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Originally Posted by notlongnow
Maybe you are right but you never know. They did not become successful by not listening.
Also interesting is not harder to build or take longer to build. Plus you do live in your house not just live in The Villages, so why can't your house be as interesting as the rest of The Villages is?
Just wishing, it would be fun and I am sure I could learn a thing or two from them.
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I have made the same observation about the sameness many times. Many of us have come from a variety of homes and many of those have been custom built. HOWEVER, they do allow some kicks and some changes to the models and believe me, they have the availability of all good information, all good resources, and all good choices.
The business model they are using works well for them. The lots are layed out to have a home of up to a 2000 square foot home built on them. Some a little bigger but not many. Premiers have bigger lots and I have seen quite a bit of customization done to them in the last year and a half.
We have built several homes before building here. This is the smoothest I have EVER seen the building process go and the most perfectly done. They have separate crews who do nothing but frame, do electric, plumbing, siding, roofing, tile, flooring, wall board, finish carpentry, painting, etc, each with their specialty. The builder in charge of your home, and there are several for each home series, he inspects each day several times and will see that things are done perfectly. He ordered the finished tile removed from our kitchen and redone and the stone replaced from our front porch. We watched it all happen, living in a rental and visiting sometimes several times a day.
Although the homes look similar on the outside. the people who occupy them individualize them inside and do it beautifully in many cases.
I think you will find it a tough sell to change the plans here. But I understand how you feel.....I felt that way at the beginning.
Ten percent of all homes in the U.S. built in recent economic downturn were bullt in The Villages.
I am a HUGE fan of the developer. Some day I hope to meet him and shake his hand.
P.S. There is an album posted of our old house in Cincy and our previous home here in TV. We have had two new homes here
Our house here is not as big or as individualized but we JUST LOVE it.