We bought a new - it was a model. Village of St. Charles. Just a matter of being in the right place at the right time. We were coming down on spring break in 2009 to look at specific new homes when our sales rep told us of the models going on sale the following Monday. We spent the day looking at lots of homes, picked out 3 we really liked. Our sales rep gave us a couple days to prioritize and we decided on the one that had most of the things we had determined most important in the previous 4 years of looking and visiting!
Looked at pre-owned briefly, but decided we wanted new. We love the location - have met several of our neighbors -
have to disagree with some of you saying you live in the best neighborhood! We do! And we have GREAT neighbors!!!

Now wish we would be able to come down more often...gotta finish the teaching thing - then here we come!