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Where you want to live will depend on if you want an older home that you will need to remodel with paint, upgrade counters or cabinets, change tile colors to current look, etc or buy a new home that already has all those things. We chose to move south of 44 because that’s where the new homes are, and fabulous amenities being put in. The new Sawgrass Market Square will have a nightly music venue like the other squares, along with a championship golf course nearby to be completed by the end of the year. Plus, many lots have views and the thing that sealed the deal, was buying a Veranda home which is a new designer home that has privacy fence in the back yard and ours has a see thru fence on the view side. Plus, beautiful large lots and many old oaks.

Our old furniture would not have looked good in our new home. For one, the kitchen glass tile is Aqua/light teal in color, so that set the tone for the entire house to be in tropical colors. We purchased all new furniture with custom tropical fabrics from Babette’s and some from City Furniture. Lead times 8 weeks to 10 months depending on the piece. Live with your patio furniture awhile until it all arrives. It will be worth it in the end.

Be aware that escrow closings are running at a 60:day close because they are swamped with closings here. So you could be in the rental much longer than anticipated. We bought sight unseen via a zoom call with our realtor because properties were selling within hours of hitting the market. We bought our Livingston within four hours of it hitting the market. Be prepared to move fast to get what you want.