The 60-Second Overview
Persimmon Park is the corner of the Wiregrass Ranch development that decided to be a neighborhood instead of a resort: front porches facing parallel-parking streets, rear-load garages opening onto alleys, 40-45 foot homesites, and a deliberately human-scale amenity core, a pool, cabana, and dog park, stitched into a trail system that runs toward the Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus.
Two builders carry it. ICI Homes anchors the community with customization-heavy single-family published at $458,900 to $672,900 (finished larger plans toward the mid-$700s), and David Weekley Homes builds the Cottage and Garden series plus the now-selling Persimmon Place townhomes, published $374,925-$382,060 for 1,743-1,775 square feet with two-car rear garages.
Persimmon Park’s pitch is rare on this corridor: the Wiregrass Ranch address with a two-line fee stack, and the HOA’s $399 a quarter includes your internet and cable.
The fee story is the friendliest in the development: a $399-per-quarter HOA with internet and cable television inside it, and a CDD published as low for the corridor, under about $2,000 a year, funding the roads, pool, and parks. The negotiation lives elsewhere: two active builders writing monthly incentives, which is leverage for buyers who price the net deal instead of the flyer.
Fees & the CDD
Two published lines plus the builder math:
1) The HOA: $399 per quarter, connectivity included. The published fee covers internet and cable television, a genuine offset worth real money monthly against communities that charge dues and leave you buying connectivity separately. Townhome-tier scope at Persimmon Place may differ from single-family streets, so we confirm the current full schedule, and exactly what the inclusion covers, with the association before clients contract.
2) The CDD: published under ~$2,000 a year. The district funds the roads, pool, cabana, and park system through an annual assessment on the tax bill. “Low for the corridor” is accurate as published, but the amount varies by lot and year, the parcel’s tax-bill line is the only number that counts, and we pull it during diligence. 3) The builder math: incentives, rate buydowns, design credits, closing costs, usually require the builder’s lender and title, and the credit can cost more than it gives. We run the net-cost comparison on every new contract.
The Front-Porch Design
Persimmon Park is the corridor’s only true new-urbanist streetscape: front doors face the street, porches do the greeting, parking runs parallel at the curb, and most garages load from rear alleys, more than half the homes in the first phases, and all of the Persimmon Place townhomes, follow the pattern. The result is blocks that read like an older town: no driveway curb cuts, continuous sidewalks, and streets where the architecture, not the garage door, faces the world.
The honest trades: alley-load lots run smaller in the yard, and the 40-45 foot homesites prioritize porch life over private acreage. Builder spec levels lean premium, published features include 8-foot doors, 42-inch shaker cabinets, quartz counters, and GE Profile kitchens, which keeps the streetscape consistent and the entry price above bare-bones production plans. Buyers choosing between a big yard and a walkable block self-select fast here; that is the design working as intended.
Homes & Builders
ICI Homes is the anchor: a Florida builder whose published Persimmon Park range runs $458,900 to $672,900, with finished, highly-optioned plans toward the mid-$700s, and whose customization depth, structural options, kitchen configurations, real design flexibility, is the draw for buyers who want a semi-custom process at production pricing. David Weekley carries the Cottage and Garden series on the smaller homesites and the Persimmon Place townhome phase now selling: four plans, 1,743-1,775 square feet, 3 bed / 2.5 bath, two-car rear garages, published at $374,925-$382,060, the lowest new-construction entry to the Wiregrass Ranch address.
Two builders in one small neighborhood is buyer leverage: their incentive sheets compete directly, and early resales must price against both. The diligence is new-build standard: independent inspections at pre-drywall and final, the incentive’s net cost through the required lender, and on resales, an honest comparison against this month’s spec pricing, never last year’s.
Schools
Persimmon Park sits in the Wiregrass Ranch cluster, the corridor’s headline track: builder materials reference Seven Oaks Elementary, Dr. John Long Middle about 2.1 miles away, and Wiregrass Ranch High about 1.6 miles away, close enough that the high school run is a bike ride on the trail network in good weather.
The honest caveats: ratings move year to year, and Pasco County has adjusted boundaries repeatedly as this corridor grows, builder marketing is not a zoning guarantee. Verify the current assignment for the exact address with Pasco County Schools before you offer, and if a specific school is the reason you are buying, re-confirm before closing and treat it as a contingency, not an assumption.
More on Living in Persimmon Park
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Location and daily life
The porch-and-alley life
The construction era
The connectivity inclusion
5 Mistakes Buyers Make in Persimmon Park
The same five mistakes, all avoidable with the right read before you tour.
Pricing the flyer, not the net deal
Builder incentives usually require their lender and title, and the credit can cost more than it gives through rate and fees. We run the net-cost math before anyone signs.
Skipping independent inspections on new construction
New does not mean flawless. Pre-drywall and final inspections by your inspector, not the builder’s walkthrough, catch what warranties argue about later.
Assuming the brochure’s fees are the contract’s
$399/quarter with internet and cable is the published line; townhome tiers and future schedules can differ. The association’s current documents are the facts.
Buying the alley design without living it
Smaller yards, parallel parking, guest-parking patterns, the new-urbanist trade is real. Walk the blocks at evening, not just the model at noon.
Comping resales against last year’s prices
Two builders’ current incentive sheets set this market monthly. A resale prices against today’s spec math or it sits.
Which Lots & Views Hold Value Best
In a design-led neighborhood, the streetscape is the premium
The durable positions face parks, ponds, and the best porch blocks, the addresses where the new-urbanist design pays off daily. Townhome end units and park-facing single-family carry the early premiums.
