Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Do developers listen or care
View Single Post
 
Old 05-27-2024, 12:12 PM
JMintzer's Avatar
JMintzer JMintzer is offline
Sage
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Where Eagles Dare to Soar...
Posts: 11,962
Thanks: 486
Thanked 8,983 Times in 4,719 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by vintageogauge View Post
And I'm referring to larger more expensive homes. People coming down here from the north used to having a basement find that the 4th bedroom helps to use for crafts, or storage or hobbies, etc. TV is not building them as fast as they were just a year or so ago, DeLuna has lots of them and many with 4-car garages and they sold quickly. For some reason now they are not building them as specs, not because there is no demand for them, probably because they require a larger lot and because of that footprint the bonds are higher but whatever the reason is they are not building them and it's not because of lack of demand. Enough said on my end.
Exactly...

We wanted a 4 BR, 3BA home when we were looking (January, 2021). Very few were available, and those that were available, were getting premiums.

So we "settled" for a 3/2 with an extended 2 car + golf cart garage. It had plenty of upgrades (no carpet, epoxied garage floor, water softener, stained driveway/lanai, custom closets). We got it at a great price, just before the "Covid Mania" hit, and prices went crazy...

Since we're not yet full time, it works for now.

But in the next year or so (I'm fully retiring at the end of the year), if we still feel the need (after spending most of the year in TV), we'll consider upgrading...

Until then, we have a very nice home an a wonderful Village, with some wonderful neighbors...
__________________
Most things I worry about
Never happen anyway...

-Tom Petty