FLORIDA Orlando
FOR SALE: RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL
Where: Doctor Phillips Price: $550,000 (£340K)
A four-bed, three-bathroom corner villa over 3,000 square feet on a gated community, Phillips Landing. CBFeltrim: 0844 669 5990;
www.cbfeltrim.com.
Where: Winter Garden Price: $325,000 (£201K)
Four-bed, three-bathroom villa in a lovely community in a superb area.
Jerry Barker Vacation Homes: 001 407 286 8170;
www.jerrybarker.com.
because there are some people who want to be 10 minutes not 20 from Disney,” he adds.
Best for Residential For those not needing or wanting short-term rentals the net widens – and the Doctor Phillips outlying suburb of Orlando ticks a few boxes for those wanting to stay a few months in Florida. “It’s close to Restaurant Row on Sandlake Road [a street full of high- end restaurants] as well as the prestigious Bay Hill golf course, the Millennium Mall, as well as having very good schools and being 20 minutes from downtown Orlando,” says Gary Kenny. He is selling properties from $300,000 (£185K) on the leafy gated community of Turtle Creek, but really recommends Phillips Landing – a community of around 350 homes built around a lake – if you have a budget of $500K (£309K) plus.
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Howard Thorne has condos in Doctor Phillips from $175,000 (£108K) but also recommends next-door Windermere (Orlando’s own Lake District and home of Tiger Woods) as having the “most desirable zip code – 34786”. “But there are both cheap and
expensive properties there: a four bedroom home in the Summerport area costs $200,000 (£123K), or in Isleworth/Lake Butler Sound you can get a short sale fi ve bedroom home for $685,000 (£423K),” he says. Winter Park, an upmarket northern suburb of Orlando city on a chain of lakes is also a good choice according to Bill Cowie of the British Homes Group (
www.britishhomesgroup.com). “It’s a cosmopolitan, Chelsea-like area of restaurants, theatres and pubs - fi ve minutes from downtown Orlando – where prices have remained fi rm,” he says. “You are looking at $300,000- $400,000 (£185K-£247K) for a single family home.” He also suggests the Disney master- planned community of Celebration might appeal to those seeking something safe, clean and well- managed – though some might fi nding restrictions on curtain-colour
a little stifl ing. “Location-wise it is great, the bulls eye of the road network, and it’s got a world-class hospital and is close to the shopping outlets of the I-99 corridor. Baby condos start from $100K(£62K) but $350,000 (£216K) will get you a four-bedroom single-family home.” Jerry Barker (
www.jerrybarker.com)
of the eponymous vacation homes agency also says Celebration is a favourite choice, as is another recommendation of Cowie’s – Lake Nona out by Orlando airport. “What’s special about this area –
apart from the great golf courses (Nick Faldo has a home there) is it’s getting a $2-billion (£1.23-billion) world-class medical facility which is drawing buyers,” says Barker. According to Cowie, four-bed single-
family homes start at around $800K (£494K). But Winter Garden – north- west of downtown Orlando – is an excellent “mid-range” choice for Barker, offering access to the Florida turnpike access for Tampa/Miami. “It’s quaint old America with homes
with porches, yet it’s got a fabulous new mall area, top-class schools and it’s 20 minutes from Orlando city,” he says.
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