Summerdale Park at Lake Nona: Homes, Amenities, Schools & CDD

By David Myers, Broker Associate · Nona Orlando Properties Team at Ziro Realty, LLC · Last reviewed 2026-08-18 · Contact David Myers

Summerdale Park sits on the water at Lake Nona's southern edge. This single-family neighborhood was built by Dream Finders Homes and Craft Homes, both of which also built in the Laureate Park neighborhood of Lake Nona. Craft is one of the brands Dream Finders builds under, so the two names on the street signs and the resale listings trace back to the same parent company.

Summerdale Park offers quick access to both the Lake Nona Town Center area and the Boggy Creek and Narcoossee areas of Osceola County, which begin just on the other side of Boggy Creek Road outside the entrance.

What Amenities Do Summerdale Park Residents Get?

Summerdale Park residents get one shared amenity area — Summerdale Community Park — with a pool, a pavilion, a viewing dock and an open field, and nothing beyond it.

Summerdale Community Park is the neighborhood's single amenity site. It holds a palm-shaded community pool with restroom facilities, a waterfront pavilion, a viewing dock looking out over the water, and an open sports field for pickup games and general use.

The water is a pond, not a lake. Marketing language around this part of Lake Nona uses "waterfront" loosely. The water Summerdale Park is built around is a large man-made pond, and it is unnamed. It is genuinely attractive and the pavilion and dock make good use of it — but a buyer expecting boating, a public boat ramp or a named natural lake will be disappointed. For actual lake frontage, look at the Lake Nona parks on Lakes Hart and Mary Jane instead.

What Summerdale Park does not have is a clubhouse, a fitness center, a playground, or tennis or pickleball courts, and it has no gated entrance. That is a deliberate trade rather than an oversight — a smaller amenity package means a smaller share of the maintenance burden. Buyers who want a full recreation program should compare against Laureate Park or Randal Park.

See how Summerdale Park's amenities compare on the Lake Nona neighborhood amenities chart.

Where is Summerdale Park & What's Nearby?

Summerdale Park is off Boggy Creek Road just west of Narcoossee Road, on the southern edge of Lake Nona in ZIP code 32827, directly south of Isles of Lake Nona and adjacent west of Fell's Landing.

The Osceola County line is close. The Boggy Creek and Narcoossee areas of Osceola County start on the far side of Boggy Creek Road, directly outside the neighborhood entrance — which matters for anyone comparing tax rates, school districts or municipal services across that line.

SR 534 is coming, and it is an expressway. Earlier descriptions of this area referred vaguely to "a new road extension." That project is tied to the Narcoossee Road corridor and now has a name: State Road 534, formerly the Osceola Parkway Extension. The Central Florida Expressway Authority describes it as a 14-mile tolled expressway with two lanes in each direction and seven interchanges, running from SR 417 near Boggy Creek Road to Nova Road in Osceola County. Phase 1 — SR 417 to Narcoossee Road, the stretch nearest Summerdale Park — is currently in design, with construction anticipated to start in 2027 and Phase 1 completion anticipated in 2032. Schedules on projects this size move. Check the current phase maps and timelines at sr534.com before you commit to a home here.

Nearby attractions include Nona Adventure Park, Boxi Park and the Back to Nature Wildlife Refuge.

Shopping is a drive rather than a walk. Summerdale Park has no retail within the neighborhood and no sidewalk connection to a commercial district. The nearest options are the Publix-anchored Lake Nona Plaza, Eagle Creek Center with restaurants and daily services, and Lake Nona Greenwood, which runs from sushi to a car wash.

Summerdale Park is assigned to Luminary Elementary School, Luminary Middle School and Lake Nona High School. Both Luminary campuses are among the newest in the area, which is one of the stronger arguments for this pocket of Lake Nona. School assignments are set by Orange County Public Schools and can change, so confirm the current zoning for a specific address with OCPS directly rather than relying on any listing or neighborhood page. More context on the district is on the Lake Nona schools page.

What Does Summerdale Park Look Like?

The street-level tour below runs through Summerdale Park so you can see the lot widths, elevations and streetscape before you drive out.

What Are the Homes Like in Summerdale Park?

Summerdale Park is single-family only — roughly 208 one and two story homes built between 2022 and 2024, running from about 2,085 to 5,572 square feet of air-conditioned space in three to five bedroom layouts.

The published floor plans do not cover the top of the range. The plan lists below are the plans the two builders advertised, and they top out well short of the largest homes MLS records for the neighborhood. That gap means plans or structural options beyond the published lists were built here. Treat the lists as a starting point, not a complete inventory, and check the actual recorded square footage on any home you are considering.

