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Originally Posted by vintageogauge
You need to start going to some open houses down south. There are lots of new floor plans and a lot of the old style plans of the north are no longer available, you won't find a gardenia with pillars in the middle of the house any longer, and there are now at least five 4 bedroom designer plans available, not to mention verandas and fenced in yards. There are many villa floor plans that were never built north of 44. The quality of the material being used such as windows and doors, roofs and floors along with HVAC and on demand hot water was not available in the old homes. Modern kitchens with large islands and decorator wall mounted exhaust fans, walk in pantries, and no more white kitchen appliances such as was used north, I can go on and on but you really have to see for yourself. It's also rare that you will see a white garage door on a designer home down south.
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Those 4 BR homes are basically renamed Woodsides, Ivys and Lantanas...
Unfortunately, the wall mounted exhaust fan forces you to move the microwave somewhere else, taking away cabinet space. But yes, they do look pretty...
White Garage doors? I don't think there's a single one in my neighborhood, they're all painted to match the house.
White appliances? Nope. Stainless. Which has been the norm for at least 25-30 years... Oh, and btw "White" appliances are making a strong comeback in 2023... Everything old is new again!
One thing I do like about the newer homes are the more modern light fixtures and hardware. But we simply swapped them out when we bought our re-sale, and added pendant lights above the bar height counter top...