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Sun Haven is a planned Highland Homes subdivision of 262 single-family homes on 64.96 acres in southwest Winter Haven, in unincorporated Polk County north of Thornhill Road and west of Deming Drive. Highland purchased the site in March 2025 for $3.2 million and submitted plans in May 2025 calling for 45-foot and 55-foot lot widths on homesites of at least 6,000 square feet, with completion anticipated around 2027, per GrowthSpotter (May 28, 2025).

The site has a specific history: it was approved in 2018 for a 247-unit mobile home park, then re-approved for fee-simple, site-built single-family homes before Highland's purchase. Access will run through one full-access driveway on Thornhill Road with a 910-foot eastbound left-turn lane and a 685-foot westbound right-turn lane. The location puts the Spirit Lake Road retail area minutes away, with US-17, SR 540, and the Polk Parkway serving Lakeland, Bartow, and I-4 commutes.

Because this is pre-launch, there is no pricing, no models, no interest-list page, and no resale history — as of July 2026 Sun Haven does not yet appear among Highland's selling Winter Haven communities. Zoned Polk County Public Schools for the surrounding area are Eagle Lake Elementary, Westwood Middle, and Lake Region High; verify assignments for a specific address with the district before you buy.

Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.

• Eagle Lake Elementary SchoolFLDOE grade D · PK-5
• Westwood Middle School · 6-8
• Lake Region High SchoolFLDOE grade C · 9-12

Grades are official Florida Department of Education school grades for 2025-26. Assignments are reported as of the 2025-26 year and can change; always confirm with County Public Schools for a specific address.

Buying with schools in mind? We can confirm the exact zoned schools for any Sun Haven Winter Haven address.

Sun Haven is a planned Highland Homes community of 262 single-family homes on 64.96 acres in southwest Winter Haven, in unincorporated Polk County north of Thornhill Road and west of Deming Drive. Highland, a Lakeland-based builder, purchased the site in March 2025 for $3.2 million and submitted plans that May calling for 45-foot and 55-foot lot widths with homesites of at least 6,000 square feet, with completion anticipated around 2027, per GrowthSpotter (May 28, 2025). Floor plans have not been released, but Highland's Polk County communities center on one- and two-story single-family plans roughly 1,300 to 2,300 square feet, so expect something in that family once the lineup is published.

Because this is pre-launch, there is no pricing, no models, and no resale history. As of July 2026, Sun Haven does not yet appear among Highland's selling Winter Haven communities, so the practical move is to get on the builder's update list and watch for the first release. For a live pricing anchor, Highland's VillaMar in southeast Winter Haven advertises new homes from $259,900 (highlandhomes.org, July 2026); Sun Haven's pricing is unreleased and may differ, so confirm with the builder.

Living Here — The setting is the Thornhill Road corridor between Winter Haven and Eagle Lake, one of Polk County's active new-construction pockets. Daily errands run through the Spirit Lake Road retail area minutes away, downtown Winter Haven and its Chain of Lakes are roughly 15 minutes out, and LEGOLAND Florida Resort is about 20 minutes. Commuters reach US-17 and SR 540 quickly, with the Polk Parkway connecting to Lakeland and the I-4 corridor.

No amenity package has been announced for Sun Haven. Highland's other Winter Haven-area communities include pools, cabanas, and playgrounds, but nothing is confirmed for this site, and the plans reported so far cover the homes, the lots, and the Thornhill Road entrance with its dedicated turn lanes. Zoned Polk County Public Schools for the surrounding area are Eagle Lake Elementary, Westwood Middle, and Lake Region High; verify the assignment for a specific address with the district's address-zoning tool before you buy.

Before You Offer — Verify the status first. Sun Haven is pre-launch with no published pricing, plans, HOA, or CDD, so everything you budget from should come from the builder in writing, not from an estimate or a portal guess.

Confirm the all-in monthly once numbers release. Highland's Winter Haven communities range from a modest HOA with no CDD to HOA-plus-CDD structures like VillaMar, and which model Sun Haven follows is unconfirmed. Get the dues, what they cover, and any CDD assessment for the specific lot in writing.

Read the lot map when it publishes. The plan mixes 45-foot and 55-foot lot widths, and the wider lots and any pond, buffer, or perimeter positions typically carry premiums and resell differently than interior rows. Pull the FEMA flood zone for the exact parcel, and drive Thornhill Road at commute hours, since the community will feed one full-access driveway onto it.

Weigh buying early against waiting. Early buyers in a first release get lot choice and launch pricing but accept years of active construction on a 262-home build-out anticipated to run to about 2027 and possibly beyond; later buyers get a more finished street at whatever the market sets.

Sun Haven vs. Comparable Winter Haven and Eagle Lake Communities — Sun Haven's peer set is the new-construction cluster on this side of Winter Haven. Against Highland's own VillaMar in southeast Winter Haven, Sun Haven trades a community you can tour and buy today, with delivered pool-and-cabana amenities and published pricing from $259,900 (highlandhomes.org, July 2026), for a future first-release position on the Thornhill corridor. Against Eagle Hammock in Eagle Lake, where Highland builds alongside D.R. Horton and Century Complete, and Lennar's Ranches at Lake McLeod, Sun Haven is the same commuter geography a few minutes north, without pricing or a delivered street yet. KB Home's Spirit Landings sits closest of all, near Spirit Lake Road.

The honest shorthand: pick Sun Haven if you want a Highland home on the Thornhill corridor and the lot choice that comes with a first release, and accept that nothing is priced or built yet; pick VillaMar, Eagle Hammock, Ranches at Lake McLeod, or Spirit Landings if you want a new home in this part of Polk County that you can walk, price, and close on now. We compare them on identical assumptions, using the live Stellar MLS feed as distributed by MLS GRID.

Who It Fits Best — Sun Haven fits buyers who want a new-construction Highland home in southwest Winter Haven, are comfortable waiting for a launch anticipated to run toward 2027, and want first pick of the 55-foot lots and perimeter positions when the site plan and pricing release.

It is a weaker fit for anyone who needs a home to tour and a confirmed price now, buyers who want established amenities on day one, or anyone unwilling to carry the uncertainty of unreleased pricing, fees, and timelines on a pre-launch community.

Most pages on this community are an automated estimate wrapped in stock copy. This one is built from the county filings, the builder's own record in Polk County, and the live Stellar MLS feed for every comparable street nearby. No automated value estimates, no guesswork. Listings courtesy of Stellar MLS as distributed by MLS GRID.

Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.