The REAL Reason Lakewood Ranch is #1 in the USA for 6 Straight Years
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- Call or Text 941-518-6751 to work with me as your realtor or ask questions!
View all homes in Lakewood Ranch for Sale Here: bit.ly/4aTlaHI
This video explores why Lakewood Ranch is the #1 multigenerational community in the USA for 6 straight years. This involves looking at every single neighborhood in the entire town along with all the attractions and infrastructure! Check out the time stamps below to find your favorite part!
0:00 Intro
2:36 What is Lakewood Ranch?
3:58 History of Lakewood Ranch
6:50 Classic Neighborhoods in Lakewood Ranch
9:58 2nd Generation Neighborhoods in Lakewood Ranch
12:27 New Construction Neighborhoods in Lakewood Ranch
16:36 Future Neighborhoods in Lakewood Ranch
16:49 Luxury Neighborhoods in Lakewood Ranch
18:22 Attractions in Lakewood Ranch
12:00 Why is Lakewood Ranch #1 in the USA?
![Finesse2Tymes - Pretty Ricky [Official Music Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/xIoP_mhYRT0/mqdefault.jpg)
Skip the long intro to 2:43
W
We live here and LOVE it! On a cul de sac with almost an acre of green space for our kids, Lakeview out our back sliders, everything we need within close proximity, 4000 sqft house with zero builder issues. We are so thankful
@@ellachepil5068 that’s great! I’m glad you like it. Thanks for sharing
Was at Lakewood last year. The HOA set up speed cameras fined people, and posted their addresses on the website. One landscaper had 15 tickets.
That sounds like a story you would hear in China.
Don't speed. Then there's no problem
Prime location, thoughtful design, cleanliness and homeowners that take pride in their community and now they have that patina that well designed mature landscaping provides…wow
@@ramyanthony4615 thanks for watching!
And don't forget a strong centralized government via their HOA! A Big Government that can control people and what they do is the answer Comrade!
Excellent video!! I’ve lived here 20 years and it’s growing so much.
@@JamiesGarage1 thanks for watching!
This is a 15 min city. You never have to leave. HOA rules over all. They can force foreclosures and the home “OWNER” is powerless. There are many places like this all over Florida, endless neighborhoods. Celebration being the most successful.
I actually stayed there by accident when visiting Sarasota and loved how much nature there still was amongst the communities and how clean it was everywhere. The secret is out and I’m sure it has been swamped since even just a year ago!
@@jbar_85 thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed your time here
We live in Esplanade and have a rental in Lorraine Lakes. Beautiful area!
@@SkyfireDusk thanks for watching!
Really nice job and a very impressive! I can see you put alot of time, thought and effort into this video.
Thanks for watching!
A very informative video. I live in LWR and your video expanded my knowledge on all the new neighborhoods and price ranges. Well done!
@@MG-G2G thank you for watching and supporting the channel!
Great video. Would love to see some content on Wellen Park as well. Seems like it’s the new, albeit smaller, Lakewood Ranch that’s still in its infancy.
Great video, I really enjoyed it
Very well done. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
I am in awe.
Thank you for watching!
Still a decent video, thanks for uploading/creating this content, really appreciate. Please don't let me earlier critique of the development itself get to you. Thumbs Up!!
I like the presentation more than the property. This is a great video!
@@amazeKE thanks so much. I’ll be doing more interesting locations as the channel grows so I appreciate you watching and subscribing if you did that as well. The goal would be to cover popular areas in Florida and then move throughout the country and possibly overseas. Stay tuned!
LWR Resident since 2019 and best video highlighting this great community. This really helps me keep abreast of market and future development. Retired here and I wish it wasn’t so popular now 😂, it was a hidden gem until about 2021. Check your video at 19:45 mark, some voice over distortion. Well done!
