[Villages Kahuna]

Our house was near perfect. We had only a few warranty claims and we were continually impressed with the speed with which the sub-contractors responded--always within a day or two--and their skill and willingness to fix the problems we had. In a couple of cases, the subs that came noticed other things that needed to be fixed and went ahead and fixed them, even though we had not reported them.

Our "builder" (the superintendent of the construction general contractor who was responsible for building our house) was absolutely terrific. I had four pages of questions regarding the house which he calmly answered during our pre-closing walk-thru inspection.

Having said all this, remember that the building codes in Florida may be different from what you're used to. As an example, in Chicago the electrical wiring is all wire pulled thru metal conduit. That's not the code in Florida (or most other places in the country). Of course, the houses are not built with custom woodwork, fine imported porcelain tile, special order electrical fixtures, imported German plumbing fixtures, etc. But you're not paying for those things either.

All in all, we couldn't be happier with our house in The Villages.