[Barefoot]

We sold our CYV after three years and bought a house with a large garage. (Fireboy's idea, not mine, I loved our CYV. And I thought I didn't care about garage space). Now we have a large garage plus double parking in the driveway. Even though CYVs have a guest parking lot, we found we were always juggling cars. And I must confess that I love having more garage space .... we found the 1 1/2 car garage in our CYV to be too cramped for our SUV, golf cart, motorcycle, bikes, golf clubs, yard tools, etc. We felt we were always tripping over something.

I do love the fact that the house has a split-plan which offers more privacy, with the master bedroom on one side and the two guest bedrooms on the opposite side.

We have a 10 lb dog and a 70 lb dog, and the safety of our animals is always a primary concern of mine. However we resolved the issue by invisible fencing (which I always thought was inhumane, but that was because I didn't understand that it works primarily by beeps and not corrections). We back on a golf course, our dogs stay within our lot boundaries, even when they're not wearing their collars. And even when the ducks come waddling up the hill and tease them.

I do love CYVs, but I think a house offers more flexibility and advantages.