Frame 01 marks the parcel location. The remaining frames are area context and ground conditions within Sun 'N Lake Estates and do not depict the parcel boundary. Aerials are not a survey and the marker position is approximate.
- Parcel ID
- C-22-37-30-190-2180-0270
- County
- Highlands
- Legal
- Sun 'N Lake Estates Sec 19, Lot 27 Blk 218 — P.B. 8, Pg. 88
- Size
- 0.23 acres — 81 × 125 ft
- Zoning
- R-1 single-family
- Flood zone
- Zone X
- Access
- Hollow Ln frontage
- Utilities
- Electric at road; well and septic required
- HOA
- None
- Terms
- Cash
01The parcelStraight read
What you are actually buying.
Sand pine and scrub oak on well-drained sandy soil, on the Lake Placid ridge. The ground photographs show the honest condition: low palmetto and scrub cover, scattered pines, and a graded sand frontage. Nothing has been cleared.
Flood Zone X is the headline here. It sits outside the special flood hazard area, so a lender will not require flood insurance as a condition of a mortgage. On a lot at this price point that difference matters more to an end buyer's monthly number than the lot dimensions do.
The well-drained ridge soils are generally favourable for onsite sewage, which is the opposite of the problem you get on low flatwoods lots. Confirm it properly: at 81 by 125 feet you should verify the lot meets Highlands County's minimum area for a septic system with the required setback from neighbouring wells before planning a build.
One item specific to this county: confirm whether the parcel falls inside a special improvement district. Highlands has several, and they levy annual assessments independent of county tax, which changes the carrying cost.
Diligence checklist
- Confirm with the county
- Minimum lot area for onsite sewage, and well setbacks
- Confirm with the county
- Current R-1 setbacks and minimum living area
- Confirm
- Special district or improvement district assessments
- Check
- Any code enforcement or municipal liens of record
- Verify
- Parcel record at the Highlands County Property Appraiser
Zoning is shown as classified by the county and is not guaranteed. For exact information contact the Highlands County Zoning Department.
Where it sits
Lake Placid, Highlands County
Lake Placid sits on the Lake Wales Ridge in south-central Florida, in a county with more than a hundred named lakes. Sun 'N Lake Estates is one of the large platted communities here, laid out with graded sand streets and sold lot by lot, which is why quarter-acre parcels are still available at this price.
Demand is a mix of retirees, seasonal residents and manufactured-home buyers. Sebring and its hospital and services are about half an hour north.
Other parcels
Also available
We hold a second lot at 421 Kennedy Ave in Interlachen Lakes Estates, Putnam County. 0.22 acres, R-2, heavily wooded, no HOA.
Questions on this parcel?
Ask anything: access, septic, district assessments, what it would cost to get it buildable. You will get a straight answer, including if the answer is that it does not suit you.