as the Reserve at Fairway Oaks adds more recent single-family construction.
Homes are single-family, with listing guides citing a range of roughly 1,360 to 2,490 square feet and generally three to five bedrooms across the older and newer sections; confirm the exact size, bedroom count, and year built for any specific home. The Reserve phase has carried newer builders including Highland Homes and J Walter Homes in permit and listing records, so a Reserve home reads more like newer construction than the 1990s stock.
Because the community spans phases, the money read is the HOA by section. Listing sources describe a lower monthly HOA in the original section that can include lawn service and basic cable, while the newer Reserve phase is structured differently and may not include lawn care by default. Confirm the current dues, what they cover, and whether any service is optional for the exact home from the latest association documents.
The pitch is a gated, golf-area address in a central Polk location off the Interstate 4 corridor between Lakeland and the Mulberry side of the county. The work is the diligence: confirm the HOA and phase, and weigh the open question over the adjacent golf course, which Polk County approved to rezone toward residential use after a contested 2021 process, before you pay for the golf setting.
