[lovsthosebigdogs]

We looked at many models before we bought but, because of our dogs, knew in the end it had to be a CYV even though we fell in love with the Lantana designer model. I am sorry that there are no CYV with true dining rooms and am mourning the loss of my formal dining room furniture which I feel too formal for the space in my CYV. I do love the enormous kitchen in my new home, but after we bought we had to go home to our northern house and upon looking around reality hit that we were going to have to pare down to HALF the square footage of our current home. It is very hard to say goodbye to half of your belongings. We are having trouble deciding which family antiques to take and where to put them. There is no longer room for furniture that looks good but doesn't have any daily purpose. We wonder if we made a correct choice and hope that we did. As always, the dogs come first so we had ultimately no choice. If you don't have dogs, or you can use an underground fence, you may have choices. Look around your home, see what you will miss and what you need to bring with you and decide how much room you will be comfortable living with and without. Then decide. It is a personal choice and you may value privacy over size but with a CYV you won't get anywhere near the sq ft that you get in a designer home. It's a selection that will be expensive to change.