Bradenton, FL
Braden Woods
Wooded, large-lot and quiet: 480 houses on the county roll across six platted phases, built between 1983 and 1994 in northeast Bradenton, with the Braden River running through. Early phases carry acre-plus lots and later ones half an acre up, a median house around 2,164 square feet, and 70% have their own pool. The shared amenities are modest and that is the point, a clubhouse, a heated pool, tennis, volleyball, covered gazebos and a barbecue area, for a $192 to $522 annual HOA and no CDD. It is the cheapest carrying cost of any community tracked in Bradenton.
Home Types
Single-family
Amenity Level
Medium
HOA (Yearly) Est.
$192 - $522
CDD (Yearly) Est.
None
Flood Zone
X
Fee estimates may vary by lot size and sub-association. View all community fees →
Community size
480
homes
community record
482
completed homes on the county roll
Manatee County property appraiser roll, read October 2026
500
recorded residential lots
Manatee County property appraiser roll, read October 2026
Amenities & lifestyle
- Clubhouse
- Heated community pool
- Tennis courts
- Volleyball
- Covered gazebos and barbecue area
- Braden River frontage
- Acre-plus lots in early phases
Michael’s Take
Lowest combined HOA and CDD of any Bradenton community tracked here. No CDD, confirmed against the county roll. Lot sizes differ materially between phases 1-4 and 5-6.
How Braden Woods compares
From the county records
$618,000
Median of 39 recorded sales since October 2023, the middle eighty percent between $485,000 and $800,000.
90%
Of the 482 matched residential units here claim a homestead exemption, which reads as most homes here are claimed as a permanent residence.
Newest completion recorded 2017. The roll records no completions here in the last three years. Most of what trades is resale, though an absence of recent completions is not by itself proof a community is closed to new building.
Arm’s-length sales recorded with Manatee County, read October 2026. Quitclaims, foreclosures, family transfers and pre-construction sales are excluded. Homestead requires the property to be a permanent residence, so the share carrying one is reported here as a share of matched residential units rather than as a count of who lives here. Homestead is a tax filing, not an occupancy count. A rented home can house full-time residents and will never carry the exemption, and an owner who lives here but never filed does not appear in it either. Read it as what share of matched residential units claim the exemption, not as who lives here.
At an estimated $357 a year in combined HOA and CDD, Braden Woods sits about 80% below the Bradenton median of $1,783, ranking 1 of the 23 Bradenton communities whose fees this site tracks. There is no CDD assessment here, which is what keeps that figure down.
Estimates from the same dataset behind the fee pages and the True Cost Index. Fees vary by lot size and sub-association, and change with each budget.
Governing Documents
HOA & community documents for Braden Woods
0 documents published by 3 associations and linked to the page each one lives on. Nothing is copied here, so you read whatever they publish today.
Braden Woods Homeowners’ Association, Inc.
Master associationMatched to Braden Woods because: Florida’s Division of Corporations register records this as an ACTIVE not-for-profit corporation, document number 759202, filed on 17 July 1981, with its principal address at care of Communique, 5824 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota, FL 34233. THE ADDRESS IS THE EVIDENCE, NOT THE NAME, and it refused candidates in this batch as well as passing them: a Braden Woods OFFICE PARK association is commercial, a River Place condominium association is registered at ELLENTON rather than Bradenton, and a 1980 Crossings condominium association does not match a Neal Communities neighbourhood of 225 homes. None of those was written.
Who to contact
- Contact role
- Not-for-profit corporation registered with the Florida Division of Corporations
No officer, director or registered agent is listed here. The corporate register publishes all three by name, and several give a home address; none of that belongs in a public directory of community documents.
Board members and officers are not listed here. They change often, and their names are on the association’s own records and in the state’s corporate filings, which is where they should be read from rather than from a page that cannot keep up.
Braden Woods Homeowners’ Association, Inc.
No public documents have been located for this association yet.
Nothing found is not the same as nothing in force. Every community in Florida with an association has governing documents; this says only that they have not been found in a public place.
Braden Woods Phase V Homeowners’ Association, Inc.
Neighborhood associationMatched to Braden Woods because: Florida’s Division of Corporations register records this as an ACTIVE not-for-profit corporation, document number N08271, filed on 20 March 1985, with its principal address at care of Communique, 5824 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota, FL 34233. THE ADDRESS IS THE EVIDENCE, NOT THE NAME, and it refused candidates in this batch as well as passing them: a Braden Woods OFFICE PARK association is commercial, a River Place condominium association is registered at ELLENTON rather than Bradenton, and a 1980 Crossings condominium association does not match a Neal Communities neighbourhood of 225 homes. None of those was written.
Who to contact
- Contact role
- Not-for-profit corporation registered with the Florida Division of Corporations
No officer, director or registered agent is listed here. The corporate register publishes all three by name, and several give a home address; none of that belongs in a public directory of community documents.
