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Lake Butler Estates, Windermere: Acre Lots Inside the Town
Lake Butler Estates is a Town of Windermere community of 60 homes on acre lots, built mostly from 1984 to 1988, with a 2026 median county value of $799,720, and despite its name, county maps show none of its homes touching the lake.
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Buying or Selling in Lake Butler Estates
Lake Butler Estates homes for sale give buyers an acre inside the Town of Windermere at a value well below the Town's lakefront. Most homes date from the mid-1980s, so updates separate one from the next. See our Town of Windermere guide and Butler Ridge, another acre-lot community from the same era.
The Lots and the Houses
County records show 60 homes built from 1982 to 2024; half were built between 1984 and 1988, and 46 date from before 1990. Lots are uniform, with half between 1.00 and 1.08 acres. Living areas vary more, from about 2,600 to 4,300 square feet for the middle half, and the median county value is $271 per square foot of living area. Pools are at 52 of the 60 homes, 42 carry a homestead exemption, and five homes have been built since 2015.
An Acre in the Town, Without the Lake
The Town's best-known homes face Lake Butler, and in the historic core those lakefront homes carry a median county value of $1,931,310. Lake Butler Estates offers the Town address and a full acre at well under half that. For buyers who want room for a pool, a workshop or simply space, that's the appeal. For anyone expecting a lake view from the name, it's the catch. Our agents confirm on county maps that a home has no frontage before you compare it with lakefront sales, and check Town permitting rules for any addition you have in mind.
Renovating a Mid-1980s Home
Most houses here are about 40 years old. We help you compare an original home plus the cost of updating it with recent sales of updated homes, and line up inspections and contractor estimates before your offer is final.
Lake Butler Estates on the Tax Roll
Town homes here pay the 2025 millage of 15.4839. A buyer's property tax before exemptions comes to roughly $11,000 to $17,000 a year for the middle half of homes, and no lot reaches a FEMA special flood hazard area, consistent with having no frontage. For schools, check the address in Find My School.
Listing a Lake Butler Estates Home
County records show 10 homes with a most recent recorded sale from 2022 through 2026. Those sales, matched to your living area and updates, set the range, and we present the lot as the asset it is, with a survey and any permits ready.
Also see the Windermere neighborhood comparison.
The Own Luxury Homes® Perspective
In the Town of Windermere, an extra half acre is worth far less than a lake view.
Lake Butler Estates homes sit on acre lots inside the Town, almost three times the size of a typical historic-core lot, yet their 2026 median county value, $799,720, is only modestly above the $663,680 median for the core's off-lake homes, and well under half the core's Lake Butler median of $1,931,310.
Inside the Town, land adds value slowly and water adds it fast. If you want space more than a view, Lake Butler Estates gives you an acre at a fraction of lakefront values; if you're selling, price from other acre-lot sales, not from the lake.
Lake Butler Estates Questions
Are Lake Butler Estates homes on Lake Butler?
County maps show none of its 60 homes touching Lake Butler or another lake of 10 acres or more, despite the name.
Is Lake Butler Estates in the Town of Windermere?
Yes. All 60 homes are inside Town limits, according to county records.
How big are the lots?
About an acre: the median is 1.02 acres, and half fall between 1.00 and 1.08.
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Sources:
Orange County GIS, parcel data (2026 tax roll); Orange County GIS, recorded subdivision plats; Orange County GIS, hydrology (lakes); Orange County Property Appraiser, 2025 final millage rates; Orange County GIS, FEMA flood zones; Orange County Public Schools, Find My School. Checked October 2026.
Figures: homes with a Windermere site address outside the Horizon West planning boundary, from Orange County parcel data; values are county just values on the 2026 tax roll, not sale prices; medians. Tax estimates multiply each home's 2026 county just value by the 2025 final millage for its tax district, before exemptions and non-ad valorem assessments, and are rounded. Flood counts are homes with at least 1% of the lot in a FEMA special flood hazard area (zones A, AE or AH) on the county's FEMA layer.
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