Longwood service areas — and which building department yours files with
Longwood HVAC serves the City of Longwood plus the unincorporated Seminole County neighbourhoods that carry a Longwood mailing address. That distinction is not cosmetic. Everything west of I-4 and every property in ZIP 32779 permits through Seminole County in Sanford, not through the City — different desk, different fee schedule, different portal.
Inside the city limits — City of Longwood permits
ZIP 32750, in the city
These file with the City of Longwood Building Division at 174 West Church Avenue. Residential mechanical change-out permit: $246.61.
The Woodlands
Built 1971–1975
Off W SR 434 just east of I-4, built on a former airport site. Roughly 1,600–2,300 sq ft on quarter- to three-quarter-acre lots. These homes are on their third or fourth changeout, over attic duct runs that are original to the house.
Longwood Hills
Built 1970–1984
West of N Ronald Reagan Blvd. The fifteen-year build spread means one street can hold straight-cool air handlers with electric strip heat next door to later heat-pump conversions.
Highland Hills
Built 1974–1976
Off Rangeline Road south of E.E. Williamson Road. A three-year build window, so the whole subdivision reaches equipment end-of-life at once.
Columbus Harbor
Built 1979–1988
Off S Grant Street west of US 17-92. Original R-22 equipment is long retired here; most homes are already on a replacement system and the ductwork is the remaining unknown.
Sanlando Springs
Built 1957–2006
Off North Street south of SR 434 — the widest build range in the city. 1950s cottages sit beside 2000s infill, so equipment age, duct type and electrical service vary house to house rather than street to street.
Longwood Plantation
Built 1997–1998
North of N Ronald Reagan Blvd. Built for split heat pumps and typically on a second system now.
Longwood Club
Built 1998–2000
Gated, off Rangeline Road north of SR 434. Gate access has to be arranged before an equipment delivery, not on the morning of.
Wildmere Village
Built 2007–2014
The newest stock in the city. Systems installed 2007–2014 are at or past the 10–15 year Florida replacement window, and were installed under pre-SEER2 rules.
Longwood Historic District
Listed on the National Register 5 October 1990: 37 historic buildings bounded by West Pine Avenue, South Milwee Street, Palmetto Avenue and CR 427. The City's mechanical permit application states it may retain a licensed architect specialising in historic structures to evaluate submittals here, at the applicant's cost.
Longwood address, unincorporated county — Seminole County permits
ZIP 32779 and west of I-4
Every one of these has a Longwood mailing address and none of them is in the City of Longwood. They file with the Seminole County Building Division at 1101 E. First Street, Sanford. If a contractor tells you they are pulling a City of Longwood permit for a job in Sabal Point, they have the wrong jurisdiction.
Sweetwater Oaks
Built 1971–1987
Off Wekiva Springs Road east of N Hunt Club Blvd. Large homes, roughly 1,800–4,600 sq ft, on quarter-acre to two-acre wooded lots. Four- to six-bedroom plans often run two systems, and the lot depth puts condensers well back under tree cover.
Wekiva Hunt Club
Built 1974–1994
Roughly 1,400–2,300 sq ft on zero-lot-line to half-acre parcels. The zero-lot-line sections are the tight-clearance condenser jobs in this market.
Sabal Point
Built 1976–1990
One of the few Longwood-address neighbourhoods with a single identified builder (Peatross & Hueber), so duct layout and air handler position tend to repeat from plan to plan.
The Springs
Built 1972–2002
Gated, off W SR 434 east of Wekiva Springs Road. Guarded entry means scheduled gate access for equipment delivery, and a thirty-year build spread under dense canopy.
Innswood
Built 1988–1990
Western Wekiva Springs area. Late-1980s stock built to pre-1992 efficiency standards, with R-22 equipment originally.