Thanks so much for watching! And thank you for noticing. I had major technical difficulties with my editing software while making this. Was a nightmare to untangle. I’ll fix this audio this evening. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
How costly is insurance there and are airbnb's controlled and limited? Thanks.
@@esee6270 There are very few areas where air bnb’s are controlled. Most of the island allows daily rentals. In Holmes beach there is a one week minimum and there’s a few very small neighborhoods with HOA’s that restrict the rentals to one month minimum.
Insurance will depend on the location and elevation of the home but if you send me an email I can send more information on that as well.
@@esee6270 sorry I thought this comment was on Anna Maria. Lakewood Ranch does not allow air bnb’s anywhere. Insurance is cheaper though since it is not in a flood plane
As someone who lived in Sarasota and Ft Myers for a decade, the gulf coast is definitely where you want to live if you move to FL.
But be prepared for insane property taxes and surprisingly horrendous traffic. The COVID boom really did a number on local infrastructure. Especially in Lee County…
Very cool
Thanks for watching!
SKIP THE LONG INTRO.... SOMETHING CREATORS HAVE TO REALIZE IN 2024... SKIP THE LONG INTRO
Really interesting content.
Good luck insuring these homes…in a few years…or even now. 20” of rain this *week* in this area. 😬
Thanks for watching. I live in waterside and it’s been pouring all week but the area has drained really well. None of the homes in Lakewood ranch are in a flood zone either, so flood insurance is unnecessary here. The closer you are to the coast, the more of a flood concern you have.
They’re literally designed to drains heavy rains ….
Lakewood Ranch is a lovely community. However, the traffic flow getting into the community is horrific. Constant traffic jams.
Cuz y’all mf moved here.
Did you get many buyers or sellers from this video? Nice job on it!
@@AtomicusPrime thanks for watching. Surprisingly I get more buyers from the videos I do on individual neighborhoods.
I didn’t know Summerfield was the first neighborhood built
Woah same last name😮
Do a video on Nocatee, we heard it’s great
Thanks for watching. I’ve heard good things about Nocatee. Will keep it in mind once I finish covering the Sarasota metro.
I think the expansion of communities like this in south Florida might have its benefits. (Not really for anyone living there already) but I think there will be just as many negatives. It’s definitely a nice area easy to live in but you already have the issue of traffic when snow birds come down in the cooler months like businesses get the benefit of it but then a normal 15 minute drive to the beach turns into 1 hour and you’re just stuck in traffic having to blast AC because otherwise you’ll be drenched in sweat due to the heat. And I hate to say this but Florida has enough 50+ communities like we don’t need anymore especially in the manatee county area I get it people want to retire and be warm most of the year but there’s already so many places like that and it if anything Florida could become the next Puerto Rico or Hawaii where people who are from those states end up pricing other people out of living there, I don’t think Florida will get as far as those two but it just kind of makes me feel protective over what it means to live in Florida and represent Florida while you have people just moving to Florida who will end up just wanting to be catered towards while not really even giving back idk
Exactly every single family home in FL is becoming too expensive
The density and intentional design looks great. Any chance developments are looking at architecture more like mid century modern (butterfly fly roofs and post ans beam) or tropical modern (concrete and wood) vs what I'm seeing in these developments as simplified colonial (fake columns), and contemporary. Clearly some love this style but to many of us it looks like an outlet mall even though the planned format is super appealing otherwise.
I get where you’re coming from. Lakewood ranch could definitely use more variety. The custom neighborhoods like Wild Blue, Monarch Acres, Kingfisher Estates and Star Farms will build you whatever you want, but that’s it for Lakewood ranch unfortunately.
If you go a little west into Sarasota though you will see a lot of new construction featuring modern and tropical architecture. You’ll also see some nicely renovated mid century modern homes out near the beach too.
I’ll be covering all of Sarasota and the barrier island nearby over the next 4-5 months so I’ll make sure to show those architectural options on the channel soon.
