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Old 03-18-2020, 10:42 PM
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When we bought in 2011, I wanted a villa. My husband wanted a bigger garage. So we bought a Begonia designer with golf cart garage. When we decided to become seasonal, we downsized to a CYV with stone landscaping, cozy enclosed lanai, patio out the back and put a retractable awning over that. So easy to close up and leave for half the year. The Begonia was beautiful but felt like a bowling alley for just the two of us, and the lanai was 8 x 153 (kidding) and we only used about ten feet of it.

I so love the CYV, and my husband keeps teasing me--Why didn't you let me buy this to begin with?!
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