What's Included at Blossom Trail, Plus the D.R. Horton Warranty Explained

"What's actually included?" is one of the first questions worth asking about any new construction home, because the answer changes what a listed price really means. At Blossom Trail, D.R. Horton's Tradition Series comes with the same finish package across all five floor plans—here's what's standard, what's different between the townhomes and single-family homes, and what the builder's warranty actually covers if something goes wrong, in plain terms rather than legal boilerplate.

The kitchen

Every home at Blossom Trail includes 2CM granite countertops in the kitchen, paired with Frigidaire stainless steel appliances: a side-by-side refrigerator with an ice maker, a glass-top range with a built-in microwave above it, and a built-in dishwasher. The faucet and garbage disposal are both Moen, and cabinets come with 36" upper cabinets as standard, not an upgrade, with puck lighting built into the underside for task lighting over the counters.

The bathrooms

Here's a detail worth knowing before you shop other communities: bathrooms at Blossom Trail get 2CM quartz countertops, not granite—the reverse of the kitchen. Some other D.R. Horton communities do it the other way around, so this is genuinely specific to this community's features sheet, not a company-wide standard. Bathroom finishes also include 18" x 18" ceramic tile on the shower walls with a 12" x 12" tile shower floor, a semi-frameless glass shower enclosure, and Moen faucets throughout.

Impact glass, standard on every window

Every window and sliding glass door at Blossom Trail is impact-resistant glass, standard on all five floor plans—not an upgrade and not limited to certain elevations. That's a genuine hurricane-season feature: no separate shutters to install before a storm, because the glass itself is rated to handle it.

The tankless water heater—townhomes only

This is one of the real differences between the two home types in this community. Bella and Terra, the two townhome plans, both include a tankless water heater as standard. Delray, Robie, and Ponte Vedra, the three single-family plans, do not. If a tankless water heater matters to you specifically, it's worth knowing which plans actually include it before you fall in love with a floor plan that doesn't.

The smart home package

Every home includes D.R. Horton's Home Is Connected system: a Qolsys touchscreen panel with a built-in camera, a Wi-Fi video doorbell, a smart thermostat, a smart door lock, a smart light switch, and a Wi-Fi-enabled garage door opener with two transmitters. It's all tied together on one panel rather than being a collection of separate apps.

What's the same across every plan?

A few other features apply community-wide, regardless of which of the five plans you choose: a paver driveway, entry walkway, and patio or lanai; a durable metal garage door; a Therma-Tru insulated fiberglass front door; Mohawk carpet in the bedrooms; and 18" x 18" ceramic tile on the first-floor living areas. Structurally, every home has a reinforced concrete monolithic foundation slab, masonry exterior walls, and a professionally engineered roof with hurricane clips.

What's under the surface

Beyond what you can see and touch, Blossom Trail homes are built with the structural details. Florida code requires and then some: R-30 blown insulation in the attic spaces above living areas, R-11 batt insulation between interior walls and the garage wall, and R-4.1 insulated exterior masonry walls. Plumbing runs on Uponor PEX water lines rather than older copper or galvanized piping, and every home has Square D electrical panels with circuit breakers and surge protection on major appliances.

None of that is the kind of thing a buyer typically asks about on a first tour, but it's worth understanding because it's the difference between a home built to pass inspection and a home built with some margin above the minimum. Gutters come standard in the front area of the driveway and entry walkway, paired with a Hunter automatic irrigation system for the landscaping—every homesite is fully sodded with professionally designed landscaping at closing.

The warranty, explained plainly

D.R. Horton backs every home at Blossom Trail with the same warranty stack the builder uses across its Florida communities:

On top of that, D.R. Horton runs a personalized new homeowner orientation before closing and brings in third-party inspectors during the construction process, in addition to the county inspections every new home already has to pass.

Here's what's worth understanding about how that warranty actually works in practice: the workmanship warranty covers things like drywall cracks, paint issues, and minor defects in the first year—the period when most of those small issues actually surface as the home settles. The systems warranty covers plumbing and electrical components for two years, which is typically enough time for anything with a manufacturing defect to show itself under normal use. The 10-year structural warranty is the big one—it covers the foundation, load-bearing walls, and roof framing, the parts of a house that are genuinely expensive to fix and that you'd want a builder standing behind for the long haul, well past the point where most other coverage has expired.

None of that replaces getting your own independent home inspection, even on a brand-new house—a warranty covers defects the builder is responsible for, not everything that could possibly need attention in a new home, and a third set of eyes before or shortly after closing is worth the cost regardless of what warranty is attached. An inspector working for you, rather than for the builder, is looking out for your interests specifically, which is a genuinely different thing from the builder's own quality-control process.

Common Questions

Have a question about what's included on a specific floor plan? Schedule a visit to Blossom Trail or call 561-704-0091.

See how these features play out on each plan: Bella vs. Terra and Delray vs. Robie vs. Ponte Vedra. For more on the countertop question specifically, read quartz vs. granite countertops: what's actually different. And for the full buying process, see our Greenacres buyer's guide.