Thanks for all your comments - clearly there is not a right or wrong answer when it comes to making a decision so I'm going to have to keep my options open.
One thing I have to say, navigating the MLS and VHS websites has been a lesson in frustration. Do these people really want to sell these homes?
The best website is the newly built homes. It allows you to select by Price, Series, Models, Beds/Baths, Homesite and Garage - and then you can sort your List View results by Price or Model. And the Grid View can be sorted by VNH (which seems to correlate to Village), Beds, Baths and Price - although why Model and Village aren't listed is a mystery to me.
Villages resale homes does not allow you to select by Homesite and Garage (generally important factors) and you can't sort the results. It does identify VIllage, but then you need a list of Villages and Year Built (which I have) if that is important. You have to go to the details if you want to know the Homesite and Garage information and nowhere is the Model listed. Also,
Age/Year Built are still not ever mentioned.
And MLS homes depends upon the website you visit. The results all seem to be different so it is hard to know which one to trust.
Well, now that I've vented, I feel better. Thank you for listening to me whine. I suspect you've all been through the same trials and yet you all seem to have found a home you like, so there is hope. But, I plan to make a bucket of marguaritas as soon as I arrive to help me survive.
