Moving to Windermere means getting a few services started. This guide covers what the Town of Windermere and Orange County Utilities say about water service and garbage collection, with the costs and phone number the county lists. The details here are limited to those two services. The sources reviewed for this guide do not name electric or internet providers, so this guide does not either. The site's directory and the main guide section are good places to look for more.
Water service
The Town of Windermere's garbage information page has a clear instruction about water: call Orange County Utilities, and do not use the Town's system to request service. In other words, the Town is not where a new water account is opened. The county is.
How to start service
Orange County Utilities gives this direction on its water service page: call Utilities Customer Service at (407) 836-5515. That is the number for starting home service.
How much notice to give
The county asks home customers to make contact at least three days before service is needed. Anyone with a move-in date should work backward from it and make the call with that notice in mind.
What it costs
A water-only account carries a $41 deposit plus a $16 initiation fee during regular business hours, or $21 during nonbusiness hours. Put another way, the deposit is the same either way, and the initiation fee depends on when the request is handled.
The county page, as reviewed for this guide, does not list other account types in the facts used here, so this guide does not describe them.
Garbage and yard waste
Within incorporated Windermere, garbage is collected on Tuesdays and Fridays. That is the schedule stated on the Town's garbage page.
The Town also says residents must provide their own trash and yard waste bins, and it notes that the bins are non-reimbursable. A new household should have bins ready before the first collection day, because the Town does not provide them or pay residents back for buying them.
The pages reviewed do not say how to set out bins, what time pickup begins or how yard waste is handled beyond the bin requirement, so check the Town's page for anything beyond what is listed here.
A starting plan for a move
- Choose a service start date.
- Call Orange County Utilities Customer Service at (407) 836-5515 at least three days before that date.
- Ask about the water-only account costs: the $41 deposit and the $16 or $21 initiation fee, depending on the hour.
- Get trash and yard waste bins of your own.
- Note that garbage is collected on Tuesdays and Fridays within incorporated Windermere.
What this guide does not cover
Electric and internet service are part of most moves, but the verified information behind this guide does not name providers for either. Rather than guess, this guide leaves them out. Residents can look at the Windermere directory or the relocating section of this site for more help, and should confirm any provider details directly with the company before relying on them.
The same caution applies to the Town's boundaries. The garbage schedule applies within incorporated Windermere. Anyone unsure whether an address is inside the Town should confirm that before counting on the Tuesday and Friday pickup.
Who to contact
- For water service, call Orange County Utilities Customer Service at (407) 836-5515, and make contact at least three days before service is needed. Details are on the county's water service page.
- For garbage collection and bin rules, see the Town of Windermere's garbage information page.
Sources
Compiled from the official sources below.