Woodshire Preserve, the honest version.
Two hundred twenty-seven gated, deeded homes on lots running up to 1.38 acres, sold under two different names by three different builders between 2014 and 2024, next to a lake most of these lots never actually touch.
Two names, one reservoir it mostly doesn't touch.
Woodshire Preserve is the platted, legal name Brevard County and most current listings use. The Reserve at Lake Washington is the marketing name the builders launched it under around 2014, and both describe the same 227 gated, deeded homes on unusually large lots for Melbourne, a median of two-thirds of an acre running up to 1.38 acres. The Lake Washington half of that name is doing real work: it is a genuine 4,362-acre natural lake, the largest in Brevard County and the source of roughly two-thirds of the City of Melbourne's drinking water, not a marketing invention. What I could not confirm is that any lot here actually fronts it. The community's own amenity language points to on-site lakes and lake views, which reads as retention and amenity ponds rather than reservoir frontage. If lake access specifically is what you are shopping for, confirm it on the individual parcel before you let the name do the selling.
What 227 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 Woodshire Preserve as the county appraiser sees it, filed as a single recorded plat.
Source: Brevard County Property Appraiser public roll, mid-2026. Sale medians are recorded sale prices, not appraiser market value.
Three Woodshire Preserve realities to price in.
The lake in the name is not necessarily the lake at your lot line
Lake Washington itself is real, large and important to the county's water supply, and it sits near this community. But builder amenity copy points to on-site retention and amenity lakes, not reservoir frontage, and I found nothing confirming any specific lot here touches Lake Washington directly. If a listing photo shows water, confirm which lake it actually is before you pay a premium for a view or access that may not be there.
The HOA is real and active, but the fee you find online probably is not verified
Woodshire Preserves Homeowners Association, Inc. is genuinely on file with the State of Florida, filed in 2004 with a professional management company as its registered agent, so this is not a case of no HOA. What I could not confirm is a current dues figure. One aggregator quotes roughly $81 a month with nothing backing it, no budget, no disclosure, no official source, and that is exactly the kind of number that gets copied forward for years without anyone checking it. Get the current figure from the seller's HOA disclosure or your closing documents, not from a search result.
Three builders across a decade means no two houses here are the same product
LifeStyle Homes, Stanley Homes and Armstrong Custom Homes all built here between roughly 2014 and 2024. That is unusual for a gated community this size, and it means floor plan, finish level and even lot layout can vary meaningfully from one section to the next. Confirm which builder built the specific house you are looking at, and treat a neighboring comp with some caution if it came from a different builder's section.
Three things I could not source.
Three things I would rather show you the gap on than fill with a number pulled from an aggregator.
The current HOA dues
As above, the one published figure I found is unsourced. Confirm the current fee directly from the seller's HOA disclosure or your closing documents.
Whether any specific lot has Lake Washington frontage
I found no source confirming direct reservoir access for this community. If a specific listing claims it, ask for documentation, a plat showing riparian rights or deeded access, rather than taking the listing description at its word.
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 the acreage you are shopping.
If a large lot is the actual requirement, not just this specific community, Windover Farms of Melbourne runs a similar half-acre-plus lot size a generation earlier, 1993 against this community's 2017 median, worth comparing if an older, more established version of the same space is on the table. The Melbourne guide covers the wider market.
Questions people actually ask.
Is Woodshire Preserve the same as The Reserve at Lake Washington?
Yes. Woodshire Preserve is the platted, legal subdivision name on record with Brevard County and the name most current listings use. The Reserve at Lake Washington was the marketing name used by the builders when the community launched around 2014. Both names describe the same 227 homes. If you find content under either name, it is describing this community.
Do Woodshire Preserve homes actually front Lake Washington?
Not based on what I could confirm, and this is worth being direct about. Lake Washington is a real, roughly 4,362-acre natural lake, the largest in Brevard County and a source of about two-thirds of the City of Melbourne's drinking water. Builder marketing for this community references "numerous lakes" and lake views within the neighborhood, which reads as on-site retention and amenity ponds, not frontage on the actual reservoir. I found no source confirming any lot here has private access to Lake Washington itself. Don't assume lakefront from the name; confirm the specific lot.
Who built Woodshire Preserve?
Three builders, based on what I could confirm: LifeStyle Homes, Stanley Homes, and Armstrong Custom Homes. The county roll shows construction spanning 2014 to 2024, consistent with a multi-builder buildout on large lots rather than a single fast production run. Most current listings describe it as built out.
What is the HOA fee at Woodshire Preserve?
I can confirm the association itself is real and active: Woodshire Preserves Homeowners Association, Inc. is on record with the State of Florida, filed in 2004, with Leland Management as its registered agent. I could not independently verify a current fee figure from a primary document. One aggregator site quotes roughly $81 a month, but I have no HOA budget, resale disclosure or official source backing that number, and I am not willing to publish it as fact. Get the current fee in writing from the seller's HOA disclosure or your closing documents.
Looking at a Woodshire Preserve listing? No pressure.
Tell me the address and I will tell you what I can actually confirm about the HOA and the lake access before you assume either one. No drip campaign, no calls.