From the county appraiser's own records
Age of the housing, subdivision by subdivision
The twenty largest subdivisions inside the Longwood city limits, by improved residential parcel count. Build year is the practical proxy for what the ductwork looks like: a subdivision with a tight build window reaches equipment end-of-life all at once, and one with a wide window is a different conversation house by house.
| Subdivision | Homes | Median year built | Middle half built | Built 1970–89 | Median sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood | 215 | 1972 | 1958–1984 | 45.6% | 1,176 |
| Lake Searcy Shores | 197 | 1975 | 1974–1976 | 99.0% | 1,436 |
| Sky Lark | 174 | 1974 | 1974–1976 | 98.9% | 1,427 |
| Shadow Hill | 171 | 1975 | 1973–1980 | 100.0% | 1,577 |
| Lake Wayman Heights Lake Addition | 146 | 1971 | 1964–1972 | 53.4% | 1,352 |
| The Landings | 135 | 1982 | 1981–1983 | 100.0% | 1,572 |
| Devonshire | 132 | 1973 | 1973–1974 | 100.0% | 1,866 |
| Columbus Harbor | 128 | 1980 | 1979–1981 | 97.7% | 2,014 |
| Longdale | 128 | 1961 | 1961–1961 | 0.0% | 1,161 |
| Lake Wayman Heights | 117 | 1971 | 1970–1972 | 69.2% | 1,223 |
| Winsor Manor 1st Addition | 117 | 1976 | 1973–1976 | 100.0% | 2,077 |
| Hidden Oak Estates | 99 | 1988 | 1987–1988 | 98.0% | 2,289 |
| Sleepy Hollow 1st Addition | 97 | 1973 | 1973–1974 | 100.0% | 2,210 |
| Longwood Plantation | 94 | 1998 | 1997–1998 | 0.0% | 1,996 |
| Wildmere | 93 | 1970 | 1958–1985 | 31.2% | 1,134 |
| Tiberon Cove | 89 | 1980 | 1980–1981 | 100.0% | 1,604 |
| Sandalwood | 80 | 1976 | 1974–1978 | 98.8% | 1,418 |
| Windtree West | 80 | 1978 | 1978–1978 | 100.0% | 1,634 |
| Danbury Mill Unit 1 | 76 | 1986 | 1985–1987 | 96.1% | 1,356 |
| West Wildmere | 75 | 1965 | 1960–1985 | 24.0% | 1,812 |
Read it this way
Shadow Hill, Devonshire, The Landings, Winsor Manor, Sleepy Hollow, Tiberon Cove and Windtree West are 100% 1970–89 stock. In those subdivisions the duct system is the same age as the roof, the air handler is almost certainly in the attic, and a changeout quote that does not mention the ductwork is not a complete quote.
At the other end, Longdale's median build year is 1961 and Longwood Plantation's is 1998 — nearly forty years apart, three miles apart. A page that treats “Longwood” as one housing stock is wrong about both.
Across the whole city: 4,962 improved residential parcels, median year built 1979, middle half built 1973–1987, 66.5% built 1970–1989, 13.5% before 1970, 13.2% in 2000 or later, median 1,594 sq ft of living area, and 1,332 parcels (26.8%) with a pool. 119 distinct subdivisions; 67 parcels carry no subdivision name and appear in the city totals but not the table above.
Nearby, and honestly
We also cover the adjoining Seminole County cities — Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Lake Mary, Winter Springs and Wekiva Springs. Those are different building departments with different fee schedules, and this site does not pretend to document them. What it documents is Longwood.
Sources
- Seminole County Property Appraiser CAMA extract (Parcels.csv, dated 5 September 2026), tax district L1 — Longwood; improved residential parcels, DOR codes 01 and 04. https://www.scpafl.org/
- City of Longwood FAQ: “Is my address/parcel located within the City of Longwood City limits?”. https://www.longwoodfl.org/Faq.aspx?QID=159
- City of Longwood Fee Schedule (Resolution 26-1724, effective 1 July 2026). https://www.longwoodfl.org/702/Fee-Schedule
- Seminole County Building Division. https://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/development-services/building
- City of Longwood, Permitting and Inspections. https://www.longwoodfl.org/169/Permitting-and-Inspections
Figures are dated. Permit fees, rebate amounts and code cycles change — re-check the primary source before you rely on a number here.
Not sure which side of the line you are on?
Tell us the street. If it is west of I-4 or in 32779 we will say so up front, so we file with the county — which is the difference between a permit that closes and one that does not.