Bella Collina

The Bella Collina course is a Nick Faldo signature design (with Steve Smyers) that opened in 2008, playing to roughly 7,500-7,700 yards from the back tees with six sets of tee boxes across every hole. It's the centerpiece of the club's golf membership tier and is paired with a practice facility; the club has been featured in Florida golf travel coverage (GolfPass, Florida Golfer) as one of the state's notable private designs.

Buying a home in Bella Collina does not, by itself, hand a buyer full golf privileges -- club access runs through a separately purchased, tiered membership system (Social, Golf, and Sports memberships, plus an invitational tier the club opened up to non-property-owners). Each tier carries its own initiation fee and monthly dues. However, per the club's own membership-plan documentation summarized by a real-estate microsite, an owner of a residence or homesite in Bella Collina cannot fully resign the Sports Membership tied to that property -- if a Golf Membership is dropped, the owner must hold at least a Sports Membership. In practice that means some baseline level of club membership functions as a de facto requirement of ownership, even though the golf-specific tier remains an optional upgrade. Buyers should get the exact current membership-plan document from the club before assuming either extreme (fully optional vs. fully bundled).

Homes range from condominiums to large custom estates, developed in phases from 2006 through the present by a mix of custom builders and national production builders (Toll Brothers opened a section in 2021; Dream Finders Homes has also built in the community). As of this research date there were roughly 357 homes in the community per aggregate real-estate data, with a median living area around 4,390 square feet.

Beyond golf, the club's Sports Membership unlocks a full-service spa, an aquatics center with 75-foot lap lanes, a roughly 3,000-square-foot athletics/fitness center, and dining at the '19th Hole' and 'Cucina' restaurants. The property also operates a 25-room boutique Lodge for stay-and-play visitors and hosts community social events.

Montverde sits in Lake County along the chain of lakes northwest of metro Orlando, roughly a 35-45 minute drive from downtown depending on traffic. Bella Collina is the anchor that prompted this market (Lake County / Clermont) to be added to the research set; it sits within driving distance of other high-end Orlando-area private golf communities in Windermere (Isleworth, Golden Bear Club at Keene's Pointe) to its southeast.