Longwood, the honest version.
Two hundred seventy-three homes near Lake Washington and North Wickham Road, a real 1.8-million-dollar road resurfacing project the city just approved, and no relation to the much bigger city of Longwood sixty miles away.
New roads are coming, and it's documented.
Longwood sits near Lake Washington and North Wickham Road in Melbourne, built out mostly between 1981 and 1986 across three recorded plats, with internal streets including Longwood Boulevard and Village Park Drive. Worth ruling out first: this has nothing to do with the much larger city of Longwood in Seminole County, roughly sixty miles away, a common enough confusion that it's worth stating plainly. The genuinely useful thing I found here is dated and specific rather than generic: the Melbourne City Council approved a roughly $1.8 million work order in June 2026 with a Cocoa-based paving contractor for a road resurfacing and restoration project covering this subdivision, addressing streets that have aged since the community's early-1980s buildout. That is a real, sourced, near-term improvement, not a vague "well-maintained streets" marketing line.
What 273 homes look like on paper.
I keep the full Brevard property roll on hand, every parcel, not a listing-site sample. This is all of Longwood as the county appraiser sees it, across 3 recorded plats.
Source: Brevard County Property Appraiser public roll, mid-2026. Sale medians are recorded sale prices, not appraiser market value.
Three Longwood realities to price in.
The road project is real, confirm the current timeline
A city-approved resurfacing project is a genuine near-term improvement, but construction timelines shift. Ask your agent or the city directly for the current schedule if road condition or construction disruption matters to your decision.
The HOA fee figure online is likely copied, not independently confirmed
A $220-to-$290-a-month range shows up identically across several aggregator sites, a sign of one figure being copied rather than several sources independently checking. Get the real number from the HOA or a specific listing's disclosure.
A 1984 median means the roof and the panel are worth asking about by name
In Florida in 2026, a four-point inspection can decide whether a policy gets written at all on a house this age, and insurers price roof age above almost everything else. Also ask specifically about the electrical panel brand, panels from this era are sometimes flagged as fire-risk by inspectors. Neither is guaranteed present, but both are worth asking about directly rather than trusting a generic inspection to catch them.
Three things I could not source.
Three things I would rather show you the gap on than fill with a copied figure.
The exact HOA fee
As above, treat any figure you find as unconfirmed until the HOA or a listing's disclosure confirms it directly.
The current status and completion date of the road project
The approval is real and dated, but construction schedules shift. Confirm the current timeline with the city if it matters to your decision.
Your school zoning and flood zone
Both assigned by address, not by subdivision, and both get redrawn. Verify the exact address with Brevard Public Schools, and pull the flood zone at FEMA's Map Service Center. My flood zone guide walks through what it means for your insurance bill.
If it is north Melbourne you are shopping.
Kingsmill runs a similar 1980s-era Melbourne story nearby. The Melbourne guide covers the wider market.
Questions people actually ask.
Is this the same as the city of Longwood in Seminole County?
No. The city of Longwood, near Orlando in Seminole County, is a much larger, entirely separate municipality roughly sixty miles from here. This page covers a 273-home subdivision within Melbourne, Brevard County, near Lake Washington and North Wickham Road. Confirm which Longwood a search result actually describes.
Is Longwood getting new roads?
Yes, and this is real, recent, and dated, not a vague amenity claim. The Melbourne City Council approved a roughly $1.8 million work order in June 2026 with a paving contractor for a road resurfacing and restoration project covering this subdivision, addressing streets dating back to the community's 1984 median build year.
Does Longwood have an HOA?
Yes, confirmed active on the state's own corporate registry, Longwood Homeowners Association, Inc., filed in 1981.
What is the Longwood HOA fee?
I could not independently verify a figure. A range of roughly $220 to $290 a month is repeated across several aggregator sites, but the identical repetition across otherwise unrelated pages reads as copied data rather than independent confirmation, and a technical issue with the HOA's own website prevented me from checking directly. Get the actual figure from the HOA or a specific listing's disclosure.
Looking at a Longwood listing? No pressure.
Tell me the address and I will confirm the real HOA fee and the road project timeline before you rely on an aggregator's guess. No drip campaign, no calls.