Household care in Live Oak Preserve, New Tampa (Tampa, FL)
Live Oak Preserve, New Tampa (Tampa, FL)
A 1,300-acre gated community of 16 villages on Bruce B. Downs Blvd across from Wharton High in New Tampa, in unincorporated Hillsborough County with a Tampa mailing address, run by a master HOA and two county-created CDDs, with a clubhouse, pool and courts at 9401 Oak Preserve Blvd.
What a visit looks like in Live Oak
Live Oak Preserve is the gated community on Bruce B. Downs Blvd across from Wharton High School in New Tampa (Tampa, FL 33647), running north to County Line Rd on the Hillsborough side. It is not inside Tampa city limits: its two CDDs, Live Oak No. 1 and No. 2, were created by Hillsborough County ordinance in 2002, and the HOA's resident sheet lists county trash pickup. The gate runs on Envera gate security with a guard-house phone, resident access cards and gate stickers; the HOA does not publish a visitor procedure, so you tell the gate to expect us and we confirm the arrangement at the free meet and greet.
Sixteen villages, from Ashwood to Willow Bend, share the Live Oak Clubhouse at 9401 Oak Preserve Blvd: a large pool with a children's water play area and slides, a jacuzzi, a fitness room, lighted tennis courts with a pickleball area, basketball and volleyball courts and a covered playground. Access is by photo ID, proof of residency and access card, five guests per household. That is why our babysitting happens at your house: the playground in the village, the walking trails, homework at the kitchen table, and the same routine when a parent works late. Turner/Bartels K-8 is the zoned school for the clubhouse address, with Wharton for high school.
We live in Cross Creek, just down Bruce B. Downs, so a 6:30 a.m. dog walk before the pavement heats up or a 7:30 p.m. one after the storms clear is a normal booking. Live Oak Preserve is Hillsborough County Public Schools territory; the Pasco line is County Line Rd at the community's north edge, and the two districts run different calendars, so a teacher workday here is not one across the road. Tell us the village and the gate detail once, and after that a Tuesday dog visit or a Thursday evening sitter is routine.
We live a few streets over in Cross Creek, on the same side of the county line.
Getting in
Live Oak Preserve is a private gated community; the HOA's resident sheet lists Envera gate security and a guard-house phone, with resident gate access cards and stickers. The HOA does not publish a visitor procedure, so tell the gate to expect us before the first visit and we confirm the arrangement at the free meet and greet.
Amenities and who can use them
The amenity center is resident-fob restricted, so if you want us at the pool or clubhouse with your kids or your dog, we need your fob.
About Live Oak
- Where
- Bruce B. Downs Blvd across from Wharton High School · Tampa, FL 33647 · Hillsborough County
- Getting there
- on Bruce B. Downs Blvd across from Wharton High School, north to County Line Rd on the Hillsborough side; unincorporated Hillsborough County, outside Tampa city limits
- Established
- 2002
- Homes
- Sixteen named villages; neither the HOA nor the two CDDs publish a total home count.
- Governance
- CDD (Live Oak No. 1 CDD and Live Oak No. 2 CDD) + HOA
- Gate
- Some gated villages
- Builders
- Transeastern Homes
- Lots
- sixteen villages on 1,300 acres, 362 of them wetland preserve
- Zoned schools (Hillsborough County Public Schools)
- Turner/Bartels K-8 · Turner/Bartels K-8 · Wharton High
- Seasonal ownership
- Low: mostly year-round households
- Pets here
- A big community with walking trails inside the gate; the clubhouse and pool are resident-card areas, so dog walks stay on the village streets and trails, early and after 7 p.m. in summer.
- Nearby
- Wharton High School (across Bruce B. Downs Blvd) · Turner/Bartels K-8 (Imperial Oak Blvd) · County Line Rd (Pasco line)
Services in Live Oak
These are the two services we list for New Tampa. Everything else on the price list is available here too, just ask.
Live Oak questions
The gate, the schools, the amenities and what a visit looks like here.
How does a sitter get into Live Oak Preserve?
The HOA's resident sheet lists Envera gate security and a guard-house phone, with access cards and stickers for residents. There is no published visitor procedure, so you let the gate know to expect us before the first visit and we confirm the arrangement at the free meet and greet.
