The Heritage — Three Transactions on One Shoreline

There is a version of this business where the listing agent meets the house for the first time on the day of the photo shoot. This is not that. I grew up a few houses down this road, and I have now sold this address three times.

Raised on this road

Lake Minneola Shores is where I grew up — a few houses from this one, on the same
stretch of the same lake. I learned the Chain from a boat before I learned it from a plat map:
which canals you can run at low water, where the wind sets up in the afternoon, which shoreline
holds its light into the evening. That is not marketing copy. It is the reason I can tell a buyer
what a stretch of frontage is actually worth to live on, rather than only what it appraises at.

Three transactions, one address

I have represented 10550 Lake Minneola Shores across three separate transactions.

The first was the sale to Ken and Abbe Roberts, before the renovation that would define the
property’s next chapter. The second was the Roberts’ sale to the current owners, which closed in
February 2025 at $1,800,000 and set the reference point that every other
Lake Minneola comparable has been measured against since. The third is this one.

Three transactions on one address is unusual, and it produces something a CMA cannot: a
first-hand record of what this property was, what each owner changed, and what the market paid
each time. When a buyer asks what the 2023 renovation actually consisted of, or which
improvements were permitted and which were not, the answer does not come from a listing
remark — it comes from having been in the room for the transactions on either side of it.
Our disclosure on this listing reflects that directly.

A builder’s eye, inherited

My father has built custom homes in Lake County for roughly four decades — the
communities of Magnolia Terrace
and Arrowtree Reserve
are his, and he is building
Wolfhead Ridge now. My sister
designs. I grew up walking job sites before framing inspection, which is a specific and useful
education for a listing broker: I can tell the difference between a cosmetic upgrade and a
structural one, and I will tell a buyer which is which.

It also shapes how I price. A house is not a comparable sales average — it is a set of
decisions someone made about materials and systems, some of which hold value and some of which do
not. A copper roof and an owned solar array hold it. A finish trend does not.

Why it matters on this listing

Lakefront of this length trades infrequently enough that there is no deep comparable set to
lean on. Pricing it, and defending that price to an appraiser, requires knowing the shoreline
itself — which is the part of this assignment I am unusually equipped for.

More on that background lives on the
heritage page of our Clermont Lakes companion site, alongside the
full guide to the Chain. The record sale and
what preceded it are covered in
the record sale write-up and
the behind-the-scenes account.

Questions

Who is the listing broker for 10550 Lake Minneola Shores?

Chase Checho, Broker/Owner of Chase Aaron Real Estate (FL BK3447990), who grew up on Lake Minneola Shores and has represented this address across three separate transactions.

What did 10550 Lake Minneola Shores sell for previously?

It closed in February 2025 at $1,800,000, a sale that set the reference comparable for Lake Minneola lakefront.

How do I reach Chase Checho about this property?

Call or text (352) 638-6645, or email [email protected].

10550 Lake Minneola Shores, Clermont, FL 34711 · MLS G5115226 · offered at $2,499,999, furnished. Listed by Chase Checho, Broker/Owner, Chase Aaron Real Estate (FL BK3447990). Living area is per public records. The 2024 NX 270 Challenge boat and the two Sea-Doo personal watercraft are available by separate bill of sale and are not included in the sale of the home. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed and is subject to change, prior sale, or withdrawal. Listing data courtesy of Stellar MLS. Equal Housing Opportunity. Return to the full listing.