Restaurant Row, the Sand Lakes, the Butler Chain and the theme parks, all from one corner of southwest Orlando. Here is how to find the Dr. Phillips community that fits the way you want to live.
Dr. Phillips takes its name from Dr. Philip Phillips, the citrus grower whose groves once covered this part of southwest Orlando. The groves gave way to neighborhoods starting in the 1970s, and today the area runs from the original Sand Lake Hills streets to brand-new homes near Dr. P. Phillips Community Park.
What ties it together is location. Restaurant Row on Sand Lake Road is the dining strip locals actually use, Universal is next door, the Disney parks are a short drive south, and Big Sand Lake, Little Sand Lake and the Butler Chain give a lot of these neighborhoods water at the end of the street.
The choice is wide: no-HOA ranch homes, gated townhomes, guard-gated lake estates, golf homes at Orange Tree and new construction on the south side. Most of it sits in unincorporated Orange County with an Orlando address.
🍽 Restaurant Row on Sand Lake Road in the middle of the area
🌊 Big Sand Lake, Little Sand Lake and Butler Chain lake communities
🏰 About 5 to 25 minutes to Walt Disney World, depending on the side
🎢 Universal Orlando roughly 10 to 15 minutes away
🏫 Dr. Phillips High, Lake Buena Vista High, Olympia High and Windermere High zones
🏠 Townhomes near $500,000 to guard-gated lake estates near $2 million and up
Dr. Phillips covers a lot of ground, so your drive depends on the side you choose. The CR 535 side is minutes from Disney; the Conroy Road side is closer to downtown.
Approximate off-peak drive times. Sand Lake Road, Apopka-Vineland Road and I-4 back up at rush hour and around the theme parks, so send me your work address and I will map your real commute.
A 1970s ranch near Restaurant Row, a guard-gated estate on Big Sand Lake and a new build five minutes from Disney are very different lives. Start with the side of Dr. Phillips that fits, then pick the community. Each link opens that community's guide with live listings.
The established core: no-HOA streets in Sand Lake Hills, the private golf course at Orange Tree, and gated townhomes a few minutes from dinner on Sand Lake Road.
Best for: downsizers and buyers who want Restaurant Row and Dr. Phillips High close.
Sand Lake Hills Orange Tree Country Club Toscana Sandpointe Townhomes Sand Lake Sound Clubhouse Estates
The north side, near Turkey Lake and Conroy-Windermere Road: custom homes on lots near half an acre, a gated Mediterranean enclave and lakefront homes on Lake Marsha.
Best for: upsizers who want lot size and an easier run to downtown.
Next door to Bay Hill, with lakefront estates, boathouses and a guard-gated custom enclave on Lake Tibet.
Best for: boaters and luxury buyers who want the chain at the back door.
Guard-gated Vizcaya and Phillips Landing, lakeside villas at Granada, and the custom estates of Cypress Point and Brentwood Club, many with a community boat ramp.
Best for: relocators who want lake living with Restaurant Row minutes away.
Vizcaya Vizcaya Heights Phillips Landing Bay Vista Estates Bay Lakes at Granada Granada Villas Brentwood Club Bristol Park Cypress Point
The south side near Dr. P. Phillips Community Park: 1990s single-family neighborhoods, guard-gated Turtle Creek and the newest builds at Parkside, Ruby Lake and Parkview Reserve.
Best for: upsizers who want a newer home 10 to 15 minutes from Disney.
Sand Lake Point Sand Lake Cove Venezia Parkside Diamond Cove Emerald Forest Parkview Reserve Turtle Creek Ruby Lake
Along Winter Garden-Vineland Road, with gated neighborhoods on Lake Sheen and South Lake and Windermere-area schools.
Best for: relocators who want the parks about 5 to 10 minutes away.
Arlington Bay Cypress Chase Royal Cypress Preserve Lake Sheen Reserve
Bay Hill and Golden Oak sit inside the Dr. Phillips zips but have their own guides. Windermere is just west across the Butler Chain.
Best for: buyers comparing the golf club, the resort and the lakes.
Lake, golf, no HOA or a gate. Give me 30 minutes and I will narrow 35 communities down to the two or three that fit.
