Help with Woodside model
 

Hi All! I'm very excited as my hubby and I just purchased a lot in Fenney and will be building a Woodside home. The problem is I really don't care for the kitchen and fear I won't be able to adjust the home to have my dream kitchen. The Villages assures me the designers can do it. BUT we are not a bottomless pit of money either.
Question? Anyone that revamped the kitchen in their Woodside home would be so kind to suggest, share picture any advice would be welcomed. We plan the home this coming November. Thank you. :shocked:

Provide whoever is in charge with the kitchen you would like and get an estimate. Adjust your "must haves" to lower/raise the budget. No one else can do this for you.

[QUOTE=Mortal1;2010243]Provide whoever is in charge with the kitchen you would like and get an estimate. Adjust your "must haves" to lower/raise the budget. No one else can do this for you.[/QUOTE

Yes thank you I'm aware of that but was hoping someone that has gone before me would share the changes they made to to their Woodside home. I'm looking for ideas - things they wish they would have of done etc. I apologize for not being clearer.

I just designed my Woodside (9/4/21). I made one change to my kitchen design - I moved the Pantry to the side of the nook area and cut into the garage. Then I added more counter space where the pantry was. Keep in mind that by cutting into the garage you would take away that space in garage. Make sure you have enough room to park car. I didn't have a problem because I stretched my garage forward by 4 feet.

House is in Citrus Grove and won't be completed until Mid February.

I would take out the island. It is one more thing to work around. The woodside has plenty of cabinets. Add a pantry.

I like the island. You can tell them to take out the island. Have them add a pantry in the nook (cut into the garage) like I did. Remember the spacing in the garage to fit a car.

Thank you!

when in the model I did find it to be a tight squeeze with the island. Thank you!

This is great advice as I would like the oven and microwave to be built in where the pantry is now. I believe I have room to stretch the garage. Thank you!

With the Woodside, please pay attention to the size of your washer/dryer. We do not have an overly large dryer, but we have only an inch or two to spare and we were blessed with perfect alignment with duct work. Something we never thought of as we came to build a Linden. FYI, we love all our stretches

Woodside in Fenney
 

We own a Woodside in Fenney. Can't help with the kitchen question, but would highly recommend that the builders complete the roofing valley on either side of the entrance. After 3 years, leaks have ruined the caulking & some of the paint on the entrance.

We have a Woodside. Stretched our house as much as the lot allowed. With the stretch came bigger closets. Huge plus. We don’t use the eat in kitchen area so added a wine fridge and wine rack one one side and coffee bar on the other, putting in a pantry, countertop and more cabinets.

Which elevation do you have on your Woodside in Fenney?

Did you Visit "Dream Home"? I believe that is what it is called. It allows you to pick everything you want for your home.

Then don’t buy a Woodside.

I have a Woodside with a completely after market renovation of the kitchen. My cabinets are floor to ceiling which provides extra storage for items that are not needed daily. I have a Sharp Microwave drawer installed in the enlarged island to allow a massive hood vent over the stove. There is plenty of room in the eat in kitchen. The double pantry is located at one end of the kitchen.

It's highly unlikely that you'll find out in advance what these changes in design will cost. The design team person will spring the TOTAL cost of your dream home on y'all at closing. Be advised, beware and be ready to work within that budget.
Good luck!

Not on topic, but these new homes sure are a far cry from what The Villages started at!! Congrats to all of you who have the means to buy such exquisite homes.

Woodside with kitchen in back of house
 

I saw a Woodside spec home where the kitchen was swapped with the small 4th bedroom. The kitchen was now in the back of the house adjacent and open to the dining room. The new layout seemed to have the same amount of cabinets but the flow was better and if budget allows, there was room to add more storage by replacing the sliding glass door in the kitchen with cabinets if that is important to you. I believe the address is 5278 Dyer Ct - your sales agent can get you the floor plan for this specific home.

So if you go in with a budget they won’t be able to do multiple scenarios with different options? Say you have $xx extra for upgrades, they can’t come back and say for that amount you can get the garage stretch and your additions for your kitchen or you can have front, side and back lanai stretch or …

You can move everything
 

You can do just about anything inside, move walls, redesign bath rooms, closets etc. with relatively little cost. We are building a Gardenia, Woodsides little sister, and stretched side, front and rear to make it what works for us. We turned the kitchen sideways closed the nook to make it an office/den to use as a forth bedroom for overflow family visits, turned laundry room, added a storage/pantry and redesigned the master bathroom. On & on it's only a Gardenia in spirit, point being you can build your dream home.

