[OrangeBlossomBaby]

No idea why I quoted my last post. Hit the wrong button. Here's what THIS post is trying to say:

Something I loved about courtyard villas, was I didn't have to mow the lawn if we lived in one. I wouldn't need a lawn at all, I could make the back part one big huge patio with planters if I wanted to, and put a rock garden in the front.

But with privacy comes 8-foot concrete walls, which made me feel closed in and claustrophobic. That was why we eventually ruled it out even though the idea of a CYV was so attractive at first.

The patio villas were awesome, really liked the layouts and we needed a smaller-sized home and that was perfect as well. The downsize to those were the shorter driveways, and at the time where we were looking, lack of shrubbery in the back yards so all you saw was a whole block of grass and up-close-and-personal view of Mrs. Smith in her nightgown on the back lanai. It just lacked in the aesthetics to me.