What Is Golf Cart Homes?
Golf Cart Homes is a free, informational website about golf cart living in Central Florida. The guides explain how golf cart communities work, what Florida law says about golf carts and low-speed vehicles, what to check in a home's garage, how district assessments and fees work, how to prepare a cart for hurricane season, how nearby towns compare, and what the 2026 homestead proposal says. Each guide opens with a quick answer and links to the statutes, county codes, and official pages behind it.
What Area Do the Guides Cover?
Lake, Sumter, and Marion Counties, Florida. That includes the towns in and around The Villages, such as Wildwood, Lady Lake, Fruitland Park, Leesburg, and Ocala. State law topics, like golf cart rules and the homestead exemption, apply statewide.
What Golf Cart Homes Is Not
Golf Cart Homes is a neutral guide, not a business that sells anything to readers.
- Not a real estate brokerage. Golf Cart Homes does not list, sell, or represent buyers or sellers of real estate.
- Not affiliated. Golf Cart Homes is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Villages®, its developer, or any other developer, builder, community, or district.
- Not a government source. Official rules come from the state, counties, cities, and districts, and the guides link to them so you can check.
- Not advice. The guides are general information, not legal, tax, insurance, or real estate advice.
Who Writes the Guides?
Guides are published under the Golf Cart Homes name and credited to the organization. Rather than relying on a byline, each guide shows its sources, so you can see exactly where every rule, number, and date comes from. Our editorial standards explain how sources are chosen and how corrections work.
How Can You Reach Golf Cart Homes?
Email [email protected]. If you spot an error, include the page address and, if you can, a link to the official source. You can also find Golf Cart Homes on Facebook and Instagram.
Guides
- What Is a Golf Cart Community? A Plain-English Guide for Florida BuyersNeighborhoods built for everyday cart trips. Florida golf carts can't go faster than 20 mph and may use only roads a city or county has designated and signed.
- Living by Golf Cart in Central Florida: What to Know Before You BuyGas vs. electric carts, golf carts vs. LSVs (20 to 25 mph, titled and insured), paths, tunnels, and why a home's exact location decides how far you can go.
- Florida Golf Cart Rules Explained: Carts, Low-Speed Vehicles, and Where You Can DriveGolf carts may use only designated, signed roads, in daylight unless local rules allow; under 18 needs a learner's license; LSVs may use streets posted 35 mph or less.
- Hurricane Prep for Golf Cart Owners: Storing, Charging, and Protecting Your CartCharge, then unplug, and park in a garage before a storm; never charge a flooded cart. Hurricane season runs June 1 to November 30. County alert links.
- Golf Cart Garages and Storage: What to Look for in a HomeExample carts run 91.5 to 144.5 inches long. Garage types, charging outlets, lithium vs. lead-acid care, summer storage, and a touring checklist.
- How to Choose the Right Neighborhood in a Large Active Adult CommunityList your top five weekly destinations, then compare town squares, recreation centers, healthcare, fees and bonds, and flood maps.
- Wildwood, Lady Lake, Fruitland Park, Leesburg, or Ocala? Comparing Hometowns Near The VillagesWildwood, Lady Lake, Fruitland Park, Leesburg, and Ocala range from 9,543 to 71,753 people (2025 Census estimates), with different counties and cart rules.
- Understanding Bonds, Special Assessments, and Monthly Fees Before You BuyCDD bond and maintenance assessments appear on the county tax bill and aren't lowered by homestead. Amenity fees, HOA dues, and how to look them up.
- Florida Amendment 3 (2026): What the Homestead Proposal Means If You're Moving to FloridaOn the November 3, 2026 ballot: a $150,000 (2027) and $250,000 (2028) non-school homestead exemption, if at least 60 percent of voters approve.