New Home Communities in Palm Beach Gardens: Who Is Building What

If you are shopping for a brand-new home in Palm Beach Gardens, there are four builders worth knowing about, and the cheapest way in is a townhome at Vintage Oaks starting in the low $660,000s. The next step up is a single-family home — but the one that costs almost the same has an age limit, and the one without an age limit costs roughly eighty thousand dollars more. Here is the whole picture, with real numbers.

This guide names communities we do not sell. That is on purpose. If another builder fits you better, you should know that before you spend a Saturday driving around.

Who is building new homes in Palm Beach Gardens?

Four builders have active new-home communities in the city right now. Here is what each one offers and where it starts.

Prices change. Every figure above came off each builder's own website, and none of them is a promise. Call 561-704-0091 for what any of these actually cost this week.

The one thing most buyers miss

Look at the first two rows again.

A vintage Oaks townhome and a Regency at Avenir single-family home start within a few thousand dollars of each other. On paper that looks like a house for the price of a townhome, which would be an easy decision.

It is not, because Regency at Avenir is a 55+ community. At least one person in the household has to be 55 or older. If that is you, it is a genuinely strong option, and you should go see it. If it is not you, that row is off your list no matter how good the price looks.

Once you take it off, the first single-family home in Palm Beach Gardens with no age limit is Avondale at Avenir, starting in the low $740,000s. That is roughly eighty thousand dollars more than the townhome.

So the real question in this city is not "townhome or house." It is whether eighty thousand dollars buys you something you actually need.

What eighty thousand dollars buys, and what it does not

Here is the honest version.

What you get by stepping up to a single-family home: a yard of your own, no shared walls, usually a two-car garage instead of one, and more square footage.

What you do not get: a better kitchen, necessarily. The countertops, the cabinets, and the appliances at Vintage Oaks are not entry-level. Granite in the kitchen, quartz in the bathrooms, impact glass, and a tankless water heater all come standard. You can read the full list in our guide to what comes with a Vintage Oaks home.

What you also take on: a bigger roof, a bigger yard, and a bigger air-conditioning bill. A townhome is smaller to cool and smaller to maintain. For some buyers, that is the point.

Where these communities actually are

Almost all of the new construction in Palm Beach Gardens is in the western half of the city, out along Northlake Boulevard. That is a different part of town from the older neighborhoods near the coast and near PGA Boulevard.

Three of the communities above—both Regency collections and Avondale—are inside Avenir, a very large master-planned development. Vintage Oaks is its own gated community nearby on Northlake Boulevard, not inside Avenir. People confuse the two constantly, so we wrote a whole piece on how Vintage Oaks and Avenir actually relate.

Northlake Boulevard is the main east-west road out here. It runs east toward I-95 and Florida's Turnpike and west toward the Beeline Highway. If you want a fuller picture of the area, we cover it in living in Palm Beach Gardens along Northlake Boulevard.

What to ask before you tour any of them

Ask the same questions at every sales office. The answers are what separate these communities, and none of them are on the websites.

1. Is there an age restriction? Ask it out loud even if you think you know. It changes everything.

2. What is included versus what is an upgrade? Two homes at the same price can be very different once you price the options.

3. What are the monthly costs on top of the mortgage? HOA, insurance, and taxes. We walk through how to get a real number and how to get a real monthly payment for a Vintage Oaks home.

4. Which amenities are finished and which are still being built? Almost every new community in this city has some amenity that is planned but not open yet.

5. What stage is this specific home at? A home that is framed and a home that is a dirt lot are months apart.

One thing to do before you go

Register your agent before you walk into the first sales office, not after.

At most builders, the sales representative in that model home works for the builder. They are usually helpful and usually honest, but they are not representing you in the negotiation. If you walk in alone and give them your name first, you can lose the ability to bring in your own representation later—at that builder, in that community.

It costs you nothing to have someone on your side. It can cost you a lot not to.

Where to start

If a townhome works for you, Vintage Oaks is the lowest-cost way into a brand-new home in Palm Beach Gardens, and the four floor plans are genuinely different from each other. Start with our side-by-side comparison of all four Vintage Oaks plans.

If you need a single-family home and you are under 55, plan on the low $740,000s and up in this city.

Either way, call 561-704-0091 or book a time at nationalhousesearch.com/schedule. We will tell you which of these fits, including the ones we do not sell.

Common Questions

Still deciding between builders? Call 561-704-0091 or book a time at nationalhousesearch.com/schedule and we will tell you which of these actually fits, including the ones we do not sell.home—but