Hi, we are in the process of building our forever home in the Villages as I type! Very exciting and we spent a week down in November going into every model home, who would have thought door pulls would be so hard?
I picked out cabinets and door pulls only to find out that night that the shade of cabinets didn't really go well with the door pull I picked out first, so I had to re-do them next day, take your time, it will all fall into place.
Now, we picked a designer Whispering Pine on a premier lot, stretched it everywhere we could, the garage forward 4 feet, added a golf cart garage, extended the back of house (inside another 2 feet for the breakfast nook area, living room and master bedroom) We also extended our lanai 6 feet, yes, we had the room and did it. We plan on enclosing it in the future. Also opted for the shake siding which looks like wood. I found that picking out the front door design, outside lighting fixtures, type of shower tile design took the longest. The cabinets, flooring, sink fixtures were pretty easy, planning on ripping out the flooring when I get there as I am having new flooring, teak wood floors and tiles put in the wet areas. Appliances we opted out of, you can do that if you really feel strongly about a fridge ect. not in their packages. They will issue you a credit, only thing you can't opt out of is the microwave as it is vented and it has to be there for the CO.
I had a really great realtor from the villages who spent 3 days walking everywhere to see the models and then back and forth many times to help with our choices. Then we met with the design consultant who was the one who then went over those choices and we all went and looked at them again to be sure. Slept on it a night and then went back to finalize and sign next day. Week flew by, never did I ever get to pick out everything for any house like this before, it was a wonderful experience!
Oh, we also had the utility sink put in garage to give more space inside laundry room. I'm still losing sleep on window treatments and getting all new furniture for it when it is finished on we close in Feb.! We actually close on Valentine's Day. How cool is that?
