Advice on purchasing a new prebuilt home
 

Hi all - we are interested in purchasing a new prebuilt home. I do understand that the price is the price and they do not budge on that. Was wondering however if there are any other possible concessions that they may make. I realize with the home built already this is probably unlikely. One thought is that with there being a golf cart garage, maybe they could prepare for a charging port .

Any advice you could impart to this TV newbie would be greatly appreciated. Sorry if I'm asking a question that was asked/answered many times - I did try to search and had no luck. Leaving soon to come down to the area and meet with the reps, would like to have some knowledge in hand going into the meeting

Thanks!

You can always ask, but don't expect much in the way of concessions, unless the house has been on the market for a long time. To me, doing additional work on the house is pretty much the same as reducing the price. To them, providing concessions will just encourage other buyers to want the same thing, and they don't want to engage in a negotiation on every house.

I do not agree that "the price is the price". That was not our experience a year ago. We made a much lower offer and it was accepted. On top of that, the market has softened more since then so I would not hesitate to make what you think is the right offer and/or ask for concessions that are appealing to you.

You made a lower offer on a Villages pre-built and it was accepted by The Villages? What were the circumstances?

Wow that is incredible. Our real estate agent told us that the price on new homes is fixed and would not even convey a lower offer if we wanted to make one. And this is the first time I have ever heard of someone making an offer on a newly built house and having it be accepted. Bravo.

They probably bought a pre-owned from TV.

I don't believe that happened on a new home in The Villages.

The Villages is current selling 10-15 new homes day, as fast as they can build them.

Sometimes there are price reductions on the last 2-3 spec homes in a Village. There are reasons those homes have not sold. And those reasons may make a resale challenging. This has not happened so far in the Eastport areas.

FYI - You don't need a "charging port" for a golf cart, the charger plugs into any 115v outlet.

Please clarify your post. Was this a new house or a pre-owned house? It would be foolish for The Villages to start to negotiate the price for their new houses. It would result in less profit and more work for the salespeople. What would they gain?

The last couple of posts are correct...I misinterpreted the question reading it as an existing home sale. That was our only experience. Now it makes since why the question sounded very odd to me as pre-existing sales are very negotiable. And it explains why my answer made no sense to others. Apologies for my error.

And to that final point, my new build had a dedicated 20A breaker to a single outlet on the wall in the golf cart garage, presumably precisely meant for cart charging.

No, they won’t budge on anything and they don’t really care if you buy the house because it’ll be sold to someone else. Right now spec inventory is low too. If you buy preowned you can definitely bargain. My garage has an outlet for my electric cart. You only need a regular outlet which comes in the garage already.

The “best” spec homes (location, floor plan, stretches, etc) will sell the day that the section is released. There is no negotiation or concessions buying from the Villages on new construction (including the date that you are told you will close). Best wishes on this exciting decision to purchase a new home!

Your house was a preown or was sitting on the market for a very long time.

Prices are fixed.

Ask what ever you want to ask. The worst that can happen is they will say no.