Is Live Oak Preserve in Tampa or Hillsborough County?
Both, in a sense: the mailing address is Tampa, FL 33647, but the community sits in unincorporated Hillsborough County outside the Tampa city limits. Its two CDDs were created by county ordinance in 2002. Either way it is Hillsborough County Public Schools, not Pasco, with Hillsborough's calendar.
Can you use the clubhouse pool with my kids?
Clubhouse amenities require a photo ID with proof of residency and a resident access card, with a limit of five guests per household, and the pool has no lifeguard. Our sitting runs at your home and the village playground; if you want pool time, you set up the guest access and we follow the rules.
Which schools serve Live Oak Preserve?
The Hillsborough County Public Schools locator assigns the clubhouse address to Turner/Bartels K-8 for elementary and middle grades and Wharton High for high school. Boundaries are set by the School Board and can change, so check your own address in the locator.
Nearby communities
Where these facts come from
Every fact on this page was checked on 2026-09-06 against liveoakpreservehoa.com, liveoakvillages.com, liveoakno1cdd.com, liveoakno2cdd.com, tampabay.com, neighborhoodnewsonline.net, gis.drmp.com, nominatim.openstreetmap.org, en.wikipedia.org, nces.ed.gov. Communities change: if something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it the same week.
- HOA site: private gated community on 1,300 acres with 362 acres of wetland preserves in the heart of New Tampa, Hillsborough County; across from Wharton High School on Bruce B. Downs Blvd; 16 villages; HOA Live Oak Preserve Association, Inc.; managed by GreenAcre Properties; clubhouse, large pool with kids' splash area and lap area, fitness center, lighted tennis courts with pickleball area, volleyball, basketball, playground, walking trails, putting area; Turner-Bartels K-8 mentioned
- Clubhouse page: Live Oak Preserve Homeowners Association, Inc.; large pool, children's water play area with slides, jacuzzi, tennis courts, fitness room, covered playground, full kitchen and meeting rooms; pool dawn to dusk; five guests per household; 16 village names
- New Resident Information sheet: Live Oak Clubhouse 9401 Oak Preserve Blvd, (813) 994-0591; photo ID with proof of residency and access card required, 5 guests only; Envera Gate Security and Guard House phone numbers; handheld gate access cards and gate stickers; trash by Waste Management via Hillsborough County
- Live Oak No. 1 CDD created April 29, 2002 by ordinance of Hillsborough County; meets at Live Oak Clubhouse, 9401 Oak Preserve Boulevard, Tampa
- Live Oak No. 2 CDD created April 29, 2002 by ordinance of Hillsborough County; meets at Live Oak Clubhouse, 9401 Oak Preserve Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33647
- HOA CDD page: Live Oak Preserve CDD #1 and #2 finance and maintain roads, community ponds, mitigation areas, some common-area landscaping, fountains and part of the street lighting
- Developed by Transeastern Homes; 1,300 acres bounded by Bruce B. Downs Boulevard and the Hillsborough County side of County Line Road (2003)
- Neighborhood News (Oct 2023): county parcel abuts the boundary between Live Oak in the county and the City of Tampa's K-Bar Ranch/Easton Park development; extends north to the Hillsborough/Pasco County line
- Villages page lists the 16 villages and names Turner/Bartels K-8 School and Paul R. Wharton High School
- HCPS geocoder (2025-26 zones): 9401 Oak Preserve Blvd, Tampa 33647 zoned Turner/Bartels K-8 for elementary and middle and Wharton for high school
- OpenStreetMap: Live Oak Clubhouse, 9401 Oak Preserve Boulevard, Tampa, Hillsborough County, 33647 at 28.1634978, -82.3392948
- Paul R. Wharton High School, 20150 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa 33647, Hillsborough County Public Schools; Turner-Bartels K-8 at 9190 Imperial Oak Blvd per NCES
- NCES list of public schools in ZIP 33647 with addresses, including Turner-Bartels K-8 (9190 Imperial Oak Blvd) and Wharton High
Book care in Live Oak
Start with the free meet and greet at your house. We take notes on the gate, the door and the routine, and nothing is booked until you say so. Serving Wesley Chapel, FL and New Tampa.