Rockridge Farmettes is a platted rural acreage subdivision in north Lakeland, Polk County, recorded in Plat Book 77, Page 19 (Polk County property records). It sits off US 98 North, reached by taking Rockridge Road east to Country Side Drive and Farmettes Road, in an area of large rural parcels north of the Lakeland city core.
Listing and area sources describe the subdivision as multi-acre farmette lots, generally in the range of about two to four acres, suitable for horses and rural living, with a mix of single-family site-built homes and manufactured homes on well and septic. Lot sizes, allowed uses, and home types vary by parcel, so confirm the exact acreage, the future land use and zoning, and the home type for any specific listing.
Because this is acreage rather than a tract subdivision, the money is made or lost on the parcel and the land, not on a community average. The drivers are the usable acreage and any wetland or flood area, the future land use and agricultural or residential zoning, the private road and the property owners association, and the well and septic condition, all of which have to be read from the current county records and an on-site inspection.
The pitch is space and a country setting: room for horses or a hobby farm, the Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve and rural north Polk close by, and Lakeland Square Mall, hospitals, and I-4 a manageable drive south. The work is the diligence: verify the acreage and land use, check the road and HOA, test the well and inspect the septic, and confirm any flood or wetland lines before you buy the land.