Love my woodside!
 

Woodside! You can do whatever you want. I squared off both entry corners to make an appliance garage corner in the kitchen. I love having a front view for the eating area and a back pool and pond view for my dining area instead of the same view for everything . Some people have flipped the kitchen back to the dining area even. The designers can do anything

Wow thank you for this! I would have never given this a thought.

What a cool house!

It is an enlarged (four bedroom version) of the Gardenia which was our first house in The Villages. Sq footage on the Gardenia was just under 2000 and this is 2200.

I love the shiny tile backsplash and love the modular cabinets and love the pendant lights over the bar on this model for sale.

Great choice. I love the two colors of gray in the cabinets of the person who shared.

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Only option for lot. I need a bigger home.

We looked at a Woodside and decided we were going to have to tweak it too much. So we ended up with the Ivy. We stretched the garage and the side as much as we could. The kitchen has tons of cabinets and we went with the very large island instead of the small island in the middle with the wrap around countertop. It was too confining. There are 2 eat in areas but we only use the dining area and not the nook. We have a gas cooktop and a wall oven. The microwave is above the wall oven at my height (I’m 5’2” and always had issues with microwaves above the stove). We put the sink that was in the laundry out into the garage so we have another counter to fold clothes in there. We like the work area for a computer in the laundry room. You can change the model anytime you want before your design appointment. So maybe check out the Ivy and see if it could make a better dream kitchen for you. Good luck.

That is probably where I will go in November, but I was told to start thinking of what i wanted. I'm not in the area.

Thank you so much. You have eased my anxiety -this is what I needed to hear that they will move walls and such. I think we have room to stretch the garage 4" and that should help find space for the kitchen.

I was looking a the IVY and fell in love with the kitchen, but it's too long for the lot but now everyone is posting that things can be changed. I'm so glad I asked on here. Thank you as you have given me much to think about.

Oh my goodness this is my issue too! I'm 5'2" have issues with microwave over stove! I was looking a the IVY and fell in love with the kitchen, but it's too long for the lot but now everyone is posting that things can be changed. I'm so glad I asked on here. Thank you as you have given me much to think about. I'm good to study the Ivy as well.

HOW beautiful! thank you for sharing. I'm definitely taking the cabinets to the ceiling. YOUR COLORS! beautiful.

Oh gee...ok thank you for the warning. :(

The good thing is that before I left I was given quotes on a few stretches and middle of the line upgrades. My sales girl is going over and beyond and thankful for her. But yes I do have a budget ( I hate that word)

Not our experience
 

Not what we experienced, designer knew our budget (we did go over) and told us where we could cut to save and offered more cost effective options. You will know before you sign the contract at the end of your design week how much the total cost will be.

Help with Woodside Model
 

I wanted a double oven, so we removed the pantry and replaced it with those. We then added a wall of cabinets with a counter near the windows. Since we never used the table in the nook, we added another small island, with storage. My husband now sits there every day. If I could change one more thing, it would be to change the high/low counter to a flat one but since we tiled the base wall before the change, that's not possible with the expense involved.

Did you make sure that there are no high tension wires on near your property
 

Remember there are alot of things you should be checking like sink holes, flood insurance, traffic patterns, location. I hope you done your home work before you invest your money first.

There is a Woodside with a complete redesign that puts the kitchen in the back of the house and the 4th bedroom is actually where the kitchen is in the original... I can track that down... tell the designer S49V.1 property address for it. The house sits at the corner of St Catherine Circle and Austere Blvd. It looks like a normal Woodside from the outside. Good luck!

Woodside plan with better kitchen
 

I hope this comes through...I sent an attachment.

We purchased a Gardenia spec home and they put in a double oven next to stove and put a big pantry in laundry room. We added an island and love the island.

We also stretch the house every which way I could. Which help me add about a foot in the kitchen to give me more space and was able to expand my laundry and added cabinets and pantry for more storage. Also countertop for folding clothes. But all this cost extra money (cabinets, countertops).