Smaller Dr. Phillips neighborhoods without their own guide yet: Bay Park, Bay Ridge, Bay View Reserve, Bentley Park, Carriage Homes at Southampton, Citrus Chase, Cypress Isle, Cypress Shores, Cypress Sound, Dellagio, Estates at Parkside, Grande Pines, Grandview Isles, Hidden Beach, Hidden Estates, Lake Cane Estates, Lake Cane Hills, Lake Sheen Estates, Lake Sheen Sound, Landsbrook Terrace, Marbella Woods, Orange Bay, Palm Lake, Phillips Bay, Phillips Cove, Phillips Grove, Phillips Oaks, Piney Oak Shores, Point Cypress, Provence at Lake Sheen, Reserve at Cypress Point, Royal Ranch Estates, Sand Lake Village, Sand Pines, Sandy Springs, Shadow Bay Springs, Somerset Shores, Spring Lake Villas, Stonewood Manorhomes, Turnbury Woods, Windermere Heights and Wingrove Estates. Ask me about any of them.
Dr. Phillips is served by Orange County Public Schools, and it is split across four high school zones. The Restaurant Row core and the Little Sand Lake side are commonly listed for Dr. Phillips High, home of the Visual and Performing Arts magnet program. Much of the south side and parts of Big Sand Lake are listed for Lake Buena Vista High, some Conroy Road neighborhoods for Olympia High, and the CR 535 side for Windermere High.
Elementary schools commonly listed include Dr. Phillips, Bay Meadows, Palm Lake and Sand Lake Elementary, with Southwest Middle and Chain of Lakes Middle for most homes. Always confirm zoning for a specific home before you write an offer.
School grades change every year. Check the Florida Department of Education's latest release before you decide.
Neighbors in the same community can be zoned differently, and OCPS redraws zones as new schools open.
I check the zoned schools on every home I show you.
Sand Lake Road's dining strip, from steakhouses to sushi, with Publix, Whole Foods and Trader Joe's nearby for the rest of the week.
Big Sand Lake and Little Sand Lake, with community boat ramps and docks in Phillips Landing, Bay Vista Estates, Sand Lake Point, Vizcaya and Granada Villas.
Lake Tibet and Lake Sheen connect to the Butler Chain of Lakes, a long chain of linked lakes on the Windermere side of Dr. Phillips.
Sports fields, a playground and open green space on the south side of the area, close to Parkside, Ruby Lake and Turtle Creek.
Bill Frederick Park at Turkey Lake, off Hiawassee Road, has trails, fishing and picnic shelters minutes from the Conroy Road side.
Universal Orlando is next door to Dr. Phillips, and the Disney parks are a short drive south, closer still from the CR 535 side.
A Sandpointe townhome, a Vizcaya Heights condo and a Cypress Point estate are three different markets. Here is each type of home on its own, from Stellar MLS, for the 12 months ending September 30, 2026.
September 2026: single-family homes sold at a $815,000 median across 23 sales, down 4.1% from $850,000 across 26 sales in September 2025. The same month had 2 townhomes and 1 condo close, too few for a monthly median. Property type is how the listing agent entered it in Stellar MLS. 381 closed sales in all across the 35 communities over the 12 months, against 332 the year before. Each community guide has its own market card. Stellar MLS figures as of the dates shown, deemed reliable but not guaranteed. For live comps on a specific Dr. Phillips home, request a custom report.
Straight from the MLS for the 32819 and 32836 zips, which also include Bay Hill and the resort area near the parks. Save the search and get new listings the day they hit, or open a community guide below to see only that neighborhood.
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You want the parks close, an airport run that does not eat your morning and a neighborhood with real restaurants nearby. Most people do this from a laptop and Google Maps. I know which streets back to the lake, which ones hear I-4 and which side of Dr. Phillips gets you to Disney in ten minutes.
You have outgrown your first home and want a bigger lot, a pool or a newer floor plan without giving up the location. Torey Pines, Parkside, Ruby Lake and Turtle Creek give you that next step.
Less lawn, more life. A gated townhome at Sandpointe, a condo at Vizcaya Heights or a Granada villa with lawn care handled, all minutes from Restaurant Row.
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How buying in Dr. Phillips works, from guard-gated lake communities to no-HOA neighborhoods, and what to verify on HOA, jurisdiction and school zoning.
Pricing, prep and timing for selling your current home, including how to sell and buy at the same time without moving twice.
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Next step: book a 30 minute call and we will walk through it together for Dr. Phillips.
