A gated, 1,189-home resort community south of I-4 off Ronald Reagan Parkway, built out 2014–2023 around a lazy-river amenity center. It's a real resort with real trade-offs: count on 20–30 minutes to the Disney gates, and budget the corridor's heaviest CDD assessment. Here's everything we know: real costs, real rules, and real rental math.
Solterra Resort checks the same amenity boxes as the corridor's newest flagship resorts — heated zero-entry pool, lazy river, water slide, café and bar, cabanas, tennis, pickleball, and a 24-hour staffed gate — while its established 2014–2023 housing stock keeps entry prices below the newest competition. Townhomes start in the mid-$300Ks and the range runs all the way to Villatel Village's 12-bedroom designer villas.
Heated zero-entry pool with slide and spa area, a lazy river, poolside cabanas, and an on-site café with bar service — the checklist guests filter for, and the photos that earn bookings.
Active listings run roughly $365K townhomes to $1.4M+ villas, so there's an entry point for most budgets — with a resale and rental track record going back to 2014–15 that the corridor's newest resorts can't show yet.
Lawn care, irrigation maintenance, high-speed internet, cable, valet trash seven days a week, and the guard gate all live inside the HOA dues — a simpler owner P&L than communities where those are à la carte.
STR is the community's core use — the CDD's rules formally define short-term renters and provide amenity access for them. Self-manage or use any manager you like; several national and local PMs already operate here.
Villatel's 71-home designer enclave (6BR “Vantage” and 11–12BR “Vista” homes with an events center) targets large groups — a demand driver the whole resort benefits from. Villatel is also the community's internet provider.
Solterra sits south of I-4, so it's realistically 20–30 minutes to the Disney gates — farther than ChampionsGate or the US-27 corridor resorts. What you get back: lower entry prices for this amenity level and a quieter setting.
As of August 2026, Solterra Resort's official CDD assessment runs $3,697–$4,630 per year — the heaviest in the Davenport corridor and roughly double its 2020 level on townhomes — on top of HOA dues of about $258 a month on a single-family home (per a 2025 listing; verify with the association). Budget both from day one: the CDD rides on your property-tax bill, not your HOA statement.
Sources: Solterra Resort CDD FY 2025/26 adopted assessment schedule (official), Artemis Lifestyles / HOA services page, 2020 community fee sheet, and MLS listing data (2025–Aug 2026). HOA figures are listing-derived — verify current dues with Artemis Lifestyles (407-705-2190) before you buy. Compare these costs across all 15 corridor resorts in our Resort Cost Index.
Amenity list and hours from the CDD's official Amenity Facilities Rules & Policies (effective July 2025) and amenity-hours page. Cabanas rent for $50–$150/day; clubhouse rooms $100–$200/hr. Short-term guests pay a $30–$50 resort fee per stay for amenity access — see FAQ below.
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Solterra's housing stock spans D.R. Horton's original resort homes, Park Square Resort Homes' single-story and Palm Series designs, and the later Phase II vacation-home designs — from a 4-bedroom single-story to a 7-bedroom two-story with private pool and courtyard. (Villatel Village's 10–12BR product is separate and not shown here.) Specs below are from the builders' brochures; verify against the as-built home.
Park Square single-story with a central gathering room and tray-ceiling primary suite — the easiest layout for guests who don't want stairs.
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Park Square single-story with an “unwind” lanai space and an optional fifth-bedroom configuration.
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D.R. Horton plan where every bedroom gets its own bath — a spec guests notice, rare at this square footage.
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Phase II vacation-home design on a 40' homesite: four bedrooms upstairs, oversized kitchen island, private pool.
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Phase II design with first-floor owner's suite, loft, game room (or fifth bedroom), and private pool & courtyard.
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Two-story D.R. Horton plan with Mediterranean and craftsman elevations — a workhorse mid-size rental layout.
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Rare large single-story from Park Square with two primary suites plus a retreat room — strong for multi-generation groups.
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Park Square Palm Series two-story with an upstairs play room option — six bedrooms in an efficient footprint.
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D.R. Horton six-bedroom — one of the community's most common large-family rental layouts.
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D.R. Horton plan with dual owner's suites (one per floor) and a dedicated theater/game room upstairs.
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Phase II design with first-floor owner's suite, loft, owner's storage, and private pool & courtyard on a 40' homesite.
