The Forest at Ridgewood is a gated community of roughly 164 single-family homes set inside the larger Ridgewood Lakes master community in Davenport, in northeast Polk County (Ridgewood Lakes and Forest HOA community materials, 2026). It sits on the White Heron golf course, formerly the Ridgewood Lakes Golf Club, with many lots backing to fairways, water, or conservation.
The Forest at Ridgewood Homeowners Association was incorporated in January 1994, days after the Ridgewood Lakes Master Association, and most homes were built across the 1990s and early 2000s (Forest HOA community materials, 2026). That makes this established, mature stock, so the condition of the roof, the HVAC, and the systems has to be read home by home rather than assumed.
Because The Forest sits inside a master community, the money is made or lost on the home, the lot, and the dual association structure, not on the address alone. The drivers are the subdivision HOA fee, the separate master-association assessment that funds the shared 24 hour guarded gate and Ridgewood Lakes Boulevard, the golf-course or water position of the lot, and the condition of the specific home, all of which should be read from the current association documents and a home inspection.
The pitch is a quiet, guarded golf address near the county line: White Heron golf at the door, the wider Ridgewood Lakes master amenities nearby, and quick access to US 27 and Interstate 4 for the long drive corridor toward the Orlando attractions and toward Lakeland and Winter Haven the other way. The work is the diligence: read both associations, confirm what each fee covers, and inspect the home and the lot before you buy the gate.
