Esplanade at Starling
Homes for Sale in Punta Gorda, FL

Esplanade at Starling market snapshot (as of August 2, 2026): the median sale price is about $539K ($226 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 297 days on market for closed sales.

In ZIP 33955 (PUNTA GORDA), 142 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $310K ($204/sq ft), down 14.5% year over year, with a median 92 days on market. Right now 23 active and 4 pending listings — a soft market. See the live ZIP 33955 housing market and the Lee County market.

Stellar MLS sales records identify 26 homes in ESPLANADE AT STARLING that have changed hands since 2025, built between 2025 and 2026 (median 2025), with a median living area of about 2,306 sq ft and a typical 3-bedroom, 3-bath layout; 100% are single-family homes. Source: Stellar MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

Flood zones in ESPLANADE AT STARLING: of 12 listing addresses checked against the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, 100% are in undetermined zones. Individual parcels vary — verify any specific address at msc.fema.gov.

Esplanade at Starling is a gated, resort-style master-planned community by Taylor Morrison on the Burnt Store Road corridor in Punta Gorda, Charlotte County (ZIP 33955), addressed around 26789 Victoria Place near 13000 Burnt Store Road. Builder and public-record sources describe a plan of roughly 600 residences at full build-out, delivered under Taylor Morrison's Esplanade lifestyle brand with a natural-gas infrastructure and a reported low CDD. The amenity program is the headline: a resort-style pool with cabanas and a Bahama bar, a fitness center with spa services, tennis, pickleball and bocce courts, a bark park, walking trails, and a full-time lifestyle manager. Because this page is built from public records and builder filings rather than MLS data, it tracks the community's launch and amenity roll-out rather than a resale-pricing picture.

The detail that makes Esplanade at Starling worth its own page is the depth of the amenity plan relative to its neighbors. Burnt Store Road has filled in quickly with new single-family communities, but most carry a modest pool-and-cabana package. Esplanade at Starling is programmed as a full lifestyle community: resort pool with a Bahama bar, spa services attached to the fitness center, and multiple racquet and lawn-sport courts, coordinated by an on-site lifestyle director. Buyers weighing this against a nearby standard-amenity community should price the difference into the HOA, not just the home.

The product mix spans multiple homesite widths under the Taylor Morrison Esplanade brand, which typically means a range of single-family plans and price points within one gated community. Public sources point to roughly 600 planned residences, so this is a substantial, multi-phase build rather than a small infill tract.

Two things should be confirmed in writing before any deposit: the HOA fee that funds this amenity package (unpublished at discovery and likely higher than a basic-amenity community), and the CDD assessment. Builder materials describe the CDD as low, but the recorded documents, not a sales-office estimate, are the only reliable source. Base pricing and lot premiums move with each phase release.

For a large, multi-phase gated community, the value of a local agent is timing and total-cost clarity. We can get you on the interest list so you see each phase's pricing the day it releases rather than after the best homesites are spoken for, and we can line up base prices, included features, and lot premiums across plan widths so the comparison is apples-to-apples.

We also read the fine print buyers often miss on resort-branded new construction: the HOA budget that funds the amenity program, any CDD assessment on the parcel, and how builder incentives are structured, so the monthly cost you underwrite is the real one, not the sticker.

Listings in this community report association dues of about $372 per month ($4,464 a year) — the median AssociationFee across 66 MLS records, normalised to a monthly figure; most are billed monthly. Dues change with budgets and can differ by section or product type; confirm the current figure with the association before you offer. Source: MLS listing records, 2026-09.

Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.