Board members and officers are not listed here. They change often, and their names are on the association’s own records and in the state’s corporate filings, which is where they should be read from rather than from a page that cannot keep up.
Braden Woods Phase V Homeowners’ Association, Inc.
No public documents have been located for this association yet.
Nothing found is not the same as nothing in force. Every community in Florida with an association has governing documents; this says only that they have not been found in a public place.
Braden Woods Phase VI Homeowners’ Association, Inc.
Neighborhood associationMatched to Braden Woods because: Florida’s Division of Corporations register records this as an ACTIVE not-for-profit corporation, document number N17772, filed on 14 November 1986, with its principal address at 4370 South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34231. THE ADDRESS IS THE EVIDENCE, NOT THE NAME, and it refused candidates in this batch as well as passing them: a Braden Woods OFFICE PARK association is commercial, a River Place condominium association is registered at ELLENTON rather than Bradenton, and a 1980 Crossings condominium association does not match a Neal Communities neighbourhood of 225 homes. None of those was written.
Who to contact
- Contact role
- Not-for-profit corporation registered with the Florida Division of Corporations
No officer, director or registered agent is listed here. The corporate register publishes all three by name, and several give a home address; none of that belongs in a public directory of community documents.
Board members and officers are not listed here. They change often, and their names are on the association’s own records and in the state’s corporate filings, which is where they should be read from rather than from a page that cannot keep up.
Braden Woods Phase VI Homeowners’ Association, Inc.
No public documents have been located for this association yet.
Nothing found is not the same as nothing in force. Every community in Florida with an association has governing documents; this says only that they have not been found in a public place.
The governing body is known and nothing it publishes is public. That is a gap in what has been published, not evidence that the community has no restrictions. This list records what has been found in public, not everything that governs the property. Before an offer I pull the full document set for the specific address along with the association’s budget and financials.
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Braden Woods FAQ
What kind of homes are in Braden Woods?+
Braden Woods offers single-family. As single-family housing, the roof, the exterior and the insurance on the structure are yours rather than an association's, which is the main practical difference from a villa or condominium. What a specific home includes, and what the association maintains, is set out in that community's documents and is worth reading before an offer rather than after.
What amenities does Braden Woods have?+
Braden Woods offers Clubhouse, Heated community pool, Tennis courts, Volleyball, Covered gazebos and barbecue area, among others. Worth separating two things that often get blurred together: amenities the HOA maintains and which every owner pays for, and club or golf facilities that may require a separate membership on top. Which category each amenity falls into determines your actual annual cost, and it is set out in the community documents rather than in any listing.
What have homes in Braden Woods actually sold for?+
39 arm's-length sales have been recorded in Braden Woods since October 2023, at a median of $618,000. The middle eighty percent of those sales fell between $485,000 and $800,000, which is a better guide to the range than the extremes. These are prices recorded with Manatee County, not asking prices, so they describe what buyers and sellers actually agreed. Figures read October 2026; quitclaims, foreclosures and family transfers are excluded.
Do people live in Braden Woods year round?+
90% of the 482 matched residential units in Braden Woods claim a homestead exemption, which Florida grants only on an owner's permanent residence, read from the Manatee County roll in October 2026. That reads as most homes here are claimed as a permanent residence. Homestead is a tax filing, not an occupancy count. A rented home can house full-time residents and will never carry the exemption, and an owner who lives here but never filed does not appear in it either. Read it as what share of matched residential units claim the exemption, not as who lives here.
Is Braden Woods still being built?+
The most recent home the county records in Braden Woods was completed in 2017, across 500 platted parcels of which 482 carry a finished home. The county records no completions in Braden Woods in the last three years, so what trades is resale. An absence of recent completions is not by itself proof that no further building is permitted. Build year matters more in Florida than buyers expect, because insurers weight roof age heavily and it drives what a property costs to carry rather than just what it costs to buy.
Does Braden Woods have an HOA or CDD fee?+
Braden Woods has an HOA fee estimated at $192 - $522 yearly, and the fee data for this community records no CDD assessment. A community development district bills through your property taxes rather than through the association, and its assessment can carry two separate components: debt service, which repays the bonds that funded roads, drainage and amenities, and an operations and maintenance charge, which does not end with the bonds. A community without a district avoids both as currently assessed. Figures are estimates, assessments are set annually, and both vary by home and phase, so confirm them for the specific address before relying on them.
What flood zone is Braden Woods in?+
The flood zone recorded for Braden Woods is X. Zones beginning A or V are the higher-risk categories, where a federally backed mortgage generally requires flood insurance, while zone X is lower risk and coverage is usually optional. Flood zone is assigned per property rather than per community though, and elevation can change both the requirement and the premium substantially, so get the zone and the elevation certificate for the exact address rather than relying on a community-level figure.