What the county record says
| Address | 740 W 2nd Ave, Windermere, FL 34786 |
|---|---|
| Parcel ID | 172328933630141 |
| Subdivision | Plat Of Windermere |
| Water and frontage | Wauseon Bay — lakefront |
| County just value | $1,681,310 |
| Living area | 2,250 sq ft |
| Bedrooms | 3 |
| Bathrooms | 3 |
| Year built | 1963 |
| Just value per sq ft | $747 |
Half the house next door, 277 dollars a foot dearer
This parcel and 745 are close neighbours with almost nothing else in common. 745 is 5,621 sq ft, built 1950, assessed at $1,752,330 — $311.75 a foot. This one is 2,250 sq ft, built 1963, assessed at $1,681,310 — $747.25 a foot.
One hundred and forty-five square feet and $71,020 separate the two assessments. Two and a half times the floor area goes with a rate less than half as large. On Wauseon Bay, the county is not paying for square footage; it is pricing something the per-foot figure exposes and the total value hides.
Reading the Wauseon Bay frontage
Wauseon Bay opens off Lake Butler on the Town of Windermere side, so an address here is on the Butler Chain without sitting on the main basin. This parcel is screened as lakefront because its boundary reaches a mapped water polygon — a mapping result, not a shoreline survey.
Bay frontage, canal frontage and lake frontage are three different things to a buyer, and a GIS screen does not settle which one a deck faces. The recorded plat and the deed describe the lot; the permitting authority describes what may be built on the water.
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 figure for its own tax year.
- It is not a comparison with 745. The difference is arithmetic; its cause is not in the roll.
Windermere adds municipal review
Inside the Town of Windermere, exterior work and tree removal run through the town as well as the county. A renovation story in a listing description should name the approval that exists, not the one the buyer hopes for.
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