Dream Finders Homes

Dream Finders Homes built on 50-foot and 60-foot home sites, with advertised plans from 2,235 square feet up to 3,628 square feet. Plans offered included:

• Anna Maria: 1 story, 4 bed, 2.5 bath — 2,235 sq ft
• Anna Maria w/ Bonus: 2 story, 4 bed, 3.5 bath — 2,688 sq ft
• Biscayne: 2 story, 4 bed, 3 bath — 2,689 sq ft
• Arlington: 1 story, 4 bed, 3 bath — 2,687 sq ft
• Tidewater: 1 story, 4 bed, 2.5 bath — 2,717 sq ft
• Captiva: 2 story, 4 bed, 3.5 bath — 2,843 sq ft
• Arlington w/ Bonus: 2 story, 4 bed, 4 bath — 3,100 sq ft
• Tidewater w/ Bonus: 2 story, 4 bed, 3.5 bath — 3,199 sq ft
• Ellington: 2 story, 5 bed, 3.5 bath — 3,628 sq ft

Craft Homes

Craft Homes built eight advertised plans, from three up to five bedrooms with two and three car garages, ranging from 2,069 to 3,905 square feet. Craft is one of the brands Dream Finders Homes builds under — Dream Finders acquired the Craft and Century Homes Florida portfolio from Tavistock Development Company in January 2021 — so the two builder names here share a parent and a warranty administrator.

• Asheville: 1 story, 4 bed, 3 bath — 2,069 sq ft
• Charleston: 1 story, 3–5 bed, 2–3 bath, 2 car garage — 2,085–3,045 sq ft
• Richmond: 2 story, 3–5 bed, 3.5 bath, 2 car garage — 2,652 sq ft
• Norfolk: 2 story, 4–5 bed, 3–4.5 bath, 2 car garage — 2,717 sq ft
• Hampton: 1 story, 4 bed, 3 bath, 2 car garage — 2,931–2,943 sq ft
• Charlotte: 2 story, 4–5 bed, 4.5 bath, 3 car tandem garage — 3,210 sq ft
• Austin: 2 story, 4–5 bed, 3.5–4 bath, 2 car garage — 3,630 sq ft
• Raleigh: 2 story, 4–5 bed, 4.5–5.5 bath, 2–3 car garage — 3,905 sq ft

The builders are gone. Summerdale Park finished in 2024 and neither builder is selling new homes here now, so everything on the market is a resale. A builder name on this page is history, not an indication of current inventory. For an overview of who builds where across the area, see the Lake Nona home builders guide.

What Does It Cost to Own in Summerdale Park?

Summerdale Park carries both an HOA and a CDD, so budget for two separate line items on top of the mortgage, taxes and insurance.

A CDD is not automatic in Lake Nona. Roughly half the neighborhoods in the area have one and half do not, so a buyer who wants to avoid the assessment entirely has real options — Belle Vie and Cove at Nona Sound among them. What you trade away is usually amenity scale and newer infrastructure.

Who is Summerdale Park a Good Fit For?

Summerdale Park suits buyers who want a newer single-family home and modern schools more than they want a resort amenity package, and who are comfortable with a CDD and with an expressway corridor planned nearby.

Summerdale Park is a good fit if:

• You want a home built in the last few years with no renovation backlog, on a conventional 50-foot or 60-foot home site rather than a zero-lot-line or alley product.
• You need real square footage — the top of this range runs well past 5,000 square feet under air, which is unusual for a neighborhood at this scale.
• Newer school campuses matter to you. Both Luminary Elementary and Luminary Middle are among the newest OCPS schools serving Lake Nona.
• You prefer a small neighborhood. About 208 homes means less traffic on the internal streets and less pressure on the one pool than a 1,000-home community would bring.
• You want to be positioned for future east-west access. When SR 534 opens, this corner of Lake Nona gains a direct connection that does not exist today.

Look elsewhere if:

• You want a clubhouse, gym or a real amenity program. Summerdale Park has a pool, a pavilion, a dock and a field, and that is the whole list. Laureate Park and Randal Park both offer substantially more.
• You want to walk to shops, restaurants or coffee. There is no retail in the neighborhood and no sidewalk route to a commercial district — every errand is a drive. Laureate Park is the Lake Nona neighborhood built for walking to its own village center.
• You want a gated entrance. Summerdale Park is not gated and cannot become gated. Eagle Creek is the established gated option nearby, and the Lake Nona gated neighborhood listings cover the rest.
• A CDD assessment is a dealbreaker. Summerdale Park has one and it will be on the tax bill for years. Belle Vie, Cove at Nona Sound and Estates at Nona Sound carry an HOA but no CDD.
• A planned expressway nearby is a dealbreaker. SR 534 Phase 1 is in design now with construction anticipated from 2027. If you want distance from that corridor, look further north in Lake Nona — Northlake Park and Village Walk sit well away from it — and confirm against the current phase maps at sr534.com, because the alignment and schedule can both move.
• You want boating or true lake frontage. The water here is a man-made pond with a viewing dock, not a navigable lake. Lake Nona waterfront homes covers the neighborhoods that sit on real lakes.

Thinking about buying or selling in Summerdale Park? Resale inventory in a 208-home neighborhood is thin, and the difference between two homes on the same street often comes down to the home site, the plan and the remaining CDD bond balance. Call/Text David Myers at 407.801.3286 or reach out through the contact page and I will pull the specifics for any address you are considering.