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Old 11-16-2014, 02:28 AM
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Originally Posted by applesoffh View Post
I think TV discovered that no choice on lot was not working as well as expected. I know of several houses in Hillsborough and Collier that have sat empty for over a year. People really do prefer to pick what design to put on the lot of their choice. Kudos to TV to going back to this practice. Here's hoping they don't revert again.

I live in Charlotte and go to lots of open houses in Hillsborough, and, frankly, many of them are just, well, ugly; not the exteriors or floor plans, but the tiles, flooring, cabinets, bathrooms, etc. Not only that, but the prices are significantly higher than similar houses from a year or two ago. I come home and want to kiss the ground I walk on for being able to customize my build.

I guess the powers that be are realizing that if folks are expected to shell out bigger $$$, then they should have some say in what they are buying. JMHO
I happen to agree with what you've said.

We were fortunate enough to choose our lot and floor plan also. I walk into some of these "designer" homes and they are anything but! And speaking of the word "designer," were the Villages' decorators drugged when they chose the options for the houses? Most of them are bare bones and the prices are ridiculous for what you are getting.

You walk into many of these homes and see three different floorings -- engineered wood, carpet and tile. Terrible. Were these people not trained? They came up with the idea of not giving anyone choices and built street after street after street. Because of the past history with sales, they figured this would be less expensive to build that way and subsequently, they would sell faster and the developer would make more money. WRONG! Drive through some of the newer streets and you can see that their bright idea failed.
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