What five upgrades would you choose for your home?
 

I have heard many say what they think is most important to them in buying or building here.

What five upgrades do you consider the most important to you in your villages home? What would you have changed?

1. extended lanai
2. granite or corian countertop
3. all tiled floors
4. laundry room (not with washer and dryer in the walk through from the garage)
5. French doors to lanai

Must haves
 

1. Stretch as much as possible
2. Tile throughout
3. Recessed lighting
4. Additional outlets
5. Wish they offered an option in the Gardenia for the pantry and the wall oven to be in the kitchen. We had to put our pantry in the laundry room.
6. Half bath in all models!!!

Sorry, I went over my limit.

1. extended lanai
2. pool with a cabana bath/changing room
3. granite countertops in kitchen area
4. hardwood floors
5. crown mouldings

Not living in TV yet, why not the washer/ dryer in the walkthrough from the garage?

1. Streach everything.
2. Granite counter tops.
3. Unlisted phone for the first 6 months.

Golf cart garage
Extended lanai
Volume ceilings
Cul de sac lot
Tile floors

I'm learning, why culdesac lot?

it's just my preference.....I had the washer and dryer/laundry room in the pass through from the garage to the kitchen in my house in Orlando, but in Illinois I had a separate laundry/pantry. The whole time we lived in Orlando, I wished that we didn't have to dodge laundry while coming in the house from the garage! I guess I am just picky! :1rotfl:

I like a cul de sac because there's not traffic going by, unless they live there, AND you can have neighborhood parties in the cul de sac!

It's ok to be picky! Thanks for the thoughts.

1) a house cleaner
2) a cook
3) a box of money from the builder as a thank you for buying
those are my top three

We love parties! Good reason! Thanks for the input, I love it!!!!!!

I'm cheating. We need a list of 10 so I'm gonna add more.

7. Pool bath
8. crown moulding
9. solid surface counter tops throughout
10. larger tubs in the guest bath

Not there yet, but
 

1. pull out shelving in kitchen
2. attic access
3. stretched garage
4. cul-de-sac
5. no carpet (DW's priority)

The top 5+ we are adding:
Pool Bath with shower (3 full baths)
3 Car garage (not 2 plus golf) and extended 2 feet.
Summer kitchen with wet bar package
Pool with cage
Solar for pool
Granite, crown molding throughout
Double ovens with countertop cook surface
Tile everywhere but bedrooms
Rounded drywall corners
Deleting tub for a shower in guest bath and jetted tub in master

You forgot the most expensive upgrade available, a golf view lot.
Now that really adds to the total price.

House options
 

GG perfect timing, I'm calling my agent today to discuss our April LSV

Looks like a Lantana or Lily( but we would have to stretch back of the house and the garage much more streching in Lily)

1> Tile on diag. except bedrooms ( get upgrade on carpet if avail.)
2> get kitchen option so that we have wall oven, pantry and totally open to living area, also have laundry on the side so we do not have to pass it when coming into the kitchen from garage. ( happens to be exactly what we have in our current house, but we do not have a window in the laundry room or a sink)
3> granite in kitchen and bathrooms
4> SS appliances ( I have to check the models avail and check if they pass muster)
5> if we could, get tray ceiling in master bedroom
6> slider expansion to lanai
7> window treatments (not sure)
8> not sure if we want bathtub in master, if it can come with jets I would get it otherwise might add a jacussi in the back of the house)

Probably some more minor stuff but I'm taking liberties with the number I can list.

1. Pull outs in all cabinets in kitchen and master bathroom.
2. Attic stairs in garage.
3. Larger garage.
4. Tile or hardwood everywhere. No hardwood in kitchen or bath and laundry areas.
5. Solar tubes.

:agree::agree:

4) RV garage

5) Field Turf Lawn

6) Gas appliances

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1. pull out drawers in all cabinets everywhere
2. wall oven
3. no carpet anywhere, all hardwood
4. recessed lighting
5. some sort of little front porch

1. Stretch everything as much as possible.
2. 3 car garage stretched as much as possible
3. Pool bath with extra closets
4. View lot
5. bigger lot

Granite and tile and crown molding and those kinds of things I can add later and get a better quality and selection then the builder grade TV provides. Their granite selection is somewhat limited. The edge designs are very limited.

If and when we ever make it to TV as frogs:

1. As big a garage(s) space as is physically possible! (Imagine that!!) :)
2. House orientation (prefer north or east facing lanai)
3. No kissing lanais
4. Stretched lanai
5. CBS construction or poured walls

But most importantly.........it just needs to be in TV!! :pepper2:

Bill :)

The lots tend to be larger and pie shaped so you have more privacy. Since a cul-de-sac is essentially a "dead end" street, you don't need to worry about speeders zooming by as you back out of the driveway. It also gets very little traffic so it is very quiet.

I would choose if I could...

Golf cart garage or three car garage.

Any stretches I could get on lanai.

Any stretches in the home, it is cheaper than trying to buy storage options later to stretch in the building phase.

Privacy behind the home.

Block and stucco

Gerald you are a hoooooot!
 

My top 5 options:

LARGE garage
Plantation shutters (so glad previous owner installed)
LARGER shower
Built-ins
Granite

1) Stretch lanai
2) Landscaping - New Palms, pavers, rock beds
3) Paint Interior
4) Quality laminate flooring
5) Solar Tube(s)

Notes:

1: Project starts this week
2: Completed - transformed home appareance
3: Project starts next week

Love that answer , thats what Im looking for! but if I can only have one thing, Id take that box of money.

A window in the bathroom for better ventilation.

My 5 upgrades would be:
waterview
larger lot for privacy
landscaping
larger lanai
upgraded counters

Bigger closets