Renaissance by the numbers
Every figure below comes from Sarasota County public records for the 51 owner-to-owner resales recorded in Renaissance in the 12 months ending August 3, 2026. These are prices buyers actually paid at closing, not asking prices or automated estimates. Builder closings are excluded — the last one recorded was in October 2025.
Resale prices ranged from $299,900 to $725,000, with the middle half between $335,000 and $550,000. Thirty-two of the 51 sales closed in the last six months.
Renaissance is genuinely two communities, and villas are nearly half of it
In most gated communities around here, villas are a small side product. In Renaissance they are 278 of the 682 homes — 41 percent — and they made up 45 percent of last year's sales. So a community-wide median tells you almost nothing: it is the midpoint between a $550,000 market and a $328,000 one.
If you own here, the only figure that matters is the one for your own home type.
Square footage barely moves a Renaissance villa's price
This is the finding that surprises villa owners most, and it is the reason pricing a villa off dollars per square foot goes wrong here.
Renaissance villas run from 1,432 to 1,687 square feet — a spread of just 255 feet. Over the past year, 23 of them resold between $299,900 and $450,000, and the sizes did not sort the prices. A 1,432-square-foot villa sold for $377,000. A 1,687-square-foot villa — 255 feet larger — sold for $300,000. The bigger home sold for $77,000 less.
Look at it per square foot and the effect inverts: the smallest villas ran about $250 per foot, the largest about $199. That is not the market rewarding small homes. It is the market pricing villas as units rather than by footage, and letting condition, view, lot position and timing decide the rest. Within a 255-foot band, those factors matter more than the floor plan.
Practical version: if a site quotes you a per-square-foot value for a Renaissance villa, treat it with suspicion. The 23 recorded sales cluster between $300,000 and $377,000 almost regardless of size.
Not one villa in Renaissance has a pool
Community pool statistics get quoted a lot, and in Renaissance the community figure is meaningless for nearly half the homes. County records show zero of the 278 villas have a private pool. Among single-family homes, 157 of 404 do — 39 percent.
Single-family resales with a pool ran a median of $632,500 at $272 per square foot, against $490,000 and $235 without. That gap reflects lot and size as well as the pool itself, but it is real. For a villa owner, none of it applies.
Source: Sarasota County public records, qualified owner-to-owner resales only. Vacant lots and non-residential parcels are excluded from the home count. Figures are estimates for general market awareness, not appraisals.
Renaissance, in plain terms
Renaissance is a gated, resort-style community in Wellen Park (Venice), built by Mattamy Homes — roughly 680 to 700 homes made up of one-story paired villas and single-family homes (up to about 3,300 square feet), in Coastal, West Indies, and Spanish styles. The community is now sold out. The last builder closing recorded in county records was October 2025, so every sale on this page is an owner-to-owner resale. It is not age-restricted.
What makes Renaissance different: full amenities without bundled golf
Renaissance's identity is the affordable, full-amenity Wellen Park community without bundled golf. Residents get resort amenities — clubhouse, resort-style pool, fitness center, tennis, pickleball, bocce, dog park, and a full-time activities director — with no golf course or bundled golf cost baked into the dues. It's smaller and more intimate than some larger Wellen Park neighborhoods, and you can walk, bike, or take a golf cart to Downtown Wellen. It's often cited as one of the more attainably-priced full-amenity options in Wellen Park — a genuinely different value equation than the golf communities nearby.
Why one Renaissance home is worth more than another
Value here turns on specifics. The biggest swing factors: villa vs. single-family (separate micro-markets); preserve or water view vs. an interior lot (many homes here have water views, which command a premium); pool vs. non-pool; how close the home sits to the amenity center; outdoor-living upgrades; and larger Signature Series homes vs. smaller villas. Because the community was built in a narrow window, lot, view, upgrades, and floor plan usually matter more than a home's age. A national estimate can't see any of this; a local comparative market analysis prices it in.
Home types behave like separate micro-markets
Renaissance pairs one-story villas — popular with downsizers and seasonal owners — with single-family homes up to roughly 3,300 square feet, including larger Signature Series plans. These draw different buyers and price differently, so a villa sale isn't a reliable comp for a single-family home.
Fees and location
Renaissance is gated, with an HOA plus a CDD assessment on the annual tax bill — standard for Wellen Park communities, and something to factor into ownership cost (amounts change, so verify current figures; how gated-community fees work). It sits in the hub of Wellen Park, a short walk, bike, or golf-cart ride to Downtown Wellen's restaurants, lakefront, and events and the Marketplace shopping center, with CoolToday Park nearby and the Gulf beaches about 15 to 20 minutes away. Because the community is sold out, every sale is a resale (more on new vs. resale).
Renaissance vs. other Venice and Wellen Park communities
Buyers weighing Renaissance are usually also comparing nearby communities. Where Sarasota National is built around bundled golf and Grand Palm around nature and preserves, Renaissance is the full-amenity, no-golf, more-affordable option — and it's more walkable to Downtown Wellen than most. If you're also weighing IslandWalk or the newer Sunstone, Renaissance stands out for pairing resort amenities with a lower overall cost of ownership.
Renaissance home value questions
It depends heavily on villa vs. single-family, view (water, preserve, or interior lot), pool, proximity to amenities, and upgrades. Use the instant estimate above for a ballpark, then a local comparative market analysis for a real, address-specific number.
Far less than owners expect, and this is where per-square-foot pricing goes wrong here. Renaissance villas run from 1,432 to 1,687 square feet, a spread of only 255 feet, and the 23 that resold over the past year sold between $299,900 and $450,000 with size barely sorting them. A 1,432-square-foot villa sold for $377,000. A 1,687-square-foot villa, 255 feet larger, sold for $300,000. The bigger home sold for $77,000 less. Per square foot the effect inverts, with the smallest villas around $250 and the largest around $199, but that is not the market rewarding small homes. Within so narrow a size band, condition, view, lot position and timing decide the price, not the floor plan.
None. County records show zero of the 278 villas in Renaissance have a private pool. Among single-family homes, 157 of 404 do, about 39 percent. So a community-wide pool statistic describes a group that excludes 41 percent of the homes entirely. Single-family resales with a pool ran a median of $632,500 at $272 per square foot against $490,000 and $235 without, though that gap reflects lot and size as well as the pool. For a villa owner none of it applies.
Yes, more than most communities in the area. Villas are 278 of the 682 homes, 41 percent, and they made up 45 percent of last year's sales. In most gated communities nearby villas are a small side product; here they are nearly half the neighborhood. That makes a community-wide median close to useless, because it sits between a $550,000 market and a $328,000 one. Only the figure for your own home type means anything.
Sarasota County recorded 51 owner-to-owner resales in Renaissance in the 12 months ending August 3, 2026, out of 682 homes. Single-family homes ran a median of $550,000, or $244 per square foot, and villas $328,000 at $216. Prices ranged from $299,900 to $725,000, with the middle half between $335,000 and $550,000, and 32 of the 51 closed in the last six months. Builder closings are excluded; the last one recorded was October 2025. These are recorded closing prices from public records, not asking prices or automated estimates.
Yes. Paired villas and single-family homes (up to about 3,300 sq ft, including larger Signature Series plans) draw different buyers and behave like separate micro-markets.
Mattamy Homes. It's a gated community of roughly 680 to 700 homes in Wellen Park, Venice, now sold out, so every sale is an owner-to-owner resale.
No. Renaissance is not age-restricted and all ages are welcome.
Yes. Like most Wellen Park communities, Renaissance has a CDD assessment on the annual tax bill in addition to HOA dues. Amounts change, so verify current figures for a specific home.
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