Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Product
New-construction single-family homes from 1,805 to 4,004 sq ft, three to five bedrooms, two to three-and-a-half baths, two- and three-car garages, one- and two-story, on 50- and 60-foot homesites
Builder
Cardel Homes, a builder operating since 1973 with Tampa Bay, Denver, Calgary, and Ottawa divisions; nine all-new floor plans designed for this community, backed by a design-center selection process
Scale
A gated single-builder community on the north side of Plant City, ZIP 33565, with green spaces, a playground, and a dog park; total homesite count not published, confirm with the builder
Pricing
Base plans advertised from $429,990 (Alpine, 1,805 sq ft) up to the Seneca at 4,004 sq ft, with published plan pricing running from the low $400s to the mid $600s; prices change, confirm current figures with Cardel
Costs & Fees
HOA
Advertised around $1,100 per year, roughly $92 per month; confirm the exact current dues and what they cover in writing with Cardel and the association before you sign
CDD
Cardel advertises no CDD fees at Fieldstone, a real monthly difference versus several nearby Plant City master plans; still verify the parcel on the Hillsborough County tax roll before you close
Reality
This is a low-fee gated community, not an amenity campus; the money goes into the house, the 50- or 60-foot lot, and design-center selections rather than a resort fee stack
Amenities
Gated entry
A gated entrance serving a single-builder community; confirm the gate type and access arrangements with the builder
Green spaces, playground, dog park
The advertised amenity set is deliberately simple: open green spaces, a playground, and a dog park, which is what keeps the HOA near $1,100 per year
No resort campus
No community pool, clubhouse, or fitness center is advertised; if you want a resort amenity package, the CDD-funded master plans nearby are the trade
Hospital nearby
The relocated BayCare South Florida Baptist Hospital campus sits about half a mile away per Cardel's community map
Location
Setting
North side of Plant City in ZIP 33565, near the North Park Road and Wilder Road corridor just north of I-4; sales center at 3010 Stewart Creek Circle, Plant City, FL 33565
Highways
Quick access to I-4 puts Tampa, Lakeland, and Orlando on one highway; Cardel's map shows Lakeland about 12.9 miles and Tampa International Airport about 30.9 miles
Errands
Historic downtown Plant City about 3.8 miles, Publix at Plant City Crossing about 4.7 miles, and the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds about 4.7 miles, per the builder's distance map
The Homes & Style
Fieldstone is a gated, single-builder community by Cardel Homes on the north side of Plant City, ZIP 33565, near the North Park Road and Wilder Road corridor just north of I-4. It is an active new-construction sales floor: nine all-new floor plans, quick move-in inventory, and a model program run from the sales center at 3010 Stewart Creek Circle.
The plan lineup runs from the Alpine at 1,805 square feet, four bedrooms, advertised from $429,990, up to the Seneca at 4,004 square feet with five bedrooms and three-and-a-half baths. In between sit the Belmar (2,046 sq ft), Amelia (2,351 sq ft, three-car garage), Chandler (2,268 sq ft), Benton (2,500 sq ft), Sable (2,527 sq ft), Dorsett (2,900 sq ft, five bedrooms), and Florence (3,245 sq ft, five bedrooms). Published plan pricing runs from the low $400s to the mid $600s; prices and promotions change, so confirm current figures with Cardel.
Homesites come in 50- and 60-foot widths, and the larger plans with three-car garages sit on the 60-foot lots. That matters in Plant City, where much of the competing new construction is production product on tighter lots; a 4,000-square-foot plan on a 60-foot homesite is not something the volume builders nearby are offering at this depth.
Cardel is not one of the national production names. It is a builder operating since 1973 with divisions in Tampa Bay, Denver, Calgary, and Ottawa, and it sells a design-center process: buyers building from a plan make structural and finish selections rather than choosing from a short spec sheet. Confirm what is structural-optional versus standard on the specific plan, because that is where the real price lands.
