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Old 11-03-2024, 06:28 AM
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Just moved in on our Osprey premier build, 2163sf living space. The cart garage was $27k. We also did the front bump and lanai bump. Both those we less $$$ than the cart garage. Those are the major upgrades allowed to the house.
Not much else to add these days, as they don’t let you even add an electrical outlet, which we wanted for at least one bathroom, for a bidet to plug into. I’m actually surprised that TV being a retirement community that more of us don’t have/use one.
I checked with an electrical contractor about adding one, they charge by 25’ increments, from the electrical panel. 75’ was $525. Tho literally on the other side of the wall of the half bath is an outlet, so I will just tap into that one, easy enough. We have solid surface flooring thruout, no carpet in the bedrooms. $3k to change the Villages white interior to a color of our choice.
We did upgrade to the mid level HVAC ($5k) which has a 2 speed fan. The third bump up in HVAC would have cost $15k, imo not worth it for what it does. Was not a fan of the one speed system in our lifestyle visit house.