Dotti:
Every single one of the posters above has shared some really really good advice from their own personal experience. Only you, though, know what your own entertaining style is......or how much larger (or not) your lanai needs to be.
However, that said........if you still have time to change your lot prior to the home being built......and you have serious doubts.......then I, myself, would listen to Jimbo2012. We've owned many homes ourselves and whenever we remodeled, whether it was a great room, a deck or a three season sun porch.......believe me, you will be happy with a bigger expanse of floor space........
When we were in The Villages for the month of November, we did not find it cold at all. We spent all of our time out on the lanai which had a bird cage "off of it"....so even more SPACE. The only time we sat in the living room was when it got dark out......to watch the news, etc.........it was November.
But that lanai got all of our "time" when we were at home. When our adult son and his wife visited over Thanksgiving weekend, it was obvious they also enjoyed it.
The minute they walked into the home.........they went from the foyer into the open concept kitchen and I could see them "buzzing" to each other as they looked through the living room slider to the outdoor area.
It was the "focal point" of the entire home..........
To us, as to Jimbo2012, outdoor living is what it's all about in Florida..............but good luck in whatever decision you make.
I believe his was 45 x 12.
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