Palmetto, FL
Imperial Lakes Estates
A resident-owned, gated 55+ community spanning 65 acres in Palmetto, established in 1982. Homes range from 864 to 1,652 sq ft. Amenities include two heated pools, spa, pickleball and tennis courts, shuffleboard, bocce ball, and a spacious clubhouse with regular social activities including darts, bingo, and card games. HOA includes cable and internet.
Status
Established · 55+ · resale
Home Types
Single Family (manufactured & site-built)
Amenity Level
Medium
HOA (Yearly) Est.
$2,056 - $2,176
CDD (Yearly) Est.
None
Flood Zone
X
Fee estimates may vary by lot size and sub-association. View all community fees →
Community size
309
completed homes on the county roll
Manatee County property appraiser roll, read October 2026
Amenities & lifestyle
- Two heated pools & spa
- Pickleball, tennis & shuffleboard courts
- Bocce ball & picnic area
- Clubhouse with activities (bingo, darts, cards)
- Gated · 55+ · resident-owned
- HOA includes cable & internet
Michael’s Take
No CDD, confirmed against the certified roll. 309 homes on the roll, built 1984-2004.
How Imperial Lakes Estates compares
From the county records
$223,000
Median of 51 recorded sales since October 2023, the middle eighty percent between $172,000 and $282,000.
57%
Of the 309 matched residential units here claim a homestead exemption, which reads as a mix of homes claimed as a permanent residence and homes that are not.
Newest completion recorded 2023. 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 $2,116 a year in combined HOA and CDD, Imperial Lakes Estates sits about 41% below the Palmetto median of $3,568, ranking 5 of the 22 Palmetto 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 Imperial Lakes Estates
0 documents published by the association and linked to the page each one lives on. Nothing is copied here, so you read whatever they publish today.
Imperial Lakes Estates Condo Assn, Inc
Condominium associationMatched to Imperial Lakes Estates because: The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s register of condominium projects records this in Manatee County at 100 Lakeside Drive, Palmetto, declaring 105, 160 and 46 units, under project number PR1L004086, PR1L004087 and PR1L020636, recorded in September 1984, April 1986 and April 1989. ONE ASSOCIATION ACROSS THREE PROJECTS, all at 100 Lakeside Drive and all managed by this entity. The first recording in 1984 fits the 1982 establishment this site records, and the three together declare 311 units across the 65 acres it describes.
Applicability not settled. THESE ARE LAND CONDOMINIUMS, NOT A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, and that is the thing to know before buying here. This site calls Imperial Lakes Estates resident-owned, and the legal form the register gives it is three LAND CONDOS: the land itself is the condominium property. It is governed under Chapter 718 rather than Chapter 720, which changes the disclosure a seller owes you, the reserve rules the association must follow and what you are actually buying. Ask for the declaration, not a set of HOA covenants.
Who to contact
- Managed by
- Imperial Lakes Estates Condo Assn, Inc
- Contact role
- Managing entity of record with the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes
No officer, director or manager is listed here. The state register publishes a managing entity, named above as an organisation, and nothing from an individual’s record is reproduced.
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.
Imperial Lakes Estates Condo Assn, Inc
THESE ARE LAND CONDOMINIUMS, NOT A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, and that is the thing to know before buying here. This site calls Imperial Lakes Estates resident-owned, and the legal form the register gives it is three LAND CONDOS: the land itself is the condominium property. It is governed under Chapter 718 rather than Chapter 720, which changes the disclosure a seller owes you, the reserve rules the association must follow and what you are actually buying. Ask for the declaration, not a set of HOA covenants.
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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Imperial Lakes Estates FAQ
Can you still buy a new home in Imperial Lakes Estates?+
Imperial Lakes Estates is essentially sold out of new construction, so homes here come up as resale. I can set you up with alerts the moment one hits the market and give you an honest read on value before you offer.
What kind of homes are in Imperial Lakes Estates?+
Imperial Lakes Estates offers single family (manufactured & site-built). 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 Imperial Lakes Estates have?+
Imperial Lakes Estates offers Two heated pools & spa, Pickleball, tennis & shuffleboard courts, Bocce ball & picnic area, Clubhouse with activities (bingo, darts, cards), Gated · 55+ · resident-owned, 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 Imperial Lakes Estates actually sold for?+
51 arm's-length sales have been recorded in Imperial Lakes Estates since October 2023, at a median of $223,000. The middle eighty percent of those sales fell between $172,000 and $282,000, 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 Imperial Lakes Estates year round?+
57% of the 309 matched residential units in Imperial Lakes Estates 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 a mix of homes claimed as a permanent residence and homes that are not. 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 Imperial Lakes Estates still being built?+
The most recent home the county records in Imperial Lakes Estates was completed in 2023, across 309 platted parcels of which 309 carry a finished home. The county records no completions in Imperial Lakes Estates 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 Imperial Lakes Estates have an HOA or CDD fee?+
Imperial Lakes Estates has an HOA fee estimated at $2,056 - $2,176 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 Imperial Lakes Estates in?+
The flood zone recorded for Imperial Lakes Estates 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.