[Ohiogirl]

We live in a Bonita - don't think they had the Siesta available when we bought in 2006, or at least we never saw it.

Recently went thru a Siesta open house in Buttonwood or St. Charles 3 or 4 weeks ago. The one we saw had a BIGGER lanai than our Bonita, but part of that might have been the birdcage part that was on this one. I wish our lanai was bigger.

Kitchen in the Bonita is larger, and we also like the laundry near the garage - also it's a bigger laundry room, can put stuff on both sides of the door. We added cabinets over the w/d and also have a 2nd fridge next to the laundry tub on the opposite wall, and have coathooks on both sides of the door and a shelf over the 2nd fridge. As all we TVers know, storage is important here.

Master bedroom/bath was larger in the Siesta, so it's a tradeoff. I'd like to have the Bonita kitchen and the Siesta bedroom/bath, but if you have to choose (which you do), probably depends on how much you like to cook/entertain. I'd go for the bigger kitchen/pantry, but that's me. It is a really great kitchen, room also for a small table/chairs or a kitchen island cart.

You can fit a king size bed in the MBR of a Bonita but you have to give up a chest of drawers on the bathroom wall. We have a queen with 2 nightstands, a chest of drawers, and a TV armoire angled in the corner by the slider. Difficult to use the slider, wish it wasn't there.