The Columbus is 1,874 square feet, four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms and a two-car garage across two floors, displayed by Lennar from $268,999. It is the first two-storey plan on the Turnleaf list and the point where the fourth bedroom appears.
At about $144 a square foot it is also where the cost of space starts falling quickly: 445 square feet and a bedroom more than the Belmont for $30,000.
The specification
| Detail | Columbus |
|---|---|
| Series | Lennar Americana series — detached single-family |
| Bedrooms | 4 |
| Bathrooms | 2.5 |
| Garage | 2-car |
| Living area | 1,874 sq ft |
| Storeys | Two |
| Base price displayed | From $268,999 |
| Price per square foot | About $144 |
Specification and base price as displayed by Lennar on 14 August 2026, subject to change without notice. Base price excludes homesite premium, options and closing costs. Price per square foot is our calculation. The Coral Creek CDD assessment is additional. Ranked 3rd cheapest of the 13 published plans.
Who it suits
A family that needs four bedrooms and will not spend over $300,000 to get them, or anyone who wants living space and sleeping space on separate floors. Working from home changes the maths here — an office upstairs, away from the great room, is a different daily experience from an office off it.
The trade-off
Square footage on two floors does not live like square footage on one. Stairs take floor area on both levels, split the house in half, and are among the most common reasons a Southwest Florida buyer rules a home out at resale. This region’s buyer pool skews older than the national average, and single-level is a hard filter for a large part of it.
Then the bathrooms. Two and a half means two full baths and one powder room. Ask where both full baths sit: if they are both upstairs, the ground floor of a 1,874 square foot house has a half bath only, which is an accessibility question rather than a small detail.
Where it sits on the price ladder
The Edison is $20,000 more for 238 more square feet and a fifth bedroom at the same 2.5 baths. The Belmont is $30,000 less, one floor, one bedroom fewer. The Columbus is the compromise rung, and compromise rungs are the ones worth negotiating hardest on the homesite premium.
What to ask before signing
- Where the two full bathrooms sit, and what is on the ground floor.
- Whether the owner’s suite is upstairs or down, and how the plan handles laundry between floors.
- How the upstairs is cooled, and whether zoning or a second system is standard or an option.
- The Coral Creek CDD debt service on the specific homesite — $799.87 to $2,399.61 per unit a year, varying by lot.
- The HOA fee in writing. Published Turnleaf figures run $88 to $292 a month, and the developer says to verify with the sales team.
Questions people ask
How much is the Lennar Columbus at Turnleaf?
Lennar displayed the Columbus from $268,999 on 14 August 2026, before homesite premium, options and closing costs.
Is there a single-storey four-bedroom home at Turnleaf under $300,000?
Not among the 13 Lennar plans published as of 14 August 2026. Every four-bedroom plan below $320,999 is two storeys; the cheapest one-floor four-bedroom Lennar publishes here is the Carson at $320,999.
Are the amenities open at Turnleaf?
No. The amenity centre is under construction and no opening date has been announced by the developer or in any local press we could find, checked to August 2026. Lennar calls its current prices here “pre-amenity pricing” — the builder’s phrase. The trade-off inside it is that a buyer pays now for a facility with no published completion date.
Related pages
- Lennar Americana series at Turnleaf — the whole series compared.
- All 13 floor plans — one table, sorted by price.
- HOA and Coral Creek CDD fees — the recurring costs on top.
- Lennar at Turnleaf — the overview.
- Turnleaf community guide — the whole community, sourced and dated.