Lakeshore Club is a deed-restricted villa community in the unincorporated community of Lakeshore, formerly known as Fedhaven, in eastern Polk County, Florida (Lakeshore Club of Polk County HOA, 2026; Wikipedia, 2026). It sits around Club Circle about 1 mile east of Nalcrest and roughly 11 miles east-southeast of Lake Wales, with ZIP code 33854 and a small post office that still serves the community.
The community occupies the site of the Fedhaven campus, completed in 1965 by the United Federation of Postal Clerks as a retirement community on about 129 acres, originally laid out as 500 garden-type apartments with a clubhouse, auditorium, pool, marina, and private lake frontage all in easy walking distance (Lakeshore Club Villas community history, 2026). Over the decades it transitioned to private ownership and the name Lakeshore, and today it is a deed-restricted, all-ages villa community governed by the Lakeshore Club of Polk County Homeowners Association and professionally managed; it is not advertised as a 55+ community, so confirm the current occupancy rules with the association.
Because this is an attached-villa community with a managed association, the money is made or lost on the dues, the inclusions, the reserves, and the condition of the specific villa, not on the address alone. Listing guides cite monthly association fees in roughly the entry tier that commonly cover items such as exterior maintenance, landscaping, the pool and recreational facilities, and in some cases water, sewer, trash, and even cable and internet; the exact figure and inclusions vary by villa, so verify both from the current association documents and the specific listing.
The pitch is amenities and a quiet lakeside setting at an entry-tier price: a clubhouse, a resort-style pool, tennis and other sports courts, shuffleboard, and private access to the chain-of-lakes waterfront, all in a peaceful rural corner of eastern Polk. The work is the diligence: read the dues and reserves, confirm exactly what the fee covers, check the flood and lakefront picture, and drive the real distances to work, groceries, and medical care before you buy.
