[justjim]

Originally Posted by VApeople

We have been looking at new houses on the internet. We like the Iris model with the 2.5 car garage, and we have noticed the prices vary from $280K to $420K. The main difference in the houses seems to be the shape of the lot, the ones with 'kissing lanais' being lower priced. We get the impression that some people must really prefer houses with no neighbors closely behind them, and are willing to pay much more for a house on a better lot.

For those of you in a house where you and your neighbors have 'kissing lanais', has that ever caused you a problem?

For those of you who paid more to have a larger lot, was it worth it?

OP, 98% of the time kissing lanai's are no problem. It hasn't been for us in two different houses in TV. You can absolutely landscape out your back door neighbor. The house we built on the golf course was great except for the price---we decided to downsize a bit.