Which West Palm Beach condo suits a couple making Florida their domicile?

The calendar decides. Florida's homestead exemption and its cap start on the January 1 after the couple lives in the home, with the application filed by March 1, so a building that cannot be occupied by December 31 costs a year. Alba Palm Beach was completed in June 2026 with immediate occupancy and only final developer residences left, the one of the four a couple can live in this year. South Flagler House is topped out and reported on track for March 2027, so its homestead starts in 2028. Olara delivers in phases from late 2026 through 2028, so the phase decides. Edgeworth anticipates closings in the second quarter of 2030, a position rather than a domicile. None of the four publishes a price. The couple's other decisions, whose names go on the deed, the declaration of domicile and the day count, are the same in every building and are made with counsel before the contract.

Five axes, from the developers' published material only.

Alba Palm Beach. Price point: released on request. Delivery: completed June 2026, immediate occupancy, very limited final developer inventory. Unit mix: 55 residences, two, three and four bedroom condominiums plus townhomes, 1,778 to more than 4,500 square feet, private elevators and vestibules. Position: 4714 N. Flagler Drive, on the west bank of the Intracoastal with no fixed bridges to the Atlantic and direct east views of Palm Beach Island. Operator or brand: BGI Companies with Blue Road; Spina O'Rourke + Partners; sunrise and sunset pools, a spa, a private dining room with wine storage, a private dock with boat-slip access for owners and an EV-ready covered garage.

South Flagler House. Price point: released on request. Delivery: under construction, topped out November 2025, delivery March 2027, reported on track. Unit mix: two towers, 28 storeys on 3.4 acres; the Park Residences on floors 1 to 3 are one and two bedrooms of about 1,800 to 3,000 square feet facing the Norton Sculpture Garden; approximately 80 percent sold. Position: 1355 South Flagler Drive, with a private porte-cochere. Operator or brand: Related Ross; Robert A.M. Stern Architects and Pembrooke and Ives; a vanishing-edge pool with Lake Worth Lagoon views, two private dining rooms, a business centre with private offices and a full spa.

Olara. Price point: released on request. Delivery: phased, late 2026 through 2028; construction at floor 15 as of August 2026. Unit mix: 275 residences of two to four bedrooms plus den across 26 storeys, two assigned parking spaces per residence, twelve guest suites. Position: 1919 N Flagler Drive overlooking the Intracoastal. Operator or brand: Savanna; Arquitectonica and Gabellini Sheppard; over 80,000 square feet of amenity, dining by Jose Andres Group, a private marina, a resident manager and concierge, and a 24/7 medical concierge by Sollis Health.

Edgeworth. Price point: released on request. Delivery: pre-sales launched March 2026, construction starts 2027, closings anticipated in the second quarter of 2030. Unit mix: not published. Position: 1155 S Flagler Drive on the waterfront. Operator or brand: Related Ross; a fully refundable reservation deposit now, with staged payments tied to construction milestones.

Read which new West Palm Beach condo you can move into first and the floor plans at Alba, South Flagler House and Olara.

On January 1 of the year after the couple lives in the home as their permanent residence, provided the application reaches the Palm Beach County property appraiser by March 1. The exemption reduces the assessed value; the Save Our Homes cap then limits how much the assessment can rise each year while the homestead stands. Both are lost for a year by a closing that slips from December into January. Alba is the only one of the four that can be lived in before this December 31; South Flagler House's March 2027 delivery puts the first homestead on January 1, 2028; Olara's phases mean the home's own floor decides; Edgeworth's 2030 closings are outside any near calendar. The property tax itself resets to the sale price in the first full year after closing, in every building. Read why property tax resets when you buy a Miami condo, homestead at Alba, homestead at South Flagler House and homestead at Olara.

For a married couple the ordinary Florida choice is both names as tenants by the entirety, a form of title the state gives to spouses that carries survivorship and a measure of creditor protection, and that sits comfortably with the homestead. One spouse alone and a revocable trust are the other two; a company is the unusual choice for a home the couple lives in, because the homestead belongs to a natural person's permanent residence. The purchase agreement names the buyers at contract, and a developer's consent is needed to change the name afterwards, so the decision is counsel's and it is made before signing. Read how a married couple takes a Miami condo from offer to recording, LLC, trust or personal name and how to take title at Olara.

A Florida declaration of domicile recorded with the clerk, Florida driver's licences, voter registration, the homestead application, the car registrations, and the day count the state being left will ask about. The condo is the anchor, not the proof. A couple arriving from a state with an income tax expects an audit that asks where the doctors and the dogs are, and answers it with records kept from the first week. A building that cannot be occupied until 2027 delays every item by a year. Read does buying a Miami condo make you a Florida resident, moving from New York to Miami: domicile and moving from California to Miami: domicile.

Two. An estoppel certificate from the association, which states what is owed on the unit, the current fees, any approved special assessment and any violation on record, and on which the buyer may rely. And a municipal lien search, which reports open permits, code violations and unpaid municipal charges against the property. At Alba both exist today because the building is complete and the association is running. At South Flagler House, Olara and Edgeworth there is no estoppel yet; the couple reads the developer's estimated budget and the declaration instead, and asks when the association will be turned over to the owners. Read what a condo estoppel certificate tells a Miami buyer, what a municipal lien search tells a Miami condo buyer, from offer to recording on a finished West Palm Beach condo and from offer to recording on a West Palm Beach pre-construction condo.

Alba suits the couple that needs to be in by December, wants 55 homes with private elevators and a dock on the Intracoastal, and will take the developer's last residences as they are. You give up choice: the inventory is final. Read the Alba buyer's guide.

South Flagler House suits the couple that can wait until March 2027 for Stern's architecture and a reported on-track delivery. You give up this year's homestead and most of the stock, with about 80 percent sold. Read the South Flagler House buyer's guide.

Olara suits the couple that wants a full service building with a marina and can match its move to a phase. You give up certainty on the date until the phase is named. Read the Olara buyer's guide.

Edgeworth suits the couple already domiciled elsewhere in Florida that wants a refundable position on the next Related Ross waterfront address for 2030. You give up a home to live in for four years. Read reservation against contract at Edgeworth.

Relocating from New York to West Palm Beach and West Palm Beach or Palm Beach for new construction sit on either side of this page. The desk reads the delivery calendar against the tax year with the couple before the reservation.