Inventive sort creates lakeside houses (5)
I believe the answer is:
tesla
'inventive sort' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'creates lakeside houses' is the wordplay.
'houses' indicates a hidden word (part of the clue houses the answer).
'TESLA' is hidden within 'creates lakeside'.
(Other definitions for tesla that I've seen before include "Inventive sort" , "Nikola ---, electricity pioneer" , "Physicist" , "Physics unit" , "electrical unit" .)