BOCA RATON, FL (Boca Post) (Copyright © 2026) — Boca Raton is the setting for another high-end house hunt on HGTV’s My Lottery Dream Home, where host David Bromstad helps a Florida couple search for a retirement home tied to the city where they raised their family.
Rick and Alicia Jultak appear in Season 18 of the series for what the show frames as their third home-buying trip with Bromstad. The couple had previously purchased homes in Blue Ridge, Georgia, and San Diego, California, and this time the search brought them back to Boca Raton, where both still live and where they wanted to begin what they described as the next chapter of their lives.
The episode, titled The Final Chapter: Ocean and Golf and Pools, Oh My! in Boca Raton, centers on Rick’s retirement after selling a business he had owned for 15 years. With a stated budget of $2.5 million, the couple set out looking for a South Florida home with four to five bedrooms, strong entertaining space, a pool, and, if possible, a location tied to a golf community.
That search put a spotlight on the upper end of Boca Raton’s housing market and the price of the lifestyle often associated with it. Real estate agent Michelle Schneider, who appears in the episode to help explain the local market, describes Boca as a place where buyers at that level can find golf courses, tennis, backyard pools, ocean access, and waterfront boating. But the show also points to the added cost that can come with those amenities, especially in country club communities where membership fees can run from $100,000 to $500,000 on top of the cost of the home.
Bromstad leans into that reputation throughout the episode, joking that Boca is “bougie,” while also making clear that even a $2.5 million budget does not necessarily buy every feature on the couple’s wish list in one package.
One of the Boca-area properties shown was Grove Dunes, a five-bedroom, five-bathroom home in a gated community offered at $2.45 million. The house totals just under 5,000 square feet and includes a large white foyer, 12-foot ceilings, open living and dining areas, a second-floor lounge, and a landscaped backyard pool. It checked several boxes for entertaining, though the episode notes it did not deliver the golf community setting Rick wanted most.
Another option, Lago Creek, came closer to that vision. The five-bedroom, five-bathroom property sits on a golf course and spans nearly 5,600 square feet. The home includes large living areas, an oversized kitchen, a game room, a home theater, and outdoor space with a pool, hot tub, palm trees, and wide golf course views. It also came with a higher price tag: $2.75 million, above the couple’s stated limit.
The episode uses that comparison to underscore a familiar Boca Raton reality. Buyers shopping in the city’s more exclusive neighborhoods often have to make tradeoffs between square footage, golf access, waterfront location, and price. In this case, the house that fit the budget best was not in Boca Raton proper, but nearby in Deerfield Beach.
That home, priced at $2.498 million, offered four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a pool, a canal, and a private dock with access toward open water. At roughly 2,300 square feet, it was smaller than the other homes toured and lacked some of the visual impact Bromstad highlighted in the Boca properties. Still, it landed closest to the couple’s financial comfort zone and offered the boating lifestyle that remained part of the appeal.
Alicia said she saw ways to reshape the home for their family, including extending the cabinetry and creating one large island in the kitchen. Rick said the property fit where they are in life now and called the move part of a longer-term plan.
For Boca Raton viewers, the episode works as both lifestyle television and a snapshot of the city’s luxury market. The homes featured the mix of golf, gated communities, pools, and coastal access that continue to define the area’s higher-end appeal. It also showed the limits of even a multimillion-dollar budget in a market where club fees and location can quickly push buyers beyond their target.
The Jultaks closed the episode by thanking Bromstad for helping them through another purchase years after their earlier appearances. Rick joked that Bromstad had not only opened their eyes to new ideas, but also opened his wallet.
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