Wellen Park, FL
Gran Paradiso
A popular, established Tuscan-inspired community with a high-end amenity package and the widest price range in Wellen Park, villas to luxury estates under one set of gates (now resale only).
Status
Sold out · resale only
Builder
Lennar / Sam Rogers
Price Range (est.)
$300s, $1M+
Home Types
Single Family, Villa & Townhomes
Beds
2 to 5
Baths
2 to 4
Garage
1 to 3-Car
Amenity Level
High
HOA (Monthly) Est.
$329 - $678
CDD (Yearly) Est.
$1,630 - $2,855
Flood Zone
X
Fee estimates may vary by lot size and sub-association. View all community fees →
Community size
2,000
homes
community record
1,925
completed homes on the county roll
Sarasota County property appraiser roll, read October 2026
1,956
recorded residential lots
Sarasota County property appraiser roll, read October 2026
Amenities & lifestyle
- Tuscan-inspired architecture
- Grand clubhouse & resort pool
- Tennis & pickleball courts
- Sauna & yoga studio
- Fitness center
- Gated entry
How Gran Paradiso compares
From the county records
$440,000
Median of 311 recorded sales since October 2023, the middle eighty percent between $300,000 and $800,000.
34%
Of the 1,925 matched residential units here claim a homestead exemption, which reads as a minority of homes here are claimed as a permanent residence.
Newest completion recorded 2022. The roll records no completions here in the last three years. Most of what trades is resale, though an absence of recent completions is not by itself proof a community is closed to new building.
Arm’s-length sales recorded with Sarasota County, read October 2026. Quitclaims, foreclosures, family transfers and pre-construction sales are excluded. Homestead requires the property to be a permanent residence, so the share carrying one is reported here as a share of matched residential units rather than as a count of who lives here. Homestead is a tax filing, not an occupancy count. A rented home can house full-time residents and will never carry the exemption, and an owner who lives here but never filed does not appear in it either. Read it as what share of matched residential units claim the exemption, not as who lives here.
At an estimated $8,285 a year in combined HOA and CDD, Gran Paradiso sits about 6% above the Wellen Park median of $7,804, ranking 13 of the 18 Wellen Park communities whose fees this site tracks.
Estimates from the same dataset behind the fee pages and the True Cost Index. Fees vary by lot size and sub-association, and change with each budget.
Governing Documents
HOA & community documents for Gran Paradiso
3 documents from the community development or stewardship district that covers Gran Paradiso and linked to the page each one lives on. Nothing is copied here, so you read whatever they publish today. No association documents have been located for Gran Paradiso yet, which is a gap in what has been found rather than evidence there are none.
District documents
A community development or stewardship district is a unit of local government, not an association. Its assessment is billed with your property taxes rather than by the association, and its rules are public records of a different kind. Shown separately for that reason.
West Villages Improvement District
Why it applies to Gran Paradiso: Taken from the list of neighborhoods the district publishes on its own FAQ page, not inferred from geography. The district also publishes the neighborhoods it does not cover.
- Budget & assessmentsStatus unconfirmed
District budgets and assessment information
Open document - District documentCurrent, per the source
Board meeting books, agendas and minutes
Open document - District documentCurrent, per the source
District FAQs, including which neighborhoods are and are not in the district
Open document
The governing body is known and nothing it publishes is public. That is a gap in what has been published, not evidence that the community has no restrictions. This list records what has been found in public, not everything that governs the property. Before an offer I pull the full document set for the specific address along with the association’s budget and financials.
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Gran Paradiso FAQ
Can you still buy a new home in Gran Paradiso?+
Gran Paradiso is essentially sold out of new construction, so homes here come up as resale. I can set you up with alerts the moment one hits the market and give you an honest read on value before you offer.
Who builds homes in Gran Paradiso?+
Gran Paradiso is built by Lennar / Sam Rogers. Those homes now trade as resales rather than through the builder, so the original warranty has usually expired and the condition of the specific house matters more than who built it. Roof age is the first thing to establish, because Florida insurers weight it heavily.
How much do homes in Gran Paradiso cost?+
The published price guidance for Gran Paradiso is an estimate in the $300s, $1M+ range, not a live listing feed or a valuation. Pricing varies by the specific home, condition and lot. Ask me for current listings and recent comparable sales before setting an investment range or an asking price.
What kind of homes are in Gran Paradiso?+
Gran Paradiso offers single family, villa & townhomes, with floor plans of 2 to 5 bedrooms. Attached homes carry an association that maintains the building itself, so the fee covers more than it would on a single-family home and the association's reserves matter to you directly. What a specific home includes, and what the association maintains, is set out in that community's documents and is worth reading before an offer rather than after.
What amenities does Gran Paradiso have?+
Gran Paradiso offers Tuscan-inspired architecture, Grand clubhouse & resort pool, Tennis & pickleball courts, Sauna & yoga studio, Fitness center, among others. Worth separating two things that often get blurred together: amenities the HOA maintains and which every owner pays for, and club or golf facilities that may require a separate membership on top. Which category each amenity falls into determines your actual annual cost, and it is set out in the community documents rather than in any listing.
What have homes in Gran Paradiso actually sold for?+
311 arm's-length sales have been recorded in Gran Paradiso since October 2023, at a median of $440,000. The middle eighty percent of those sales fell between $300,000 and $800,000, which is a better guide to the range than the extremes. These are prices recorded with Sarasota County, not asking prices, so they describe what buyers and sellers actually agreed. Figures read October 2026; quitclaims, foreclosures and family transfers are excluded.
Do people live in Gran Paradiso year round?+
34% of the 1,925 matched residential units in Gran Paradiso claim a homestead exemption, which Florida grants only on an owner's permanent residence, read from the Sarasota County roll in October 2026. That reads as a minority of homes here are claimed as a permanent residence. Homestead is a tax filing, not an occupancy count. A rented home can house full-time residents and will never carry the exemption, and an owner who lives here but never filed does not appear in it either. Read it as what share of matched residential units claim the exemption, not as who lives here.
Is Gran Paradiso still being built?+
The most recent home the county records in Gran Paradiso was completed in 2022, across 1,956 platted parcels of which 1,925 carry a finished home. The county records no completions in Gran Paradiso in the last three years, so what trades is resale. An absence of recent completions is not by itself proof that no further building is permitted. Build year matters more in Florida than buyers expect, because insurers weight roof age heavily and it drives what a property costs to carry rather than just what it costs to buy.
Does Gran Paradiso have a CDD fee?+
Yes. Gran Paradiso carries an estimated CDD assessment of $1,630 - $2,855, on top of an HOA fee estimated at $329 - $678 monthly. A community development district assessment can have two components, and they behave differently: debt service repays the bonds that funded the roads, drainage and amenities, and ends when those bonds are retired, while an operations and maintenance charge pays to run what the bonds built and does not. Both are billed with your property taxes rather than by the association, and both are separate from the HOA. Assessments are set annually and vary by home and phase, so confirm the current components for the specific address.
What flood zone is Gran Paradiso in?+
The flood zone recorded for Gran Paradiso is X. Zones beginning A or V are the higher-risk categories, where a federally backed mortgage generally requires flood insurance, while zone X is lower risk and coverage is usually optional. Flood zone is assigned per property rather than per community though, and elevation can change both the requirement and the premium substantially, so get the zone and the elevation certificate for the exact address rather than relying on a community-level figure.
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