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Old 05-18-2012, 02:55 PM
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What is the difference between the Cabana Villa, the Bungalow Villa, the Keys Villa, and the Patio Villa?

Which ones have enclosed yards? What else is different?
CYV's have privacy fenced backyards, patio villas have decorative picket fences in the front and are really individual homes, cottages would of been a better name. However they decided when they renamed the ranchers to use cottages for them. Patio villas are all stick built with vinyl siding and usually have the lanai on the front entrance and occasionally on the side on corner lots.

The masonry constructed CYV models are called the Bungalow series and they used to be called the Savannah series until about August 2011. The Cabana CYV's are stick built with vinyl siding and used to be called Keys series until August 2011. The CYV's are individual homes not connected, only the fences touch their neighbors' home.

Both CYV series have the same identical six floorplans, or at least they did when we were looking. Four are 3 Br models and two are 2 BR models but have two different names depending on the two veneers. We purchased a 2 BR CYV with a 10' breakfast bar in July 2011, it was a Woodlawn/Savannah series, currently it's called a Durham/Bungalow series. The other 2 BR model had an eat-in kitchen with no bar. The only difference between our Woodlawn and the newer Durham is the front porch overhang is 10' on the Durham and 5' on ours, and the two BR's have vaulted ceilings in ours and the Durham has tray ceilings, that's the only difference.