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PulteGroup's model homes are designed by professional staging teams to showcase every available upgrade: premium flooring, extended lanai, outdoor kitchen, crown molding, coffered ceilings, upgraded cabinetry. The model looks spectacular. The base-price home looks different. The gap between what you tour and what you can afford is typically $50,000–$100,000 in options. Set your upgrade budget before you enter the design center. Bring a spreadsheet. Leave the emotional spending for the furniture store.
2. Resale Can Be 10-15% Below New Construction
A Del Webb buyer who paid $550K for a new home with $80K in upgrades may find their home appraising at $490K two years later. The builder's premium and option markups do not fully transfer to resale value. Resale buyers at Del Webb may be getting the best deal in the community — the same floor plan, the same upgrades, at a 10-15% discount from what the original buyer paid.
3. Construction Activity Has a Timeline
Del Webb is still in active development. Concrete trucks at 7 AM. Framing crews generating noise and dust. This is not permanent — it ends when the community is fully built. But if you buy now and your home is adjacent to an undeveloped section, expect 12-24 months of construction activity. Ask PulteGroup for the build-out schedule and choose your lot accordingly.
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4. Insurance Savings on New Construction Are Real
Homes built to post-2017 Florida codes qualify for better wind mitigation credits than homes built before 2002. On a $500K Del Webb home, insurance runs approximately $2,600/year versus $3,000-$3,200 for an equivalent Heritage Isle home in an older village. The $400-$600 annual savings partially offsets the higher purchase price — $8,000-$12,000 over twenty years.
5. Seven Closes Is Thin Pricing Data
Heritage Isle had 14 closes in the same 60-day window. Bridgewater had 8. Del Webb's 7 closes mean the $500K median is less statistically reliable — one high-priced close can skew the number. As the community matures and resale volume increases, pricing will stabilize. For now, treat the median as directional.
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