Lake Lela Manor 1St Add
Homes for Sale in Clearwater, FL
True comps, carrying-cost math, and listings before the portals.
Lake Lela Manor 1st Add is a small, established pocket of 93 homes in Clearwater with a median year built of 1959 — this is a resale market, not a new-construction pipeline, though the range stretches all the way to 2023, meaning a handful of newer or rebuilt homes sit alongside the original mid-century stock. That spread is the single biggest driver of value here: two houses on the same street can be at opposite ends of the condition and system-age spectrum, and buyers should expect renovation status, not square footage alone, to set the price conversation.
With homestead exemptions filed on roughly three out of four homes, this reads as a community where owners tend to stay put rather than cycle through as rentals or quick flips. For a buyer, that generally means less turnover-driven inventory pressure and a market that moves at its own pace. For a seller, it means your comparable set is thinner than in a large subdivision — pricing has to be built home by home, not off a broad tract average.
Who Lake Lela Manor 1St Add is best for.
Best for
- Buyers who want more living space than a typical starter footprint, given the median size runs to 1,876 square feet
- Buyers comfortable evaluating each home individually given the wide construction-era spread
- Buyers who prioritize an established Clearwater location over a shared amenity package
Probably not for
- Buyers who want an HOA-run clubhouse, pool, or organized recreation on site
- Buyers who want a uniform subdivision where every home was built in the same era
- Buyers expecting a large, active resale pipeline given the small, 93-home footprint
The market around Lake Lela Manor 1St Add
Lake Lela Manor 1St Add is a small community — 1 recorded sale on file, most recently in 2024 — too few for its own price trend. Here is the market around it.
Across Pinellas County, 6,909 homes are active and 1,852 pending (21% under contract).
Homes here are single family residence.
ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Lake Lela Manor 1St Add specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.
The Lake Lela Manor 1St Add buying strategy.
If we were buying in Lake Lela Manor 1St Add today, this is the order of operations we would run for our clients.
Underwrite the condition first. Price the roof, HVAC, and systems honestly before judging any list price; condition swings value here more than square footage alone.
Match the home to real comps. Recent sales of similar condition and lot, not the asking price, tell you what a home is worth.
Move deliberately, not desperately. Neither side has a decisive edge, so a well-prepared, fairly-priced offer wins without overpaying.
Line up financing and inspection early. A pre-approval and an inspection plan let you act fast and negotiate from evidence.
Keep an agent in your corner. The listing agent works for the seller; we represent you and prepare a hand-built valuation before any offer in Lake Lela Manor 1St Add.
A mixed-vintage pocket with no shared amenity package
At 93 homes, Lake Lela Manor 1st Add is small enough that individual sales carry weight in how the neighborhood is read. The year-built range of 1953 to 2023 tells the real story: this is not a subdivision built in one phase and aging uniformly. Some homes are original mid-century construction, others have been rebuilt or replaced entirely, and that gap shows up directly in condition, systems, and layout expectations. Walking comps here requires knowing which era a given house belongs to, not just its address.
There is no shared community amenity package identified from current listings — no clubhouse, pool, or HOA-run recreation to build into the pitch. What you're buying is the home and the lot, in an already-developed part of Clearwater, without an amenity fee riding along with it. That's a trade-off some buyers actively want and others don't; it's worth being direct about going in.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Lake Lela Manor 1St Add. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a small, mixed-vintage market like this, the comparable-sales work has to be done house by house — pulling the right era, the right condition tier, and the right renovation history rather than leaning on a subdivision-wide average. We do that groundwork before we talk price, whether you're buying into a 1959 original or a 2023 rebuild on the same street.
Lake Lela Manor 1St Add in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
- Mandatory HOA — confirm current dues
- Any club/amenity membership is billed separately
Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.
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Data sources & freshness
| Housing stock & ownership | Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll (street-list match (2 streets, ZIP 33764)) |
| Under-contract shares | Stellar MLS records, as of 2026-07-12 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2014 (4 transactions analyzed) |
Verify the primary sources yourself: Florida DOR · U.S. Census · FEMA flood maps · Citizens Property Insurance.
Momentum Research figures are our own analysis of Stellar MLS records; MLS data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Methodology: how Momentum market scores are computed. Market metrics describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
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