We had made a plan like that, then everything changed. May 2011 we sold our home in Maryland in one day after listing it for sale. We had just left TV two weeks earlier on our LSV and had toured many models.
We picked out a Cabot Cove patio villa with white cabinets in Buttonwood for $140,000, and were hoping that someone wouldn't buy it before we could. With a $10,000 bond I figured for $150,000 we could be in the home free and clear.
When we had the contract, it was cash offer with no contingencies and the money was guarantee. I called my salesman from Maryland to put a deposit on the Cabot Cove. As I was talking to him on the phone, I started browsing the masonry CYV's on the homes for sale website. They only 8 CYV's listed, all were in Southern Star Villas in Tamarind Grove. They had four 2 BR Woodlawn's (now called a Durham). I noticed the price on them had been reduced from about $169K to about $163K, this caught my attention. While we were talking one those Woodlawn's was reduced again to $156,900. After my salesman confirmed the price, our whole plan changed and we bought that 2 BR masonry CVY.
Here's something you won't get with a patio villa, a privacy fenced backyard.
Looking from my driveway down the street.