[Boomer]

In TV, we bought a designer that backed up to courtyard villas, so we got the villa’s backyard wall……

The house was my favorite model at the time — and it was a professionally done turnkey in the LSL section. It checked a lot of boxes, including having the most windows I could find — lots of natural light.

What sold me though was when I walked in the front door and saw that wall out the back. The wall gave us privacy, but we could also have the two-car garage and the interior space of a designer.

When you sell, that wall you now have could be a selling point. It was for me. I did not want to see someone else’s backyard or lanai or people back there. (We landscaped and used pavers to create our own (sort of) view, backed by that wall.)

But we have never been full time and never will be. Ohio is home.

All that being said though, in addition to lots of windows, I do love a good, long view.

But don’t forget that if you do not own that view, and/or the expanse of ground you are seeing beyond, you have no say in what could eventually happen to it.

Golf course lots? Depends. How close is it to the path? How vulnerable to broken windows? How much do you have to hear? Golf course lots are lovely, but some locations on the course might get old, fast.

Preserves? For me? What critters are crawling around in there?

Vacant property behind you that you do not own? NEVER! (No matter what that sales rep tells you.)

Have fun shopping. Go to lots of open houses. Take your time.

Boomer

PS: Had we decided to live in TV full-time, the only thing that could make me give up the wall behind our house would be a pool.