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There shouldn't even be any seams in a kitchen the size of a villa. There are several levels of granite quality, and what we saw while house hunting in 2011 was of the lesser quality, and there were seams. We did our Begonia designer kitchen, and two slabs of granite were used, with no seaming. The installer met us at Ultimate Granite with the templates and showed us how it would look.

The Villages builds a medium-quality home. Many people put/buy just the basics in and upgrade later using better materials. But what you must understand is that you are buying a terrific lifestyle, and you are getting a decent house in a fun environment. And the house is not going to fall down around your ears. It just isn't the top quality that you could get elsewhere. We've been in our house since 2011 (new spec home). The carpeting is a poor quality, which we replaced in the bedrooms and tiled in the living & dining rooms. We tiled the lanai, landscaped, finished the garage floor, bricked the walkway. Our kids will have something nice to keep or sell. I know it will still be standing for them.