Multple Offers**Highest & Best** By Noon Monday October 13th. Listed BELOW APPRAISED VALUE! Sellers are ready to MOVE! Sitting between Tampa and Orlando, this Lakeland / Bartow area home offers the best of everything for your #FloridaLife. Private 17,000+ square foot FENCED lot with BOAT parking and a detached WORKSHOP space is home to a large, welcoming 3 bedroom, 2 FULL bathroom home complete with an attached 2 car garage (tons of STORAGE) and offers a breathtaking RESORT STYLE POOL, with HEATED SPA and relaxing WATER FALL feature. Garage is a generous space for TWO cars PLUS storage. The workshop is 10' x 24' with electricity. This rare opportunity comes with ADDITIONAL PARKING, plus covered parking for your BOAT or jet ski. Stepping inside, this home hits that much sought-after sweet spot. Exactly the right amount of space to live, love and laugh. Open and light-filled, with cathedral ceilings and an abundance of storage space. Finally, a place for everything! Open kitchen with breakfast bar makes for easy entertaining. All stainless steel appliances. Split plan 3/2 with enclosed Florida room and a flex space, perfect for your new home office, or maybe an oversized walk-in pantry? Formal dining area, living room, family room and a fireplace. This home has it all - and then some! Newer appliances, with a 2024 stainless refrigerator. Zoned climate comfort delivered by two Trane HVAC units, new in 2021. Power outage? No problem...your new home is hardwired to allow an easy conversion to run by generator - generator included! Architectural shingle ROOF 2021. Yard is fully fenced. Salt water pool is heated by dedicated solar panels. Irrigation is via your own deep water well. The Waterwood neighborhood offers a private TENNIS & BASKETBALL COURT for residents. Life is sweeter here, but you'll see that Waterwood is far from "cookie-cutter".  This home is located in an "X" flood zone and sits on almost half an acre yet it's just minutes away from all the conveniences we have come to expect. Publix is 5 minutes away AND a it's a 5 minute ride to the boat ramp at Lake Hancock. POLK STATE COLLEGE is a 6 miniute drive. The Fort Fraser Trail is steps away and is a multi-use 7/75 mile trail offering picnic shelters and three trestle bridges and a connector to Circle B Bar Reserve & Polk's Nature Discovery Center. If you are looking for a more "themed" adventure, Disney is just 50 miles away. Looking to getaway? You'll be 12 miles from Lakeland Linder International Airport. *City of Lakeland Water and Bartow's sweet, laid back vibe. A serene oasis which lets you forget about the hustle and bustle of the daily grind, and still allows you to jump back on major thoroughfares in a matter of minutes, this home is everything.