I can assure you that I never said anything about deception - you should re-read my post. Clearly my point is that I don't understand the difference in the listed square footage. I might think deception if TV were a fly-by-night outfit, but certainly nobody I know would ever call them that.
Here is the link I used.
http://www.thevillages.com/homes/new...yardVillas.asp
Or just go the thevillages.com and click on Homes. If you click on "New Villas", you can see that the Marathon is listed at 1690 square feet.