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Originally Posted by Count'n the days
How do the prices compare between building and purchasing a house from their new home inventory on a comparably valued lot? Our sales rep implied that there were advantages to purchasing a home from inventory.
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Since you're wanting choices then you are probably thinking of a 'designer home'. At the new homes site
Search New Homes in The Villages, Florida there are currently 162 designer homes under construction. Since the average home is built in about 72 days, they are all probably in some stage of construction or finish, the ones with the photos are probably ready to move into. The advantage is there is no waiting and they are discounted $8,000 to $20,000. Many have upgrades, just check out the photos on the details. We were in a friends designer spec home on Odessa Circle in Tamarind Grove last week and he had 12" tile floors in the kitchen and FR, granite countertops and stainless steel appliances and a golf cart garage. He paid $250K and probably saved about $15K by buying the spec home. His lot was a premium lot because it backed to a villa wall on two sides, on a regular lot he probably would of saved about $15,000, but he liked the lot it was on.
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Originally Posted by Count'n the days
Can anyone give me an idea of the cost to move your furniture?
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We moved from Baltimore last July with Mayflower. We used Mayflower and was given an estimate of $3400, the actual cost was $2700 after they picked up our furniture and weighed the contents. PODS wanted $2200 for one POD, which wouldn't of been enough and would of required hiring labor, with Mayflower they do all the labor once you've packed your boxes. You might try ABF (Arkansas Best Freight), they have 'cubes', which are about 2/3 the size of a POD. We could get 4 ABF cubes for about $2700 which would of been enough, but by the time we hired labor on both ends using Mayflower was cheaper and easier.