You might be forgetting about Columbia, Maryland and Reston Virginia is to the pioneer communities on the East Coast. They might be smaller size. I don’t know.🤷🏾♂️
Benderson owns much of the retail space.
1:27 in the intro…is that a par 3 course or a mini golf course?
@@clopresti18 in case your not joking, it’s mini golf. It’s Pop-Stroke.The course was designed by Tiger Woods.
Honest feedback: It took all of me to get through the video due to your vocal fry. Legit had to pause it multiple times. Tough listen. The content was so appealing that it kept me in. Please talk like a normal person, because I’d like to watch more of your videos.
Update: can’t do it. Turned it off. Commenting because I love everything about your video except for that. If it changes, you’ve got a regular watcher.
@@michaelheller_KW ok, thought you would’ve wanted to hear feedback
50 square miles is 130 sq kilometers, equivalent to some of the smaller European capitals and close to the denser ones.
Hey Michael. I hope this message finds you well! 🙂
I recently discovered your RUclips channel while scrolling homepage and found your content to be amazing and incredibly helpful. I have a cooperation proposal for you and would love to discuss it further. Please let me know if you're interested!
Hi, yes you can email me at mheller27@gmail.com if there is something you would like to discuss.
@@michaelheller_KW Thanks, I sent you email like 15 mins ago :)
whats the place called at 3:09
I've never heard of Lakewood Ranch until now
Florida is great and all but I wouldn't invest in real estate there
Thanks for watching anyway. I’ll be covering many more areas in Florida over the next few weeks and months.
It’s a shame they developed Lakewood Ranch the way they did. I’m not sure about the zoning laws, but a lack of mixed development is easily it’s biggest flaw. Everything is so unnecessarily spread out. Yeah it might be nice to look at because everywhere is well-maintained but it’s a nightmare to get around and feels so dystopian and empty. They needed more places like Waterside and less like the rest of LWR.
@@Kyle_Evers yeah in retrospect that’s a very fair criticism and in an ideal world I totally agree with that. There’s nothing better than walkability. I think it wasn’t developed that way because originally it was in the middle of nowhere and it’s hard to create density out of thin air, but there was demand for the classic style of subdivision. And you can only develop something that is financially viable.
Overall I agree though it would be cooler if it was developed more like a city. They improved as time went on with waterside once they had more confidence in the ability to creat density.
Not impressed.Too many people and literally living on top of each other.
Any homes in LAkewood without an HOA?
@@mattp4079 River Club and Braden woods are right along the edge of Lakewood ranch to the west. Arguably better location than most of the true Lakewood ranch neighborhoods. Neither of them have HOA. If you send me an email at mheller27@gmail.com I can send you videos and homes in these neighborhoods
HOA’s are horrendous. They have amassed so much power in Florida.
i just want to know where the people who can afford to live in lakewood work and what the commute time looks like for the average resident. None of the jobs in the area support the housing prices in the area
@@parlesound7655 yeah it’s definitely a lot of empty nesters who have retired and created a lot of equity with their property up north. Either that or the occasional family with high paying remote jobs. However the townhomes here are pretty affordable to locals and they’re still in really nice neighborhoods.
hope my love, your godmother wanted to know how your 4 lane bowling alley is coming along, i could barely understand her cause blondie cut off my focus
Imagine living in a country where you get shot for no reason.
Out of all the neighborhoods you cover in your video, what neighborhoods have no HOA (Home Owner Assocation), CDD (Community Development District) or Deed Restrictions? It would be a real shame if the answer is they all have HOA, CCD and Deed Restrictions one has to put up with.
They all have HOA. A few north of 64 (not part of LWR) don’t and it shows.
I didn’t cover it in this neighborhood because it’s technically right outside the border, but I think you would like Braden woods. Don’t believe there is any CDD and the HOA if any is probably less than 15 bucks per month. Are you considering a purchase in the area?
@@michaelheller_KW Mill Creek has an HOA but it’s very hands off minimal HOA duties.
