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Old 12-08-2011, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by aljetmet View Post
Generally budget constraints dictate what you can afford to build at the onset. It would seem to me that if you can buy a big house, pool and all the expansions you should also include in your budget having a third party to take care of the bigger house when you you get older or you can no longer do it yourself. Unfortunately as we get older we slow down and just can't do what we once could. Let's not even think that our health can change and dictate what we can or can notdo. For some of us this will be come a reality even though we may live in Paradise.

We plan on having someone take care of our yard because we do have a large lot. The bedrooms, especially the guest rooms, are kind of small so we will stretch to make them bigger, stretch lanai and garage as well. Budget does dictate what you can build and for some they have to consider maybe caring for the yard themselves. If I had to do that I would have built a CYV. We are lucky enough to be able to afford someone to clean the inside and do the yard work as well. I just don't need something super large. What would I do with all that space? I have to furnish it all.... It will be fun to put it all together!