It depends on which side you live on. Off-peak, the communities along Winter Garden-Vineland Road are about 5 to 10 minutes from Walt Disney World, the neighborhoods near Dr. P. Phillips Community Park about 10 to 15, the Restaurant Row and Sand Lake core about 15 to 20, and the Conroy Road side about 20 to 25. Universal Orlando is roughly 10 to 15 minutes from most of Dr. Phillips.
It depends on the type of home, so I report each one separately. Per Stellar MLS, for the 12 months ending September 30, 2026, across the 35 Dr. Phillips communities on this page, single-family homes sold at a $770,000 median across 337 sales, townhomes at $525,000 across 31 sales, and condos at $532,500 across 12 sales. Compared with the year before: single-family homes down 1.6%, townhomes up 1.0% and condos down 8.2%. In September 2026 alone, single-family homes sold at a $815,000 median across 23 sales, against $850,000 across 26 sales in September 2025. Property type is how the listing agent entered it in Stellar MLS.
Per Stellar MLS, for the 12 months ending September 30, 2026, among single-family neighborhoods with 5 or more single-family sales, medians ran from $500,000 at Clubhouse Estates (8 sales) to $1,975,000 at Emerson Pointe (5 sales). Condo and townhome communities: Vizcaya Heights condos $535,000 (11 sales); Sandpointe Townhomes $509,649 (13 sales); Vizcaya townhomes $565,000 (8 sales). Sand Lake Sound and Toscana mix home types with fewer than 5 sales of any one type, and Arlington Bay, Bay Vista Estates and Venezia had fewer than 5 sales in all, so I price those one home at a time. Every community guide below has its own Stellar MLS market card.
Mostly no. Dr. Phillips homes use an Orlando mailing address, but most of the area is unincorporated Orange County, so county services and county tax rates apply. A few pockets are inside City of Orlando limits, including Toscana and smaller plats such as Hidden Beach, Landsbrook Terrace, Marbella Woods and Phillips Oaks, per the Orange County Property Appraiser records I checked. I confirm the jurisdiction for every address.
No. Dr. Phillips addresses are split among Dr. Phillips High, Lake Buena Vista High, Olympia High and, on the Winter Garden-Vineland Road side, Windermere High. Roughly, the Restaurant Row core and the Little Sand Lake side lean Dr. Phillips High, the south side and parts of Big Sand Lake lean Lake Buena Vista High, and some Conroy Road neighborhoods lean Olympia High. Zones change, so I check the OCPS School Locator for every address.
Listings and community sources describe Orange Tree Country Club, Emerson Pointe, Vizcaya, Vizcaya Heights, Phillips Landing, Cypress Point, Turtle Creek and Royal Cypress Preserve as guard-gated or staffed, and Toscana, Sandpointe Townhomes, Sand Lake Sound, Kensington Park, Venezia, Ruby Lake, Cypress Chase and Lake Sheen Reserve as gated. Sand Lake Hills, Bay Lakes at Granada, Sand Lake Point and many others are not gated. Gate staffing changes, so I confirm it for the community you are considering.
Yes. Lake Tibet and Lake Sheen connect to the Butler Chain of Lakes, and North Bay, South Bay, Emerson Pointe, Cypress Point and Lake Sheen Reserve sit on that side. Big Sand Lake and Little Sand Lake anchor Phillips Landing, Bay Vista Estates, Sand Lake Point, Vizcaya and Granada Villas, several with community boat ramps. Lake access rules differ by community, so I pull them before you write an offer.
Bay Hill sits inside the Dr. Phillips area and shares the 32819 zip, but it has its own guide on this site, and so does Golden Oak in 32836. The communities on this page are the rest of Dr. Phillips.
Give me 30 minutes, tell me your timeline and how you want to live. I will send back:
No pressure. If you are selling a home somewhere else first, we will plan both sides together.
Semper Fi to your real estate needs. Jorge Martinez, REALTOR®
Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Drive times are approximate. Market data from Stellar MLS as of the dates shown. Buyers should verify jurisdiction (unincorporated Orange County or City of Orlando), school assignments, HOA, gate and lake access rules and all property details independently. Community listing links show live MLS results and may include nearby homes. The JEM Property Group is an independently owned and operated real estate team affiliated with Keller Williams Realty. Equal Housing Opportunity.
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