The more likely reason for this section of homes with fences in this new area and the ones they had in the Harris Court/Blaise Terrace area of Pine Hills is due to the lack of new Courtyard Villas being built in the south end of TV. With the exception of Nash Loop and these two areas, CYVs are the only place you can have a fenced yard.
If you've watched the construction progress of new areas, CYVs are normally the first built and they sell very quickly. I live in a CYV, a decision driven by residing with two Golden Retrievers, and after talking with my neighbors the driving factors for most all of us for buying a CYV was either pets or privacy or both. Yard size/maintenance comes in a distant third and pricing was hardly ever a consideration.
Compare the pricing of new CYVs to similarly sized cottage, designer, and patio villa homes and they are more expensive per sq ft than almost all in the 200-350K price range. Yes, there are many homes with larger lots, upgrades, and pools that are more per sq ft but apple-to-apples the CYVs are more expensive so any though of a low cost alternative goes out the window.
Give the "Developer" their due, they know what sells and know what people want, if they are building homes with fenced yards they are very confident that they'll sell quickly. They are being creative to fill a gap in the inventory at the south end of The Villages.
I'd bet a dozen doughnuts that by the first the year only one or two of these homes are left on the market and these are not the last we'll see.
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