The mistake is paying a lot premium on a street the next phase will out-position. We map the plat before clients pick.
What to Check Before You Offer
Run this list on any Persimmon Park home. Missing one is how buyers overpay or inherit a surprise.
- The current HOA schedule for your product tier, and exactly what the internet/cable inclusion covers
- The parcel’s exact CDD line on the tax bill
- Both builders’ live incentive terms and their net cost through the required lender
- Independent inspections: pre-drywall and final on new builds, full inspection on resales
- The school assignment verified today for the exact address
- The plat behind and beside the lot, future phases change views and traffic
- Resale pricing against this month’s spec sheets, not last year’s closings
- Alley, parking, and guest-parking rules in the governing documents
Persimmon Park is the corridor’s quiet contrarian: while the master plans compete on lagoon acreage and clubhouse square footage, this neighborhood bet on porches, alleys, and a fee stack that includes your internet bill. The bet works for a specific buyer, the one who wants the Wiregrass Ranch address, schools, and hospitals without paying resort-amenity carrying costs, and the townhome phase now opens that address at its lowest new-build entry. The discipline is the same as every builder market: net-deal math on incentives, independent inspections, and lot selection with the plat in hand.
Cross-shop it honestly: Estancia when the resort campus earns its premium, Meadow Pointe when established value wins, and Winding Ridge for the no-CDD counterargument. For walkable-block living inside the corridor’s best location, Persimmon Park stands alone. We represent you, not the seller and not the builder.
Persimmon Park vs. Comparable Communities
The honest way to place Persimmon Park is against the corridor’s other options a Wesley Chapel buyer is realistically weighing.
| Community | How it compares to Persimmon Park |
|---|---|
| Estancia at Wiregrass | The resort-campus tier of the same development: $642,500 median, the 7,000 sq ft club and slide tower. Campus and scale versus Persimmon Park’s porches and lighter fees. |
| Meadow Pointe (Wesley Chapel) | The established-value plan next door: ~$379K median, four CDD clubhouses, 1990s-2000s era. More house per dollar, more era homework, none of the new-build design. |
| Esplanade at Wiregrass Ranch | The gated Taylor Morrison resort-lifestyle neighbor with staffed amenities and bundled dues, the opposite philosophy at a higher carrying cost. |
| Winding Ridge (Wesley Chapel) | GL Homes’ gated build with no CDD and a maintenance-included HOA: the fee-architecture rival. Gated uniformity versus walkable-block character. |
| Seven Oaks (Wesley Chapel) | The established resort-amenity plan: 2000s era, slide-pool clubhouse, lower entry than new construction. The resale alternative most townhome shoppers should also price. |
| Chapel Crossings (Wesley Chapel) | The newer mid-corridor master plan with a bigger amenity package and a bigger fee load, scale versus Persimmon Park’s boutique footprint. |
Persimmon Park’s case: the Wiregrass Ranch address with the development’s friendliest fee stack and its only walkable-block design. The case against: neighborhood-scale amenities, smaller yards, and new-build pricing in a corridor full of cheaper resales.
The Honest Trade-offs
Pros
- The corridor’s only new-urbanist streetscape, porches and alleys.
- $399/quarter HOA with internet and cable inside it.
- CDD published under ~$2,000/year, light for the corridor.
- Two builders competing = real incentive leverage.
- Townhomes from ~$375K, the cheapest new-build door to Wiregrass Ranch.
- Mall, hospitals, and the school cluster minutes away.
Cons
- Neighborhood-scale amenities: pool and cabana, no fitness center or club.
- Smaller yards, the alley-load design trade.
- Construction and spec competition continue through build-out.
- Two fee lines still apply; brochure figures need verification.
- Premium per square foot versus the corridor’s established resales.
- Boutique scale: limited inventory at any given moment.
The Persimmon Park Playbook
How we run a Persimmon Park purchase, in order:
- Pick the product first: Persimmon Place townhome, cottage/garden plan, or larger ICI build, three different markets
- Play the two builders against each other, and against early resales, the same week
- Price the net deal: incentive value through the required lender, fees and rate included
- Inspect independently: pre-drywall and final on new builds, always
- Verify the two fee lines and the school assignment in writing before contracting
Questions We Ask Before You Offer
These are the questions we put to the builders, the association, and the listing side before a client signs anything:
- What is the current HOA schedule for this product tier, and what exactly does the connectivity inclusion cover?
- What is the parcel’s CDD assessment on the tax bill this year?
- What is the builder’s incentive really worth after the required lender’s rate and fees?
- What did comparable product close for, spec and resale, in the last 90 days?
- What is platted on the adjacent parcels, and when does the next phase deliver?
- What is the verified school assignment for this address today?
Is Persimmon Park For You?
No community fits everyone. The honest sort:
Consider elsewhere if you want
- A resort amenity campus, Estancia and Esplanade own that lane
- A big private yard, the alley design trades it away
- Maximum house per dollar, Meadow Pointe’s resales win that math
- A lagoon weekend, Epperson and the Metro plans
- A settled, construction-free street today, build-out continues
- No CDD at all, Winding Ridge is the counterargument
Persimmon Park fits if you want
- Porch-and-alley walkable blocks inside Wiregrass Ranch
- The development’s friendliest published fee stack
- Internet and cable bundled into the HOA
- A ~$375K townhome door to the corridor’s best location
- Semi-custom depth (ICI) or polished production (David Weekley)
- Builder competition working for your contract