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Originally Posted by JohnN

we bought last year and bought new, I'd do it again the same way.
we wanted a lot of new neighbors and its' been easy to acclimate, also to design the house/upgrades just as we'd want 'em. I'm still of the opinion that a new is a better value in $$ too.


Important note, we really like our location too, that sealed the deal (Hemingway, south of LSL between Morse and Buena Vista)

I fully expected there to be better value in the resales - but like John, I wanted to be in a neighborhood where everyone is new. We were the first owner of the home we sold in Conn - all the neighbors were new at the same time - and we made many great friends that way.

It turned out that the resales with paid-off bonds added that to the price - so no bargain there. It also seemed that either very little was added in terms of extras or the house did not meet our key requirements. To be fair, there were very few resales available of the type of house we wanted. For models that are more popular, there may be better values out there.

We are in Bonita, not far from H'way and we also like this location. Turns out that about 4 of our new neighbors are from within TV - and they chose this location, too. A few are even peeps on this site!

K