The Fieldstone pitch in one line: a gated community, no CDD, an HOA near $1,100 a year, and nine plans that run bigger than the production tracts around it.
Living Here
The amenity set is deliberately simple: gated entry, green spaces, a playground, and a dog park. There is no community pool, clubhouse, or fitness center advertised. That is the trade that keeps the HOA around $1,100 per year with no CDD, and you should decide up front whether that trade fits you.
The location does more of the work than the amenity list. The community sits just north of I-4 on Plant City's north side, which puts Tampa, Lakeland, and Orlando on one highway; Cardel's map shows Lakeland about 12.9 miles and Tampa International Airport about 30.9 miles. Historic downtown Plant City and its restaurant row are about 3.8 miles, and the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds about 4.7 miles.
One concrete, recent change worth knowing: the relocated BayCare South Florida Baptist Hospital campus is about half a mile away per Cardel's community map, part of the employment and services build-out along the Park Road corridor at I-4.
Plant City itself is the value story. It is still priced as an agricultural-heritage market between Tampa and Lakeland, which is why a gated community with plans to 4,004 square feet can start in the low $400s here when the same product closer to Tampa would not.
Before You Sign
Verify the no-CDD claim on the parcel. Cardel advertises no CDD fees, and no CDD assessment would keep the monthly carry meaningfully below several nearby master plans, but the document that matters is the Hillsborough County tax roll for the specific homesite. Pull it before you close.
Get the HOA scope in writing: the advertised figure is about $1,100 per year, and you want the current amount, what it covers, gate maintenance responsibility, and any rental or parking rules documented before you sign, not after.
Price the plan, not the base price. Cardel sells a design-center process, and incentive programs (design-option credits, closing-cost contributions) rotate and are subject to change. Get every incentive and every structural option priced in the written purchase agreement.
Bring your own agent to the first visit. Builder sales offices typically require your agent to register on or before your first visit for you to have representation at no cost to you; the on-site consultant works for Cardel, not for you.
Comp it against the neighbors honestly. North Park Isle, Park East, Farm at Varrea, and Timber Ridge are all actively selling in Plant City, several with lower starting prices and bigger amenity packages funded by CDD assessments. Run the all-in monthly on each, not the sticker.
Comparisons
Fieldstone competes for the buyer cross-shopping Plant City's new-construction wave. Against North Park Isle, the large master plan off Park Road with pools and an amenity campus, Fieldstone gives up the resort amenity package but avoids the CDD assessment that comes with it; North Park Isle has an active community development district, so compare all-in monthly cost, not base price. Against Park East and Farm at Varrea, both production communities with national-builder spec product and amenity packages, Fieldstone offers a gated entry, larger available plans up to 4,004 square feet, and a design-center build process versus faster, cheaper spec inventory. Against Timber Ridge, where Taylor Morrison pricing has started in the mid $300s, Fieldstone costs more at entry and answers with the gate, the 50- and 60-foot lots, and the bigger plan ceiling. The honest summary: Fieldstone wins on no CDD, a low HOA, gated entry, and plan size and customization, and gives ground on amenity campuses, entry price, and speed of a spec purchase.
Who It Fits
Fieldstone fits the buyer who wants a new build with real square footage, a gated entry, and a low fixed fee stack, and who would rather put money into the house and lot than into a CDD-funded amenity campus. It fits the buyer who wants a design-center process and a plan lineup that reaches 4,004 square feet, and the commuter who wants I-4 within a few minutes for Tampa or Lakeland. It does not fit the buyer who wants a community pool and clubhouse on site, the buyer hunting the absolute lowest entry price in Plant City, or the buyer who needs a finished resale neighborhood with mature trees and a deep comp history, because this is an actively selling new community and early resales compete directly with the builder's new inventory. Anyone buying here should verify the no-CDD status on the Hillsborough County tax roll, get the HOA scope and every incentive in writing, and register their own agent on the first visit.