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The largest Phase II design: seven bedrooms with a first-floor owner's suite, loft, and private pool & courtyard.
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Large Park Square two-story with dual primary suites (one per floor) and an upstairs play room.
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Park Square Palm Series six-bedroom with a flex room, play room, and ensuite/garage options.
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The biggest D.R. Horton plan staged here: dual owner's suites, loft, and second-floor options that flex the bedroom count.
View full brochure (PDF)Floor plans courtesy of D.R. Horton, Park Square Homes, and the Solterra Phase II builder, via Realty in Orlando.
Straight talk: nobody publishes Solterra-specific performance data on free pages, so what follows is Davenport-market data with the mix explained. The good news for context: 5+ bedroom homes are 51% of Davenport's listing supply, so the market averages actually resemble Solterra's product mix — but they still blend in smaller condos, so a typical Solterra pool home sits above the blended average.
Sources: AirROI and AirDNA Davenport market reports (TTM 2026), Rabbu Davenport data, and The Short Term Shop's Orlando bedroom-count medians (May 2026). Market-level estimates only — no source publishes Solterra-only numbers; results vary by home size, pool, theming, and management.
Market averages only tell half the story. Our free community guide includes real numbers from self-managing owners and property managers who run units inside Solterra.
Solterra carries a Davenport address but is commonly described as unincorporated Polk County — verify your parcel's jurisdiction before buying any city license. Renting short-term is fully legal with the right registrations. Our sister company handles all of this for owners.
Every community has trade-offs. Solterra's are mostly about carrying costs and enforcement — price them in as a buyer, and be ready to talk about them as a seller.
$3,697–$4,630 a year on the official FY 2025/26 schedule, with the O&M portion up 15.5% in a single year and the townhome total roughly double its 2020 level. Debt service (three bond series) is flat; operations are the growth driver. The board has also at least contemplated a special-assessment mechanism — the FY24 budget carries the line at $0 with a note about a “potential special assessment in lieu of line of credit.” Read the current CDD budget before you write an offer.
Single-family dues went from $425/quarter in 2020 to $773/quarter on a 2025 listing — up roughly 80% in five years. Current townhome dues aren't published anywhere reliable. Get the actual figure for your specific product from Artemis Lifestyles (407-705-2190) during due diligence, not from listing aggregators.
Under the CDD's July 2025 rules, short-term guests owe a $30–$50 resort fee per stay — paid to the District before they can use the pool or lazy river, with proof of lease required. Cabanas that reviews say used to be free now rent for $50–$150/day, and amenity programming is a budgeted CDD revenue line. Disclose the fee in your listing and decide who eats it — surprise fees are how bad reviews start.
The CDD adopted a formal parking policy in July 2025: designated areas only and limited passes per home. Guest reviews describe $200+ tow-recovery bills and as few as 5 passes for an 11-bedroom villa. If you're buying a large home that books multi-car groups, this is an operational issue, not a footnote.
Guest reviews call the resort “overbuilt” at peak, and the amenity rules explicitly authorize staff to clear the pool area when capacity is reached. With nearly 1,200 homes feeding one amenity center, holiday weeks get tight — set guest expectations honestly.
Roughly 103–104 active listings, about 142 days to sell, a ~96% list-to-sell ratio, and 2 foreclosures plus 3 short sales active — a signal of carrying-cost stress at current CDD/HOA levels. For buyers, that's leverage. For sellers, pricing and real rental numbers decide everything.
Compiled from official CDD budgets and assessment schedules, adopted CDD policies, MLS and aggregator listing data, and public guest reviews. Always verify current budgets and disclosures during your inspection period — we can help you request them.
The main entrance is off Ronald Reagan Parkway through the gatehouse onto Solterra Boulevard; the clubhouse and amenity center sit at 5200 Solterra Blvd. Note: this is the original developer site plan — it shows the early phases and doesn't include the later Phase II streets or the Villatel Village enclave.
Community map courtesy of the Solterra developer via Bardell Real Estate.
Buying, not selling?
This guide covers what Solterra is — the amenities, the floor plans, what it is like inside the gates. If what you need is whether the purchase works, John keeps a buyer’s breakdown on his agent site: HOA and CDD with their sources, the leasing rule, what to verify before you offer, and the calculator preloaded with this community’s figures.
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