Vitale Homes

Vitale Homes is a family-founded, veteran-owned semi-custom homebuilder serving the Greater Tampa Bay area and Florida's Nature Coast, including Pasco, Hernando, Pinellas, Hillsborough, and Citrus counties. Built with Heart. Backed by Strength. WHO WE ARE Founder and President Michael Vitale was raised just outside Naples, Italy. His father repeated one rule in that house: we are good people, and we do not bring shame to our name. Michael carried that standard through military service and a career in law enforcement, and it is the invisible standard behind every home the company builds. He still walks every lot and personally reviews every community under construction. Co-founder Julie Vitale wrote the build process the company runs on, drawing on a family with more than 50 years in construction. WHAT MAKES A VITALE HOME DIFFERENT Quality is not an upgrade. It is included. Every Vitale home comes with between $100,000 and $170,000 in features that most builders sell as upgrades, and the difference starts inside the walls. Block walls: R9 foam injected into every cavity plus R4.1 FI Foil applied before drywall, for a total of R13.1. The industry standard is R4.1. Ceilings: R38 insulation. The industry standard is R30. Second-story frame walls: 2x6 framing at R19. Wall framing: 16 inches on center, against an industry standard of 24 inches. Slab: 3000 PSI concrete reinforced with wire mesh, plus anti-fracture tile underlayment in every home. Sheathing: ZIP System. Included as standard, never as an upgrade: 42 inch upper cabinets with crown molding, granite or quartz kitchen counters with quartz in every bath, Sterling by Kohler and Moen fixtures, an 8 foot fiberglass front door with glass insert, 5 to 6 inch baseboards, a 16 inch roof overhang, direct air return in every room, a covered paver lanai, and a full smart home package with smart lock, thermostat, doorbell camera, and control panel. Estate Series homes add variable speed air conditioning with humidity control, quartz throughout, full overlay soft close cabinetry, a gourmet kitchen with a gas cooktop and included refrigerator, 8-foot interior doors, tray ceilings, an epoxy garage floor, and an oversize driveway. TWO SERIES, ONE STANDARD Signature Series homes range from 1,933 to 3,405 square feet and start at $483,990. Estate Series homes range from 2,588 to 3,562 square feet and reach $1,022,990. The structure is identical in both. Same slab, same walls, same framing, same insulation. Signature giv