What the county record says
| Address | 1229 Kelso Blvd, Windermere, FL 34786 |
|---|---|
| Parcel ID | 132327411000060 |
| Subdivision | Kelso On Lake Butler |
| Water and frontage | Lake Butler — lakefront |
| County just value | $4,188,170 |
| Living area | 5,752 sq ft |
| Bedrooms | 5 |
| Bathrooms | 4.5 |
| Year built | 2008 |
| Just value per sq ft | $728 |
Reading the numbers
$728 a foot is the second-highest rate on Kelso Blvd and the 55th-highest of 1,042 houses in this roll. Only 1475 Kelso Blvd prices above it, at $777. On a boulevard where 8,463 sq ft prices at $397, this 5,752 sq ft house prices at nearly double — which is the clearest evidence that floor area does not carry value on this street.
It is assessed $829,380 above the house immediately to its south. 1211 Kelso Blvd carries 8,463 sq ft at $3,358,790; this carries 5,752 sq ft at $4,188,170. A house 2,711 sq ft smaller, built one year later, is worth 25% more on the county's figure. Every filed fact is congruent — same plat, same lake, same lakefront flag — and only the improvement value explains the gap.
Five bedrooms and four and a half baths falls half a bath short of level. Five bedrooms in 5,752 sq ft allocates 1,150 sq ft per bedroom, mid-range for this street. The half-bath shortfall means one bedroom almost certainly shares a bath. Five of the ten five-bedroom houses here fall short the same way — 1302, 1401, 1404, 1425 and this one; three clear the test, and two land exactly level.
Built 2008, the fourth-newest house on the boulevard. Only 1436 (2023), 1467 (2018) and 1134 (2016) are newer across the forty-three parcels. $4,188,170 is the 146th-highest assessment in the roll, on a house ranked 431st by floor area — a 285-place gap between size and value.
Reading the frontage
Lakefront is a mapped-polygon flag against Lake Butler. The parcel reaches the water. No shoreline length, dock, seawall or lift is recorded against it, and the flag does not confirm a navigable channel or a mooring.
The roll's distance field reads 1,153 m here, inside the odd side's 1,086 m to 1,388 m range. That field is a position reference, not a frontage measurement.
What this page is not
- It is not a listing. Nothing here says the property is for sale.
- It is not an appraisal. Just value is the county's assessment figure for its own tax year.
- It does not confirm a dock, a seawall or navigable access to Lake Butler.
- It does not explain the $728 a foot rate on a street whose median is $433.
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