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Originally Posted by sschuler1
We had every intention of buying a resale for all the reasons that were stated. (ie..mature landscaping, extras already put in...etc..) However, we were never able to find a resale that had all the things that we were looking for on our must have list. (maybe we were being too picky?) Also, many of the "extras" that other people put into their homes really were not to our taste, so many things would have to be done after purchasing. We got everything we wanted with the new home and it was less expensive than the resales that we looked at. (and that is including the bond! So don't let the bond scare you off. We included the bond into our price comparisons on all new and resales.)
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Sue,
That was our exact expereince. We also found that one resale that had paid off the bond added $30,000 +/- to the price when comped against the other resales. The bond in Duval isn't that high on the new homes.
TJ,
What we did is make up a spreadsheet of what were musts and, maybe even more importantly, what were MUST NOTS. We then narrowed down, home vs villa and desired model. Our first choice was a Bridgeport - and it is unique - so we only looked at resales that were Bridgeports. TV had made some improvements in the floor plan (and has made more since we bought) so that also pointed us to new.
Good luck...
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