@@ESmithI actually grew up in Mill Creek. Great neighborhood
Why do 90% of the communities don’t have many trees but only palm trees? I live in south Florida and a few years ago they forced us all to have palm trees in front of our townhomes. I feel it’s for insurance reasons. However, trees are so much prettier looking than a damn palm tree. You get zero shade from a palm tree as you would a tree. It’s setting up this city to be an urban island heating affect once it gets more and more dense. If they truly care about the environment, conserving it, they would preserve it and add more trees to these neighborhoods. Just my opinion, of course.
@@jbar_85 there are a ton of trees planted in these neighborhoods. If you go back and look at the video you’ll notice they line most of the streets with oak trees. You can’t really tell because they are young and small but in 10 years all the new neighborhoods will be covered with large oak trees just like summerfield, Edgewater and Lakewood ranch country club currently are. It just takes a little time for them to mature.
@@michaelheller_KW yeah I saw some saplings in some of the neighborhoods and in others, just palm trees.
What these realtors and Developers call luxury nowadays should be a crime.
"Complex market" lol
The number of seniors leaving Florida each year tells us that it is no longer a retirement destination. Not unless you’re a millionaire.
so a bunch of single family homes? so exciting 😐
I mean we got townhomes and condos out here too. Thank you for reluctantly watching. Come back soon
That's a lot of really nice homes, but who's buying? Wages and salaries in Florida are at the bottom end of the scale and the average median income can't come close to affording a $500K+ home, so who's buying??? Not to mention sky-high interest rates effectively doubling your monthly payment, so who's buying?
I swear realtors and their kind live in a fantasy land.
We own in Lakewood Ranch and have a rental. Those homes are selling so fast they are sold before even being built
@@SkyfireDusk What a nice humble brag. Your net worth far exceeds the average Floridan's, and your rental property likely puts you in the top 1% of wage earners in the state.
So, I'll ask the question again... who's going to buy all those houses?
@@joho0 who’s buying them? People that can afford them, not sure what you want me to say
@@SkyfireDusk More like its people who can't afford them. This is 2008 all over again.
@@joho0 well like I said they sell faster than being built so many can
I just exit the video if they do to much talking 😂 #gettothepoint
bubble community
I would rather buy a ranch in Texas than live in that
Meh
Lakewood ranch has killed our area over the years. Absolutely destroyed our once beautiful happy city
Nothing appealing here. The density is suffocating, way too many cars and people.
Do you live here now?
@@michaelheller_KW No Sir, not even a consideration your video merely popped up. Probably the right demographic, but I enjoy my acreage and rural lifestyle. I am sure it is appealing to some, put I enjoy the peace and quiet with antelope and deer wandering onto my property. Your overview was excellent and captured a variety of choices and amenities I would never use.
@@conservativechristian8508 Understandable. Thanks for watching!
Neal , Lanar, Pulte, DR Horton , Cannon some of the worst builders in Florida.
@@HillyBill38548 why would you put Cannon in that category?
Soulless
@@StrawB0ss what do you know about soul?
@@michaelheller_KW I'm from New Orleans.
Fakewood ranch
Lol you can’t afford it.
@@JohnLee-db9zt i already live downtown what does Lakewood ranch offer ? A big mall? An hour to the beach? Militant HOAs? Sell me on it. Friday nights at Rocco’s tacos?
How about Mick Jaegers house?
@@mattp4079 he got bored and left too
You forgot to add a very large important part on why they have won so many times. and that would come down to being in a Republican state
Dumbest comment on this post.
Then why can’t they pay for themselves, still have their hands out for federal dollars. Why do 10-11 democrat run states have to pay for all the republican ones?? Just wondering, I live in Texas and 50% of budget is federal dollars
@@jeremysweat9424 The federal government steals 30% of my income. So I dunno wtf ur on about.
Very affordable.... for the rich old farts.