Re: RANCH VS DESIGNER HOMES and Floor Plans
You DEFINITELY do NOT want a West facing Lanai...no matter what style you buy!! The summer sun and heat is oppressive and you will not be happy...trust me on this one!! Also, I'd reconsider the corner lot. There's soooooo much traffic everywhere in TV now and even more during the winter months coming up...PLUS...the dog walkers LOVE the corner lots for their little "poopers". Also, a corner lot means more landscaping, more mowing, and both of those equal more work or money spent for someone else to do it. The Amarillo Ranch comes in 4 different models. Ours happens to be 1527 sq.ft. which mean we have a Florida Room...don't get one without it...AND we have vaulted ceilings AND ALL the UPGRADES of the Designer version, called a Bougainvilla...which costs $30K more!!! I'm serious!!! We have friends who have a Designer Bouganvilla...with NO Florida Room and they paid $30K more for their home than we did for our upgraded Amarillo and we purchased within weeks of each other. The "basic" Amarillo has flat ceilings, flat doors, no trim around doors, and cheapest of everything. I can tell you that TVs does not put a lot of quality time or "stuff" into any of their houses...so I'd plan on buying a good pre-owned one (about 2 yrs. old) where someone else has done all the work and spent all the money upgrading that you'll have to do if you buy new. We've put over $10K of extras and upgrades into our home since we moved in!!!
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