Deltona built most of its homes in a short span. The tax roll counts 6,178 from the 1960s and 1970s, 12,336 from the 1980s and 6,353 from the 1990s, so the median home dates from 1989. Stucco that age has usually been painted several times and patched where pipes, meters and windows were changed, and those patches often stand out in a different texture.
Because so many houses share the same era and similar plans, the same problems repeat from street to street: hairline cracks running from window corners, sealant that has dried and split around frames, and crumbling stucco at the bottom of walls where sprinklers hit every day. Each of those is a small repair when it is caught early.
Newer homes are filling the remaining lots, with 2,861 built since 2015 in neighborhoods like Vineland Reserve, Hampton Oaks and Courtland Park. Young stucco on those houses can show shrinkage cracks in its first few years, and owners should look at their builder warranty first, since it may cover early cracking.