We looked and looked and looked and looked at homes before deciding which model and then changed our minds. We looked at loads of resales but most of them had upgrades in a style that we would not have chosen. Some smelled funny. Some had smokers, some weren't real clean or would require an all over paint job. There were a couple we would have jumped at, but had to sell our house in Hadley and the one in Ohio...and of course ditto the empty lots that we really loved and could afford.
When we did sell both houses we were homeless and really felt like we had to act. Our landlords rented us a home until October first and that was enough time to build if we started right away. We chose a place near 466 and a poster came on right after we signed and said she would never move to this village because it was close to 466, which caused us some bad thoughts.... and now we love it. We can zip all over the villages and can even hear the faint strains of the music at Lake Sumter Landing when the wind is blowing right.
There will NEVER be the friends we had in Hadley, but we didn't have to lose them, and now we have a bunch of great new neighbors.
I am thinking that new or resale, there isn't a bad choice to be made.
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