What the county record says
| Address | 70 Forest St, Windermere, FL 34786 |
|---|---|
| Parcel ID | 082328434800230 |
| Subdivision | Part Of Lake Butler |
| Water and frontage | Wauseon Bay — lakefront |
| County just value | $1,200,953 |
| Living area | 2,543 sq ft |
| Bedrooms | 3 |
| Bathrooms | 2.5 |
| Year built | 1979 |
| Just value per sq ft | $472 |
Reading the numbers
Three bedrooms, two and a half baths. Every bedroom can carry a private bath and the half serves guests, so an ensuite description is supportable at this address — one of only two parcels on Forest St where it is.
The neighbour comparison is the interesting one. 78 Forest St is 4,586 sq ft — 2,043 more than this house — with four bedrooms against three, four full baths against two and a half, and a 1957 build against 1979. It is assessed at $1,046,800, which is $154,153 less than this parcel.
So the larger house, with more bedrooms, more baths and an earlier build year, carries the lower assessment. Nothing in the filed fields explains it: not floor area, not bedroom count, not bath count, and not age. Whatever drives that gap sits in the land value or the sale history, and neither is in this record.
$472 a foot sits in the middle of a $470-wide band. This is the only parcel on the street where the per-foot rate looks like the middle of anything.
Reading the frontage
Lakefront is a mapped-polygon flag against Wauseon Bay, on the west shore of Lake Butler: the parcel reaches the water. No shoreline length, dock, seawall or lift is recorded against it.
“Part Of Lake Butler” is a section-portion description, not a recorded lot-and-block plat. There is no lot number and no plat book citation in this record, so the street name will not answer a setback or lot-line question.
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 Wauseon Bay.
- It does not explain the gap between this assessment and 78 Forest St.
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