If he's looking for a "grand" home and his budget is 'up to' 2.5 mil including everything, I'd suggest one of the St. Augustines in the Villages of Bridgeport. They're both under $1 mil, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, small pool, over 3000 square feet, tucked away from the world but easily accessible to the main road. He could pick out his own furnishings, rip out the carpet in the bedrooms and replace them with tile, buy gorgeous rugs to cover the tile, pay all his bonds and fees and whatnots, and still have plenty from that 2.5 mil to hire a cleaning lady to come in once a week (and tip her VERY well for holidays and her birthday).
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