Best New Build Neighborhoods in Clermont, FL

Clermont sits in Lake County, just west of Winter Garden, and it's been one of the fastest-growing spots in Central Florida for new construction lately. The hills and lakes help. So does the Turnpike access. Prices still stretch further out here than they do closer to Orlando, with builders active anywhere from the high $300,000s for a townhome up to the mid $600,000s for something bigger.

If building new is on your radar, here's a look at four communities currently selling in Clermont and what each one actually offers. Pricing and availability on new construction shift constantly, sometimes week to week, so treat the numbers below as a starting point and not gospel. Our Clermont real estate agents can confirm current pricing and lot availability before you waste a Saturday driving out there.

What Are the Best New Build Communities in Clermont Right Now?

Four communities are worth a look right now: Waterbrooke, Ridgeview, Sawgrass Bay, and Sanctuary at Wellness Ridge. Between them you've got townhomes, single-family homes, and a 55-plus option covered.

Waterbrooke: Gated Living With No CDD Fee

Waterbrooke is a gated Mattamy Homes community off Highway 50. Townhomes start in the $300,000s, single-family homes in the $400,000s. As of June 2026 the community is in Phase 6, with a mix of under-construction and move-in ready homes on the ground, according to Mattamy.

The amenity list is long: resort-style pool and cabana, yoga lawn, fitness center, splash pad, paw park, tot lot. What matters more than any of that, though, is that there's no CDD fee, which keeps the all-in monthly cost lower than a lot of comparable gated communities nearby. The HOA fee is reasonable for what you get.

Elevations run Coastal, Craftsman, or Florida Traditional, and layouts go from compact townhomes up to 6-bedroom single-family plans. Location-wise, you're close to the Turnpike and Highways 27, 50, and 429, which puts Winter Garden, the West Orange Trail, and Winter Garden Village all within easy reach.

Compare it to anything closer to Orlando and the price-per-square-foot gap is real, especially once you get into the single-family tier.

Ridgeview: New Construction Across From Lake Louisa State Park

Trinity Family Builders put Ridgeview on South Highway 27, directly across from Lake Louisa State Park. Pricing starts in the low $500,000s, and current quick move-in homes run from around $530,000 up to the mid $660,000s depending on the floor plan and lot, per Trinity's June 2026 numbers.

Plans run 3 to 6 bedrooms, roughly 1,600 to 2,800 square feet, with options like first-floor guest suites, three-car garages, and bonus rooms. That mix tends to fit growing families and multigenerational households especially well, and anyone who works from home and actually needs a door they can close.

There's a zero-entry resort-style pool with a splash zone and cabana, plus a playground. One small but genuinely useful detail: Trinity builds in an outdoor storage area with a secure delivery door on most floor plans. Buyers who order a lot of packages notice it fast.

If hiking, fishing, boating, and camping matter to you, nothing else in Clermont right now beats this location. Lake Louisa alone is more than 4,000 acres of trails, lakes, and campsites, walkable from the community entrance.

Sawgrass Bay: Family-Friendly With a School Inside the Community

Sawgrass Bay has been around since 2008, which makes it one of the more established new-construction areas in Clermont, and new phases are still selling through Lennar, D.R. Horton, and Taylor Morrison. Homes run from around 1,500 to over 3,000 square feet, starting in the mid $300,000s. There's resale inventory mixed in here too, so confirm which specific lots are builder-new before you make the drive.

Sawgrass Bay Elementary is actually inside the community, so it's a short walk or quick bus ride instead of a cross-town commute for younger kids. Older students head to East Ridge High School, which covers the broader Clermont area in the Lake County School District.

Conservation land and ponds wrap around most of it, and it sits off US 27 with quick access to Lake Louisa State Park and a few golf courses. HOA and CDD fees run low compared to the newer gated communities nearby, which adds up over a 30-year mortgage.

Three builders working the same community means more variety in elevations and floor plans than you'd get at a single-builder place like Waterbrooke or Ridgeview. It also means finish quality swings more from phase to phase, so walk more than one model before you sign anything. This is the community for buyers who want a new house but an already-settled neighborhood: grown trees, a finished amenity center, neighbors who've lived there a while instead of a construction zone next door.

New Build or Resale: What's the Real Tradeoff in Clermont?

The math on new construction here looks different than it did a few years back. Builder incentives, rate buydowns, closing cost credits, are common right now and can chip away at the price premium over resale. Resale still has its own case though: bigger lots in established Clermont neighborhoods, landscaping that's already grown in, and no months-long wait for a house that doesn't exist yet.

New construction makes sense if you want to pick your own finishes, need a very specific layout, or aren't in a rush. Resale wins when you need to be in a house within 30 to 60 days, want a neighborhood that already looks like a neighborhood, or have a tighter budget, since there's usually more room to negotiate on an existing listing than there is on a builder's fixed price sheet.

Sanctuary at Wellness Ridge: Gated 55-Plus Living in Clermont

Sanctuary at Wellness Ridge is Lennar's gated 55-plus community here. The Vineyard Collection starts around $330,000, and the Classic Collection tops out near $500,000 for the bigger plans. Homes run roughly 1,400 to nearly 2,400 square feet, 2 to 4 bedrooms, per Lennar's June 2026 figures.

The clubhouse is the centerpiece: indoor golf simulator, resort-style pool, fitness center, pickleball, bocce, basketball. It also sits inside the larger Wellness Ridge master plan, close to a newly built hospital, which matters more than people expect once they're actually 55-plus and thinking about healthcare access instead of just amenities.

It's also one of the only active 55-plus new-construction options left in Clermont. Esplanade at Highland Ranch, which used to be the comparison everyone made, sold out. That narrows the field for 55-plus buyers more than people realize. If the lifestyle fits, don't wait too long to look.

What Should You Know Before Building New in Clermont?

Building new means you're choosing the floor plan, the finishes, the structural options, all of it, from scratch. That's a different process than buying something that already exists, where someone else made those calls already. Builder contracts work differently than a standard resale purchase, and so does the upgrade selection process and the construction timeline itself.

Worth saying plainly: the builder's sales office works for the builder, not you. Nobody there is going to flag that you're overpaying for an upgrade, or that a lot has drainage problems, or that a competing community down the road just rolled out a better incentive. That's what an agent is for. We walk the contract line by line, tell you which structural upgrades actually hold resale value versus which ones are just builder margin, and push back where there's real room to negotiate on closing costs or design center credits.

Timelines right now run anywhere from a few months for a quick move-in home to nine months or more if you're building from a bare lot, depending on the builder. If you're timing this around a lease ending or a school year starting, build in a buffer. Weather and supply delays push completion dates more often than builders like to admit. And if schools matter to your decision, Clermont sits in the Lake County School District, but zoning varies by community, so confirm the actual school assignment before you commit to a lot.

The hills, the lakes, the trail access, that's a lot of why people end up here in the first place. Worth reading up on what shaped the city's growth, or checking out a few overlooked spots worth a weekend trip, before you decide where to plant roots.