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Colorful lakeside tiny homes at Tiny Town Orlando on Lake Fairview, with grass and reflections on the water.

Central Florida

Central Florida · Orlando Metro

Tiny Town Orlando (Orlando Lakefront)

Mixed availabilitylakefrontwalkable docks
  • Lakefront
  • Waterfront / marina
  • Pet-friendly
  • Ownership path
  • Community garden
  • Clubhouse
  • +3 more

Tiny Town Orlando revitalized a mid-century waterfront park into a curated tiny home village on Lake Fairview. Residents and guests enjoy a walkable waterfront setting with docks, paddling access, mature trees, and a strong sense of intentional community. The project is among Florida’s highest-profile legally permitted tiny dwelling clusters and has attracted national recognition.

Orlando · Orange County
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Sunrise over calm lake bordered by shoreline trees.

Space Coast

Space Coast · Brevard County

Peacewind by Braveheart Properties

Activenonprofit stewardshipwooded parcels
  • Lakefront
  • Waterfront / marina
  • Pet-friendly
  • Ownership path
  • Community garden
  • Dock / marina access

Peacewind is a Braveheart Properties nonprofit woodland village purpose-built around tiny footprints, intentional agriculture, and community programming minutes from Cocoa’s aerospace corridor.

Cocoa · Brevard County
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Modern Escape tiny homes along a gravel path through landscaped lawns at dusk, warmly lit interiors and wooden decks.

Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay · Hillsborough County

Escape Tampa Bay Village

Expandinggated campusTampa commute
  • Pet-friendly
  • Gated
  • Ownership path
  • Pool
  • Clubhouse
  • RV-style hookups
  • +1 more

Escape Tampa Bay Village is Escape’s gated Thonotosassa neighborhood marrying factory-built efficiencies with landscaped courts, pooled amenities, and THOW-era-friendly utilities.

Thonotosassa · Hillsborough County
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Shaded lakeside grassy area with moss-draped oaks framing a dock extending onto calm water at Lake Mariana.

Central Florida

Central Florida · Polk County (Winter Haven / Lake Mariana)

The Preserve · The Outpost Resort

Contact for availabilityTHOW loopresort bundle
  • Lakefront
  • Waterfront / marina
  • Pool
  • Clubhouse
  • Dock / marina access
  • RV-style hookups

The Outpost is a large lakefront resort on Lake Mariana with a dedicated “Preserve” enclave marketing oversized tiny-style pads, full hookups, and resort amenities (docks, beach areas, outdoor gathering spaces). It is often cited alongside Central Florida tiny-living roundups—geographically in Polk County rather than St. Cloud, but within the same broad Orlando–Tampa corridor.

Winter Haven · Polk County
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Colorful cottages along coastal water.

Southwest Florida

Southwest Gulf · Pine Island / Lee County

Matlacha Tiny Village

Mixed availabilitywaterfronthospitality-led
  • Waterfront / marina
  • Pet-friendly
  • Dock / marina access

Colorful waterfront micro units anchored in Matlacha’s artistic fishing-village vibe, positioned as boutique hospitality with dock space and kayak-friendly access to Charlotte Harbor passes. National roundups cite it alongside experiential tiny-home travel even when long-term homesteading pathways need extra verification.

Matlacha · Lee County
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Tropical shoreline with calm turquoise water.

Florida Keys

Florida Keys · Lower Keys / Monroe County

Sunshine Key Tiny House Village (Ohio Key)

Mixed availabilityKeys getawaymarina campus
  • Waterfront / marina
  • Pool
  • Clubhouse
  • Pickleball / sports
  • Dock / marina access
  • RV-style hookups
  • +1 more

Five themed tiny dwellings on Encore RV’s Sunshine Key island campus, marketed for Keys getaways seconds from offshore recreation and Bahia Honda adjacency. The cluster helped legitimize turnkey tiny footprints inside a federally sensitive coastal permitting environment—even if homesteading differs from nightly hospitality.

Big Pine Key area · Monroe County
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Calm river or creek view with trees along the bank.

Central Florida

Central Florida · Lake County (Haines Creek)

Cross Creek Village

Mixed availabilitywaterfrontLake County
  • Waterfront / marina
  • Pet-friendly
  • Ownership path
  • Dock / marina access
  • RV-style hookups

Cross Creek Village markets compact waterfront living along Haines Creek with bass-fishing culture, boat-launch access, and community-scale outdoor lifestyle. Directory sources often group it with affordable tiny-rental ecosystems even when marketing materials skew mixed-use.

Leesburg · Lake County
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Sunlight through forest trees on a nature path.

Nature Coast

Nature Coast · Hernando County

Story Box (Tiny Purple / Brooksville co-op)

Expandingcooperative modelaffordable footprint
  • Ownership path
  • Community garden

Story Box is a Hernando County affordable-housing oriented micro-campus combining cooperative ownership storytelling with capped square-foot footprints. Press coverage outlines rezoning milestones, PDP conditions, and a blend of homestead units versus hospitality inventory—ideal for renters researching co-op stewardship models.

Brooksville · Hernando County
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Planned community street with modern cottage homes.

Southwest Florida

Southwest Florida · Charlotte County (Punta Gorda corridor)

Simple Life · Charlotte Harbour area (Charlotte County)

ExpandingSimple Life footprintCharlotte County
  • Waterfront / marina
  • Pet-friendly
  • Gated
  • Ownership path
  • Community garden
  • Pool
  • +3 more

Simple Life’s corporate roadmap includes a sizeable Charlotte County phased community marketed near the Punta Gorda / Burnt Store workforce corridor—with resort-style clubhouse programming similar to Lakeshore Oxford. Until a dedicated subdivision micro-site stabilizes, use the developer’s community locator plus recorded plat filings for fidelity.

Punta Gorda area · Charlotte County
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