Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Advice on purchasing a new prebuilt home
View Single Post
 
Old 06-23-2025, 01:03 PM
thelegges's Avatar
thelegges thelegges is offline
Sage
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Drayton Plains, MI, Vietnam, Waterford, MI, Pennacamp, Fernandina, Duval, 1 retired in Richmond
Posts: 2,702
Thanks: 17
Thanked 1,942 Times in 769 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aces4 View Post
Used housing had many ammenities in place. Bringing the new ones up to snuff (ca-ching) and the challenges of finding expert workmen for the improvements would make me search for used again with the criteria that is important to us.

The one year warranty business on the new builds is a pita for us. You put in all the issues and they will only address a few and not always to our standards. New landscaping requires extra watering/attention... Everyone's plans are different, those are some of our measuring sticks.
Sorry I thought you Sold new builds, and lost money on the resale. We bought/sold 3 new specs, and one preowned. Profits more than we expected on all, with zero upgrades. Maybe we just purchased great models in great locations